Shuffle your 'on repeat' playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people
I was tagged by @heresluck!
I don’t really have an “on repeat” playlist, so I threw together my different favorite playlists (mostly sorted by vibe, emotion, or which fandom I associate with which songs) and shuffled them into a giant “list of bangers to belt in the car.” I skipped repeated artists (look, Ani DiFranco’s late 90s-early 00’s run was *formative*)
(1) Because the Night (Live MTV Unplugged) - 10,000 Maniacs
(2) Parachute (Serbian Ghenea mix) - Ingrid Michaelson
(3) Darkness, Darkness - Richard Shindell
(4) Hail Mary Shy of Redemption- Eddie From Ohio
(5) Pick Yer Nose - Ani Difranco
(6) When I Go - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
(7) Ladder - Joan Osborne
(8) You Gotta Be - Des’ree
(9) Pilentze Pee (Pilentze Sings) - Bulgarian Women’s Chorus
(10) Scarborough Fair - The King’s Singers ft. Manuel Barrueco
I feel 2000s pop is underrepresented in this sample, so please allow the additions of the first two that shuffled up:
(11) Sober - P!nk
(12) If I Were a Boy - Beyoncé
The most played non-Hamilton musical on my iPhone is either the 2009 Idina Menzel/Josh Groban CHESS or the 1998 OST for THE PRINCE OF EGYPT. That feels representative.
The most played classical piece is the 1955 version of Glenn Gould playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, which is directly wired to affect my nervous system like Valium.
If you have noticed that I haven’t listened to much new music, well spotted! @heresluck and @kouredios are working on me, as are a couple of other friends, but I have been remiss about putting together new playlists, as I have spent most of the last two years listening to audiobooks (especially the Murderbot Diaries and the Goblin Emperor books).
Tagging @megastoat, @cincoseis, @white-throated-packrat, @fremedon, @agentreynard, @dsudis , @changingthingslikeleaves, @bgoodg and @cereta if they’ve thus far escaped being tagged by someone else and would like to play. But anyone is welcome!
John Gorka’s Getting the (Razzy Dazzy Spasm) Band Back Together
John Gorka will devote the middle night of his three-show residency in Pennsylvania to a Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band reunion.
Gorka played banjo in the group during his 1970s college years in Bethlehem and he often talks about the band, which also included Richard Shindell and Russ Rentler, during his contemporary folk-music gigs around the country.
The Sept. 30 performance at Godfrey Daniel's Coffeehouse will mark the RDSB’s first reunion, according to the venue’s website.
Gorka plays solo shows Sept. 29 and Oct. 2 at Godfrey’s.
“As my father used to say, ‘Big doings,’” he tweeted.
Having listened to every album on the Rolling Stone list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, I’m making my own list. This list will be only 250 albums, although I had to make some tough cuts. The list includes a mix of works of musical genius with the pure nostalgia of some albums I’ve loved throughout my life. As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts about these albums and what your favorite…
Have you heard the song "Next Best Western" by Richard Shindell? It's some kind of big Ghost Roads mood - maybe the prayer that Rose answers when she guides someone safe to their destination.
(I am loving the Ghost Roads books and especially loving the playlists you include. I was so excited you included "You Will Ride With Me Tonight" in the Girl in the Green Silk Gown - it's one of my favorite songs and nails the theme of the book so perfectly)
For the Get Messy Season of Ease and Joy and #junkjournaljuly2023. 29: Playlist. Collage, stickers, washi tape, duct tape.
Shearwater - Backchannels
The Antlers - I Don't Want Love
Rilo Kiley - A Better Son/Daughter
Fink - Pilgrim
The Mountain Goats - This Year
Michael Franti - Hey World (Don't Give Up Version)
Broken Records - If The News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth w/ Money in My Hand
Band Of Horses - The Funeral
Lovely Dark - The Wheel (Reprise)
Cloud Cult - There's So Much Energy In Us
Calexico - Alone Again Or (Love)
Richard Shindell - Transit
Ben Weaver - Wings As Knives
Josh_Ritter - Monster Ballads
The Constantines - I Will Not Sing a Hateful Song
Gary Jules - No Poetry
The Chrysler - First Blood
The Secret Sisters - Tomorrow Will Be Kinder
Placebo - Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
The Red Paintings - Mad World (Tears for Fears)
Nada Surf - See These Bones
Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (live on Conan)(Simon & Garfunkel)
Shearwater - Rooks
Guy Davies - We All Need More Kindness in This World
Esther Golton - Happy All the Time (Danny Schmidt)
Mavis Staples - Wrote a Song for Everyone
Cloud Cult - Transistor Radio
Hi Val 🌼 the yummiest thing I had today was a vanilla pastry, what was yours? Oh and what CDs did you get? :3
HI NANA!!! that's so yummy, i'm glad you got a vanilla pastry:3 i had a glazed donut this morning, so we're pastry twinnies<3
i left the CDs in the car, so let me see if I can remember hmmm......i definitely got Queen's Greatest Hits, Cry Cry Cry (by Richard Shindell, Dar Williams, and Lucy Kaplansky), The Honesty Room by Dar Williams, a Beatles album but I can't remember which one, and Solitude Standing by Suzanne Vega, which I've never listened to!
I was more specifically on the hunt for a my chem CD, but my local shop didn't have any:/ cross ur fingies for next time