By the time Sunday afternoon rolls around the approaching work week looms so large it blots out the sun.
France is manhandling Honduras this Sunday in Brazil. But an unexpected ray of light was hearing "Loretta Scar's" as I washed a sink of dirty dishes.
Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted (1992) is a lasting monument to the Grunge Age. It is a record that always sounds good whenever heard.
As the years wind on, I have always made sure to keep tabs on the production of Stephen Malkmus, though I have yet to hear his latest, Wig Out at Jagbags.
As mentioned previously, there is something wrong with my hard drive. So every time my computer goes to sleep after a period of inactivity, rather than going into sleep mode it crashes. This creates problems in the operating system. I avoid the problem by keeping my Amazon Cloud Player up and running at all times, merely switching off my Harman Kardon speakers when I leave the apartment in the morning for work, and when I go to bed at night.
Besides the advantage of avoiding damaging crashes, keeping a large library of music constantly playing offers up the opportunity for random insight, reflection and appreciation.
This morning, for no reason in particular, I decided to stay in bed instead of getting up and reading the newspaper.
When I finally did rise for that first cup of coffee, I switched on the Harman Kardons and was greeted by Sleater-Kinney's "#1 Must Have," a song off All Hands on the Bad One (2000). Of the last three records put out by Sleater-Kinney, All Hands on the Bad One is definitely the weakest. It is not a bad album. It is just that One Beat (2002) and The Woods (2005) are so strong.
Following "#1 Must Have" came Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, "1% of One," which is probably my favorite song by the group. A nine-plus minute masterpiece, "1% of One" can be found on Pig Lib (2003). I see that Malkmus and the Jicks have a new album out, Wig Out at Jagbags (2014). I'll have to give it a listen.
