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morning babble / Friday 09-27-24

(Linkin Park “Heavy is the Crown” clip)

Some controversary around the new Linkin Park music coming out.

I just have to say that I’m on the side of really liking it.

(Linkin Park “Heavy is the Crown” clip)

(Morning Babble Intro)

Happy Weekend – a full Autumn weekend. Next week is October, then Thanksgiving, and then (Elf clip) I was going to say 2025, but I guess there is that Santa thing happening, too. Just an FYI – Kelly Clarkson just released “You For Christmas” (clip)

It just came out today – it counts.

(Countdown Video)

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!

• One of my favorite bands (clip) who came out with two albums last year (show them) The National have announced a new album (“I Need My Girl” clip) It’s not new material, but instead a live album called Rome. Officially drops on December 13th, so a Christmas vinyl gift for Brent is there for the taking (clip) The show that was recorded was from their June 3rd concert in the name of the album: Rome – 21 tracks but 4 have been released already. I played a clip of “I Need My Girl” but here’s a little bit of “Lit Up” which first originated on their Alligator album from 2005 (clip)

• Couple weeks ago, I mentioned how Lady Gaga plans to release her long-awaited seventh album next year in February. Album is being referred to as “LG7”. But today, we got a whole different album from the actress who plays Harley Quinn (“Oh, When The Saints”) Big band classics can be heard on what’s being called – Harlequin – and also the companion album to her upcoming film: Joker: Folie à Deux (fully ado) (“Folie à Deux” song clip) Fully Ado is one of two new songs on the album. The other 11 are wonderfully done covers. The other new one is called “Happy Mistake” (clip)

• This guy – Alex Warren – he was actually on my Missed Music Monday this past Monday. (“Burning Down” clip) He’s a got a lot of plays on a bunch of his singles. Those singles can all be found on now his fully released album called: You’ll be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1) (clip of “Catch My Breath”) “Catch My Breath” is the song being pushed by Spotify today, but you still have 9 others to enjoy. I sorta enjoyed the last track which also the title track of the album – “You’ll be Alright, Kid” (clip)

• Several quick hits of new music: British rock band The Cure. That sorta sounds like “Rap Guy’s Girlfriends” (clip) Anyway, The Cure – they released their first new song in 16 years. All 6 minutes and 54 seconds of it – whew – it’s called “Alone” // The Weeknd and Playboi Carti have officially released “Timeless” which is the second preview off of the Weeknd’s new album: Hurry Up Tomorrow // Mother Mother is a band that I listened to on many runs of mine with their song “Get Up” (clip) They just released Mother EP – yes, by the band: Mother Mother. It’s a different sound that I enjoy tuning into at times like “Fat Kids” (clip)

Chubby Whubby Baby Club

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.

Be sure to check out the playlist on Spotify. As I mentioned in the beginning, it’s a playlist of songs that I’ve talked about – you’ll even see Sir Mix-A-Lot there, and thought about: so, you’ll see some new music there from JD McPherson (his album just dropped), Lil Durk, and the non-stop song making machine: Fuller (clip) 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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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Dream big, work hard and don’t be an asshole!” – by Mike Shinoda

“I have a toothbrush, my toothbrush is sexy” – by Mike Shinoda

morning babble / Thursday 09-26-24

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range. Hey – go click that video!

(“Wake Me Up When September Ends” cut)

I know Monday is the last day of September, but today is the birthday of tennis legend – Serena Williams. And her favorite band – Green Day.

(“Brain Stew” cut)

For this year’s Grammy Awards show, Green Day’s Billie Joe called and asked her to present the band. She hopped on a plane and got there the boys.

(“American Idiot” cut)

That’s her favorite song from Green Day – “American Idiot”

Quote of the Day!

43 years young

Happy Friday Eve!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If you smile, things will work out.” – by Serena Williams

morning babble / Tuesday 09-24-24

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range. Hey – go click that video!

(Clip of “Come As You Are”)

On this date back in 1991, incredible music was unleashed upon the world. And, I’m not just talking about the Nevermind album from Nirvana

(Clip of “Suck My Kiss”)

You also had the Red Hot Chili Peppers with their Blood Sugar Sex Magik album. And?

(Clip of “Check the Rhime”)

That’s one I need on vinyl – A Tribe Called Quest album called The Low End Theory

3 incredible albums all in one day.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper.” – by Q-Tip

morning babble / Monday 09-23-24

(Missed Music Monday opener)

3 Quick Misses – David Kushner – I’d compare him to Mat Kearney but with a deeper sound / Full album came out end of August

(“Darkerside” cut)

Irishman Darren Kiely released the song “Late Texts” this past Friday. When I heard it, I sorta think of the band – Bright Eyes

(“Late Texts” cut)

Alex Warren has a full album drop this Friday. I promptly thought of Hozier when I heard his voice.

(“Burning Down”)

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morning babble / Saturday 09-21-24

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range. Hey – go click that video!

