Lists, Life, and Waiting for Tacos
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time?
Look, I love lists. Like a lot. But how in the world can any individual, organization, or publication presume to come up with the "500 Best Songs of All Time"? The answer is apparently Rolling Stone magazine. I would try and provide some opinions on this list, but as of this typing, the bloody webpage won't open. So, unfortunately, I have no take, hot or otherwise.
Speaking of Lists
A few hours after writing the above paragraph, uDiscoverMusic's post 100 Of The Best 90s Alternative Songs: When The Underground Went Mainstream popped up on my Google feed. This is a much more reasonable approach to making this kind of list. And while I might have some nitpicky criticisms of the 100 songs they selected, I really can't fault the list as a whole. Who in their right mind would argue that these aren't "100 of the best" songs of the '90s?
Why Is It...
That nearly every time I go to Taco Mayo, at least one person in front of me in the drive-thru line is ordering 50 things and taking 15 minutes?!? So frustrating!!!
One Band, 5 Songs
This week we covered the career of the mighty Ned's Atomic Dustbin!!! "Soap for sore eyes" indeed.
Frank Turner’s New Song
Finally, we have some good news! Frank Turner has announced a new album, FTHC, that will be released in February 2022. And like any good album announcement, this one came with a new song! "Haven't Been Doing So Well" so perfectly encapsulates and expresses my current state of being, it's scary. Also, I love that there is a lyrical callback to 2014's "Josephine."
I Don't Know About Anyone Else, But...
My sh*t is completely f*cked at the moment. I know in the grand scheme of things, things are not that bad and that I am in a much better position than a lot of people in the world, but I feel like I'm losing my goddamned mind. When the new year started, I thought things were going to be so much better. The election was over, there was a vaccine on the way, and there was this feeling in the air that things were going to turn around. Well...yeah. So far, the only things that are improved in 2021 over 2020 are --
1) we no longer have a lunatic in the White House, and
2) there are multiple vaccines readily available for anyone who wants them.
Unfortunately, we had an insurrection at the Capital and there are still lots of people who refuse to get vaccinated, thus the plague rages on. Then I decided to try my hand at graduate school and I'm starting to realize that the hand I tried with is the one that was missing when I was born. So that's going well. Plus, there's all this other random crap that keeps piling up, oh and on top of all of that...my mother-in-law passed away this year. Obviously, I haven't figured out how to process or deal with that, even after all of these months.
My job has me working with the public on a daily basis doing customer service (and no matter what anyone says, working in a library is a customer service job). I like my job. A lot. And I like people (generally speaking). But lately, my patience has worn so thin. There are certain people that when I see them walking into the building, I make sure to find something to do that's not at the customer service desk. As quickly as possible. I realize that this is not fair. These poor schmoes have nothing to do with the fact that I'm losing my marbles, but I also know that my ability to mask my frustration is at all all-time low. The last thing I want to do is to take my crap out on some poor fool. They don't need or deserve that.
I really don't know where I'm going with all of this other than I needed to vent. What I do know is that I'm taking a week off from work before I get fired for cursing some kid out. Maybe I should start taking drugs... In the meantime, here's a playlist that I made this week that pretty much sums up all of these kick-ass feelings…
That’s All I Got…
Now wish me luck as I try to dig myself out of the holes that are my classes this semester. And remember,
Dave