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morning babble / Friday 12-01-23

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Violent Femmes cut

“That album is now 40 years old. I think I need a nap”

Violent Femmes cut

Morning Babble Opener

Happy December! I’m sorry, I’m still in shock over the notification of the Violet Femmes self titled album – Violet Femmes – turning 40. So, out right now, there is the “Violent Femmes (Deluxe Edition)” of this album – remastered, dozen demos, B-sides and live performances. “The collection works to capture the band’s energy, humor, and in the live recordings, their intense audience connection.” 40 years – (clip)

Anyway – again, it really is December – Despite this month officially being, still can’t bring up Christmas to some people yet. I understand that some people don’t do Christmas – all good. Personally, I’m all in on Santa – that’s the magic of the season for me. You’re putting up your tree already? – bah humbug or grinch

My buddy Cecil said that he celebrates the season

New Music Friday:

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!

Superstars today

• Beyoncé – she’s been busy with that Renaissance tour of hers – however, it did come to a close on October 1st. So, it’s time to do something. How about Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé which documents the world tour that she just went on. Thursday night was a premier of the film in London. Today though – we all can go see the movie and there’s a new song which appears in the credits of the film. Here’s “My House.” (clip) That’s quite an outfit – gotta get me one of those. Maybe not for me.

• You know who was at the London Renaissance movie premiere? (clip) That’s right, Miss Taylor Swift. But that’s not the only reason why I’m talking about her. We do have a new song from her today – somewhat. This song was previously dropped back in May as a digital release via her web store, after it appeared on an exclusive CD edition sold to fans at her Eras Tour stop in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It wasn’t available on the streaming services, but today it’s here for us all to enjoy. “You’re Losing Me.” (clip)

• Old-timer, but still a superstar to me – Peter Gabriel – All year. Every full moon. We got a new song for this new album. It’s now officially here all neatly packaged up on the streaming services. We’ve got the picture of the vinyl cover (shot) Sort of reminds me of Gabriel’s 3rd album – the one with the melted face (shot) That’s the album with songs “Biko” and “Games without Frontiers” (cut) Just like his US and UP albums, he invited a range of visual artists to contribute a piece of art to accompany the music – all 12 songs received this treatment. You can see the art workwork here that goes with track 12 on the bright side of the album – “Live and Let Live” (clip)

• All of these superstar artrists and then – Jimmie’s Chicken Shack. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve been loving these guys since 1998’s “Dropping Anchor” (clip) There were others before that – but that’s the one that sold me on the band. Today – we have the song “Seconds Slip” as I believe it’s being released on the streaming services as the full album is now out but via purchase on the bandcamp website. Click here to purchase that album. Again – here’s “Seconds Slip” (clip)

• Several quick hits of new music: Jennifer Lopez has shared more details about This Is Me…– her first new album in a decade. Album is out February 16th and the lead single “Can’t Get Enough” drops January 10th. All of this – also known as – not today // One of my favorite artists to listen and chill out to is Mat Kearney – today he popped up on my Spotify Release Radar list for a Christmas song – “Christmas Miracle” // For their latest single, MGMT have shared the music video – the goal that they were going for was a 90s alt rock feel to it – “Bubblegum Dog” (clip)

Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork, Louder, Dan Deluca of the Philly Inquirer & I know there’s more.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” – by Friedrich Nietzsche

morning babble / Wednesday 11-29-23

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Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.” – by Charlie Munger

morning babble / Tuesday 11-28-23

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Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range

Yeah for Tuesday!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” – Steven Wright

morning babble / Monday 11-27-23

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Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Stop looking to the side and pay attention to what’s right in front of you.” by Anne Dennish

morning babble / Sunday 11-26-23

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Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range

Go Blue! Michigan Wolverines 12-0!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The mindset you choose when adversity hits is the determining factor if you win or lose.” by J.J. McCarthy – quarterback of the 12-0 Michigan Wolverines

morning babble / Friday 11-24-23

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Jingle Bell Rock

Going to be a little different this holiday season with Hall and Oates – that’s what happens when one sues the other one.

