Author: Brent Evans

morning babble / Friday 06-30-23

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

(Pork & Beans clip)

Got my Weezer on this past Tuesday night / I also did my final 10k run of the month

(Greatest Man clip)

1. Happy Anniversary to my wife – thank you for tolerating . . . this and me.
2. 10k run everyday for June – did it. I’m gonna recap of the month on Monday – on a very special Babble.
3. Weezer again.

New Music Friday:

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!

• Not too long ago, it was announced that Olivia Rodrigo was coming out with her 2nd album called Guts on September 8th. So, we knew a new song had to be coming soon (cut) Radio edit (cut) She’s angry at something. I didn’t do it. BUT – I am looking forward to the rest of what she delivers on September 8th – again the album is called Guts and that song is “Vampire”.

• Bradley James Nowell was the lead singer and guitarist of the band Sublime (cut). We lost him back in 1996 – I remember that during my radio days. He had a son who was 1 at the time. Obviously, that kid is all grown up now and his name is Jakob Nowell and he has a band that goes by: Jakobs Castle. He already released a 9-song filled album earlier this year. BUT – this past week, we got another new song from him called: “Time Traveler” (clip)

• New hip-hop out of Philly with one of their own – Lil Uzi Vert. His album Pink Tape is out in its entirety today – 26 songs, nearly an hour and half of new music. So, I obviously haven’t had time yet to go through all that. Spotify is pushing the single with Nicki Minaj called “Endless Fashion” (clip)

• Couple weeks ago the band – Vacations – came out with the song “Midwest.” And, I liked it. Line 1 of Wikipedia states Vacations are an Australian indie rock band from Newcastle, New South Wales formed in 2015. The band’s musical style sounds similar to Mac DeMarco who Campbell Burns said is a very big influence for the band. BUT – I believe I found someone else that they sound like. Here’s their song “Midwest” (clip) and here’s the other band that it made me think of (clip) – that’s “Blasphemous Rumours” from Depeche Mode. Late September, they begin touring in the US.

• Quick Hits: Neon Trees came out with “Favorite Daze” – That’s the name of their tour, too. Which came first? // From HBO’s show – “The Idol” – The Weeknd and Lil Baby released a song together called “False Idols” // and finally, a favorite of mine Glorious Sons released “Lighting Bolt” (clip) – they are coming to Philly in September . . . hoping to get to that one at the Union Transfer. The restaurant – La Chinesca – is right next door and makes out a wonderful evening whenever a show is there.

Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork & I know there’s more.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If you’re you, it doesn’t matter if you’re the most boring person in the world” – by Lili Uzi Vert

morning babble / Monday 06-26-23

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Happy Monday!

Almost had to have an afternoon run – too much lightning this morning. I’m not scared of some heavy rain, but lightning. I’ll pass. I have a small window in the morning that I can do the run before the kid commute to & from swim team practice kicks in. Of course, they are at different times with a 2-hour gap between them. So convenient. Not at all.

Speaking of the kids and swimming. At their swim meet this past Saturday. I wore this shirt. I love this shirt. I got a bunch of compliments. Yeah – it felt good. BUT – I now can’t wear this shirt around that particular grouping of individuals for awhile. I don’t want to be known as the guy that’s always in the “Tacos and Cervezas” shirt.

It’s Monday! Talking about setting up some goals and knocking them down

I’m excited about wrapping up my 10k everyday for June. What I’m bummed about is not really putting together a definitive new morning routine. I haven’t really been doing too much prior to the run and I feel as if it’s wasted time. I can’t stress on that though. This leads right into my quote of the dat.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Don’t oversqueeze a dot.” – by Ray Dalio

morning babble / Friday 06-23-23

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Flock of Seagulls clip

Not really. It was a strictly a 10k

JAY-Z clip

Well, not 8 miles, but a little more than 6 miles – that’s a 10k

Running Down a Dream

Morning Babble intro

I ran. It was not easy, but the 10k everyday continues on. It is the 3rd Day of my 3-Day Fast. I was down for the count slightly.

The senses are working – my daughter had raspberries when we were driving around yesterday. The smell was amazingly good. Like I could taste the goodness. So jealous.

You know Christmas in July? How about Thanksgiving in June? Obviously, I’ve got food on the mind. (clip)

New Music Friday:

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!

• Beck and Phoenix are touring together this summer, so why not collaborate on a new song. Written, produced, and performed by both Beck and Phoenix—has vocals from Beck and Phoenix’s Thomas Mars. We get the song “Odyssey” (clip) Again, that’s Beck & Phoenix, who’s summer tour kicks off late in the summer – August. So, be patient.

