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morning babble / Friday 06-28-24

(Eddie Vedder “Save It For Later” cut)

That’s Eddie Vedder Covering The English Beat’s “Save It For Later” – as heard on the only good thing on television right now – Season 3 of The Bear

(Eddie Vedder “Save It For Later” cut)

Morning Babble Intro

Happy Weekend! It’s still hot out. Sprinkler time or better yet – slip and slide time (clip) You felt every root in the backyard during that “fun” – all while ruining the grass. Dad was never happy. So – that’s what to do during the day. At night – what’s good on TV, but The Bear! (clip) I’m not going to ruin it for anyone. I’ve only seen Episode 1 of this third season. Episode 2 apparently has that Eddie Vedder song in it (another clip) Season 3 of The Bear is all out too – all 10 episodes. I am NOT much of a binge watcher. I like to spread out my enjoyments of the show. My wife on the other hand – she could binge watch and go until 4am or until or eyes bleed (clip) We’ll probably have the season done by Monday. If you haven’t seen it – The Bear – it’s on Hulu. It’s a must. I truly want to be a part of something like this – one day. It’s just so good and so inspiring at the same time for me.

(Countdown Video)

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!

• The moment I heard the first couple notes of this song, I perked up. (clip) Then, the drums came in along with vocals. (clip) “Who is this?” I asked aloud and quickly found out its someone that I’ve witnessed live: J.D. McPherson (clip) That song is “Sunshine Getaway” and it’s the first tease of McPherson’s fourth album: Nite Owls which will become available on September 27th. (Christmas clip) Alright it’s McPherson’s fifth album if you include his holiday album – Socks – which is only one of the greatest collection of original Christmas songs of all time. (Happy Ho, Ho, Ho to you) Hmmm, might be tied with Sia.

• (clip) ‘Tell Me Why U Do That’ is the name of that song. AND – I know – I’ve talked about this 17 year old guitar prodigy before – her name is Grace Bowers and and her band is called The Hodge Podge. I was all in on that other song, but today we get the title track of her highly anticipated debut album which arrives on August 9th called “Wine On Venus” (clip)

• (“Girls” Beastie Boys clip) Anytime I get the chance to play a Beastie Boys song – I will. The band – The Dare – had their own version of a song called “Girls” (clip) Little edgy and taken from their EP titled: The Sex EP – no beating around the bush there, just all out going for it. Today, a new song from The Dare is here (“Perfume” cut) Called “Perfume” that’s the first release off of their debut album: What’s Wrong With New York? – fully exposed on September 6th. By the way, my go to karaoke song is the Beastie Boys “Paul Revere” (clip)

• Sorry – we’re back and I promise NOT to sing. Several quick hits of new music: The sixth album from the band: Imagine Dragons is out now 10 songs, but just a minute past a half an hour of music – it’s called Loom // Jack Kays who’s from Cinncinnati, Ohio – that’s what I read everywhere as I tried to find out about a possible new album. He does have a new song out called “Blow It”. Here’s my only political comment of the show – the favorite horse of President Grant went by the name of Cincinnati // Chaz Bear who is known professionally as Toro y Moi – isn’t that a mix of Spanish and French? Anyway, due out September 6th, is his album: Hole Erth. Couple weeks ago – actually missed this one – it came out on June 12th – a Wednesday – the song is called “Tuesday” (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.

Be sure to check out the playlist on Spotify. As I mentioned in the beginning, it’s a playlist of songs that I’ve talked about and thought about: so, you’ll see some new music there from Megan Thee Stallion, The Moss, The Kid Laroi who just like The Dare and The Beasties sings about “Girls” One more cut? (clip) AND – 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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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Why can’t we put everything that we have into everything that we can?” – the actress Ayo Edebiri (Eye-O Uh-Deb-er-ee) said that in her role of Sydney on The Bear

morning babble / Thursday 06-27-24

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range. Hey – go click that video!

“I Gotta Wear Shades” cut from Timbuk 3

Happy National Sunglasses Day / Be sure to get your Goodr Glasses on – love these. It’s sunny right now, but since it’s summer – you know what can happen.

“Thunder” Imagine Dragons

Was that too weak of a transition? That’s “Thunder” from Imagine Dragons who have a new album out tomorrow called Loom – we’ll talk about it on New Music Friday

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” – by Ram Dass – Guru of Modern Yoga

morning babble / Wednesday 06-26-24

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range. Hey – go click that video!

(Stitch clip)

Happy National Stitch Day! Stitch from Lilo & Stitch was also known as Experiment 626. Today, is 6-26.

(Stitch / Elvis clip)

Little blue guy was also a big fan of Elvis. So, that’s where I’m going for today’s “Quote of the Day”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When things go wrong, don’t go with them.” – by Elvis Presley

morning babble / Tuesday 06-25-24

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range. Hey – go click that video!

“What I Got” cut

Bradley James Nowell was the lead singer of the band: Sublime.

“What I Got” cut

The son – Jakob Nowell – was only 11 months old when his father died in May of 1996. Today (June 25th) it’s Jakob’s birthday. Also today, he has taken over for his dad and is lead singer of Sublime.

