CIVL Station Manager Aaron Levy is absolutely shocked by what’s been going on this past week in the Valley as a result of the mudslides and flooding associated with the atmospheric rivers we had and may continue to experience.
Steve Earle — “This City”
Steve Earle was a classic singer-songwriter well before he began playing cameo roles in David Simon HBO productions like The Wire and Treme. His musical contribution to the latter is a highlight of my entire fanboy affection for all things related to the world of recently departed Michael K. Williams.
TV On The Radio — “Dirtywhirl”
This song was the first little nugget we got of what ended up being one of the now-forgotten, but then-emergent new records that would meld the worlds of indie rock, dance, lo-fi, and power-pop — Return to Cookie Mountain. The fact that we now have Imagine Dragons deters me not.
Billie Myers — “Kiss the Rain”
One of those ‘90s one-hit-wonders that always gave me that feel of “yeah, unbridled soft-pop hooks and melodies that can be enjoyable and earworm-y too.” Imagine the Fraser Valley singing this to the rest of the country amidst the environmental upheaval currently underway, and put that positivity out there into the ether.
Radiohead — “Pyramid Song”
“I jumped in the river and what did I see? / Black-eyed angels swam with me / A moon full of stars and astral cars / And all the figures I used to see / All my lovers were there with me / All my past and futures / And we all went to heaven in a little row boat / There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.”
