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Salt & Pepper Diner Song of the Day for 6/26

With so much unhappy stuff dominating our world today, I’m choosing to listen 21x in a row to something happy (even if the lyrics aren’t).

Salt & Pepper Diner Song of the Day for 5/2

I’ve loved this beautiful song for all its 33 years, and I dare anyone not to sing along with Neil Finn as it plays. Please be sure to include this new version as you enjoy it 21x in a row.

the best

I’ve already gone over in some detail that the best coffee in DC’s Georgetown, if not the entire DMV, can be found at Baked & Wired. Well, this weekend I found out that their cupcakes are also spectacular.

Big cupcakes, absolutely delicious, interesting flavors without going too nuts, and better than that place nearby that got all the buzz from reality tv ten years ago. Don’t get me wrong, Georgetown Cupcakes is good; but this is better, with amazing coffee to boot. And they are taking their social distancing protocols very seriously, which is a great comfort.

Salt & Pepper Diner Essential Song of the Day for 4/18

Great live version (from French tv) of a great song. Early 80s personified in so many ways. The hair, the clothes, the dancing, the synthesizers, the mechanical rabbit on drums. Even played 21x in a row you just can’t…… well, you know.

Salt & Pepper Diner Essential Song of the Day for 3/14

Wash your dang hands, people.

This is my handwashing jam to make sure I’m getting my minimum 20 seconds of hygiene in every time, and you know I’m singing it at least 21x a day.

Salt & Pepper Diner Essential Song o’ the Day for 2/4

Some days you’re in the grocery store and you find yourself singing along with the great song that’s playing on the PA. Today was one of those days. This banger is almost 40 years old but it’s timeless enough to enjoy 21x in a row.

the Salt & Pepper Diner Essential Song o’ the Day for Dec 26

Just visited the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville. The tour ends with an exhibit dedicated to one of my favorite songs, with the video playing on a loop. I definitely could have watched it 21x in a row.

a very special Salt & Pepper Diner Essential Song of the Day for 9/26

My son and I attended comedy star Mike Birbiglia’s show, The New One, in Washington last night. On the way out Birbiglia was at a table in the lobby, pre-selling the new book he and his wife have written. We look over and see that Birbigs is talking with his pal, comedy star John Mulaney, and Mulaney’s wife, Annamarie Tendler:

Salt & Pepper Diner Essential Song of the Day for 9/14

RIP to Daniel Johnston. If you can get your hands on the magnificent Johnston tribute album which contains this song, do it, it’s magic. In the meantime, this is a perfect tune to put on blast 21x in a row.