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Well, I am officially off-kilter from all of the madness. I feel good that it took me this long... that's a joke... I've been off-kilter for a long, long time- but this morning, I forget to reset my weekly alarm for my radio show and thus missed the show - that is the first time that had happened. I am usually almost obsessive about checking and rechecking my alarm - but I am physically and emotionally exhausted this week. I am going to just accept that I needed the sleep and forgive myself for messing that up.
In any event, it is Thursday and we still don't have an official winner in the Presidential election. As I said yesterday, regardless, we have work to do as a nation, but I am not at all certain we are eager or even willing to do that work. It seems much easier to point fingers and place blame.
I do have to also acknowledge something I read - it is unfair and unkind to call for unity without also acknowledging the on-going inequality. I think - all of us need to take deep look inside. On a brighter note, it was good to see the gains at the state and local level for people of color, women, and the LGBTQ+ community. Change has to start in our local communities and neighborhoods - and I mean real change - where we listen to our neighbors and respond with kindness - even if it is a tough love version of kindness.
Social media can be a tool for organizing for that change, but I do not think it can be the forum. I believe this for several reason - the presence of agitators (or trolls if you will) who sow the seeds of acrimony and sabotage efforts at civil discourse, the ease in which hastily written words can by misconstrued - I have seen people who are on the same side of an issue argue in comments section because one misconstrued a comment by another or missed sarcasm or irony. And listen, I am a big fan of sarcasm, but I think one should be cautious using it in a public setting. We live in a strange time - where what is to me an absurd notion - is to someone else a viable theory.
Enough - we have music!
Today - we wrap up our recap of this week's Playlist and can I point out again how good this week's list turned out - just take a look at the amazing songs that show up today to close out the list... Songs 25-29
25. "Dark Room" by Evan Isaac
We start things off with a new single from Pittsburgh based singer-songwriter Evan Isaac - from his forthcoming album Dogwood Dignitaries Listen to the Baby. Really cool sound. I look forward to hearing more.
26. "Choices We Make" by Richard X. Heyman
Next up, we have the brand new single from power pop icon Richard X. Heyman - of The Doughboys. Heyman's solo career began in the late 80s. This is a fantastic song.
27. "Quite Alright" by Wheeler Del Torro (feat. Sidney Washington)
Next up, a powerful song featuring producer, musician, and DJ Wheeler Del Torro and singer Sidney Washington. This is the original track from a collection of remixes by Doug Gomez and Paul Adams. A wonderful addition to the Playlist.
28. "I Walked Away" by Strays Don't Sleep
Strays Don't Sleep are up next with their second release the EP A Short Film for a Long Story. The EP comes 15 years after the first album by the ambient folk band based in Nashville and featuring Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard. Damn this is a great song.
29. "Hammer Hall" by The Wake
Columbus, Ohio based The Wake are back with their first album in 25 years -Perfumes and Fripperies. If I had heard this prior to reading the press release, I might have been convinced I was hearing a great lost bit of 80s goth awesomeness. It is vintage sounding in all the right ways. And a great way to close out another fantastic Featured Friday Playlist.
Tomorrow - we are back with another brand new Featured Friday Playlist. By the way, thanks to everyone who is Following the playlist on Spotify. If you aren't, please consider it, thanks.
Featured Friday Playlist
"Lilies and Roses" by Hell Boulevard (from Not Sorry 2020)
Fresh off last week's Featured Friday playlist appearance - Swiss-based "goth 'n' roll" band Hell Boulevard make it to the shuffle with a track from their new album Not Sorry. This song isn't on You Tube - so we have another track from the album in the Video Playlist.
"Do Right By You" by Tim Cheesebrow (from The Well Traveled Unknown 2019)
Next up, we have a track from album we featured last year - by Minnesota based singer-songwriter and music educator Tim Cheesebrow.
"Glander's Biennial" by Kleenex Girl Wonder (from Ponyoak 20th Anniversary Edition 2020)
A lot of great reissues this year - one of our favorites this the 20th Anniversary of the classic album by the indie rock band - most recently based in New York.
"Even You Will Find a Home My Son (Alt Mix)" by Greek Theatre (from Demos & Alternate Mixes, Vol. 1 2020)
Next up, we have a track from the recently release compilation of (as the title suggests) Demos and Alternate Mixes by this Swedish prog-pop band. Great song.