• (clip) That was the first time I heard of Big Freedia which is from the Jon Batiste remixed song – “Freedom”. So, when I saw that name pop up on the new music list today – I was all over clicking towards that. Big Freedia has a whole album that dropped called – Central City. Now, the song being highlighted on Spotify is “El Nino” which features Boyfriend and Lil Wayne, but again I was clicking around and enjoyed the sounds of “Bigfoot” and “Booty Like A Drummer” made me laugh (clip)

• Young Thug released an album with all kinds of hip-hop artists: Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage, Drake, Future and Travis Scott. The album is Business is Business. Everyone’s pushing the song “Oh You Went” – a song with Drake. I was enjoying one of the two with Travis Scott called “Abracadabra” (clip)

• Couple Quick Hits . . . Ayron Jones released his new album today – Chronicles of the Kid – 10 songs from one of my favorite guitar rockers // Last year, Fitz and The Tantrums released – Let Yourself Free. Today, we get the deluxe version which means we get 6 more songs to go along with the original 12. (clip)

Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork & I know there’s more.

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Fasting quotes were not easy to find
Fasting will also overcome sexual addictions and demonic powers.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There is something I am here for, something I must do before I can go.” – by William S. Burroughs

morning babble / Wednesday 06-21-23

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Happy First Day of Summer

(clip)

Weezer next Tuesday in Philly / Gonna be a rough 10k run next Wednesday morning

Weezer – Summer album

Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack

Billy Joel – Innocent Man

The National – The First Two Pages of Frankenstein

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The kitchen of the body darkens the lives of lovers. Fasting came to enlighten them” – by Rumi

morning babble / Tuesday 06-20-23

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

20 runs of 10k Everyday for June! That’s 2/3s of the way done.

BUT – this is the toughest part of the month. This is what I feared most about this running challenge – seriously.

3-Day Fast / This month will be my 30th month in a row for a 3-Day Fast.

Back in 2021 when I ran a 5k everyday – I did the 3-Day Fast throughout it all – no real problems. There were some tough 3rd days of the Fast, but I got through it.

A 10k though . . . obviously, that’s upping the ante.

After my Father’s Day Food Fest, I wanted a couple days to ready the ship.

Kettle & Fire Bone Broth

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do.” – by Herman Hesse

morning babble / Monday 06-19-23

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Happy Monday / Happy Juneteenth – if you have off today, way to go. Enjoy it.

Hope all the dads had a wonderful Father’s Day yesterday. I actually want a “do over” – not that it was bad or anything. Far from it. It was a wonderful day that I truly wish that I could do again. Got some Vinyl, ate some steak, a little too much beverage, maybe.

Today’s 10k Run – it was like slow-motion (clip)

Being a Monday, I typically like talking about setting up some goals and knocking them down – just for the week

“Hand Me Down” Advice

Via Ben Meer ‘s newsletter (he posts this stuff on social media, too) – he got this idea from Dickie Bush and that is – Create a Frustration List. All those annoying things that bother you – you put it on a list. I created one in my Evernote app. Whenever I come across an issue, I add it in there. Then, what the initial creator of this list – Dickie Bush – does is sets up an hour every week to tackle these issues. To stop the annoyances in your life.

Couple things that I recently knocked out – Screwed in the loose handles on the kitchen cabinets / Fix that bulb – get a ladder to figure out what was needed, order it, and then finally fix it. I ended up replacing them all.

Frustration list
Knife in the drawer that shouldn’t be
blinking lights in the laundry room
carpet
squeaky dryer
Loose handles on my dresser drawers

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The most dangerous drug is instant gratification” – by Ben Meer

morning babble / Friday 06-16-23

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Happy Weekend!

Some of you come for the running / I ran / #16 of the 10k everyday

Some come for the New Music Friday – that’s coming

And some of you come for the random babble – like Worcestershire

Speaking of random – it is Friday and as a family for dinner tonight, we order wings and pizza. My wife normally calls in the order, but the other week, she was not able to do so. My turn.

New Music Friday:

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!

• Listed on Wikipedia – Jon Lajoie – he’s listed as a Canadian comedian, actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, musician and Internet celebrity. For singing, he goes by Wolfie’s Just Fine. I guess the label for his sound would be “Indie rock or folk”. I’m definitely intrigued. I’m enjoying the serious, melodic singing to go along with his comedic or satirical lyrics. The song being pushed today on Spotify is “Hulk Hogan Slammed Andre the Giant.” (clip) That’s funny, but totally digging the sound as well. Entire album is out today which is called: Everyone is Dead Except Us

• Alright, let’s get happy (clip) That’s Ben Rector making Sunday sounding like a happy one – he obviously has never lived with a teacher – but Ben Rector – he is by far on of my favorite musicians – has a new album out. It’s a live one called Live from Atlanta, so no actual “new” music, but I’ll still take it. This guy’s sound has picked me up so many times in my life – I owe him something. (clip)

• Couple weeks back, this guy – KennyHoopla – released a song called “You Need a Hit” but today we get another one called “Sabotage” and he’s got a little drummer on the ditty named Travis Barker. (clip) KennyHoopla – he’s the opener for some of the shows on the Blink-182 tour this summer. Not a bad gig. Just a couple people showing up there. (clip)

