October was strangely eventful and uneven. Full of change. Mostly beneficial. The cultivating of calm is going fairly well and I’ve had some lucky breaks. I’ve already been teaching on Tuesday nights, after my day job. I was scheduled to teach on Thursday nights as well, starting next week. That would have made for two 14 hour workdays per week instead of one. Thankfully, too few students enrolled in the class so it was canceled. I’m not even mad (hugely relieved). And somehow it is November already. The next two months will be the usual blur of the holiday season then boom, I’ll be vacationing in Lisbon. It is so lovely to have this Portugal trip to look forward to. Past Sharyn did me a solid there.
Five fabulous things for Friday, music edition:
- My formative years, explained! The Hit Parade: The Lost and Lonely Edition - “Three decades ago, the biggest alternative rock came with a British accent—and morose lyrics.”
- Anna Meredith: Fibs review – genre-bending bolts from the blue - “The brilliantly unpredictable composer is back making rollercoastering solo albums full of irreverent experiments and serious innovation” The new album is out today.
- An old internet friend, Saleem Reshamwala, has been working on some pretty cool projects. “In January I spent a week following Macarthur Genius Grant and Grammy-winning drummer Dafnis Prieto while he prepped his homecoming show in Cuba (first time performing in 20 years).” Full film: Regresar: Back in Cuba
- Nostalgia zone. Someone mentioned The Art of Noise so I rewatched the classic Close (To The Edit) video and it totally holds up. And I learned a little more backstory about it.
- And, also from the 80s, Ray Parker Jr. performs Ghostbusters at the Oscars
In other news, my kid doesn’t have class on Fridays but he’s going down to the college today anyhow, for his first meeting with the anime club. I’m a proud nerd mom.
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