“What I Got” cut

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
Taking his lyrics of the song “What I Got”

“Life is too short, so love the one you got.” – Bradley Nowell / Happy Birthday, Jakob!

morning babble / Monday 06-24-24

(“All I Want Is You” clip)

Its been 6 years since the band – The Decemberists – came out with a new album. Their 9th studio album was released a little more than a week ago. I’m a little late.

(Missed Music Monday opener)

As found on their Wikipedia page, Colin Meloy (lead singer) has stated that the name – The Decemberists – is meant to invoke the “drama and melancholy” of the month of December. I wish it would invoke some cooler temps here in June.

(“Burial Ground” clip)

That’s Track #1 – “Burial Ground” – one of my favorites. By the way, definitely a modern day prog rock feel on Track #13 which does take up nearly 20 minutes of the album which is called: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again.

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Tune in tomorrow for: Quote of the Day!

morning babble / Friday 06-21-24

“Yellow” cut

I’ve never been much of a Coldplay fan, but Coldplay did make me love the writing of Chuck Klosterman. I can explain.

“Yellow” cut

Morning Babble intro

Happy Weekend – it’s officially summer and how does it feel already? Let’s check with that kid in the backseat (clip) Yup – I fully agree. Wholeheartedly. Very Hot. BUT – cool things off and talk about Coldplay. Was that a good transition? (“This is crazy” clip)

Alright – I didn’t think it was that bad – Coldplay – obviously, they are an extremely successful band, so for me to state not being a fan . . . I don’t believe hurts them at all and I’m certainly not out to get them or anything either (Clocks clip). See – I keep playing songs from them. In fact, I totally dig the piano that Chris Martin performs on during their concerts and shows (clips). It’s the music that I’m just not going to crank up and rock out to. I realize that it’s not “junk” but quality music and very well done, – just not my taste. (Tom Hanks with food) BUT – you know who else shares my feelings towards Coldplay music – Chuck Klosterman (show book stack). There’s no Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs book because I let someone borrow that book and haven’t gotten it back yet. We’ll show a clip of the book cover (clip) – very poplular book from 2003. There’s a particular essay in it called “This is Emo”. Basically, Chuck got mad because a girl he liked chose NOT to be with him but instead flew off to Portland instead to see the first US appearance by Coldplay – “a British pop group whose success derives from their ability to write melodramatic alt-rock songs about fake love.” The next line is the craziest, but also filled with creative profanity that I can’t really say here. My daughter sometimes watches. I will provide a link though! But – ever since that essay – I was all in on Klosterman. I think I excidely stated in bed – I love this guy.

(New Music Countdown)

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!

• Alright – let’s get this one out of the way – Coldplay – heard of them? (Travolta lost clip) They are releasing a new album, Moon Music, on October 4th. After all the success of their most recent album from 2021 – Music of the Spheres – if it’s not broke . . . why not go back to the very same producer again, Max Martin – so they did. Today, we’ve got the LP’s first single and it’s – imagine that as Klosterman stated “an alt-rock song about fake love” – this one is grouped together as one big word but still says “Feelslikeimfallinginlove.” (clip)

• Couple months ago, we got the first glimpse of the new album coming from Fontaines D.C. as they gave us the album’s track #2 song – “Starburster” (clip) As August 23rd creeps closer and closer – that’s the drop date for the band’s fourth album called Romance. It’s about that time to get another tune. Today, it’s track #11 on the album called “Favourite” (clip)

• J.J. Abrams has done a lot of television shows and movies (Solo “we’re home” clip) I still get chills from that scene. Anyway besides the Hollywood stuff, he had several kids, too – one who goes by the name of Gracie (“Block Me Out” clip) Past couple months, we got to hear a couple singles from her called “Close to You” and “Risk” (“Risk” clip). Today though – we have the entire album which is called – The Secret of Us – 13 tracks. 13 – that’s a good number especially for who joined her on the song currently being pushed on Spotify. This is “us” from Gracie Abrams and Taylor Swift (clip)

• Several quick hits of new music: Post Malone released another new song from his upcoming country music album called F-1 Trillion – release date is August 16th. Teamed up with Blake Shelton for: “Pour Me a Drink” – that sounds like a good idea // Ice Spice has revealed that her upcoming album release date of Y2K will be Friday, July 26th. By the way, it’s called Y2K because January 1st 2000, the date of Y2K is her birthday. She just released a new song called “Phat Butt” // King Krule released a surprise new EP called: Shhhhhhh! (there are 7 h’s). The song that had a video made for it was “Time for Slurp” (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.

Be sure to check out the playlist on Spotify. As I mentioned in the beginning, it’s a playlist of songs that I’ve talked about and thought about: so, you’ll see some other new music there and 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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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It doesn’t matter what you can do if you don’t know why you’re doing it.” – by Chuck Klosterman

morning babble / Thursday 06-20-24

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range. Hey – go click that video!

“The Longest Time” cut

Welcome to the longest day of the year – if you don’t have time to get your shtuff done today . . . well, it’s time reevaluate how your doing things.

“We Didn’t Start the Fire” cut

Happy Friday Eve to the 1st day of Summer. Where I live we’re in the middle of a heat wave. I’m going to yearn for Autumn by the weekend.

