Music Friday: "Hope for the Night Time"

Over the past few years, I have been checking periodically if Benjamin Booker has come out with any new music. 

I really enjoyed his first two albums. 

I checked again this week and discovered he came out with one this January titled Lower. 

The new album is different than his guitar-oriented first two albums. 

I've been listening to the new album this week and am shining up to it. 

Here's the final tune on the new album. 

Music Friday: "Birdhouse in Your Soul"

I heard this song this week when listening to the 1st Wave radio station on SiriusXM. 

I've always enjoyed the goofy brilliance of They Might Be Giants. 

Music Friday: "You Get What You Give"

I've always liked this song. 

It was on the radio this week when I was driving around and doing some errands. 

It's a music video set in a mall. Remember malls? 

Random Notes from a Crank

 

I got this meme from "Eat the Rich" on FB. It's appropriate. We only have so many natural resources and probably way too many unnatural ones.  

In my job I have to work with first-year students, who are usually 18-year-olds. Their inability to use the basic "attach file" function of email is astounding. Yes, I know how that statement makes me sound old as Hell. 

As reported in The New York Times, the enrollment of international students has steeply declined. President Adolf's hurdles have turned us into the United States of Xenophobia. Here's the article: "Trumps Tactics Mean Many International Students Won't Make It to Campus."

I dislike the statement, "It's been a minute." People try to make it sound funny, but it just sounds stupid. 

This political cartoon by Nick Anderson is relevant to how President Adolf is trying to sugar coat the reality of slavery as presented by the Smithsonian. 

Music Friday: "Owner of Lonely Heart"

One of the people I follow on TikTok does videos on how a band's song is put together and produced. 

He did an outstanding video on "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears. 

Last night as I walking the dog I watched a video of him breaking down how "Owner of Lonely Heart" was arranged. Really interesting stuff. 

I never bought any CDs from Yes, but I did enjoy this song that was in heavy rotation on MTV back when they actually played music videos. 

And like the fellow said on the video, now I cannot unhear the cow bell in this song. 

Music Friday: "Fear Is the Mind Killer"

Jesse Welles is a great fellow to follow on TikTok. Recently he put out a satirical protest song about ICE agents. 

Here's "Fear Is the Mind Killer." 

Music Friday: "South Texas Lawman"

I recently discovered that James McMurtry has a new album out titled The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy. 

I haven't listened to it thoroughly yet, but here's the second tune on the album. 

Music Friday: "War Pigs"

Ozzy Osbourne died recently. 

He's an icon of course, and I occasionally listen to the Ozzy channel on SiriusXM radio. I grew up in that era of hard rock/heavy metal. 

For me, I liked him best as the lead singer of Black Sabbath. 

So I present to you "War Pigs." 

Music Friday: "Don't Stand So Close to Me"

Here's a classic tune from The Police. 

I cannot fathom how high school teachers hit on and sometimes sleep with their students. Disgusting. 

And yes, I know the song is based on Lolita by Nabokov. But still. 

Music Friday: "History of the Future"

I enjoy some good psychedelic rock. I finally got around to getting Freak Out! by the Mothers of Invention. 

And I realized I hadn't kept up with the newer releases from The Black Angels. 

Here's a tune from the band's 2022 album Wilderness of Mirrors. 

Music Friday: "Stop"

Since it's the Fourth of July, I thought I'd share a song that epitomizes American exceptionalism and arrogance. 

Music Friday: "Black Dog"

On TikTok there are some channels that have various people listening to tunes and getting their reactions. 

The ones I've seen the most often are people reacting to System of Down's "Chop Suey!"

But today, and I'm late with this post, I'm going with Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog," which is also featured in such videos. 

Music Friday: "Horses"

They've been playing this tune quite a bit on SiriusXM The Spectrum. I liked the song and decided to purchase his album, Middle. 

Here's "Horses" by Jesse Welles. 

Music Friday: "Everyday People"

I was hanging out at our hotel last night, and basically there was a conversation beginning that was bordering on racist talk about the "Blacks." The conversation was started by two rednecks from Louisiana. 

Because I knew how the conversation might progress, I just left rather than listen to a bunch of dumb white people talk nonsense. 

And all this comes this week when the musical genius who was Sly Stone died. 

Here's to a brighter vision of accepting everyday people.

 

Music Friday: "Change of the Guard"

I finally got around to grooving on the music of Kamasi Washington. 

Here's the opening tune on The Epic. 

Music Friday: "Subterranean Homesick Blues"

I've been driving a lot this week for a host of reasons. 

This song was featured during the recent episode of David Fricke's show on SiriusXM when he had the lead singer of Little Feat on his program. 

Music Friday: "Funny Vibe"

I woke up this morning and had my coffee while watching a video on YouTube. 

I thought about what song to feature today, and for whatever reason "Funny Vibe" came to mind. 

Here you go. 

Living Colour is such a great band. 

Music Friday: "Gild the Lily"

I had heard this song quite often listening to the SiriusXM Spectrum channel. 

Come to find out that the new album by Billy Strings is a double album - twenty songs in total. 

Here's "Gild the Lily." 

Music Friday: "Buggin' Out" & "Check the Rhime"

One of the albums I listened to this week was The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest. 

Here are two standout tunes from this opus. 

Music Friday: "Bad State of Mind"

I've heard this song played on the SiriusXM station The Spectrum. 

I immediately enjoyed the sound of this band and will probably be checking out their first two albums. 

Treaty Oak Revival is a new band to me.