Share a song that makes you want to call an old friend.

Who the heck calls friends? Maybe I'm just a lonely GenXer. But as soon as you say 'old friend', this is the song that comes to mind.

What's your favorite song to sing in the car?

Fun to sing / rap along with... my fun story with this one is that the day the Hamilton instrumental tracks released, I tweeted that Alex Lacamoire's arrangements were amazing and that I sounded better rapping when I was rapping with Lin-Manual Miranda. And Lacamoire quote-tweeted me to say "I sound better rapping with him, too".

This morning's #earworm.

Share a song that represents rebellion or freedom to you.

First one that came to mind. It's not even a great song, but when I was a teenager (listening to it on a Greatest Hits compilation, amusingly enough), it hit a certain way.

This one popped up on my Discovery station on Apple Music last weekend. I dig it.

What song makes you feel understood when no one else does?

I mean, I've posted it before, but this has gotta be my favorite 'me against the world' song.

What’s a hidden gem you wish more people knew about?

My kid introduced me to Bukahara, a group hailing from Germany but with strong Greek & North African influences.

Thursday's #earworm... this was my first introduction to Eva Cassidy. Such a voice... such a loss at a young age. (Also, the trio playing with her is top-notch.)

A song from college or early adulthood.

I don't even know why this one came to mind, but for these prompts, why not?

This morning's earworm. I was listening to the Song Exploder podcast on this song yesterday, mentioned it to my family last night, and my 16-year-old daughter immediately said "oh yeah, that's a good song, I went through a real phase with it back in freshman year". And so now the song hits me not just as a classic 90's ballad of unrequited love, but as one my youngest daughter probably shed her own tears to... oof.

Anyway, classic song.