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Myth

Beach House – Myth

Fingers crossed that we can keep the concerts rolling into next year. I may actually decide to go for balcony seats when Beach House comes in July because while my 16 year old may be up for standing several hours, if we’re not moving beyond a gentle sway, I will be hobbling the next day. A few years ago those standing desks were all the rage at the office and I was like, nah, I’m good with a chair.

I’d much prefer to get up and walk around periodically, come back and sit down. Especially now that it’s getting dark early. We had clouds obscuring the moon when I left the office and it was past dusk already at 5:10. By the time I had stopped for gas and was getting on the highway it was as dark as night. If I don’t get up from my desk and walk around outside, I don’t get enough day light. Or, you know, I could go back to working from home and just look out my window. Turn off the computer at five and oh, hey! still light out and I’m already home! 🤔

Madonna

Snail Mail – Madonna

When I bought the ticket to see Snail Mail I had not yet heard any of the new album. Judging by the comments section on YouTube, I am in the minority thinking her earlier stuff was better. Maybe I’ll like it better after hearing it live.

Baby Don’t Cry

Sunflower Bean – Baby Don’t Cry

I am contemplating getting tickets for Sunflower Bean in a couple of weeks. I had a ticket for their show in January 2020 and I blew it off. Then we got slammed by the pandemic and a year and a half went by.

I actually have tickets for a number of upcoming shows. None of them were expensive and I figure if they get cancelled I’ll be reimbursed so why not?

But it is a risk to be in a club, and I bought a ticket for Snail Mail, before the Sunflower Bean show was announced, which is just a week later. I think that it will be another wait and see.

Almost Cut My Hair

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Almost Cut My Hair

My hair has gotten really long (for me) but I’m still not really ready to go to a salon to get it cut. I did chop off at least five inches last year, I did it myself and it was a fairly decent job, I think. My hair is wavy so it wasn’t really noticeable if it was uneven. Lately, the scissors have been calling to me but I’ve been trying to resist.

I just got my booster shot this evening so maybe in a couple of weeks I’ll be feeling like I could venture in to somewhere to have someone else cut my hair. Part of my issue is also that I don’t know where to go. I don’t like spending a lot of money and the place I went to most recently (two years ago at this point) didn’t survive the initial shut down.

This song reminds me of high school, particularly once we’d moved up to Maine. My older sister and I were used to a New York sense of what was cool and, when we first arrived, we really stood out from the rest of the Maine kids. We would sit around in the evening talking about stuff and invariably, the topic would turn to our hair. My mother got so tired of it she forbid us from talking about our hair more than once a day.

I also came across some old pictures of myself the other day and I still think the way my hair looked during my junior year of college was pretty great. How do I show up at the salon with a picture of myself at 20 to show them how I want my hair cut and avoid coming across as a woman deep in the throes of a midlife crisis?

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Johnny Marr – Bigmouth Strikes Again

I watched Johnny Marr’s stream “Live from the Crazy Face Factory” tonight. Lots of musicians did live streams from their living rooms during the early part of the pandemic but back then I really didn’t have the mental energy for it. So I was kind of on the fence about spending time (and a little) money to watch this live when I figured it will eventually wind up on YouTube. But then I saw if you got a ticket you were entered to win a signed Johnny Marr Fender Jaguar guitar and while I’m probably no more likely to win that than the lottery, $20 isn’t a lot to support musicians I love.

I’m glad I did because some of the songs that he released recently sound better live. Johnny Marr will be opening up for the Killers in the spring but I really hope he does a swing through some smaller venues because I am only going to a stadium show in the rarest of circumstances. If he plays a couple of club shows before, after, or in between, I will be there. Multiple nights if possible. The new material is fine, but when he plays an old Electronic or Smiths song, it’s all worth it.

Something Soon

Car Seat Headrest – Something Soon

I know there’s a later version of this song and a different video but this was the one I saw/heard first and it says awkward and vulnerable teenager so much more effectively than the “official” version.

It has been a tiring weekend, it’s getting late, and I still have one clock I need to fix before going to bed. Note to self, get a lottery ticket when you stop for gas in the morning.

The Spirit Blossoms All Over the Land

Onra – The Spirit Blossoms All Over the Land

I planted bulbs today. I don’t think the soil is very conducive to growing things but the neighbors on the other side of the street cut down a couple of trees a month or two ago so now that side of the house gets a ton of sun. I’m hoping they will surprise me in March, or maybe late February if the winter isn’t too bad.

My mother used to plant bulbs every fall, then browse through garden catalogs all winter long, planning what she would buy and looking forward to getting things in the ground. I have not inherited her green thumb and usually even house plants tend to wither under my care. Bulbs appear easy enough but the proof will be in a couple of months when I will either have some lovely flowers to brighten up things, or discover that the squirrels made off with the goods.

We set the clocks back tonight and enter the undeniable slide into winter. Here’s hoping that the prospect of new flowers popping up in the spring will be something to offset the cold and dark of the next few months.