By Dennis Hartley
(Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on August 8, 2026)
It’s been another one of those news cycles, hasn’t it? Believe me…I feel your pain.
So stop doomscrolling already, grab your favorite tranquilizer (prescription or otherwise), don a pair of noise cancelling ‘phones and settle back for another one of my chillaxing “Book of Saturday” mixtapes (vol. 5, if you’re counting). I’ve sequenced the songs in a manner designed to evoke and sustain a particular mood-so for maximum effect, may I suggest that you listen to it in order. And remember, I am not a licensed music therapist, I just play one on TV.
Peace.
Kate Bush – Symphony in Blue
Steve Hackett – Kim
Moody Blues – The Actor
Joe Walsh – Days Gone By
Kinks – Waterloo Sunset
Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever
Yes – Nine Voices
Be-Bop Deluxe – Visions of Endless Hopes
Eric Matthews – Forging Plastic Pain
Captain Beyond – Sufficiently Breathless
Elton John – Where To Now, St. Peter?
Blind Faith – Can’t Find My Way Home
Neil Young – For the Turnstiles
Montrose – One and a Half
Led Zeppelin – Going to California
Barclay James Harvest – Song With No Meaning
Budgie – You Know I’ll Always Love You
Pooh Sticks – Million Seller
Michael Andrews – When I Call a Name
XTC – Chalkhills and Children
Todd Rundgren – Wailing Wall
Double – The Captain of Her Heart
Nick Nicely – On the Beach (The Ladder Descends)
Howard Jones – Hope You Find It
Lush – Tiny Smiles
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