While I had a really busy November and December in 2021, I found a few islands of escape with my headphones and the podcasts of my friends. Our friend, Ryan (FKA “The League”), has been running The Signal Watch podcast where he hosts a “cadre of co-contributors” commenting carefully on cinematic capers. This November and December, Ryan hosted outstanding episodes that I wish I could have commented upon in a timelier fashion.

I really “got” some of the subtler nuances of the November/December arc at The Signal Watch. Its tenor and resonance seemed just right for a second pandemic / resurgent omicron variant Christmas. I’ll admit I was a little bit blue between the stress of home, the holiday expectation of positivity, and the nagging feeling that what I wanted most of all was my loved ones to be near — or, heck, to even conceivably have the possibility of being near.

• The Signal Watch
  • “Foundation (TV)”
  • “Jingle All the Way”
  • “Scrooged”
  • “The Apartment”

Owing to the recent arrival of Alexander, doing hands-free entertainment while hands-full of Alexander has become a regular part of my life. As such, I’ve been going through some of my archived, but unplayed backlog and I really enjoyed the interview between Alec and Todd Rundgren. I’ve never been a fan of Rundgren’s music and, honestly, this podcast really didn’t change my mind.

That said, through his years in the music business, Rundgren had some really funny observations about his career and the music business. You can basically play from the link below ’til about 2 minutes

Minutes 09:45 to 12:00 are the source for these anecdotes