Jack White was inspired by a book authored by Upton Sinclair from 1911 called “The Fasting Cure.” This book led him to explore the effects of fasting on his creative process.
(“What’s the Rumpus”)
With fasting, the brain fog lifts and the mental clarity helps bring about new ideas – that’s certainly what I have felt before. Currently, I’m in Day #2 of my 3-Day Fast.
And yes – I did my 50th 5K run of the year, too.
(Day #50)
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Vinyl is the real deal. I’ve always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don’t really own the album.” – by Jack White
Maybe not yet, but I’m going to want something soon. Day 1 of my 3-Day Fast is underway.
I started it really late last night – gonna be a long Thursday.
And yes – I’m running all along the way.
(Day #49)
Oooooo #49. Tomorrow is the big 5-0.
I’m happy this fast is happening. Trying to have some self-control again.
The other night, my daughter gave me some candy that she got from her cast party of Les Mis (“Look Down”) Still have that music in my head. Anyway – she handed it to me and then it was like empty wrapper.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Starve your distractions, feed your focus!” – by Tony Robbins / Anonymous
My daughter performed in her school’s musical of Les Mis. Which means – I got to see it 3x this past weekend. Just an FYI – that’s 9 total hours of Les Mis.
(“Master of the House”)
I’m working on a new 2025 angry run playlist – hopefully, it will help eliminate all these songs that keep dancing through my head. I ran.
(Run #48)
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The longer it takes you to become successful, the harder it will be for somebody else to take it away from you.” – by Hugh Jackman
Ever need a weekend away from a weekend? I’m feeling that
(“SOS”)
Those songs are from a running playlist I created back in 2019. 5K Every Day – I succeeded in doing this back in 2021. BUT – I first tried doing it in 2019. I made it all the way to July 15th and then I hurt my knee in Jiu-Jitsu class.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A short book can still be an excellent one. A long book can be a terrible one. It’s not the length of life, but its quality that matters.” – by Seneca
Happy Valentine’s Day Weekend! Spread that love around . . . even to them. Everyone’s like – who’s them? Cowboys Fans . . . it’s a sad time for them. (picture of the parade) They probably wouldn’t have gotten any love there – that was a shot of the Art Museum on Friday for the Eagles Super Bowl parade – before it got really crowded (picture) And – that’s a picture of my gang that went to the parade. It’s why New Music Friday is a little tardy. Who’s coming up: Bryce Fox, Japanese Breakfast, Bon Iver, FJM, and Saint Motel
(Countdown Video)
New Music Friday:
Bryce Fox already has a busy 2025 lined up while touring with AWOLNATION, but he added to his workload fun by announcing the upcoming release of a new album called The Butterfly and the Bomb (“Butterfly”) That song “Butterfly” is a part of an EP called The Butterfly – 4 of those 5 songs will be found on this upcoming album along with 9 others like the song “King is Dead” (clip) Today though, we’ve got a new one to add to the Valentine’s Day Weekend playlist called “Psychopath” (clip)
Japanese Breakfast is a band that I talked about last month. Remember – Michelle Zauner is Japanese Breakfast and her memoir is Crying In H Mart (clip) “Orlando in Love” was the 1st release we heard off her upcoming 4th album: For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women). The whole album drops on March 21st, but today we have the 2nd song release called: “Mega Circuit” (clip)
Last October, Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver released a 4 pack of songs EP called SABLE (“SPEYSIDE” clip) Those same 4 songs will lead off his upcoming new album which will have 8 other songs – 12 in all if my calculator proves correct – album is called SABLE, fABLE (clip) “Everything Is Peaceful Love” is the first release off this new album, which is the first from Bon Iver since 2019 – arrival time is April 11th. //
Several quick hits of new music: Father John Misty who released Mahashmashana last November. Love that album, so much so – I got it on vinyl. Anyway – for all you FJM fans, he released an album of demos from his I Love You, Honeybear album – which turns 10 this year // Our Lady Peace snuck in a new song on their EP release called OLP 30 Vol. 3 – it’s 5 song of their past work along with this new one called “No Angels in this Town” // I listen to the weekly show Advanced Placement on Sirius XM’s AltNation channel. I heard new song from the band Saint Motel which also just dropped a new album called: Symphony in the Sky. I’m still digging into it, but here’s a sip of the sound I experienced with the song called “Get It At Home” (clip)
Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork, Louder, Spill Magazine, Dan Deluca of the Philly Inquirer & I know there’s more.
I put together a Spotify playlist of the songs that I talked about and thought about today for New Music Friday. Click here for that! Anything that I really messed up and missed – well, that’s why I’ll be doing Missed Music Monday on Monday.
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Yesterday, I celebrated with way too many Eagles fans in Philadelphia for the parade. A lot of people got wonderful pictures and videos of the players, but how about Eagles in a Tree?
(Video Tree clip)
It was fun and memories were made. Just like the 45 record says – it was a celebration.
And – personally, I celebrated run #46 of the year.
(song or Day?)
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Don’t focus on the pain. Focus on the progress.” – by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
I’ve got some cold feelings in the air. Trying to get to the gym as early as I can to get my 5K Run in because I’ve got to get somewhere.
(Day #45)
And done. Trust me – I’m sweaty – see the hat. Now, I got to get home and get ready – I’m going to the Eagles parade today in Philly. Also, that song I played at the beginning – that song played on loop after the Super Bowl win because it’s the favorite of Jalen Hurts.
(“Happy Feelin’s” song)
Quote of the Day
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Go Hug Someone . . . legally of course. Not randomly – that could be very negative.
New Music Friday will probably arrive Saturday – just an FYI
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Success is not owned. It’s leased, and rent is due every day.” – by Jalen Hurts
Hit the treadmill today and my ear buds would not work with my phone. The music in the gym was a little low today. It’s rough running with just you and your thoughts.
(Day #44)
I’m sorry. I won’t do that again. Let’s play something.
(“Eat It” clip)
Love me some Weird Al. One week from today – I’ll actually be wrapping up my 3-Day Fast.
(“Eat It” clip)
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.” – by Weird Al Yankovic
So, as you can see – it did snow last night. BUT – not enough to keep me at home and on the trails. I did make it to the gym for my run.
(#43)
FYI – it is cold out there. By the way, I did want to mention – I’m not always so happy go lucky as I may portray on here.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You are a very special person. There is only one like you in the whole world.” – by Mister Rogers
Did you know that there is a mistake in the beginning of that Van Halen song?
(“Eruption” song)
Yeah – I didn’t hear it either. Tell the guitar teacher story.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.” – by Eddie Van Halen
