“There is a time for us to wander; when time is young, and so are we.”
I got into this song and similar folk classics at the beginning of last year When I was going through what felt like a large emotional change in my life. I think folk and bluegrass brings out a lot in me that I haven’t explored yet, but would truly like to, and this is a beautiful rendition of the 1964 song by The Dillards.
“The path is new, the world is free…”
Jan 6, 2025
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A two-fold rec. First, the song 'back on the road' by half moon run. Isn't it incredible when a new release from your favourite band lines up exactly with your current experience of being alive?
Second, I rec getting actually back on the road. For a second, I'd lost my way. Stationary, forgotten. But when you simply begin to place one slow, painful, difficult foot in front of the other, believe it or not, the journey starts to happen.
It's so hard, being on the road (especially approaching 21, when the gears are shifting) but it is always worth it. I never wish I took more breaks, I always wish I did more living.
Back on the road baby!
Feb 18, 2025
Specifically "Canola Fields" by James McMurtry. I feel like the older I get, the more this sort of songwriting resonates. It's impossible to escape. Even if you're not a dad yet, the dad rock finds you. Be warned.
Anyway, one of the lines is so simple, yet poignant, and, to me, that's the true hallmark of good songwriting. The line: "cashing in on a thirty year crush, you can't be young and do that". It reorients aging in a way that really struck me. Smashing together the childish and the mature and flipping the usual loss/gain calculus. Showing that just as there are certain things unrecoverable to the old (that humming freshness of youth!), there are also things that are incomprehensible to the young. It's a dialectic, and romance and beauty come in many forms.
Mar 4, 2024
I first found this song right at the beginning of 2024. My first reaction was “Damn! That’s a perfect song.” My reaction now is… the same thing.
The lyrics are a little bit cryptic and nonsensical and that’s quite alright.
This is one of those songs that is what you make it. The tone is upbeat and bittersweet wrapped together, making it a perfect song to associate with specific memories, like I know I have.
Jan 24, 2025
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A Puerto Rican coconut soda that I literally cannot get enough of. We had it stocked in my fridge growing up and I was reminded of it about a year ago in my adulthood.
So simple. So refreshing. I add a bit of lime juice <3
Jul 9, 2024
Ending 2024 and starting the new year with this perverted and overtly uncomfortable novel. It’s so good it’s disgusting
Jan 6, 2025
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