Up 6:30. SNL.
Read 25 p. Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon. Overwritten, but will give it a chance.
Breakfast, coffee. Shopped for grocery delivery w/ Bree.
Form notes, exercise.
Walk. Was able to buy 2 packs of Camels. The bodega across the street reopened (took a t-shirt mask). Smoked only 1, rather than my habitual 2; will have one more after 6.
Back before 11, watched a couple video/song links in emails (Fred Hersch, the Beths), wrote to Ted Leo to try to get my Secret Stars cover to Jodi.
Worked 11-1. Wasted 30 min again., tightened up the 1st graf moved into the 2nd. Got bogged down toward the end in a complicated thought that I think will be helpful if I get it right.
Read remaining section of Theory, A Sunday; and to 50 p. mark of Solomon.
Lunch. Called dad.
Worked on “flashlight” 30 min or so. Bree thinks the chorus is too pop.
Broke down/took out some recycling.
Spent time w/ Bree.
2nd walk.
10 p. Coolidge.
Listened to a long Bohannon (RIP) track: “Foot Stompin’ Music” (1974). Monochordal, in the James Brown manner; no full breakdown, but at least two bass drop-out passages at about 2:00 and 3:35.
Listened to Units Digital Stimulation on headphones while organizing books and CDs. Tried to make this year’s “to read,” but it isn’t realistic.
Watched the rest of Tip Top (Bozon 2013). Odd, perverse tone, don’t think it actually works - Huppert is watchable. I suppose it comes out of her films w/ Chabrol.
It does have a great Turkish rock song from 1970: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzkpvWt1o4c
And that lead me to a tune w/ a similar title (and Turkish lyrics) by the German new wave band Ideal, whose first record I have: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grr7w2z9vMQ
Lights out 11:00.