"The Snake Eye" by Dolour (from The Royal We 2020)
And, we close out today with another track from the most recent album by Dolour featuring E2TG favorite Shane Tutmarc. The Royal We - the first album in over a decade - was released earlier this year.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
11/03 - Amy Ray Band - "Tear It Down" (single)
11/03 - Paul Maged - Culture War (LP)
11/06 - Love Tractor - Love Tractor - reissue (LP)
11/06 - I Could Live in Hope - PSA, Not OK (EP)
11/06 - Anxiety Spiral - Demo (EP)
11/06 - Tom Mason - Under the Mistletoe Sky (LP)
LAST WEEK
10/26 - The Amboys - "In My Head" (single)
10/29 - Evan Isaac - "Dark Room" (single)
10/30 - Andrew Grimm - A Little Heat (LP) *(NEW DATE)*
10/30 - Philip Parfitt - Mental Home Recordings (LP)
10/30 - Graber Gryass - Late Bloom (LP)
10/30 - Ghostlawns - Motorik (LP)
10/30 - Richard X. Heyman - "Choices We Make" (single)
10/30 - Marten Larka - "Parfum Du Nuit "/ "Je Suis Un Rocker" (singles)
10/30 - My Politic - Short Sighted People in Power (EP)
10/30 - Wheeler Del Toro - Quiet Alright (LP)
10/30 - The Mojo Slide - "Good Man Down" (single)
10/30 - The Wake - Perfumes and Fripperies (LP)
10/30 - Eugenius - Midlife (LP)
10/30 - Strays Don't Sleep - A Short Film for a Long Story (EP)
10/30 - Mugstar - Graft (LP)
10/30 - Cosmopolis - "The Distances" (single)
10/30 - Various Artists - CRAWLING SPIDER - A Tribute To Mike Montgomery Vol.1 The LA Sessions (LP)
10/31 - Beauty in Chaos - Out of Beauty Comes... (LP)
NEXT WEEK
11/10 - Lou McMahon - "Wide Eyed Lady" (single)
11/12 - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection (LP)
11/13 - The Flat Five - Another World (LP)
11/13 - Andrew Adkins - The Echoist (LP)
11/13 - The Silverbeets - Halcyon Days (LP)
11/13 - The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! - The World Will Break Your Heart (LP)
11/13 - SWANS - Children of God - reissue (LP)
11/13 - Last Year's Man - Brave the Storm (LP)
11/13 - Lady Couch - "Good God" (single)
11/13 - Cindy - Free Advice (LP - Reissue)
11/13 - Antonio Lopez - "Going to the City" (single)
11/13 - The Junior League - The Fall Back (LP)
11/13 - Tambourinen - Wooden Flower (EP)
UPCOMING
11/20 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Sweet Krazy" (single)
11/20 - John Calvin Abney - Familiar Ground (LP)
11/20 - Josh King - The Shed (LP)
11/20 - Life in a Blender - Satsuma (EP)
11/27 - Lady Bugs - From the Cities, To the Shores (LP)
12/04 - Stuffy Shmitt - Stuff Happens (LP)
12/04 - Scenius - Enough Fears (LP)
12/04 - Bad Sauna - Olen rikas sillä minulla on teidät (“I’m Rich Because I’ve Got You”) (LP)
12/11 - The Red Step - The Red Step (LP)
1/01/2021 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)
1/01/2021 - Antonio Lopez - Roots and Wings (LP)
2/05/2021 - A.J. Croce - By Request (LP)
2/05/2021 - The Orchestra of Cardboard - The Antidote (LP)
RECENT
10/02 - Buckle Bunny - Pet Speak (LP)
10/02 - Divine Horsemen - "Mind Fever Soul Fire" (single)
10/02 - Will Payne Harrison - The Stratford Sessions (EP)
10/02 - The Jensen Sisters - Yellow Frames (LP)
10/02 - Mantis & The Prayer - Murder Ballad and the Blue (AA singles)
10/02 - Kouatchou - "My Teacher"/"Change" (AA singles)
10/02 - Gold Hick - Formed at Depth (LP)
10/02 - Laura Fernandez - Okay, Alright (LP)
10/02 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Jim's Dad" (single)
10/02 - Leron Thomas - More Elevator Music (LP)
10/02 - The Subtheory - IMPACT (EP)
