Ryan O’Connell

The Best Jack Johnson Songs Ranked A deep dive into the Jack Johnson catalog to help fight off the frigid temperatures

With his debut album having recently turned 25 & frigid temperatures making me long for summer, I decided to write about Jack Johnson. It was very relaxing.
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I'm thinking it could be my beach car. Verdict is still out.

Listen, I checked Facebook marketplace to see if the latest piece of kid furniture I’m looking to get rid of had gotten any hits, found this and now it’s all I’ll be thinking about for the rest of the day…

Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” came out OTD 49 years ago and I’m using the occasion to share one of the best jokes from Flight of the Conchords

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I've never understood it and I appreciate you calling attention to it

Things That Are Not Olympic Events But If They Were I'd Be Pretty Good At Them...
- Beach Parenting
- Talking About "The Wire"
- Cleaning the Garage
- Finding Our Cat
- Coloring
- Untangling Extension Cords
- Small Talk with Neighbors

I really appreciated Kim wondering about the hair too.

The cat looking at you, wondering who the hell this dude thinks he is

Episode 155: Frankenstein

Rewatched “Frankenstein” last night & I’m still in awe by how visually amazing the movie is. I’m also still wondering how the monster grew hair, something that I forced @mikeshza.bsky.social to talk about on his Welcome to the Party Pal pod back in December.

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I love this band. Their music sounds like an army of guitars and harmonies. Stoked their back with more music.

I miss summer. That's it.

where's this?

My main and only takeaway from the Grammys is that I need to listen to Olivia Dean more.

Thanks and totally agree. Music is subjective.

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Logging onto Bluesky and seeing posts about Trump potentially shitting himself…

The late, great Catherine O’Hara with her old SCTV buddy Martin Short as Jiminy Glick

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Trying to clean your kid’s room while they’re playing in it…

The Best Jason Isbell Songs Ranked A ranking of the 35 best songs from Jason Isbell, including solo tunes, 400 Unit songs & ones performed with the Drive-By Truckers

Hey, today is Jason Isbell’s birthday. One of the best songwriters & musicians out there. Here’s my ranking of his best songs.

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Immigration enforcement is keeping kids from athletics​ School districts' attendance declines have been mirrored in student-athlete participation drops while administrators and coaches focus on player security.

This article hit close to home for me. I played soccer for Portland High and I’d guess that about 30-40% of our teams were immigrants. I had great friends from all over the world & it breaks my heart that kids in high school now are going through this.

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Yeah they’re been slowly coming back. Nice to have them around again

Yes it’s pretty sweet. They still sound so good.

The new Soulive record (their first in 15yrs) is really solid. Funky, plenty of grooves, cool as hell. Basically vintage Soulive doing vintage Soulive stuff. Definitely recommend.

Wow, just saw the news that Catherine O’Hara passed away. A real legend. Might have to watch “Waiting for Guffman” tonight. RIP.

That show worth checking out?