- Now Playing: The Pixies, “Where is my mind?”
- I still have the “Liked Songs” playlist rolling.
- Theme of the week I guess.
- A leitmotif of sorts.
- I stuck my earbuds in, said, “I gotta have music while I write, so … wave at me.”
- Steph might’ve rolled her eyes.
- I write these from the couch with my cup of coffee, laptop on a lapboard, “computer glasses” perched on my nose.
- And right now, the Pixies asking, “where is my mind?”
- I can tell you, it’s trying to avoid writing another ranting manifesto.
- I could do one about work and our lives of indentured servitude, but I’ve been doing that one since like year 2000.
- True story.
- We have a broad array of music taste in the Discord server.
- They’re in there talking about jam bands.
- Never my thing.
- I’m glad it exists and makes some people happy, however.
- Based on what I wrote yesterday, I’m reevaluating my judgmentalism.
- To each their own, right?
- That’s a life-guiding philosophy.
- You can dislike a thing and not …
- Hell, I’m never going to be able to give country music a pass.
- Or those giant goddamn trucks.
- Ahhhhhh.
- Life is hard, y’all.
- What I’m saying is that judgment is inherent to our beings, maybe?
- What you do with it, however, is what sets you apart, good and bad.
- “I don’t know. I’m making it up as I go.”
- That’s probably my real mantra.
- I can’t pull off the fedora, however.
- NP: Audioslave, “Cochise.”
- Holy hell, I LOVE the opening of that song.
- OSU did one of their first pre-game videos to that song.
- Made me want to suit up and flying tackle someone.
- (I actually worked for the athletic department when they got the first video boards in Boone Pickens.)
- I actually spent three hours interviewing Boone for the cover story for POSSE mag.
- We sat in the kitchen of his … house at Karsten Creek.
- They’ve been milking pieces of that interview for years.
- Guy told good stories.
- Had charisma.
- I actually got to go to his ranch with the athletic department.
- Holy hell, man.
- He had a … hotel for guests, and then you drove 20 minutes to his house, which had a roman aqueduct, a wine cave, and glass floor where you could watch the water from the aqueduct flow into the 15-foot deep koi ponds that formed a terrace in the … back yard?
- Got to trap shoot while we were there.
- I’d never shot a shotgun before, but I hit more shots than anyone.
- All that FPS Halo training.
- Shoulder was bruised to hell.
- Worth it.
- I like shooting.
- Always have.
- There are some things you can’t avoid growing up in Oklahoma, I guess.
- How did I become a half a step from being ANTIFA living here?
- Blame college, right?
- Made me woke?
- /eye_roll
- I’ve mentioned this before, but I write these lists for a couple of reasons.
- First, compulsion.
- Second, community.
- Third, to give you people something to read that’s not algorithmic bullshit.
- I’m repeating myself.
- I still believe in the submerged power of the Internet to connect people instead of dividing them.
- (Playlist just went from Rusted Root to Tool.)
- (Awwww yisssss).
- Like, for instance, while I’m typing, I’m talking to my friends about coffee.
- Jay said, “Pray for me, guys. I’m having to drink Keurig coffee at work. I apparently didn’t consume enough of the good stuff back at the house.”
- And then we got into the whole coffee debate.
- I’ll drink shitty coffee when I have to.
- But … “I get the gourmet shit because I want to taste it.”
- I don’t drink black coffee yet, but when I do, I like espresso blends.
- DID YOU KNOW … contrary to popular belief, a good espresso blend is less bitter than a lighter roast?
- Not if you’re buying that Starbucks shit at the store.
- I have to be careful here.
- I have opinions, but not enough concrete data to back it up.
- We have a coffee subscription.
- (Until the tariffs and economy crash take it away, anyway.)
- Trade Coffee.
- We’ve had some spectacular beans from there.
- Squirrel!
- What I love about modern tech is its ability to keep you connected.
- The whole coffee conversation with the guys.
- The Discord server.
- All manner of group text threads.
- Facebook messages.
- The direct stuff.
- Community is key to longevity.
- That and lifting weights.
- Which I’m dying to get back to btw.
- My Oura ring telling me I’m a year older than my age …
- Fuck you, ring.
- I was younger before the surgery.
- I cannot abide this sedentary nonsense while doing the meds!
- Sigh.
- I’ve got virtual Mayo appts today to determine the course of things.
- Keep your fingers crossed.
- We know things are working, mind you.
- We just don’t know what else they want to do.
- Anyway.
- Not a cry for sympathy.
- I don’t do that.
- DO NOT GO GENTLE.
- NP: Anthrax, “Crush.”
- Don’t think all I have on this playlist is metal, because it is sure not true.
- Charlie’s drums in “Crush” are amazing, btw.
- Anthrax is so much better than Megadeth.
- Dave can suck it.
- (Not our Dave. Dave Mustain.)
- (Who’s still crying about being kicked out of Metallica 40+ years later.)
- NP: Ratt, “Lay it Down.”
- What the hell.
- I really clicked Like on that song?
- …
- No accounting for taste, I guess.
- Not even mine.
- Remember, don’t listen to me.
- You do you.
- Out!
Layin’ it Down
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“He had a … hotel for guests, and then you drove 20 minutes to his house, which had a roman aqueduct, a wine cave, and glass floor where you could watch the water from the aqueduct flow into the 15-foot deep koi ponds that formed a terrace in the … back yard?”
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I’m not at all into any of the music you talk about AND I like country music and most other genres as well, but I still like your lists! And, I’ve even considered listening to some of your music. Might do it one day. I always wonder how you listen to it AFTER brain surgery though LOL 😛 You do you! hehe
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Also … NONE of the music?!?!? It’s not all metal! Lolol
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I keep trying to reply and it keeps deleting it. Might be user error. Anyway. I MIGHT like some of it. I’m terrible with who sings what. Hubs quizzes me on everyone in the play list. We are in the pool today – YAY FINALLY- and he’s playing Wheezer and Nirvana. Turns out, I’m a Wheezer fan. Had no idea. 😜
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