- “Spiral City” – CARR
- “Beat Drop” – Jarv Dee & Bad Colours
- “brutal” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “It’s Fine” – Bethany Cosentino
- “Adam” – Sabina Sciubba
- “World Worth Keeping” – Jaime Wyatt
- “Bubbles Up” – Jimmy Buffett
- “A&W” – Lana Del Rey
- “San Francisco” – The Mowgli’s
- “bad idea right?” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “The Great Beyond” – R.E.M.
- “This is the Day” – The The
- “What Was I Made For?” – Billie Eilish
- “She’s Not Me” – Jenny Lewis
- “Wouldn’t It Be Good” – Nik Kershaw
- “Hope to Die” – Orville Peck
- “In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company” – The Dead South
- “When the Rodeo is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?)” – Tanya Tucker
- “Deceptacon” – Le Tigre
- “Tequila” – Los Bitchos
- “Shame Reactions” – Pom Pom Squad
- “Choose Your Fighter” – Ava Max
- “Natural Disaster” – Bethany Cosentino
- “Dog Days Are Over” – Florence + The Machine
- “Banana Republics” – Jimmy Buffett
- “Free Ride” – Liz Phair
- “Bang Bang” – Momma
- “Rescue Me” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “Back in the High Life Again” – Stevie Winwood
- “Uranium Baby” – Christy Costello
- “Estranged Fruit” – Fishbone & NOFX
- “Migration” – Jimmy Buffett
- “Act Natural” – Margaret Glaspy
- “vampire” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Damascus Steel” – The Scimitars
- “This Land is Your Land” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season” – Jimmy Buffett
- “Say Yes to Heaven” – Lana Del Rey
- “I Don’t Give a Damn.” – October London
- “Narcissus” – The Seatopians
- “Here I Am Baby” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “For a Moment” – Bethany Cosentino
- “Damn Good” – David Lee Roth
- “Going to California” – Jake Shimabukuro
- “Tin Cup Chalice” – Jimmy Buffett
- “Hollywood Swinging (Single Version)” – Kool & The Gang
- “Pretend Lovers” – Montell Fish
- “get him back!” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Green Grow the Rushes” – R.E.M.
- “Creep (acoustic)” – Radiohead
- “Mu and Lemuria” – The Seatopians
- “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “Roll With It” – Steve Winwood
- “Flip It” – Bleached
- “Joiner” – Blondshell
- “Just Like Paradise” – David Lee Roth
- “Mystery Dance” – Elvis Costello
- “Nautical Wheelers” – Jimmy Buffett
- “breadwinner” – Kacey Musgraves
- “Night Movies” – Lissie
- “The Riddle” – Nik Kershaw
- “all-american bitch” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Horsegirl” – Overcoats
- “Strange Currencies (remastered)” – R.E.M.
- “Bari Simone” – The Scimitars
- “Isle of Cyn” – The Seatopians
- “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “Jacaré” – Sofi Tukker
- “Higher Love” – Steve Winwood
- “Wild Child” – The Black Keys
- “A Faraway Land – ???? ?????” – Didon, Carmen Rizzo & Meriem Ben Amor
- “Rescue Me” – Dirty Heads
- “Out of My League” – Fitz and the Tantrums
- “Boytoy” – Halle Abadi
- “Go Down River” – The Heavy Heavy
- “Last Man Dance” – Jake Shears
- “Mountain Song” – Jane’s Addiction
- “A Pirate Looks at Forty” – Jimmy Buffett
- “justified” – Kacey Musgraves
- “Miss Lucy” – Liz Phair
- “Big Big Love” – Michael Franti & Spearhead
- “Don Quixote” – Nik Kershaw
- “Demin & Diamonds” – Nikki Lane
- “pretty isn’t pretty” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Radio Free Europe” – R.E.M.
- “Ice Blue Metallic” – The Seatopians
- “What Have You Done for Me Lately?” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “I’m A Man” – The Spencer Davis Group
- “The Finer Things” – Steve Winwood
- “Alright” – Supergrass
- “Easy” – Bethany Cosentino
- “Happier Than Ever” – Billie Eilish
- “Gold on the Ceiling” – The Black Keys
- “Chan Chan” – The Buena Vista Social Club
- “Jane Says” – Jane’s Addiction
- “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” – Jimmy Buffett
- “I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” – Nik Kershaw
- “Drive” – R.E.M.
- “Carta” – Silvana Estrada
- “Wings of Time” – Tame Impala
Continued on my second lap through Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books, which is both comfort food and interesting to watch his dramatic improvements as a writer and, in the future, the beginning of Alzheimer’s impacting his work. The last book I read this year, his novel The Truth, is a high water mark in both his writing ability and also a really great book about the newspaper business and the act of journalism. Even for people who don’t like fantasy novels, it’s a good book to pick up. (His earlier book, Small Gods, is also an excellent standalone book on religion.)
- Jan. 30: Mammoth
- Jan. 30: Jingo
- Feb. 17: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
- Feb. 19: A Dead Djinn in Cairo
- Feb. 23: A Wizard of Earthsea
- March 23: The Last Continent
- March 27: The Starless Sea
- April 2: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- April 30: Ratio
- May 8: The Republic of Pirates
- May 15: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
- May 21: Just When You Thought It Was Safe: A Jaws Companion
- June 4: Carpe Jugulum
- June 25: The Deep
- July 31: Foxglove Summer
- Aug. 13: The Destroyer of Worlds
- Aug. 13: Stolen Skies
- Aug. 31: Fairy Tale
- Sept. 16: A Little Yellow Dog
- Oct. 7: The Fifth Elephant
- Oct. 31: Book of Cocktail Ratios
- Dec. 3: Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait
- Dec. 30: The Truth
