Alicia Levine with a subtle LEGO flex with that huge-ass Star Destroyer in her remote shot yesterday.
LEGO flex on CNBC
Peelander-Z – “So Many Mike”
I’m not one to need a theme song, but if I ever did, this would be in the running.
Happy Friday.
Ohbliv – Southside Vibrations
I’ve been listening to a lot of beat tapes lately, which is a result of my attempts at making beats. I love a lot of this stuff. One of the names I see a lot is 0hbliv. His beats are all really nice but I was pleasantly surprised to hear that he’s an RVA local.
It’s worth checking out if you like generally chill beats.
Great Royal Mail day!
I was sure the site I ordered this from was going to just take my money, so this was a nice surprise yesterday.
I do seem to remember ordering two of them, though…
That gum I like is coming back in to style
It’s probably been two years since I had my road bike in rideable shape. I’ve been riding a lot of mountain bikes in the pandemic so far, but there is nothing quite like long, country miles on a road bike to really get into the zen of it.
I’m out of town and away for the next couple of weekends, but my future will definitely have some local coffee shop rides and more than a few miles along the Virginia Capital Trail.
Official-Official
They clinched it weeks ago and Anfield is empty (thanks, ‘Rona) but today Liverpool finally got to hoist the Premier League Champions Trophy.
It was awesome.
Tipsy Bandcamping pays off
Bandcamp runs a deal on the first Friday of every month where they give their cut of the sale back to the artist. In turn, lots of artists have been donating that extra cut to worthy causes. It’s been fun to go music shopping with a cocktail once a month. Sometimes I spring for the physical copy to go along with the download, which is what happened here.
Moon Duo’s Occult Architecture, Vols. 1 & 2, from 2017, are in the classic Moon Duo guitar-and-synth wheelhouse. It would be a decent starting point if you’re new to the band.
Pared it back this weekend
I still had some fun outdoor time but it was too hot to go hard.
Saturday morning tennis was just an hour but the humidity was over 70% so it was super-sweaty and gross. I got some new tennis shoes, too, so the hour-long session was a good break-in session.
I didn’t have team tennis yesterday afternoon, so we went a little further on the bike ride. Stella and I met some folks for Blueberry and we threw in a Bell Lap for good measure.
We ran across some folks managing a big copperhead that had gotten on the trail. It was kind of sketchy. It was also brutally hot and humid again. It’s great to get out and see friends on bikes but the weather definitely took a few points off of the experience.