Private Eyes Clip

New Music Friday:

As reported by Philly Mag, Daryl Hall is suing his Hall and Oates bandmate, John Oates. The lawsuit involves “contract/debt” and a temporary restraining order. That’s fun. (Rich Girl)

Don’t be like those guys. Happy Turkey Day Weekend / Don’t worry – we’re all feeling a little puffy and swollen Save that workout until Monday and even then, do it really slow. I ran. You did that run like in negative time – that’s right. I’m negative runner. (Jim Carrey clip).

Black Friday Record Store DayIt’s also Record Store Day Friday

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!

• I’ve talked about this rocker before – Lyell.  I’m a big fan of her single “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.” (clip) She also did a great remake of the Blink-182 song “I Miss You” (clip) – but today, she is back with another single of her own. This is called “Cruel” (clip)

• Just over a month ago, Björk and Rosalía announced an upcoming song to be released that they worked on together. Proceeds from this track support the legal fight against foreign-owned salmon farming operations in Iceland brought by residents of – let’s go to the tape on the pronunciation of this one: (clip) Seyðisfjörður. And now – let’s go to the tape of the song – this is their new song “Oral.”

• Via Spotify, “The Holiday Place” is described as the Nettwerk Music Group’s Home for the Holidays. They dropped a full album of holiday songs labeled – Sleigh Ride – 22 songs over an hour of holiday tunage. The album includes “Wonderful Christmas Time” by Beta Radio (clip) Beta Radio released this song within a 3 pack of Christmas tunes that they labeled as The Songs the Seasons Bring, Vol 5. Oh – loved that photo shoot mimicking the Home Alone scene with the pizza boy and Joe Pesci as the cop (clip)

• Several quick hits of new music: This past week, Tim McGraw released a surprise 6-track EP called: Poet’s Resumé, Song being pushed is “Runnin’ Outta Love” – wait, how’s he running out? He’s still with Faith Hill, right? (sounder) Basement Jaxx and 100 gecs got together for a little ditty called “where’s my head at?” (sounder) Trippie Redd and YTB Fatt did the duet thing as well with the song “Snail Shells” – I can play some of it, right? (sounder) nope (sounder again) // More duet-ing – Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor have a new holiday song out called “Wrap Me Up” – now that’s gotta be safe to play.

Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork, Louder, Dan Deluca of the Philly Inquirer & I know there’s more.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.” by Maya Angelou

Still in Turkey Day mode – so full though. I’ll take a beverage. Time to do the big tree!

Validates my pack rat-ness

morning babble / Thursday 11-23-23

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Happy Thanksgiving – a time to give thanks to everyone!

Within my Evernote app, I have a note labeled “Stuff to do / Places to visit” and under California, I have West Oakland’s Horn BBQ. Unfortunately, this past Tuesday morning, a bad fire broke out there and forced its closure. A day later – pitmaster Matt Horn returned to the scene to hold his annual turkey giveaway, thank his customers and the community for their support — and promise he would rebuild.

Via The Mercury News – article

The Horn family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for their barbecue employees and the reconstruction.

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Life is about moments. Don’t wait for them, create them.” by Matt Horn

morning babble / Wednesday 11-22-23

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Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range.

Missing this dude – Michael Hutchence

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I don’t think success arrives and you’re suddenly happy. It’s not like that. If people think that they’ll be very disappointed.” – by Michael Hutchence of INXS

morning babble / Monday 11-20-23

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Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range

Win or Lose . . . always a Birds fan

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I had a purpose before anyone had an opinion.” – Jalen Hurts

morning babble / Sunday 11-19-23

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Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range

Live from the Workshop!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I’m at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5. You’re right, have fun.” – Keanu Reeves