Shut up. And dance with me.

My friend told me about a podcast called "Switched on Pop."
It is a musician and musicologist who talk about pop music.
I have only listened to a few episodes (my friend told me to start from the beginning, I didn't), one of them being their 100th episode.
So many things about it I love-
Bias when discussing non-Eurocentric musics
Adorno
Musicality of phrasing
How pop music is filled with key salad- many forms of music the pay off is getting back to the tonic or home key of the piece, movement, whatever- popular music doesn't necessarily do that. Often it is about wandering around key signatures, the rhythms, lyrics, and stuff like that...
I have found that I have to take breaks in listening to it. I can't "binge" listen. Since I pretty much only listen to podcasts when I am at the gym I guess it wouldn't be a binge, but rather after I listen to a "Switched on Pop," my next podcast is a Marc Maron or something else.
BTW- I could write a whole blog post about my thoughts and complicated relationship I have with Marc Maron and his podcast, but I am not ready.

Though I don't think that I want to do a total music oriented podcast, a few weeks ago the podcast that I am on (yes, it is true) did a segment on Weezer.
Unfortunately, I cannot direct you to the podcast yet because they are not available.
Here is the link to the website. Todd made some nice drawerings of us.

https://www.emergencytoddcast.com/

Anyway, Weezer. What is their deal?
Many people (including the people on the podcast) have an opinion of them for sure.

Joey, one of the participants, told me about the SNL skit about Weezer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab5WvwfLuLM

It is pretty good and completely validated me and the podcast we did.
Speaking of Joey, here is a link to something he did that I find hilarious.

https://conealoneworld.com/

I am cone alone.

Dahnanana. Dahnanana. Clap. Clap.

Luke Perry.

Wow.

I am a forever fan of 90210 (Donna Martin graduates!). Though I have been and will always be team Brandon, I did watch most programs and movies that the original cast of BH 90210 were in.

Yes, I saw 8 Seconds, Calendar Girl, A Friend to Die For, Charmed, all of Jennie Garth's Hallmark/Lifetime movies, Sharknado,  and that show with David Silve- I mean Brian Austin Green.

I even caught some episodes of Gabrielle's talk show in the 1990s. 

I watched (pretty much) the entire series when it was on. Yes, maybe not all of the final two seasons, I wasn't a fan of Noah. To me it was the kind of show one could dim your inner lights and watch without a whole lot of thinking. 

When I was in grad school the SOAP network showed the entire series in order. It was glorious. I watched from the first episode all the way to the final. My husband was lucky enough to take the journey with me.  Then once my daughter was born I did an abridged version of it. 4am feedings were as good a time as any to catch an episode of my friends of West Bev High, or maybe when they were students of  California University, or when they were owners of the Beverly Beat and Now Wear This. 

Brandon, Brenda, Kelly, Donna, Dylan, David, Andrea, and Steve's lives were my constant for a decade and when I revisited the gang almost ten years later they still delivered.

I hadn't been in grad school all that long and I was having some troubles. It was really intense and I found out that I wasn't the only one who cried because of the pressure. Anyway, I came home after class one afternoon and saw that the SOAP network was showing the very first episode of BH 90210. I was so thrilled that I sat on the edge of the couch with my bag still over my shoulder and watched it. The show relaxed me and provided me a comfort that I can't really explain. When my daughter was born I watched many episodes again. 

Since Luke Perry's death I have watched a few episodes,  first season is on a streaming service I subscribe to...I think though that I want to watch the more recent Luke Perry. I think I will check out Riverdale.

RIP Luke. You had the best forehead in the biz.