Saturday, June 27, 2020

America can’t act like a team, and it might cost us the return of sports


From Tom Boswell:
 
“Our clubhouse is so full of feuding, selfishness, team-last egos and backstabbing that we can’t even agree to wear a face mask during a plague. Our fury is so close to the surface that a few words lead to screams. If the world were a sports league, we would be a franchise falling apart fast.”
 

Thursday, June 25, 2020

LP #34 Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong (2011)

This, the second studio album from Dawes, offers both consistency and a number of true high points. Their fourth album, All Your Favorite Bands, and their sixth effort, Passwords, also stand out, although only the title track from the former reaches the level of the best 3 or 4 tracks from Nothing Is Wrong. I still haven’t figured out why their even-numbered releases significantly outshine the others.
 
Favorite tracks:
 
A Little Bit Of Everything  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr51EmoKQnA
Time Spent In Los Angeles
If I Wanted Someone
Fire Away
Million Dollar Bill
How Far We’ve Come