Spitball Army

Beck’s Sea Change;
Hem’s Twelfth Night;
The Wooden Birds’ Magnolia

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I’d heard brief mentions about this band from acquaintances over the last month, but never anything describing them or their music beyond the fact that they hail from Wasilla, Alaska. Yes, that Wasilla.

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Jim James’ Tribute To (CD);
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (DVD);
California Pizza Kitchen’s Garlic Chicken pizza (food)

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The Golden Age of American Popular Music: The Jazz Hits from the Hot 100 1958-1966;
Whale Rider;
readthewords.com

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Top Chef Masters;
Researching my house;
American Masters: The American Novel

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Rain;
The library;
The Dexateens’ Singlewide

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The Smithereens Play Tommy;
The Doobie Brothers’ Toulouse Street;
The Church’s El Momento Siguiente

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Newstalk;
Scrubbing Bubbles;
House numbers

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The “Mr. Flynn!” scene;
Bigelow’s Fruit & Almond herbal tea;
Bobby Bird

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I used to think that 1972 was the be-all, end-all year of pop music, and 1967. Now I’m not so sure which one comes out on top. There is a ten-year stretch in there between the mid-’60s and the mid-’70s when some of my favorite records of all genres were released. I become firmer in my resolve about that with each passing year.

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