Every day I express my gratitude to the cosmos in my own silent way, but when we get to the end of Thanksgiving day, I’m just glad it’s over.
The saving grace of Thanksgiving, the warm quilt of redemption, is my annual viewing of John Hughes’ 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles.' The movie will never make one of those all-time-films lists, but it’s fair to call it a holiday classic, and the warmth I feel watching the movie reminds me of the warmth I felt growing up in a mostly-functional Midwestern family and the warmth I feel now in my own household. But removed from the context of the movie, the soundtrack, as a standalone listening experience, makes absolutely no sense, and like Thanksgiving, it kind of sucks.
Episode 39: Across the Great Divide(s) b/w Glory Days
Episode 38: Bring Us the Head of Craig Brubeck, Who Stole Our Rocco’s Super Bowl Sheet Pizzas
Episode 37: The 12 (NA) Beers of Christmas
Episode 36: Got a Blank Space Where My Head Like a Hole Should Be – A Portrait of Generation X as Middle-Aged Summer Concert Series Nostalgia Trippers
Episode 35: Mark Lanegan, Daydream Reliever
Episode 34: Boise (Slight Return) Revisited
Episode 33: The New Belle and Sebastian Album Makes Me Feel Old
Episode 32: COVID, a Conference and Our Old Friend the Common Cold
Episode 31: The Subjective Greatness of ’America’s Greatest Hits’
Episode 30: Kerouac In the Lamplight of the Living Room
Episode 29: Take This Waltz
Episode 28: Bright Lights, Dark Winters
Episode 27: Season of the Ditch
Episode 26: Running To Stand Still b/w Reconciling Bono
Episode 25: Kicking Around on a Piece of Ground in Your Hometown
Episode 23: Gordon Lightfoot and the Golden Autumn World Just Outside My Grasp
Episode 22: Teenage Angst Has Paid Off Well
Episode 21: Inscription Friendships and Farewell Transmissions
Desperation Fanzine: "The Wall of Rejection"
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