5K EVERY DAY – Day #163

(“First Date” clip)

The 4th studio album from one of my favorite bands – Blink-182 is Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

(“The Rock Show” clip)

On this date, it was released back in 2001. Happy 24 years old to “First Date”, “The Rock Show”, “Stay Together for the Kids” – huge hits for the band. However, I always enjoyed track #9 “Reckless Abandon”

(“Reckless Abandon” clip)

FYI – Blink-182 can always be found on my running playlist when I do this (show “5K Every Day” card)

(Day #163)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“In leaving negativity behind, you find something beautiful.” – by Tom Delonge of Blink-182

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5K EVERY DAY – Day #162

(“Twist and Shout” Beatles)

When that song is heard, a lot of people my age think of Matthew Broderick’s character of Ferris Bueller leading a parade through downtown Chicago. On this date, the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was released in 1986. Two other big movies share today’s date.

(ET’s Flying Theme)

One of Steven Spielberg’s most beloved films, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” was released today back in 1982. One of my favorites as a little boy. And now you know why my son is named Elliott.

(Jurassic Park Theme)

Spielberg delivered another blockbuster movie on this date back in 1993 – “Jurassic Park”

Which always makes me think of running for my life. I ran.

(Day #162 of 5K Every Day)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that’s why it takes so long.” – by Steven Spielberg

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5K EVERY DAY – Day #161

(“Stacy’s Mom” intro)

Welcome Interstate Managers is the third studio album from Fountains of Wayne.

And yes – it has that Stacy’s Mom song on it

(“Stacy’s Mom” hook)

On this date back in 2003, the album fully dropped and there are 17 tracks in all.

It’s not just “Stacy’s Mom”

(“Hey Julie” clip)

“Hey Julie” “Little Red Light” “Mexican Wine” There are a bunch of songs on this album that I have fully enjoyed over the years. By the way, the girl who played Stacy in the “Stacy’s Mom” video is now older than Stacy’s Mom. That’s fun. FYI – I ran.

(Day #161)

“Quote of the Day”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Giving a piece distance is the best revision technique I know.” – Chris Collingwood from Fountains of Wayne (About songwriting)

I realize that the quote is about songwriting, but I believe it can benefit real life as well.

5K EVERY DAY – Day #160

(“Kashmir” Led Zepplin)

Jimmy Page – I heard this guitar riff described as NOT being just a riff, but an entire sonic landscape.

(more “Kashmir” Led Zepplin)

The guitar used by Led Zepplin’s Jimmy Page – the Gibson Les Paul.

You know who else jammed on this very same guitar? Old timer Neil Young to GnR’s Slash to Tool’s Adam Jones, to modern day Marcus King

(“Hard Working Man” Marcus King)

The Les Paul guitar of Marcus King with a prominent, gritty riff co-written with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. Song is called “Hard Working Man” / On a similar note, I was hard working runner today as 5K Every Day continued.

(Day #160)

By the way, if he was still here today, Les Paul would be turning 110.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better.” – by Les Paul

missed music Monday / Monday 06-09-25

(Missed Music Monday opener)

To be honest, this is my first deep dive into the music of Little Simz. The album is Lotus and it’s her first album without long-time producer and collaborator Inflo. Hence, the themes of Betrayal, Vulnerability, and Self-Empowerment

(“Thief”)

The album does emit a self healing process while still being fun and spitting out some entertaining, lyrical rhymes like with the song “Young”

(clip of “Young” – little teapot)

The album title – Lotus – is highly symbolic. The lotus flower is known for its ability to bloom in muddy waters. Be sure to check out the potent voice from the UK – Little Simz.

Even more something about the miss

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5K EVERY DAY – Day #159

(“Part of Life”)

Ben Rector there – his new album recently dropped called The Richest Man in the World

He’s my happy music that I tap in to at times – song is called “Part of Life”

(more “Part of Life”)

Upsy Daisy Day is celebrated on June 8 every year, encouraging you to allow positivity into your life. Yes, there can be the occasional bumps in the journey of life that may leave us demotivated and stressed. However, if we express gratitude every day and believe that each day is a gift to us, we can carry on with a positive attitude and overcome any challenges. The actions we take and the choices we make when we decide how to react to a particular event are what can make or break us.

(Day #159)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Life is not the mountaintops, it’s the walking in between.” – by Ben Rector

5K EVERY DAY – Day #158

(“AKshon (yeah)” Killer Mike)

Killer Mike singing about the birthday boy back in 2002.

