Music Friday: "Tell the Truth" & "Freedom"

The Uber-talented Jon Batiste has a new album out titled WE ARE. 

After a few spins, here a couple of tunes I was automatically drawn to: "Tell the Truth" and "Freedom." The latter song was featured recently on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. 

Random Notes from a Crank

The other day I made up some sweetbreads according to the recipe in The Joy of Cooking. I had never had them before, so I thought I'd try them. 

I won't be trying them again. They're a gland from the cow, and I don't care for them at all. They remind me of chicken gizzards except they're bigger and spongier. Not good eats.

I thought I might like them since I like other offal, especially liver. 

When I called into my local health care provider about getting my Covid-19 vaccine, as I was on hold, one of the songs that played was "Take the Long Way Home" by Supertramp. 

I had not heard that song in a good while. 

And then the song after that was "Calling Dr. Love" by Kiss. 

I like their sense of humor. 

D.C. and Puerto Rico deserve statehood. Here's a recent article from the Washington Post that breaks it down for you: "No Longer 'Chocolate City,' D.C. See Calls for Statehood Grow Louder." 

Music Friday: "Unpleasant Breakfast"

Another album I picked up recently is Open Door Policy by The Hold Steady. 

Here's a song that's a pleasant ear worm of renown. 

I'm late with this post. I just forgot about it. A large part of Friday was spent doing a campus visit for my daughter, and then we went to a hometown Friday night high school football game here in east central Illinois. 

Cheers.

Music Friday: "Hypotheticals"

I watched this performance on Colbert's show last night and picked up the album today. I've only given a couple of spins, but it's starting to delight.  

Random Notes from a Crank

How does Jennifer Aniston look hotter than she did when she was on Friends? She has aged gracefully indeed. 

I was thinking the other day about why there's never been a sit-com that is set in an old folks home. I think there are all kinds of comedic storylines to explore along with doses of drama and sober realities. 

Which makes me think about the plot lines that Parks & Recreation never followed, especially ones focused on recreation league baseball, basketball, and flag football. 

I was thinking today of my celebrity crushes. There are as follows:

• Ginger Spice aka Geri Halliwell
• Elizabeth Hurley
• Winona Ryder
• Natalie Portman
• Isla Fisher
• Julianne Moore
• Gillian Anderson
• Nicolle Wallace
• Salma Hayek
• Gail Gadot
• Rachel Weisz

I obviously have a thing for redheads, certain accents, and brunettes.

Music Friday: "Lie in Our Graves"

I was reminded of the album Crash this week by a friend on FB. 

I am also horribly late with this post. 

I used to listen to DMB all the dang time, but I haven't in a long while. It was good revisiting this album. 

Here's "Lie in Our Graves."