Share a song that tells a great story.

Easy Come, Easy Go by Hayes Carll. This song is an absolute masterpiece of storytelling.

Another great tune by Lucero that makes me I wish I could write like Ben Nichols.

Home, it might scatter and fade With time, all things must change The road, it might take its own course But at its end, mama, we’re still your boys

Did you sing along to anything today? Describe the moment.

It’s probably been close to 25 years since I last listened to Morphine and I kinda forgot about them until I saw Cure for Pain in the community tracks here. This was always my favorite song of theirs, and now it’s back in my regular rotation. Honestly, I’m kinda surprised I remember all of the words since it’d been so long and now I’m old 😂

Think back to your childhood: What is your earliest music memory? Share that song and your story!

There are probably others, but I Love Rock ‘N Roll by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts stands out in my memory. I was 7 years old in 1981, and It was the first cassette that I was able to buy on my own with money that I earned from doing chores. I remember carrying around my little boom box and blasting the title track and as soon as it would finish playing, I’d rewind it and listen to it again.

Lyrically, this probably my favorite Counting Crows song. It’s SO GOOD.

And the worst part of a good day Is the one thing you don’t say And you don’t know how But you wish there was some way When you pull down the shades And you shut out the light Because somehow we mixed up goodbye and goodnight And the one thing you won’t say Is everyone knows possibility days are impossible

Share a song that feels like it's giving you permission to feel everything.

This song… oooooofffffffff. It’s like a punch to the gut.

I’m aware of where to find you, it hurts too bad to go

Maybe you’ll move on, do somethin’ different Find yourself a sober man who golfs and is Christian But in everything I say and in everything I do I wrote this song for you

Share a song that perfectly captures longing.

One of my favorite Counting Crows songs.

June 2004. We flew back to Pennsylvania for my brother’s wedding. It was the first time you’d met any of my family. The night before the wedding, we all drank until the hotel bar kicked us out. When we went back to our room, you fell asleep pretty quickly and my drunk ass sat up listening to this song quietly on repeat until I had written all of lyrics down on a hotel notepad and put it in your purse.

I wonder if you still have it.

I’ve had this song on repeat a lot lately. It reminds me of very stupid choices I made a long time ago. This verse in particular is like a stab through the heart:

And I know that you loved me once I took for granted the time Well I know that you loved me once When you were mine And when you decided to leave I was so young and so bold The man you decided to leave Is now tired and old