10/02 - This Frontier Needs Heroes - "Go With the Flow" (single)
10/02 - Fly the Nest - "Wild Ride" (single)
10/02 - Christian Singles - Maybe Another Time (LP)
10/02 - Ashes to Omens - "War Cry" (single)
10/02 - Elkyn - beech remixes (EP)
10/02 - Short-Haired Domestic - Short-Haired Domestic (LP)
10/02 - Steve Poltz - "Quarantine Blues" (single)
10/02 - Elkhorn - The Acoustic Storm Sessions (LP)
10/02- The Orchestra of Cardboard - "Black Flag" (single)
10/02 - Lefthnd - Ad Mausoleum (LP)
10/02 - Klammer - "I Don't Know What It Is" (single)
10/02 - White Ribbon - "You Say You Don't Want Me" (single)
10/02 - David Woodard - The Grand Scheme of Things (EP)
10/02 - My Politic - Short Sighted People in Power (EP) - bandcamp release date
10/08 - Melting Mallows - "I'm Okay" (single)
10/08 - Jenee Halstead - "Heart Light" (single)
10/09 - Year of October - Wastelands (LP)
10/09 - Great Peacock - Forever Worse Better (LP)
10/09 - Fred Abong - "The Minit" (single)
10/09 - Zao - Preface: Early Recordings 1995-1996 (LP)
10/09 - Zao - All Else Failed: 25th Anniversary Edition (LP)
10/09 - Laraaji - Moon Piano (LP)
10/09 - Tomas Welding - "Arcade" (single)
10/09 - So We Are - Piece of the Puzzle (LP)
10/09 - Howard Gladstone - The Promise (LP)
10/09 - Rick Hromadka - Better Days (LP)
10/09 - Josh Werner - Mode for Titan (LP)
10/09 - Amelia White - "No Sound" (single)
10/09 - Seagoth - "Dreamworld" (single)
10/09 - Lee Taylor - "Pay It No Mind" (single)
10/09 - Kevin Burnstein - "Distraction" (single)
10/12 - The Pull of Autumn - "The Stars of the Jungle" (single)
10/13 - New Yeller- "Mama's Got a Gig" (single)
10/16 - Malin Pettersen - Wildhorse (LP)
10/16 - Matt Eckstine - Lil' Blue (LP)
10/16 - The Mastersons - Red, White & I Love You Too (EP)
10/16 - Watch Clark - Generator Room (EP)
10/16 - Taiwan MC - Special Request (LP)
10/16 - Jeremy Ivey - Waiting Out the Storm (LP)
10/16 - Shape & Sound - "All Day Morning" (single)
10/16 - Davey Woodward & the Winter Orphans - Love and Optimism (LP)
10/16 - Burris - "Who I'm Thinking Of" (single)
10/16 - Bad Sauna - "Haluun pois (“I Wanna Get Out”)" (single)
10/16 - Volcanic Brass feat. EvilA - "Consoled Forts" (single)
10/16 - The Plastic Pals - "More Than an icon" (single)
10/16 - The Silverbeets - "Girlfriend" (single)
10/16 - Maxximo - Live at Home (EP)
10/16 - Taiwan MC - Special Request (LP)
10/16 - Rid of Me - Broke Shit Demos (LP)
10/16 - Shiva and the Hazards - Revolution Son (single)
10/16 - Sunstack Jones - Golden Repair (LP)
10/16 - Isabelle Stillman - Heartrender (LP)
10/17 - The Fortune - "All Eyes" (single)
10/20 - Strange Majik - "Can't Remember to Forget You" (single)
10/21 - Griff Clawson - "Chasing Highs" (single)
10/23 - Cellarscape - "Blindfold" (single)
10/23 - The Agency - In the Haunted Woods (LP)
10/23 - Lera Lynn - On My Own (LP)
10/23 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Mommy & Daddy" (single)
10/23 - A.J. Croce - "Ooh Child" (single)
10/23 - Justin Farran - Pretty Free (LP)
10/23 - The Luxembourg Signal - The Long Now (LP)
10/23 - The Greek Theatre - “Demos & Alternate Takes Vol. 1” (LP)
10/23 - Raves Kole - 3D Immersive (LP)
10/23 - Andrew Weiss and Friends - Lookout Mountain (EP)
10/23 - The Subtheory - Impact (EP)
10/23 - Kevin Burnstein- Attack Distract Divide (LP)
10/23 - Paul Nelson - Birmingham Woman (LP)
10/23 - Rodney Rice - SAME SHIrT DIFFERENT DAY (LP)
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