- Wake-up songs. The documentary Good Night Oppy is fine—but my family did steal something awesome from it: wake-up songs. Many mornings, apparently, when “waking up” the rovers, the team at NASA would play a “wake up song.” Is there anything better than blasting AC/DC or Fleetwood Mac at 6:45 in the morning? (No.)
- Venus. Loved seeing a bright, bright Venus in the early morning sky.
- Jim Croce. Ted Gioia called out that this week marked the 50th anniversary of Croce’s death, so I listened to “Time in a Bottle” and “Operator” about that many times each.
- Commutes. I remembered—after three days in a row in the office—why I don’t miss them.
- Neighbors. Hanging out with neighbors is the quaint version of suburbia I’d like to live in.
- Valley of Heart’s Delight (Margo Cilker). An astonishing album of songwriting, especially the killer “I Remember Carolina.”
- “What I Like About You.” This song just doesn’t get old. It also makes for a great little improv exercise: “What I like about _____ is that they ______!”
On 7 things from last week (9/25/23)
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Taylor Coe 