Let’s do a quote of the day – hopefully, by the two songs that I’ve played clips of . . . you have a sense of who’s the quoter.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.” – by Billy Joel

morning babble / Monday 06-17-24

(clip of “Son of a Preacher Man”)

Fellow Son of a Preacher Man but lead singer of the band – Good Looks, Tyler Jordan was told that playing an instrument went against God’s word. Thankfully, he didn’t listen. (credit to uproxx)

(Missed Music Monday opener)

So, the lead singer overcame the religious thing, but then back in April 2022, the lead guitarist survived getting hit by a car and fracturing his skull & tailbone.

(clip of “If It’s Gone”)

Today though, we do have their new album – Lived Here For Awhile – to enjoy. AND – the UPROXX website has already declared it one of the best rock albums of 2024. I totally missed this one, but I’m digging into it now.

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morning babble / Sunday 06-16-24

Borrowing words from someone else in an attempt to spread happiness everywhere or at the very least – a reasonable range. Hey – go click that video!

Everclear cut of “Father of Mine”

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there except Everclear’s Dad – he didn’t seem too nice of a guy.

Everclear cut of “Father of Mine”

As promised on his birthday this past Thursday – Rivers Cuomo has my quote of the day

Weezer song

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Now that I’m a father, I’ve forgiven my parents.” – by Rivers Cuomo

morning babble / Friday 06-14-24

(“Ladies and Gentleman – Can I have your attention please”)

Every Friday for the past 3 1/2 years, I’ve anxiously listened to new music and then created this little babbling musical recap. If you haven’t already, please go subscribe. If you have subscribed – I thank you and, if you could, go instruct someone else to do it too!

(More of said song)

Happy Weekend – it’s a special one for Dads. Morning Babble / Running a 5k every day in 2021 / Exit Plan in 2022 / Just plain old me – 2023 / 2024 – same /

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!

• First up – we’re going local . . . at least for me – Philadelphia’s Mondo Cozmo (Angels cut) About a month ago, we got that first song – “Angels” – off of his 4th upcoming album called – It’s PRINCIPLE! For the whole album – we’ll have to wait until August 30th. For another song off the album – thankfully – he gave that to us a couple days ago (“Wild Horses” cut) That beginning part on “Wild Horses” – that’s the name of the song – I started thinking and feeling like The Black Keys, but then, I read his website bio and someone had made the comparison of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (“Beat the Devil’s Tattoo”) That’s a rabbit hole to go down in to at some point. The song there is called “Beat the Devil’s Tattoo” – one of the more popular songs from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Personally, I enjoyed the entire Howl album. I’ve taken a “tangented” – I know, not a word. Let’s get back to Mondo Cozmo (more “Wild Horses”) Taken directly from his website’s bio page – “Much of the album’s lyrical matter addressed the impending death and the emotions he was going through at that time.” What death – the impending death of his dog, Cozmo. I love this guy! Back to the quote: “As he felt Cozmo’s time slipping away, he spent more time with the dog, including bringing him to the studio during the sessions.” Go preorder the album – It’s PRINCIPLE!

• (“Make It All Right” cut) When I first heard this song . . . the hook got me, but I didn’t recognize the singer’s voice. Turns out it’s Dexter Holland of the The Offspring (“Pretty Fly” cut) Yeah, that Offspring. By the way, the band’s new song “Make It All Right” was released a week ago and should have easily been a candidate for Missed Music Monday, but I literally just heard it a couple days ago via Sirius XM’s Regan. (cut) I think there was some editing that went on there. By the way, back in 2017, lead singer Dexter graduated with a Ph.D. in molecular biology. It’s Dr. Offspring now, huh. The band’s 11th album – Supercharged – will fully drop on October 11th (“Pretty Fly” cut)

• This past Monday, for Missed Music Monday, I did talk about Sabrina Carpenter and her songs “Please Please Please” and “Espresso” (“Espresso” cut) She had a co-writer on both of those songs by the name of Amy Allen, who back on May 1st released a song of her own called “a girl with a problem” (cut) That was the 1st taste of her upcoming self-titled new album which she announced this past week to be fully released on August 23rd. We also received track #1 of the album called “darkside” (cut)

• Several quick hits of new music: Glass Animals come out with a new album next month on July 19th and just last week, they released the 2nd song off of this album. BUT – I have to admit – I’m still really enjoying “Creatures in Heaven” – do yourself a favor and go listen to that one again // Just last month, Judah and the Lion came out with a new album called: The Process / 19 songs / hour of music / So, what do they do? Team up with the indie-pop trio band called: Joseph and release another song called “Measure of A Man” // Another guy who just released an EP last month called The Bomb. Decided to drop off another new song for us. Can’t slow this guy down – Bryce Fox with “Shadows” (cut)

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.

Be sure to check out the playlist on Spotify. As I mentioned in the beginning, it’s a playlist of songs that I’ve talked about and thought about: so, you’ll see some new music there from Don Toliver teaming up with Kodak Black, Pharrell Williams, Emmaline and 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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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance.” – James Baldwin