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This week is a little jam-packed with school-related things (final week! and then next week, I start anatomy & physiology, so …) so I’m just going to post what I’ll be listening to while I try to survive the last few days of microbiology.

1 – “MEXICAN RADIO” BY KINKY

2 – “REBEL REBEL” BY DAVID BOWIE

3 – “CON MIS MANOS” BY BEBE

4 – “THE PASSENGER” BY MICHAEL HUTCHENCE

5 – “CONTAGIOUS” BY ANI DIFRANCO

6 – “HOLY TOUCH” BY FOXY SHAZAM

7 – “CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF MYSELF” BY SANTIGOLD

8 – “THE MISSION (M IS FOR MILLA MIX)” BY PUSCIFER

9 – “MIDNIGHT AT KOKO” BY FAKE CLUB

10 – “FILTHY/GORGEOUS” BY SCISSOR SISTERS

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So two weeks ago I did kind of an upbeat, power-walk sort of playlist, so I wanted to go in the opposite direction this time: just ambling down the way and enjoying the chill of the air. I actually took one of those walks a few days ago, giving myself a bit of a breather, and I felt just as good as when I came back from a strenuous workout. I guess I just needed some movement. But anyway, enjoy!

1 – “ICARUS” BY FANA HUES

2 – “WE DANCED MOVEMENT I” BY CRIS DERKSEN

3 – “DUVET” BY BoA

You can also listen to the acoustic version, which is just phenomenal.

4 – “CAROLINE” BY ARLO PARKS

5 – “NADA” BY LIDO PIMIENTA FT LI SAUMET

6 – “ONE SUNDAY MORNING” BY WILCO

7 – “SOUND AND COLOR” BY ALABAMA SHAKES

8 – “GOLDEN HOUR” BY KACEY MUSGRAVES

9 – “BABY LOVE CHILD” BY PIZZICATO FIVE

10 – “HAWTHORNE” BY ALEX BANIN

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I can’t run anymore because my knees are basically shot, but I still like to get out and walk or hike, usually with this dork in tow:

His name is Nelson, and he’s one of my sister’s two rescue dogs. And he is a dork.

Anyway, now that it’s colder, there are not nearly the large numbers of people flocking to the park like there were during the summer and early fall, so in addition to making social distancing easier, I don’t have to worry about above-mentioned dork getting too excited about every dog he sees. Which also means that I can go for longer walks and plan longer playlists, one of which I will list below for your enjoyment:

1 – “HEAVY CROSS” BY GOSSIP

2 – “GOTTA GET INTO SOMETHING” BY GARY CLARK JR.

3 – “GREEN EYES & A HEART OF GOLD” BY THE LONE BELLLOW

4 – “HEY, MAN!” BY NELLY FURTADO

5 – “BAMBOO BANGA” BY M.I.A.

6 – “JUST LIKE MY HEART” BY FAULT LINES

7 – “EASY LOVE” BY MSTRKRFT

8 – “BRIGHTEST STAR” BY LILLY HIATT

9 – “FAITH” BY GALANTIS FT DOLLY PARTON & MR PROBZ

10 – “TURNTABLES” BY JANELLE MONAE

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NOTE: I am currently working on the next “on rotation …” which is going to feature some amazing black country artists. I just want to make sure that I do the post justice, because dammit, I don’t wanna just cram like I used to do back when I had a big test in college … which is to say, I don’t want to half-ass this. So I’m going with what was already scheduled to be posted today:

I’m going to do something a wee bit different with this one because, you know what, I can; it’ll be July 4th in three days, so I’m gonna flex my freedom muscles and do what I want. Today is gonna be about the albums I couldn’t stop listening to during high school. I can honestly say that I am in no way ashamed of any of these, and you might actually see some repeat artists from some of my previous posts. That just shows you how much I love them.

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So since I’m doing this whole Friends challenge thing this month, I’m going to continue my previous trend of 90s music, but for today? Well, we’re gonna look at 90s country, which … well, it was a mixed bag, I will admit. Granted, we hadn’t gone full bro-country yet, which may be why I’m fond of this era, but it does have a tinge of good ol’ boy sexism. But that discussion is for another time. Today? Today, we salute country music from the 90s.

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As I promised last week – I guess I’m doing on rotation … on Wednesdays now? – I going with some hidden gems, or as I like to call them, deep cuts from the days of my youth. Some of these you may remember, while others may be just as obscure as they were then. But at least I know that I’m consistent in my eclectic music taste?

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When people reminisce about the music from their youth, it’s usually from their high school years, and while 1999 – 2002 was a fairly formative era for me, I mean … I just don’t have that nostalgia. Sure, I bop around to “Hot in Herre” by Nelly “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age, but it’s not my feel good music. That? Oh, that goes to the soundtrack of my early middle school years.

Mimi 4EVA. “Fantasy” was one of my first forays into pop music as a kid, and I freaking loved this video.
I could literally put any of Jagged Little Pill here and it would be appropriate, but I remember latching onto “Forgiven” when I first heard it. Even though I’m not Catholic, I did go to a Presbyterian academy, so …
I prefer Williams Shatner’s version of “Common People,” but I first heard this in the summer of 1995. Ahh, right before 6th grade.
Good god, Garbage tops my favorite bands list, and “Version 2.0” is probably one of my favorite albums of all time. It had that perfect mix of angst and heart that lent itself to be used on a lot of my writing playlists. “Dumb” is one that I will always play when I’m needing to get in the mood for a frantic action scene.
“Killing Me Softly” is just one of those songs that, as soon as it comes on the radio in my car (yes, I still listen to radio, I am An Old), I will turn it up and just sing as loud as I possibly can.
I used to imagine that I’d hear some guy say this to me, and now, LOL I’d just walk away. “Back for Good” is still a feel good song for me, though.
Bjork is so weird, you guys. Like, I feel like I should like her, but I just can’t get into the majority of her catalogue. But “It’s Oh So Quiet” is a song my uncle introduced me to when I was about 12 or 13 on a CD mix he made for my birthday, and it still makes me bouncy happy.
So I grew up in Nashville (I’m gonna do a country On Rotation one of these days), and that means that country was everywhere. Not all of it good, as you might imagine. But Shania? Loved her then, still love her now, and it all began with “Any Man of Mine.”
“No Diggity” was The Song during 7th grade. Like … everybody was referencing it, playing it, singing it, etc. And there were a couple of guys that tried to dress like Blackstreet, and being that they were all white? It didn’t work out too well.
Part of me really wants to be safe and not go to any concerts until coronavirus is shot into the sun, but the other part of me really wants to say “fuck it” and go to Cowboy Mouth’s show in Nashville next month. I guarantee you they’ll play “Jenny Says.”

And dang, I’m gonna have to do a Part II and maybe even Part III to this on rotation … The mid-90s had such great music, and I’m having a blast finding old gems. You know what? That’s gonna be the next on rotation … Old Hidden Gems.

Until next time!

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It’s been so long since I’ve done one of these! I mean, it’s been so long since I’ve done anything on this blog, actually, so that makes sense. But! Like everything in my and your lives right now, this post is corona-related. I’m working from home, as I said in my last post, and since tomorrow is Monday, aka start of the work week, I thought I’d share what songs I play while I do my job. You know when I’m not watching MST3K or listening to true crime podcasts …

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