5K EVERY DAY – #27

(LU$T “Go Birds”)

Birds fan here

(LU$T “Go Birds”)

Still got to the gym, but late

(#27)

Blah, Blah, Blah (that’s me talking)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I am able to accept criticism because I am my biggest critic.” – by Jalen Hurts

5K EVERY DAY

(Jay-Z “Can’t Knock the Hustle”)

I ran 26 days of running . . . in a row

(Day #26)

Cannot believe we lost this guy 5 years ago

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Don’t copy the what. Copy the how.” – Kobe Bryant

5K EVERY DAY

(Katy Perry song)

When I’m on the treadmill at the gym, it reminds me of being at the urinal. Got to stare straight ahead. Even though, you might want to see. I’m running at 6.8. And he’s running at 8 1/2 – that’s amazing. Wait what are we talking about again?

(More Katy)

I did run – 5K Every Day completed

(Day #25)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Why not concentrate on the now instead of hoping for better times in the future? Why not understand the now instead of forgetting it and hoping for the future? Isn’t the future just another trap?” – via Anthony de Mello and his book – Awareness

new music friday / Friday 01-24-25

(New Music Friday Intro)

Happy Weekend – no need to check the calendar. It’s still winter. BUT – I do have some spring time news which circles the date of April 12th. (Post Malone cut) Record Store Day event organizers have announced Mr. Post Malone is the official 2025 Record Store Day Ambassador. (clip) Post hasn’t announced a special release for this year’s Record Store Day, but in the past he has released limited edition versions for that day. We shall se.

(Countdown Video)

New Music Friday:

• Sophomore album has been released from Teddy Swims – he’s going back to therapy (“Lose Control”) That’s “Lose Control” which is actually the big song off of his Rookie album, which helped him gain a Grammy nomination this year for Best New Artist (clip) First album was called: I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy. Second album is called: I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) – why ruin a good thing? (clip) Soul, country, alt-rock, you name it – that’s what you get from these albums from Teddy Swims. The song being pushed today is “Guilty” (song)

• FKA twigs has officially released her first album in six years – called EUSEXUA (You – Sex -ua like Joshua) (clip) Over 40 minutes of new music spread out over 11 songs. By the way, North West – the 11-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye raps in Japanese on track #8 called “Childlike Things” (clip) Yeah – I don’t know what that all means, but I thought it sounded pretty good. Let’s hear a little more but this time with FKA twigs (clip)

• For me personally, this album was on my radar for 2025 (clip) This is Benjamin Booker’s first album in 7 years and it’s called LOWER. (clip) Booker co-produced this album with Kenny Segal, who will join the singer on tour. I’ve been a fan of Booker’s past albums: Witness and his self titled debut album: Benjamin Booker which includes my favorite song from him: “Violent Shiver” (clip)

• Several quick hits of new music: Nessa Barrett has shared “DOES GOD CRY?” – which is one of six new songs that will be appearing on her upcoming AFTERCARE DELUXE album, arriving February 7th  // Tate McRae released a new song about a “Sports Car” (clip) Is that a fish tank? (clip) I believe it is. I own a fish tank cleaning service – never seen that before. // Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars have shared a new song called “Fat Juicy & Wet.” Can we play any of that? (clip) And there you have it. We’re officially concluding the naughty part of the program. //

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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5K EVERY DAY

(A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You)

I was trying to find a song that mentioned morning routine and somehow I took a tangent towards The Monkees. Oh Neil Diamond wrote that song – just like this one.

(I’m A Believer)

So – yeah, I was looking for a morning routine song, but found nothing

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” – by Mark Twain

5K EVERY DAY

(Wham – Wake Me Up)

Show that morning’s protein shake

(Wham – Wake Me Up)

Morning Re-enactment / I ran

(Day #23)

Quote of the Day

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The effort to try and feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable.” – by Oliver Burkeman

5K EVERY DAY

(“HOT TO GO!” opener)

I talk a lot about listening to angry music. You know “tough music” as I run my 5k. Meanwhile, here I sit still in my puffy jacket

(“HOT TO GO!”)

Psst – I did run.

(Run #22)

I listen to the Godsmack / the Shinedown / the Korn, but sometimes I need to have that fun pop sound in my ears.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.” – by Chuck Close

5K EVERY DAY

(“Sweater Weather” By The Neighbourhood)

It’s not just “Sweater Weather” but it’s also puffy jacket weather.

(“Sweater Weather” By The Neighbourhood)

I saw a guy at the gym this morning wearing a puffy jacket while working out. It was not cold in the gym. By the way – I ran.

(Day #21)

Read the quote

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Perfectionism is just procrastination in disguise” – by Dan Martell

5K EVERY DAY

(Timbuk3)

Shades on the mill (this wasn’t planned)

(Day #20)

Blah, Blah, Blah

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“”It is always the right time to do the right thing.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

5K EVERY DAY

(Jake Bugg)

I Ran.

(#19)

First weigh-in of the year and I was pleased. Relieved is probably the better word. I felt myself getting quite puffy around the holidays. I definitely enjoyed food. I mean, I talked about Cookies for Breakfast week between Christmas and New Year’s enough.

(Cookies for Breakfast clip)

That was a glorious week. But – I’m creeping back into shape. About 8 lbs away from a running weight that I know I perform well at. That’s going to help my pull-ups too.

You know what’s beneficial to keeping the weight down, too? Matt Horn being on the West Coast and not the East Coast. I’d inflate with all the food that I would want to eat from this dude.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I never dreamed about success – I worked for it” – by Matt Horn