2026- Season Update

August 1

AL: 

DL: BAL, HOU, MIN

WC: TB, NYY, KC

NL: 

DL: STL, NYM, COL

WC: CIN, CHI, WAS, LAD

end of June

Just about the halfway point of the season.

Standings check:

AL:

DL: HOU, TB, MIN

WC: BAL, NYY, LAA

NL: 

DL: STL, NYM, LA

WC: WAS, CHC, CIN

6.26.24

6.26.24
Beginnings
Franklin, WI

Afternoon

Slink*
All Through The Night
I Turn My Camera On
Don't Drink The Water
Suffer Me (1)

BREAK- went to hospital for Dad

Evening

The Chain
I'm On Your Side
City of Blinding Lights
My Valentine
Never Going Back Again**
Heartbreak Warfare (P)
Outside
Women Like To Slow Dance
Wordless Chorus

*Matt's Choice

**Acoustic Duo

1- Nathaniel Rateliff

Miles Ahead- Miles Davis

 

This one I will come back to, as I liked it as a cohesive album. Again, listened to this because of Three Kinds of Blue.

Brilliant Corners- Thelonious Monk

 

Reading a book on Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans and this was mentioned. Pretty much really chill stuff, which wasn't really my thing.

6.20.24

6.20.24
Season One Finale

Fred*
All You Can Carry
Learning To Fly**
Cherry Bomb
Us And Them
Quimper 94
You Wanna Freak Out
The Story
Chicago (1)
Electric Avenue

*Matt's Choice

**Pink Floyd

1- new musical version

6.19.24

6.19.24
Track and National Signing Day, Oh My!

Centerfield* (1)
All My Loving
First Light
Scream
Scared of Fear (2)(-)
Don't Wait Up (3)(+)
Spotlight (4)
Hope You're Feeling Better
11:11** (p)
Eden Is Burning
There's No Mountain (5)(-)
Video Game
Fighter
Locomotive Breath
If Now Was Then (6)
Back in the World

*Matt's Choice

**Area 52 version

1- John Fogerty (in memory of Willie Mays)
2- Pearl Jam
3- Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
4- Johnny Cash
5- Glen Hansard
6- Maggie Rogers

Thoughts: 6 new songs in an hour makes it a bit choppy. This is the last big playlist of Season 1 of the SOL. Going to refresh things and start anew next week.

6.13.24

 6.13.24
West Allis

Nothing to Worry About but the Dentist

One Mint Julep* (1)
Lavender Blonde* (2)
Red Plains
Capt Fantastic (3)
Yer So Bad
Houdini
Us and Them
Harbor Lights
Machine
Major Tom (Coming Home) (4)

*Matt's choice

1- Freddie Hubbard

2- Benjamin Herrman

3- Elton John

4- Peter Schilling

Don't Forget Me (Maggie Rogers)

 1. It Was Coming All Along +

2. Drunk                            ok

3. So Sick of Dreaming      +
4. The Kill                           +
5. If Now Was Then           ok

6. I Still Do                         ok
7. On & On & On              - (kind of annoying)
8. Never Going Home         +
9. All The Same                   _
10. Don’t Forget Me           +

Overall- OK. Nothing I loved as much as "That's Where I Am".

6.11.24

It was a day to remember for the three Fretses (minus Sarah). We went first to the South Milwaukee Library to see the Racine Zoo present a program. The kids colored first, then took seats for the zoo show. What the zoo show needed were microphones, as the noise from the wiggly kids in the audience drowned out the presenters at times. Still, Naomi enjoyed seeing a chinchilla, cockroach and gecko.

After lunch, it was time to head to a different library. This time, it was the Oak Creek Library to see Morris the Magician, and this was a program both kids got into. The kids played a bit in the library and then we headed home.

Naomi had a doctor's appt to discuss potty training, and then Sarah went to play volleyball.

6.12.24

6.12.24
Home Alone At Last

Best
Intruders
Who Can It Be Now
Saw Her Standing
Extraordinary (1) (-)
Can't Buy Me Love
Rowboats
Last Night of An Empire (2) (-)
Stay Gentle
Chelsea Girl
Positively Crazy
Tower of Babel
Ignoreland
Too Much Heaven
Late Night Radio
Dreams

1- Liz Phair
2- Imogen Heap, Loko Velocet

Thoughts: An OK playlist. The new songs continue to be disappointing, but an otherwise good mix of old and newer.

6.8.24

GETTING STARTED

AUTOMATIC (1)

WILKOMMEN (2)

CHANGES MADE

UNTOUCHABLES

ON THE RADIO

SUMMER LAWN

HANG IN (P)

->SEEDS OF LOVE

1- POINTER SISTERS

2- EDDIE REDMAYNE VERSION

6.6.24

6.6.24
Summit Place

Loveboat*
Run Away With Me
Time
David and Goliath
Dirty Boys
End of An Era (1) (-)
Been in Love Before
Tower of Babel (2) (OK)
Look Around You (3) (-)
On The Radio
Year of the Knife
Can I Sit Next To You

*Matt's Choice

1- Dua Lipa 
2- Elton John
3- Mavericks/Maggie Rose

2025 offseason- major transaction tracker

T: Nathaniel Lowe (Rangers-Twins)

R: J.D Davis, Cubs

S: Takuma Hata, SP, Cubs (80)

S: Shane Bieber, Astros

T: Sandy Alcantara, Astros

S: Brandon Woodruff, Rangers

T- Trade

S- signing

R- re-signing

6.4.24 HAPPENINGS

Naomi drop off

Oak Leaf

Blum's*

Mow Lawn

OC Library

Chocolate Factory

Emerald Preserve

Meijer

Ben Franklin (Naomi's moving up)

Water Stuff

Bath

Volleyball

*Dad

6.4.24 SOUNDCHECK

MEAN TO ME (CROWDED HOUSE- LIKED IT)

NOWHERE TO RUN

LEARNING TO FLY*

*PINK FLOYD

6.3.24- Too many repeats, too many repeats (including two that I thought were removed)

 6.3.24
West Allis

Loveboat* (1)
Dreamer
Always in My Head
#41
Fine Line
React, Respond
Follow You Follow Me
Walking on the Moon
Hope of Deliverance
Lucky Man


*Matt's choice
1- New Cool Collective