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Today’s Crucial Track celebrates my kids as they get closer to graduating from high school: app.crucialtracks.org/profile/e…

I picked: “You’re Gonna Go Far” by Noah Kahan (the version with Brandi Carlile)

Feeling super clever with today’s Crucial Tracks pick – remembering that “Cornflake Girl” is at the end of Jawbox’s “Absenter” track, so I was able to share a cover version I liked more than the original AND another good song in one go. 🎉

Today’s Crucial Tracks post includes a shout out to my son, who will be performing and up for awards at tomorrow’s Wonder Awards - the Buffalo area high school musical awards. He’s also a semi-finalist to advance to the Jimmy Awards in NYC! Wish him luck or break a leg, or whatever is appropriate. 😄

The May 11th edition of Community Tracks is out: This week we explored parties, home, seasons, love songs, and much more. Enjoy this little taste of the Crucial Tracks community!

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Birthday record haul from the fam. ❤️

MJ Lenderman, De La Soul, and Bon Iver records

MJ Lenderman and This is Lorelei in Buffalo tonight.

MJ Lenderman and the WindThis is Lorelei

Senior photo excursion today around Buffalo. Can’t believe it’s almost here. 🥹

More big news in our household! My son Milo is a semi-finalist for the Shea’s STAGE Program, which is an intensive week of theater training that could ultimately end as our area’s nominee for the Jimmy Awards – the US high school musical theatre awards. He’s one of 8 actors nominated. ❤️

The bummer is we miss so many great little things because it doesn’t conform to the implastic version of ourselves that lives in some blindingly lit menagerie where everything is just so. Where we store the notional version of ourselves that’s never existed.

Source: It takes a worried man.

Love this… it’s probably the biggest “unlock” I’ve discovered in my adulthood. So much more joy.