 | T Coe Feb 6 |
- I've now listened to Zach Bryan's triple album American Heartbreak at least three times through, and I'm astounded at how good most of the 34 tracks are. I'd been fielding recommendations to listen to the Bryan for most of last year—an independent rising country star who is part of the Red Dirt scene, he's exactly my cup of tea. There's a clear through-line from his work to Turnpike Troubadours, the (previous?) leading lights of the Red Dirt scene; Bryan and TT's lead singer-songwriter Evan Felker, share a similar strong sense for melody and a knack for unpretentiously poetic lyrics.
- I've started in on The Magicians trilogy for a second time, having first read the books over five years ago. The first book The Magicians is an enjoyable, propulsive page-turner with more plot than I remember. We'll see how The Magician King stands up!
- Watching the Disney+ series Andor with friends, I've been left feeling nostalgic for the original Star Wars (Episode 4) that started it all. I've never been a big Star Wars fan, even when I was a kid—but, boy, is this first film good. The story's clean structure makes the influence of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey obvious in an overtly pleasurable way.
- Trash truck videos are my toddler's favorite current form of entertainment. I'll admit it: I'm pretty into them, too. There's something oddly meditative (and metaphorically cleansing?) about watching garbage trucks pick up trash.
- It's made national news in the past weeks, but there have been a spate of Denver area public library closures of late...due to methamphetamine contamination. Those closures included my local library, but that didn't stop me from going on a library run—one of the great things about a county-wide public library system. (For me, that's the Jefferson County Public Library.) Plus, it's always nice to pop into an unfamiliar library (Lakewood Public Library) and still be able to check out books.
- I answered one of those lingering questions last week: Why are the frets on a guitar string spread out like that? I won't attempt to answer, but direct you instead to the wildly informative The Acoustic Guitarist website, which explains the rule of 18 far better than I ever could.
- Chuck Klosterman is one of my favorite writers—and his book But What If We're Wrong? did nothing to change that. A delightful (if troubling) romp through history, music, TV, and literature.
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