This morning on Early I heard Eva say she didn't have a Friday song but if she did it would be Loverboy "Working for the Weekend".. Got me thinking what my Friday song would be.. What would your's be?

Let’s share some playlists! I know we already do this in some form or another across this board, but thought it might be fun to kind of centralize it. Here’s what I’m thinking, based on a group I used to run IRL. Once every three months, I’ll set up a thread calling for mix submissions. It’ll stay open for a month, and anyone that wants to drop a mix is free to do so. My promise to you is that I will listen to every mix, just please keep the lengths sensible since the point here is sharing. That’s the crux of it. So let’s start here. Drop a playlist you’ve made in the comments… could be your latest mix, could be your favourite mix, could be a custom mix for this project. You do you. There are no rules, apart from being kind to one another, which seems a baseline for this place anyway. In future maybe we pick custom themes for these or implement some kinda structure but let’s start it easy. P.S. If any of you wanna make or send me actual mixtapes I’ll take ‘em. DM me and I’ll happily shoot you an address.

There's a "game" my family does from time to time. We've got a sound system that allows for anyone on the network to add songs to the currently playlist. It's a sonos - which used to be a great system to use, but is now kind of a pain in the ass. Anyway. The game works like this: Someone picks a song to start the mix and plays it. BEFORE the song ends, the next person has to add a new track to the playlist which works with the currently playing song. The way a song works can be whatever - mood, style, lyrics - it just has to "work." y'know. Mix style. Given how much great music I've found from this community that I hadn't even known existed, I'm thinking this crew can produce some amazing mixes. The rules: a) I'm going to put a song at the bottom of this post. That's the first song. I'm going to label it as track "1." b) You need to find, play, and listen track number 1. c) Before the track ends, you must come up with a next track. d) Post a reply that lists both track "1." and your new addition - track "2." e) If there are multiple track 2's, track 4's, etc. - pick one to build from, and reply to that comment with your next track. This allows for the possibility that multiple people might be commenting around the same time, and not see that they're both posting a new track in response to the same song. We might get some branching mixes! f) Be sure to copy the whole playlist in your reply. E.g., if I was adding the 4th track, I'd post something like: 1. track one - band one 2. track two - band two 3. track three - band three 4. track four - band four That way, if there are branches - we know which branch you're adding to. And that's it! Let's see if we can't get at least a single ten track playlist going. And we'll play by the honor system. Do your best to find something before the previous track ends! Here's track one of this mix: 1. "Stupid Lesson" - J Church (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct31GJUHozs)

When I'm doing the show and I play some mellow or sad music, I often get people checking in if I'm okay. The irony is, that is not what I go to when I'm feeling down. I go to the classics, the anchors, the seminal records that have kept me afloat all these years like The Joshua Tree, Earth Sun Moon, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Let Me Come Over, Cooper Blue and many many more. I'm curious, when things feel heavy, what kind of music do you reach for? Quiet? Loud? Familiar? Something new?

Drop one song in the comments and don’t explain why. Go!