SPS - I Needed A Surprise

I'll admit, I've been in something of a rut these last couple weeks; not keeping up with habits and practices that I've worked very hard to develop.  Writing consistently was one of those habits.  There's countless reasons WHY I was in that rut, but frankly that's not really what I talk about on this blog.  All that really matters is that I was thoroughly prepared to not write an SPS for this week.  And then this happened...

Stay Positive Sunday - Don't Lay Me Down

Yes, I've posted this song twice in a row.  Yes, it only came out on Friday.  I don't care.  It's been ringing in my head nonstop since I first listened to it, and since then it's been the only song on my weekend playlist.  I find myself humming it as I walk around the city, singing tiny snatches of the lyrics.  It's possessed me, in the best possible way.  And frankly, I wanted to take a week to write about it.  Baroness is, if not my favorite band of all time, tied for first, and their story is brilliant and rich and complicated - far bigger than one of these little weekly posts.  But a wiser man than me once said something to the effect of 'If you think about something three times a week, you should write about it'.  I've thought about this song three times a day since it came out.

In Spite of the Winter, There's Ways to Keep Warm

Suffice to say I have a lot more to say about this, but in summary -

HOLY CRAP NEW BARONESS ALBUM 

PURPLE

December 18th