… I mean, I lost all my teeth and I’ve been shitting the bed every night, but I figured that just came with the territory.
My birthday was a pretty low-key affair, which suits me fine. After sleeping in, I bought a plane ticket for Toronto (Bro Visit 09!), went kayaking, picked up some scotch, played a mid-afternoon game of In The Year of the Dragon with the Trifecta, went for iced creams with reberk, entertained unexpected guests (Nicole and DangerDuke) who came bearing baked goods (a fruit crisp and cupcakes, respectively), played a game of Nexus Ops with Trifecta + Danger, and then watched some Planet Earth. Excellent!
Yesterday, my radio show went quite well. It started with a really fun interview with Boats! (a band from Winnipeg). Even though I had bunch of music that I wanted to play, I let the interview go on for almost fifteen minute because I was enjoying the ridiculous banter. If I ever make up a radio portfolio, I’d want that segment to be in it.
For anyone that’s interested, here’s the playlist for yesterday’s show:
- Boats! – 500%
- Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
- Secret Broadcast – Red Underground
- The Cliks – Dirty King
- Rich Hope – My Baby Likes to Boogaloo
- The Manvils – Turpentine
- The Balconies – 300 pages
- Wax Mannequin – Pieces of Bird
[Note: the central set of the show ventured a little bit more into straight-up guitar-rock territory than my show usually does, but I kind of felt like a change. Also, I'd like to highlight the tracks by Grizzly Bear, Secret Broadcast, The Balconies and Wax Mannequin: sweet tunes all!]
Though there are some other developments that I want to talk about at some point (not the least of which are the (probably hackneyed) reflections on aging prompted by my birthday), I really need to get down to work, so they will have to wait!