• Quick Hits: A lot of Brent favorites have come out . . . Judah & the Lion – not sure if a full album is on the way, but I don’t want to get too greedy since they just had a new one drop a year ago called – Revival. Nevertheless, I’ll take the new single that they just released called “Heart Medicine” (clip) New Spoon – actually, a whole EP . . . a wanna be LP – we get 3 songs in total and slapped the name – Memory Dust on it and off we go (clip) And finally, Killer Mike (1/2 of the tag team known as Run the Jewels) released a new album today called: Michael – bunch of guests adding in their voices too – you have Andre 3000, Ty Dolla $ign, 2Chainz, El-P, and CeeLo Green (clip)

Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork & I know there’s more.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“No one can change a person, but someone can be a reason for that person to change.” – by Spongebob

morning babble / Monday 06-12-23

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Started with a quote

Because of the book

How to pronounce Samuel Zemurray

Led me to the YouTube version of Alex Lieberman’s podcast The Crazy Ones (clip)

I’ve recently been listening to his podcast – Founder’s Journal

Alex Lieberman is a busy guy – he’s the founder of the Morning Brew – I receive that newsletter daily.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“”I’m not afraid to take risks. That’s how I got where I am. But I’m also not afraid to admit when I’m wrong. And I’m always willing to learn from my mistakes.” – by Samuel Zemurray

morning babble / Friday 06-09-23

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

(clip) So, we have new music (clip)

Happy Weekend! I’ll be with you all weekend checking in on my running. I ran. I already filled out the boxes but I do feel bad a little. Someone reached out and said that they enjoy the anticipation of me marking off the blocks. Anyway I rolled tape on it earlier and sped it up, so we can all zip through it (clip) I got a little excited there at the end.

Oh – other people have reached out and concerned that I’m running outside during this air quality issue. Don’t worry. I’m okay. I know I’m not Superman or anything but I’m trusting my body through it all in telling me “No Brent”. Because, I’ve also had people reach out concerned that I’m running everyday and explaining that I can’t do that. (Cecil clip)

New Music Friday:

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!

• Sam Smith and Madonna are singing together on the song – “VULGAR” which I played at the very beginning of the Babble today. After hearing the whole song, it made me think of another song. Here’s the part of “VULGAR” that I heard (clip) which made me think of this song (clip). Did you hear that? “VULGAR” (clip) then “SexyBack” (clip) I don’t know – just a thought. Maybe I’m listening to JT too much. I do think the combo of Sam Smith and Madonna works out well. I did enjoy the song. No kids in the car though when listening. Safety tip.

• (clip) new song and video from Greta Van Fleet. It’s called “Farewell For Now” which is taken from their upcoming album: Starcatcher, which drops in its entirety on July 21st. Just a couple days later, they kick off their world tour in Nashville.

• Quick Hits for New Music: Janelle Monáe, her album – The Age of Pleasure – it’s all out today // K-Pop Band – BTS – celebrates the band’s 10th anniversary with the new song “Take Two” (clip) There’s like 15 members in that band – alright 7, but they gotta keep pumping out some new music to cover costs // Another new moon, another new song from Peter Gabriel this year “Road to Joy” brings the tally to 6.

• Finally, Vinyl News! – Vampire Weekend (clip) Yeah those guys – they have released a vinyl-only live album called: Frog on the Bass Drum Vol. 01 which includes songs that the band played on tour in Indianapolis back in June of 2019. Jack White’s Third Man Pressing was the vinyl creator behind it all, but only 2,500 copies of the LP were pressed. So yes – it’s already SOLD OUT. Anyone want to make a happy Brent – figure out how I can still get a copy and let me know. You only get like 8 songs . . . I guess why the album was called Vol. 1 – I get it . . . more is coming. The record does include a 10-minute cover of Bob Dylan’s, “Jokerman,” (clip)

Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork & I know there’s more.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I don’t know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.” – by someone

morning babble / Monday 06-05-23

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes, it gets tidied up; but other times, not so much. When all else fails: watch the video!

Whew – welcome to Monday. I’m definitely tired today.

Yesterday, I ran in the University of Delaware Alumni 5k Run. I enjoyed it. My daughter enjoyed it too. She ran in the Kids Run.

For my age group, 50 to 59, I took 3rd. “For my age group” – that’s a phrase I definitely want to put forth first in that statement. Later on, my daughter was telling people how I took 3rd and completely ignoring that magical phrase. The letdown on people’s faces. I was 15th overall. My wife got an action shot of me crossing the finish line. (pix) Whole lot better than that video from June 1st. I feel as if I looked “cooler” or at least better. The cute picture winner went to my daughter. (pix)

GOAL SETTING MONDAY –

Talking about setting up some goals and knocking them down – just for the week

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” – by John Bingham