(“Who are you? / I’m Batman” clip)

Not me, I’m just Brent. But today – it’s a global celebration of Batman.

Yes, September 21st is Batman Day

(TV Show Theme Song)

Yeah – I grew up watching that tv show with Adam West – it originated in the 60s. I saw reruns. Same bat time, same channel. I do like Lego Batman though.

(“I’m Batman, I’m Awesome. I got a 9 pack”)

He does have like a 9 pack. Sorry.

Also, on this Bat Day – I want to remind everyone to support your local comic book store –

my favorite is out of Newark, DE – Captain Blue Hen Comics

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I have one power. I never give up.” – by Batman (I used that back on August 15, 2021)

morning babble / Friday 09-20-24

(“Records” song)

Off the Weezer Summer album – that’s the song “Records”.

But now, it’s time to go Autumn

(“Can’t Dance, Don’t Ask Me” song)

(Morning Babble Intro)

Happy 1st Day of Autumn Weekend . . . it’s officially here . . . Sunday. I am so ready.

Actually, the first victim of Pumpkin Spice creamer went down today. Don’t worry – we have another. Don’t be silly. But this stuff is a problem. I typically want my coffee black – no cream, no sugar. Sumatra. Ethiopian Yirgacheffe. A Dark Roast. But with this – I turn into Buddy the Elf when he’s eating that candy breakfast. (video)

Did I just do a Christmas reference? Too soon? Well, we can now say that Winter is the next season. Don’t worry – I won’t rush it. I love me the Pumpkin Spice Autumn Season.

(Pumpkin Guy drinking latte)

(Countdown Video)

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!

• Was that “Too Fast” (clip) For the past several years, Future has pretty much teamed up with someone else on his music or whole albums themselves, like with Lil Uzi Vert (“Drankin N Smokin” clip) and just this past year with the two albums and Metro Boomin (“Like That”). But now, he dropped a 17 track album called Mixtape Pluto with no features, he’s going all the way solo on this one, first time since 2016. Nevertheless, the song being pushed on Spotify is track #6 called “Too Fast” (clip)

• Creeping closer and closer to October 4th which is the full drop of Jake Bugg’s album called A Modern Day Distraction. Today, we receive the final taster, the new single is called “I Wrote the Book.” (clip) That’s release number 4 off the upcoming album. I actually really liked that one song that went like . . . (clip) “All Kinds of People” with Jake Bugg – I really like that one a lot. It’s actually on my Wake Up playlist. Play a little more. (clip)

• I’m excited for this one – coming in November – the 22nd to be exact. Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty is coming out with his 6th studio album called Mahashmashana. – yeah I had to practice that. (clip) Via a press release that I didn’t see, but Pitchfork did – Mahāśmaśāna (महामशान) is a Sanskrit word meaning “great cremation ground.” We’re learning something new every day. Let’s get to the new song (clip) Called “Screamland” and it’s actually not the first single released from the album. (shocking clip) 2nd Christmas reference – sorry – anyway, the actual 1st release was experienced on Father John Misty’s album: Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl – the single was “I Guess Time Makes Fools of Us All” (clip)

• That song is over 8 1/2 minutes long – that’s like 2 songs for the release of 1. Several quick hits of new music: Gwen Stefani (clip) she is due to release her fifth studio album this November on the 15th. But we did get the album’s first single – called “Somebody Else’s” – it’s a brutal breakup song. She’s obviously not too happy with the Bush guy (clip) but Gwen is all smiles now with her hubby, Blake Shelton // Neon Trees – a whole new album is out – 12 songs spread out over 40 minutes of new music all nicely packaged under the title: Sink Your Teeth – it’s their first album in 4 years – go and enjoy // and finally, a band that I’ve been following for awhile – The Talbott Brothers – have announced that their new album Borderlands will be out next year on Friday, May 2nd. That’s a little bit of distance. Thankfully, we got our first taste of that album already with the new song “Kerosene” (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.

Be sure to check out the playlist on Spotify. As I mentioned in the beginning, it’s a playlist of songs that I’ve talked about and thought about: so, you’ll see some new music there from Keith Urban (who does have a new album out), Da Baby, Vienna Vienna, and Nessa Barrett (that’s that “Dirty Little Secret” song with the fun video, right), and 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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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I never feel guilty about liking music.” – by Rivers Cuomo (FYI – lead singer of Weezer)

morning babble / Thursday 09-19-24

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range. Hey – go click that video!

(“Once” clip)

On this date, back in 1990, Eddie Vedder was selected as lead vocalist of what will become Pearl Jam after Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard and Mike McCready heard his demo tape where he added vocals to three instrumental tracks the band had recorded.

“Alive”, “Once”, and “Footsteps”

(“Footsteps” clip)

Quote of the Day

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There’s no time for regrets. You’ve just got to keep moving forward.” – by Mike McCready – lead guitar of Pearl Jam

morning babble / Wednesday 09-18-24

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range. Hey – go click that video!

