Listening to 🎵: The Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie. Been on a kick of 70s rock and 70s country so far this week. Fun fact, the album cover below is not the original American cover.

Currently reading (listening to the audiobook) 📚: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin.

This quote floored me. I’m so humbled and encoruaged by this. This book is warming up to me, and Rubin does a great job narrating.

Look for what you notice, but no one else sees.

I have an unhealthy obsession with Scary Pockets 🎵

Came across a cover of ‘War Pigs’ performed by T-Pain and thought, “this can’t be any good.” I was wrong. This is so cool.

Listening to 🎵: Charley Crockett on NPR Tiny Desk

A fantastic introduction to a great singer/songwriter.

🎵 Charley Crockett covering All Along the Watchtower. This is excellent.

Generally people flood your inbox or timelines with Top “X” of the Year lists at the beginning of the month. I’m even guilty of this for movies this year. But for music, I’ve never been able to take on that tall task and narrow down a list like that. Music is different I … read more

🎵 Wet Leg - WET LEG Growing up in Seattle, I was always a big fan of KEXP for discovering new alternative/indie music. Their best albums of 2022 led me to discovering Wet Leg. Instant fan of theirs now, great album.

🎵 Colter Wall sounds so much like Johnny Cash. My brain can’t handle it.

Listening to🎵: And It’s Still Alright - Nathaniel Rateliff

Finding this use of AI very fun and harmless. Just made a playlist for last years ACL festival and worked great!

Playlist AI

I’m more shocked by Lisa Marie Presley’s death than Jeff Beck’s. But lost two great’s this week. Just wow.

Going back in the music vault today. Listening to: Radiohead - Amnesiac.