Month: April 2020

  • Flowers on the Wall

    Not that I thought to include it on the podcast, but this song entered my brain and won’t go away: I keep hearin’ you’re concerned about my happinessBut all that thought you’re givin’ me is conscience I guessIf I was walkin’ in your shoes, I wouldn’t worry noneWhile you ‘n’ your friends are worried about…

  • Let’s Review

    What a year. This is my 60th year on Earth, and instead of whining all year about how I’m getting older, and what that means, we’re stuck inside the house. But that’s where we should be. The President keeps talking about re-opening the country, and in Florida the beaches have re-opened, in South Carolina the…

  • Easter Plague

    Happy Easter. I had forgotten that Easter was this weekend – preparations had been changed so much. In most places, church was going to be a very different experience (some type of online celebration), and any preparations we had for Easter went out the door to be socially distanced. My brother-in-law was sad to hear…

  • Pod1975

    Oh, 1975. 45 years ago. I originally thought that there was a lot of great music form 1975, and while there were some classic albums, overall the year was not strong. The mid-’70s was a period when bands started spending a couple of years to put out an album. Back in the old days, bands…

  • Covid19 Diary April 5, 2020

    Another week has gone by – have we made any progress on the Coronavirus? I haven’t heard if rates are slowing, probably because there has been an increase in testing available. Let’s continue to stay safe out there. We’ve already lost some entertainers to it, and we’re hopeful that John Prine and Marianne Faithfull can…