Gheorghe's 6-Pack: Spoon

We have Labor Day weekend coming up. Get out there, hit the beach, and grab a 6-pack. Ah, that reminds me of a recurring segment...

In the interest of spreading the love of good music, we will throw out six suggested songs by certain bands you may or may not know much about. Not much of a time commitment, just a little something to get the flavor and get you going.

When I lived in DC 20 years ago, I used to exchange music ideas with a good friend, a WandM Kappa named Jill. She was always a half-step ahead of me, and she introduced me to a number of bands and albums I still enjoy.

Jill still sends me recs. Here's a wacky one she sent 2 days ago. It's also helpful if you wondered what ever became of TR.

And now onto the sixer...

Gheorghe's 6-Pack: Spoon

Vitals
Where: Austin, TX
When: 1993–present
Who: Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, and a bunch of guys who have rotated in and out

Spoon was one of the first recs Jill shared with me. Their Merge Records debut Girls Can Tell is a very solid listen, and I bought it on her advice in 2001. I still spin that sucker now and again.

Here's a good smattering of Spoon. Surface level warranting a deeper dive. That's what 6-packs are for!

Enjoy.

"Everything Hits at Once," Girls Can Tell, 2001

"The Way We Get By," Kill the Moonlight, 2002


"I Turn My Camera On," Gimme Fiction, 2005


"You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb," Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, 2007


"Hot Thoughts," Hot Thoughts, 2017


"Wild," Lucifer on the Sofa, 2022

Take Me to the River

Good morning, GheorghieFriends! A brief drop-by this morning for me, as I cap a four-week whirlwind of travel with a relatively short three-hour jaunt to Whitestone, VA, at the confluence of the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay. Our friends have a house there, and I plan to spend the next three days paddling around on a kayak, chasing my puppy around, and drinking too much good beer.

Al Green and Talking Heads played a song for me.

May you all have a labor-free Labor Day.

I Don't Want to Change the World

A mix of the political with the sublime on this, the day we in the USA celebrate the working man. Something I haven't been, if I'm being honest, since I was 18. For that I both give thanks, and confess some measure of regret.

One of these is fitting, one is one of my favorite songs ever, and one is the first song that I ever heard on my very first iPod, equipped as it was with 25,000 songs, courtesy of Clarence.