20 Best Songs, 2021

Maybe this year will be better than the last.

New Keyboard

I got a new keyboard for Christmas. Mechanical. Has higher keys, makes a satisfying “click” sound when you type. Not exactly like a typewriter but not far off. Probably going to annoy the hell out of my wife, but I love the damn thing. Plus, it’s got a bunch of colors, which makes it look…

Why Is There Always a Police Siren in the Background?

Happy Holidays.

The Top 10 Albums of The Previous Decade and While I Realize The Season for Decade-ending List Making has Passed, This is My Blog and I'll Manage its Content Calendar as I See Fit, Go Start Your Own Blog You Rubbernecker

Love 2 make lists.

In the Presence of the Strangling fruit

That which dies shall still know life in death for all that decays is not forgotten and reanimated it shall walk the world in the bliss of not-knowing.

Good Tweets 2021

It’s all right there in the headline.

you will be the leader of a big old band

Emily Robb’s “How to Moonwalk.”

True Philadelphia Madness

Soap operas.

Perfect Song Friday: Triumph

Oh, you thought you weren’t going to see me? I’m the Osiris of this shit!

An Incomplete, Unordered List of Shit I Cannot Seem to Buy Correctly

It isn’t so much that I can’t “buy these things correctly,” per say – the exchange of money for goods and services takes place, so the actual procurement aspect goes off without a hitch – it’s more that buying these items under the specific conditions outlined means accepting a remarkably high risk of the item…

Local Sports, At it Again

You know, if someone has to tell you that the heart of rock and roll is still beating, that means it probably isn’t, or at least that person might not be a reliable messenger vis-a-vis hearts.

[Unintelligible Howling]

I HAVE to start giving these blogs better titles.

Sometimes the Tunnel Only Leads to Darkness

Love it if we made it, and more songs from the internet.

I Dream of Big Cup

One Nate, Big Cup

Write Back to Me, Wren

Are you still in high school or are you 33?

Over my Skis

Excitable Boy, they all said.

Perfect Song Friday – I’ll Believe in Anything

Burning an obvious one early so I can get this blog post in.

Object, Bucket of Water

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

OK Soda, And Other Adventures in Corporate America

A jingle for the product.

That’s Kind of How We Have Our Fun

Just in the same way that MTV would occasionally turn me on to a new band (usually between the hours of 2-5 a.m., usually between the ages of 12 and 15, sometimes for good and sometimes for ill), the god-computers that run Spotify Discover Weekly will, at rare times, find the right frequency and provide…

All Done Up

Always done for.

Working Full Time

Dirty numb cracking boy.

That’s So Unlike Me

Regarding Gami Gang.

Perfect Song Friday – Trust Jesus

It’s not really about Jesus, chill out.

And it’s small and it’s mean and it’s cold

Regarding theory and art-metal.

I Was Lucky to Get Out Alive

I am, once again, writing about the Constantines

It Causes Me to Tremble

These are the town’s secrets.

The Sounds of the Fall

I’ve been going ham / shorty upgrade from bologna.

You Go to the Driving Range Just to Watch?

This landline has really drawn us together in a cool way.

Signs of Life from Dr. Carter

We’re monitoring the situation.

Perfect Song Friday – Lost Boys

Take me on your motorcycle.

Local Hardcore

Further dispatches from Bandcamp.

Beware the Night Shower

You must beware the night shower, you see.

Regarding a Rap Video

Remember rap videos? Great stuff.

Kevonna Rose – C’est la Vie

Dispatches from Bandcamp.

Think I Might Have Mentioned That Before

Live music is dead, long live live music. Long live Boot & Saddle, too.

Grandma Went And She Won’t Stop Screaming

Missing Grandma’s birthday.

Decades of Embarrassment

The shadow I remember.

371 Days Until Ed Gets Married – Day 1

This photo is not a crime, just an embarrassment.

What The Night Pulls In

Regarding (the) Men.

IF I GET ROCKED THIS SHIT FOR MY KIDS

Man remembers song.

You’ve Gone Too Far This Time

You’re out of your mind.

I Know I’m Feeling Better

Back before Spotify was the end of all physical music, it was curiosity (“holy shit, I get every song ever for $10 a month? This is never going to work”) and a fledgling social network. Vestiges of this still exist, but it was once much more user-focused; send songs, share playlists, see what people were…

There’s probably a word in German for this

I love to hear my friends and family describe episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Writing online in 2021 means coating every sentence in obfuscation and irony, but I mean this sincerely. The people in my life who enjoy Curb Your Enthusiasm really seem to get a lot of joy from it, and I like to…

Perfect Song Friday – Tescoland

Perfect Song Friday is a recurring feature in which a perfect song is highlighted on Friday. If you would like to suggest a song for Perfect Song Friday, please start your own blog. This Friday’s Perfect Song: Jamie T’s “Tescoland” An admission up front: The most perfect version of the song is the version without…

Five Minute Blog – Preferred Geographic Settings for Crime Fiction

I have seen Longmire and desire no more of it.

The Basketball Should Be Better

White Ninja.

G,B,C,BaC – NewMo

Golf, Basketball, Coronavirus, Books about Crime is a weekly round up of information about golf, basketball, the Coronavirus and books about crime (and an indie rock song).

The future of music is the past

Make me a mix CD, you coward.

I just submitted a (potentially mediocre) final paper for my semester of grad school and do not have to do more school for three weeks

Fuckin’ party time, baby.