Mitski (Bug Like An Angel) (Washing Machine Heart) Bug Like An Angel got my attention. Exploring other works.

Camp Claude (Swimming Lessons) (Hero) (Game Boys) Love…Love…Love…Swimming Lessons.

Jamie xx, The Avelanches (All You Children) Makes me dance.

Sjowgren Released a new song, Twenty. I hope this means a new album and tour.

Wild Nothing (Headlights On) Just Kind of liking right now.

Bon Enfant (Aujourd”hui) (Ciel Bleu) Good Child. Love the name. Love their sound.

La Femme (It’s Time To Wake Up) (Ou va la monde) (Si Un Jour-Deezer Sessions) Just a great indie sound.

The Velvet Underground (Oh! Sweet Nuthin) Old Song. Have it on repeat lately. Sad song but kind of inspiring at the same time. Hard to explain.

Concerts

The dam has finally broken. After a very slow 2023, concerts for alternative bands are dropping from the sky for 2024. Oh Thank God! WooooHooooo.

Alvvays-(Undertow) (Marry Me Archie) Love Love Loved this concert. Have so many clips to post. If you get a chance to see, GO!

La Femme- (Ou Va Le Monde) Made a pit stop in DC to see them. Great Show. Managed to stay on the edges of the pit.

Lucy Dacus-(Brando) (I Don’t Want To Be Funny Anymore) Lucy had a slipped disc and played the concert laying on a couch. It was different, but good.

The War On Drugs-(Holding On) Great Concert. Another band i would see again.

Dehd-(Flying) (Bad Love) Just simple fun party music. The floor was bouncing as the crowd jumped to the beat.

Courtney Barnett- (Anant Gardner) (Pedestrian At Best) She is a rocker. She shreds her guitar. Lucy Dacus opened. She was able to stand and perform this time. :)

The Decemberists-(Severed) (Make You Better) Just a lot of fun, feel good music. Go see them. The between set music was a French artist. It was fun.

StarFucker (Open Your Eyes) (Golden Light) So much fun. Good music with dancing dogs and astronauts.

Alt-J (Tessellate) (Something Good) They come and go from my listening list. They are sooo good in concert.

Current Listening

Big Thief-(Born For Loving You) (Not) (Shark Smile) Great Concert…Will see them again. Would travel to see.

Lisza-(La Cavale) (L'accident) My favorite of the moment. Love her voice and Music. Cant understand a word she is saying. Need to work on French. :)

Japanese Breakfast-(Paprika) (Everybody Wants To Love You) So much fun in concert. Again, would travel to see.

Beach House-(Master Of None) (On The Sea) (Lemon Glow) Simply Amazing in Concert.

The Velvet Underground-(Oh Sweet Nuthin!) Great chill song. Thanks to the series Loki for reminding me of it.

Cyber Heart-(Ocean Eyes) Let’s Dance!!

Real Estate-(Darling) (Its Real) (Talking Backwards) Wonderful in concert. Small turn out though. A real shame. New album (Daniel) is so good.

Mietze Conte-(bunnybunnybunny) Like It!

Tame Impala-The Slow Rush B-Sides & Remixes

La Femme-(It’s Time To Wake Up) (Mycose) In general just like their sound. Love driving down the road and listening to them, New music has been released.

Sjowgren-(Seventeen) Get up and dance! (now & then) (Je ne sais Pas) Really like this band,

Videos

Airline Videos Live, LA Flights (YouTube) A live stream of Jets coming and going at LAX, with commentary. Such an aircraft geek channel….I Love It!

Old pre-code mystery movies on YouTube. Most are really bad, but they are so different from the known titles of the 30’s.

Warographics (YouTube) Great series of videos that range from historical to current political or military events. The host/creator Simon Whistler delivers concise well rounded reviews of historical and current events pulling in details the major news outlets don’t have time to fit into their 2 minute summary. This is one of several series he hosts.

Jay Swanson-Paris Videos American ex-pat in France. Life vlogs. Entertaining, and just seems to be a good guy, making his dream come true.

The BEST Photography Advice No One Listens To: Steve Carty The title says it all.

Perspective w/Waldemar Januszczak- (Van Gough) (The Renaissance Origins) A wonderful series of art documentaries ranging from individual artists to art movements. Light in tone, fun and just flat out entertaining. A great way to to get an Art 101 education.

Photo Genius: Paul Farris-Brisbane based photographer who creates photographic video’s on everything from basic camera instruction, to more complex techniques.

France 24: On YouTube. French news streaming. Great for a different perspective on the world.

Movies/Series

Inventing David Geffen- (2012) Documentary. Great inside look at on of the pivotal players in modern entertainment. Probably a must watch for any budding entertainment wanna be.

Blue Eyed Samurai- Netflix Anime. A self taught warrior and an outcast of Japanese society looks for vengence from those that created her, and abused her mother.

Bosh Legacy-A former LA Police detective who is willing to bend justice to achieve justice. (Prime Video)

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of our Lives-(2017) A look at the music mogul that has been at the heart of music for 60 years.

The Wrecking Crew-(2016) A great documentary on a group of LA session musicians in the 60’s. They worked with the biggest producers and bands of the era. In many cases replacing the bands themselves on the recordings.

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction-David Letterman interviews individuals that….need no introduction. Very good Netflix series.

Sherlock Holmes-(1930’s-40’s) Just light and fun mysteries from the hey day of Black n White Hollywood films. Great disconnect films.

Magic & Light-(2022) Disney+ Documentary about the history of Industrial Light and Magic. Great documentary for anyone who has seen a Sci Fi movie in the last 50 years.

Current Reads.

Audio Book: Les Misérables So Good. Wonderful story of life between Victor Hugo’s history lessons.

Audio Book: 1984 This dystopian world has often been applied to Stalinist Communism. This story might be worth another read or listen. A good reminder of what we might be giving up in this day of easy communication and those that speak with the loudest voices telling us what we should think. I’m not talking Constative or Liberal. Either extreme or others would be happy to have you locked into their view, their thoughts of the world.

December 1941 Craig Shirley A daily accounting of the happenings in America in December 1941.

Ice Station Zebra Alistair Maclean Cold War classic of a US Nuclear Submarine on a rescue mission to the Arctic.

PodCasts

New York Times-The Daily A 20 min deep dive into a current event of the day.

The Journal-The Wall Street Journal The story of the day. Bet it financial or political.

Short Wave-15 minutes that makes science fun. Crows have a serious memory. Sperm are not great swimmers. Who Knew?

BBC Global Podcast-Daily dose of world news form a global perspective.