News From The Week That Was
More of a writing and recording week in The Cube than an acoustic conversion focus over the last 7 days. Vocals were laid down on a new song, tentatively titled “Run”. Also, Boyne was able to play with his new toy (see pic), which isn’t nearly as dirty as it sounds. Even in our 40s, birthdays can be fun.
Fighting Whiskey Recommends
Boyne’s #2 – City Pop
Who? Benny Sings
What? City Pop
Why?
At the height of the 2020 lock down I listened to it just about every day for about three months.
It was my escape. It was just about the only thing I wanted to listen to. It had me completely transfixed, and excited about music in a way I hadn’t felt since I was a kid listening to the radio and playing video games.
A time when a song I liked was based on what I liked, and had nothing to do with how cool it was, or if anybody else liked it.
When I sang those songs to myself and sometimes aloud while I skated, played basketball or just on the playground, to pump myself up to skate faster, hit a basket or whatever.
I do that a bit with these songs now.
It may be a little cheezeball here and there but it is beautiful in its brilliant simplicity and universal appeal.
Think Michael Mcdonald meets Stevie Wonder. And if that doesn’t do it for you then I don’t care. Try it anyway. You are wrong, it’s a wonderful thing.
Three Things I’ve Learned This Week
- Be careful who is in earshot when you shout, “Sweetie, anything else to add to the grocery list”. It may lead to a 10 year old shouting, “Potato!”.
- Potatoes aren’t just for eating, they also can be for drawing faces on.
- Trusting me to write lyrics to a song on a topic that I am fired up about can lead to thoughtful words until the last two lines. The last two lines end up being mostly f-bombs.