Depreston, by Courtney Barnett.
The first time I did a Courtney Barnett song, I think I wrote about the year (2018? 2019?) when her music was a huge part of my daily playlists; I did the dishes, I made breakfast, I cooked dinner, with “Courtney Barnett Radio” or similar in my ears and in my head for a long stretch of time, and this song was always a highlight, not just as an unironic homeowner, but also for the closing refrain, a sort of curse, a meditation, a wish, etc.
Avant Gardener, by Courtney Barnett.
This song and Depreston were probably on my most listened list around 2018-2019 or so. I had a pretty steady relationship with a Courtney Barnett Spotify station for a while there, and it seems like that started at least a few years after I first heard her on All Songs, probably during some SXSW coverage. I went through a long phase where I didn’t love her style, and then suddenly I did.
It’s March 1st — or March 366th depending on your perspective — and it’s time to start thinking about getting the garden in the ground, or at least seedlings started indoors. (We’ll get to the song about needing to start a garden soon.)
Kept it simple tonight, but still took three takes because 1) the dog interrupted, 2) my laptop reset itself last night and it always forgets the input level on the good microphone, so I had to turn it up, but also I had messed up my favorite part (the first chorus) so I was happen to try again, and 3) was fine except for the obvious confusion around the Pulp Fiction reference cadence.