Good morning Reader and happy Tuesday. Here's what I've been jamming to: OFNL Feb 2025 • Ned Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatc... PREVIEW Ben Kweller - "Dollar Store" (ft. Waxahatchee) Echoes of Death Cab's "Cath" on this single from Kweller (with choral support from Katie Crutchfield), but at the pace and intensity of Smashing Pumpkins' "Rhinoceros," crescendoing in a pop-indie explosion that's head-banging and catchy like the cold. The lyrics float from generic and low-priced to existential:...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
Good morning Reader and happy Friday. Here's what I've been jamming to: OFNL December 2024 • Ned Good as Gold • The Apache Re... PREVIEW The Apache Relay - Good as Gold Hooks like this you can visualize. You feel like you're grabbed and taken up, down, and over the hump when the chorus of "Good as Gold" hits. It's a song with infinite replayability until the inevitable moment when the song loses its luster from overplay. But until that happens... Side note--did they film this in an airport?...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
Good morning Reader and happy Tuesday. Here's what I've been jamming to: OFNL October 2024 • Ned Me and Willie • Rose City Ba... PREVIEW Rose City Band - Me and Willie Slowing down in this modern world can take a lot of work. What with the constant stream of digital distractions, notifications, and inboxes to check, news to doomscroll, polls to watch, scores to keep, and texts to wait on (she must be busy). Sometimes, you need a slow song to slow you down. But sometimes fluttery guitars and...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read
Good morning Reader and happy Friday. Here's what I've been jamming to: 1.25.24 • Ned Fletcher • flipturn PREVIEW flipturn - "Fletcher" / "Six Below" (live on Audiotree) I saw these guys open for Goth Babe last year. They stole the show. Not that Goth Babe put up a terribly strong effort to keep the show. He seemed indecisive about whether he was doing a DJ set or a live show. Add in his subpar voice and Steve Aoki-esque gimmicks (he made a girl crowdsurf in a life raft for three songs and...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
Good morning Reader and happy Tuesday. Here's what I've been jamming to: 11.8.22 Ned Short post this week. Hit a yoga class for the first time in about a year last night. Kicked my ass. You try holding a half-moon pose for a minute and tell me how you feel. I'm man enough to admit when I've been defeated. And speaking of moons, despite my yoga-induced fatigue my body shot me up at 5am this morning. I tried in vain to fall back asleep until I succumbed to the urge to scroll Twitter; the first...
over 3 years ago • 1 min read
Good morning Reader and happy Tuesday. Here's what I've been jamming to: 11.1.002022 Ned Frythm - Portals.022222 How do you build a clock that will tick for 10,000 years? In case you never pondered that question check out the farsighted folks at the Long Now Foundation. They are building a giant clock in western Texas they intend to last 10,000 years. The non-profit was established in 01996 (the long-termers denote dates with an extra significant figure to expand your temporal view) and has...
over 3 years ago • 4 min read
Good morning Reader and happy Tuesday. Here's what I've been jamming to: 10.25.22 Ned I caught Kevin Morby's This is a Photograph tour last night at the Sinclair in Cambridge, MA with my cousin (and OFNL artistic contributor) Jerry M. The show was electric, acoustic, emotional, intense, face- and heart-melting, with political undercurrents and odes to America's good and bad. Once you get acquainted with Kevin Morby's work, you realize he doesn't miss. He's not a hit maker, hits don't compute...
over 3 years ago • 3 min read
Good morning Reader and happy Tuesday. Here's what I've been jamming to: 10.11.22 Ned Going with an abridged edition this week as I'm working on a few other things. But here are some highlights from the playlist, which features contributions from OFNL frequent fly-guys Tyler B. and Tim L.: • Up-and-coming neo-soul rapper Smino does it with a J.Cole feature • Arlie brags about getting off the internet with the help of a landline phone and, honestly, I respect his life choices. Who doesn't...
over 3 years ago • 2 min read
Good morning Reader and happy Tuesday. Here's what I've been jamming to: 10.4.22 Ned Methyl Ethel - Proof (ft. Stella Donnelly) With an opening ominous in the way a Wu-Tang track begins, Methyl Ethel hits us instead with an electronic orchestral arrangement. It's reminiscent of a more religiously-inclined Little Dragon (but with equal amounts of bangs on the female vocalist). Deep in the song's second act you're surprised with an aura of pop majesty; you almost get lost in it. But as you...
over 3 years ago • 3 min read
