To celebrate Friday the 13th, I scrolled Twitter. It’s the only place where you can watch society collapse in real time and still feel less informed than before.

(Is This The Way To) Amarillo | Peter Kay Featuring Tony Christie
(I knew I should've taken that left turn at Albuquerque.)
#LondonCalling #JukeboxFridayNight
#OtherLands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t63CMUqo7qA

Sean Ono Lennon's 2024 remixed version of the Nutopian International Anthem
#JukeboxFridayNight
#OtherLands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHacjhYkxbw

Through the streets of Mexico
#JukeboxFridayNight #OtherLands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwjhyqIPE0U

Brian Wilson called his unreleased album "Smile" a “teenage symphony to God”
It's existed on bootlegs, live interpretations, and official releases that only sketch the cathedral he envisioned. Now an AI-generated version by Dae Lims is on YouTube, featuring AI enhanced vocals and more. If you're a fan of Brian Wilson, give it a listen. The only blasphemy is that at 38 minutes it will get interrupted by ads.
#TuneTuesday #HeadphoneMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7W_2JS12CY

I first heard David Essex’s “Rock On” on my little transistor AM radio back in 1974. It sounded great, even on that tiny little speaker.
About 30 years later, I listened to it on my first-generation iPod while jogging. The echo-y rhythms made it seem like I was being pursued by a haunted lava lamp, so I ran a little faster.
#HeadphoneMusic #TuneTuesday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB0zUhUYRSE

“The Town I Loved So Well” was written in the early 1970s by Phil Coulter about Derry, Northern Ireland. Coulter and many others have offered powerful renditions over the years, but for me, Luke Kelly and The Dubliners' version has the most raw intensity. It's still heartbreakingly relevant to many cities in the present.
#TuneTuesday #LondonCalling #OtherLands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55OBEs98Pj4

Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five were up early in 1947 doing synchronized swing jazz and the cha cha in cowboy boots.
I need a nap just watching it
#TuneTuesday #AtDawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or5gEJ1rtVI