A lot of hip-hop songs referenced AI

(“Sparkles” Meek Mill)

Allen Iverson turns 50 today.

As my run total for the year turns 158.

(Day #158)

“Quote of the Day”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Mistakes happen. But after a while you’ve got to stop making them happen twice.” – by Allen Iverson

new music weekend / Friday 06-06-25

(New Music Weekend Intro)

Who’s coming up! A Band out of Baltimore, a group that sounds like Peter Gabriel, and so many Deluxe Albums out now or upcoming – let’s get into it.

(Countdown Video)

New Music Weekend:

• First up – it’s Turnstile and they’re from Bawlmer, hon. (“Never Enough”) I worked in Baltimore radio for nearly 2 years. Long enough to learn that they have a distinct culture with very unique things such as the “Crabs for Christmas” song (clip) FYI – That’s David DeBoy singing that tune, not Turnstile. I should play another one from them (“Seeing Stars”) The song there is “Seeing Stars” but it’s actually a part of a double music video with the other song being “Birds.” I’ll have that one on my Spotify playlist which can be found at brentevans.net. But I will play a clip of the song being pushed by Spotify today and that one is called “Dull” (clip) Baltimore loves their Orioles, Edgar Allen Poe, Old Bay Seasoning on anything and everything, and Turnsile should be added to that list – let’s hear more of the “Dull” song (clip)

• British band Elbow who I believe sound a lot like Peter Gabriel (“Mercy Street”) Sounds like Peter, right? It’s a Peter song but it’s done by Elbow on Peter Gabriel’s Scratch My Back And I’ll Scratch Yours album (“Mirrorball”) and that’s Peter doing an Elbow song. I need to get back to my original statement. Let’s play a new song from Elbow (clip) New Elbow- they are following up their 2024 album – AUDIO VERTIGO with a Deluxe version. 12 from the original album and 4 new additional tracks – you just heard “Timber”. Go listen to the entire album, close your eyes, and just try and tell me that you don’t hear Peter Gabriel (“Hi There”)

• Several quick hits of new music: the Portland, Oregon-based band Portugal. The Man released a 4-pack of songs for an EP album. The song that I liked was “Silver Spoons.” That reminds me of that Ricky Schoder TV show from the 80s. Alfonso was in that, Jason Bateman, too. Stick to the music. // With Teddy Swims, I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Part 1 arrived in 2023, while Part 2 dropped in January 2025. And now – the complete edition of I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy is due out June 27th. That edition will feature 6 new tracks, including the recently released “God Went Crazy” // Addison Rae, The Ting Tings, Pulp, Mother Mother, and Lil Wayne – all new albums out // The last time we got new music from Sabrina Carpenter, it was in February for the Deluxe version release of her Short n’ Sweet album. But now we have “Manchild” and, of course, there’s a fun video to go along with it (clip)

Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork, Louder, Spill Magazine, Dan Deluca of the Philly Inquirer & I know there’s more.

I put together a Spotify playlist of the songs that I talked about and thought about today for New Music Friday. Click here for that! Anything that I really messed up and missed – well, that’s why I’ll be doing Missed Music Monday on Monday. 

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5K EVERY DAY – Day #157

(“Wolf Totem”)

The other day someone told me that listening to music while running is like taking any performance-enhancing drug. I don’t support that statement.

(“Wolf Totem”)

I feel like the music is good for pace, your mood, boredom – being alone with my thoughts – not a good thing. Today, with music in my ears, I ran.

(Day #157)

FYI – Today is National Donut Day – free ones are being served

(“Time to make the Donuts”)

Quote of the Day

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.” – by Arnold Schwarzenegger

5K EVERY DAY – Day #156

(“Like I Say” clip)

I know I’ve played that song from Nilüfer Yanya before but it’s such a good one. Plus, it helps me with the transition to running if ever so briefly.

(Day #156)

And now that we got that outta the way – let’s talk about the new music coming from Nilüfer Yanya on July 2nd.

(“Where To Look”)

“Where To Look” is the name of that song and will be included on the upcoming EP called Dancing Shoes. I’ll be looking at other new music this weekend from The Ting Tings, Portugal. The Man, and Mother Mother.

(“Finger”)

Whew – that Mother Mother – little edgy.

“Quote of the Day”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” – by Plato