Category: Morning Music

“When there is trap set up for you…”

February 10, 2015 at 10:18 am

It’s been a while since I posted some music — hell, it’s been a while since I posted anything, I know. This song has been with me for a few days now (my middle daughter is taking accordion lessons). I’d forgotten how much I like it. And there’s an Underworld […]

“Come back here and give me my daughter…”

October 14, 2014 at 9:13 am

Busy times right now, just a quick share of a song that’s been rattling around in my head for the past few days. Still holds up, yeah? There’s also a very nice acoustic version of it out there as well. It occurs to me that this song relates to a […]

“These are the days it never rains but it pours…”

July 2, 2014 at 1:02 am

It’s been hard going around here lately . . . and there’s another tough week ahead. Here’s David Bowie and Queen (of course). (This one goes out to the rest of the people on the edge of the night. I’m right there with ya.)

“It sneaks up on you without a warning…”

June 2, 2014 at 11:07 am

A bat showed up in the house this morning. He was hiding in the bookshelves. I assume it was a harbinger of prosperity and long life for my birthday, and not because, y’know, we don’t have a belfry. He was a little brown bat, very cute. I got him out, […]

“You know me, I’m your friend…”

May 13, 2014 at 8:00 am

You can blame Greg Proops for this one. The cat plays it all the time on his The Smartest Man in the World podcast. And it’s outstanding. As is the podcast. So here’s Curtis Mayfield’s “Pusherman” for your listening pleasure.

“We feel lost and we feel found…”

March 18, 2014 at 7:59 am

Some songs just stick with me, sometimes. I don’t know why that is. It seems like songs — well, some songs — are more like places. They occupy a physical place in my mind. They’re snapshots of the geography of my dreams. And I find myself returning to them again […]