3:33⅓ D’Angelo - Spanish Joint

As I’ve really laid off of direct twitter posting and tried to start a different kind of relationship with social media I started up a little text crew with Martin Devaney, Chuck Terhark and Steve McPherson. It’s my best friend, my closest business partner and my brother. We call that text crew “twitter” cause it is basically the replacement for twitter for all of us. I asked everyone what they thought the best album released during their lifetime was. I went with D’Angelo’s Voodoo. For me a close second is Lauryn Hill’s “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”. But I think those skits really set it back a bit. And that’s not cause I’m anti-skit! I’m pro skit, but those go on too long and I don’t find them additive enough on repeat listens. BUT, suffice it to say, I love Voodoo. I wrote about it here. But I’m spinning Spanish Joint on Jazz88 right now and I’m just loving it. Amazing hand percussion from Giovanni Hidalgo. Had never really cued in on that.

In Sean news, this morning sucked/ended up okay. I was urged to get a colonoscopy even though I’m not yet 45 because of some family issues. OKAY, cool. It was an intense pain in the ass cause I’m fat. They make you do it a hospital. They make you get a physical. Cool. But then I got COVID, had to skip my first appointment. Then rescheduled months later and they made me get another physical. FINE. Did it. Doctor was super understanding and agreed this whole system is bullshit. Then, United Healthcare is trying to make me share the cost of everything big time since I’m not 45 years old yet. WAIT? But this was recommended. I don’t toss a camera up ye ol’ sewer just for a good time. Medical professionals told me to do this. So what’s the deal? I got it recoded as a screening with MNGI but who knows if that actually means United brings these bills down. I hate health care. I hate knowing I’ll have worse health outcomes in my life not necessarily because of my weight but because of the hurdles that my weight creates for me to get good care. WOW, terrible. You just have to look away and try to take care of yourself and be an advocate for yourself in the face of a juggernaut monster out to profit on pain.

The good news is that Heiruspecs’ vinyl arrived today and that I still have an amazing family, job and community around me.

The Record.

The Artwork.