INT: Kitchen TableLaptop open, DAD’s head bobs slightly as a song begins to resonate from the laptop’s tepid onboard speakers.Kid: Friday and whatnot?Dad: (smiles, looks up bewildered) Yup.Kid: Knew it! I’m proud to actually...
Baaack home edition | Friday and whatnot #32
When I told Stacey about the two nostalgia-filled live streams of albums from 1999, she correctly remarked that at least I have my songs for this week. Indeed I do, plus I added a...
In Quicksand edition | Friday and whatnot #31
I woke up with the lyrics from the first song in my head. Not sure how a song gets in your when you’ve heard 0 sounds so far in the day, but there we...
Nothin’ is for certain edition | Friday and whatnot #30
I’m going with a few hip hop legends this week, none of whom have been featured yet. Today’s first artist is one of the earlier hip hop groups I was introduced to. There certainly...
Half Right edition | Friday and whatnot #29
In a rare show of preparation I wrote this one earlier in the week. However, it would be a great disservice to the blog to not give MF DOOM the props he deserves, perhaps...
Happy little trees edition | Friday and whatnot #28
It took the better part of a year, but we finally got around to playing the Bob Ross board game Stacey got me for Christmas last year. Solid game, would recommend. The kid crushed...
Pop and Politics edition | Friday and whatnot #27
Yes, there has been a lot of new music floating around based on the current political and social climate. However, sometimes finding meaning in existing songs is more relevant than the ones written about...
Steel Wheel edition | Friday and whatnot #26
New formatting on the title so you can actually see what page your on from a browser tab. Web developer for 8+ years and I decided to go with /friday-and-whatnot-*editionNumber-*editionName for a permalink structure....
Friday and whatnot #25 | 3LN edition
The title stands for 3 Letter Names, as that is how I’ve seen these artist’s names most commonly written. Incidentally, all the bands have strong Gainesville, Florida connections as well. It seemed wrong to...
Friday and whatnot #24 | Guitar Driven Rock edition
Yesterday morning I was listening to a few Texas is the Reason songs from Do You Know Who You Are? Then found myself looking up the American Football track from today too, not thinking...