(“Singles” cut of “Bless You”)

You’ve had since 1992 on this date to see that movie and understand what just happened there in the elevator. Yeah – I’m sorry that was the ending. Still watch it sometime – Singles

(“Singles” cut with Pearl Jam)

There are some of those grunge boys in that flick.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.” – by Cameron Crowe

morning babble / Monday 09-16-24

(Missed Music Monday opener)

At the US Open, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were seen singing and dancing along to a song from The Darkness.

(clip)

I didn’t really miss anything – I mean that song came out in September of 2003. But – it did just hit number one on the iTunes Rock Chart in America. “I Believe in a Thing Called Love.”

(clip)

The Darkness did have Permission To Land… Again 20th Anniversary come out last October. AND – there is a YouTube show called “Justin Hawkins Rides Again” – that’s the lead singer – very entertaining and informative on the musical scene. I’ll provide links!

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morning babble / Friday 09-13-24

(“Brass Monkey” cut)

Back in high school for a football game pep rally, I remember the cheerleaders dancing to the “Brass Monkey” song. It was 1987 and due to my freshman horomones, I remember that scene quite vividly.

(“Brass Monkey” cut)

(Morning Babble Intro)

Happy Weekend! I’ve warned you in the past – anytime I get the chance to play a Beastie Boys song . . . I will. (clip) I definitely think my high school horomones might be the reason why Beastie Boys are locked in as one of my favorites. “Brass Monkey” was actually the 2nd release off their infamous album – Licensed to Ill (“The New Style” cut) “The New Style” was the first release back in 1986, then “Brass Monkey”, and finally “Fight for Your Right” (clip) I remember my parents not liking the fact how much I was enjoying that MTV video.

(clip)

What did they say your mom threw away?

(Countdown Video)

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!

• Let’s begin (“John Cena” clip) I’m embarassed to say that I’m late to the party on this one. It’s a sound that should have been on my rader since it’s similar to Limp Bizkit and one of my favorites – the Beastie Boys (clip of “Crank It Up”) “Crank It Up” is a song from 2021 via Joey Valence & Brae. Who are they (YouTube clip) Their sophomore album – No Hands – dropped this past June. Today though, we have a deluxe version of the album (clip) That’s the “badder” version of the song “The Baddest” but this time with Ayesha Erotica, which is one of the songs that can be found on the deluxe album. (clip) You also get the new song “Pineapple Fried Rice” along with the duo’s spin on Charli XCX’s BRAT summer hit “365” (clip)

• I’ve been a fan of LYELL for several years now. (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”) and “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” is one of my favorites from her. Although her cover of blink-182’s “I Miss You” is pretty damn good too (“I Miss You”) So, does LYELL have a new album out – nope. But – Robert DeLong does. Have I listened to him before? Nope. (“Favorite Color is Blue”) I’ve got to listen to some more. That clip was Robert DeLong singing with K. Flay (who I like alot) the song “Favorite Color is Blue” – that was from 2018 though. He does have a new album out called Playlist of Doom – 30 minutes of new music spread out over 10 songs. How does all of this relate to LYELL? She sings on one of those 10 songs called “2 of Us” (clip of “2 of Us”)

• I really like the music of M.I.A. (M.I.A. “World Town”) Therefore, when I heard a song from this other band, I paused. (fcukers “UMPA”) “UMPA” is the name of the song and I can say that. I can say the name of the band, too, but I’ve kept this little video thing of mine clean for so long – I created a card (flash “fcukers”) Yes – it’s what you think it is. Local radio – gonna be a little tough on them. Anyway – a 6 pack of songs actually arrived last week, but I’ve been digging into their sound and thoroughly enjoy myself and (flash “fcukers”) (clip)

• Several quick hits of new music: The Cure took to social media to announce their first new album in 16 years – called Songs of a Lost World and is should arriving 11/1. Lead singer, Robert Smith, claims that it’s “the best thing we’ve done” – then again, has anyone ever really come out and been like here’s another crappy album. // Teddy Swims released a new song called “Bad Dreams” (clip) 2024 has already been a big one for Teddy – looking forward to maybe even more than “Bad Dreams”? // I know it’s September, but the first Christmas song of the year arrived down the chimney from Amy Grant called “When I Think of Christmas” – it’s off of a compilation album along with Vince Gill. Don’t worry – I won’t play it, so Merry Christmas // Nirvana is one of my all-time favorites (“Polly” clip) So when another band covers one of their songs, I’m intrigued. I am not familiar with the band – Daisy Grenade. I am now and they’ve got my attention. Here’s their cover of Nirvana’s “Polly” (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.

Be sure to check out the playlist on Spotify. As I mentioned in the beginning, it’s a playlist of songs that I’ve talked about and thought about: so, you’ll see some new music there from Knox, Fuller, and Tate McCrae (clip) maybe that last one is a fun one to listen while watching – 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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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Motion Before Motivation: It means you get started FIRST, then FEEL the Inspiration to keep going.” – by Mike D (a beastie boy)