the spotify experience

After the initial bewilderment and aimless searching, I realized that getting the most out of Spotify would require a little help from other websites — namely, places that could recommend new music for me to explore (unless there’s some sort of internal public playlist feature on there…

10 years

Today is the 10-year anniversary of my first-ever concert. I was a late bloomer due to strict parenting, not a lack of interest!

Since then, I’ve tried to make up for lost time and am up to 126, which I averages out to just over one concert per month. Wait. Somehow, that doesn’t seem…

heavy rotation

Things I love: songs with happy beats/melodies coupled with sad lyrics. (See: Old 97’s, though the wit in their sad lyrics often slyly undermines them.)

Things I also love (clichéd though it may be): songs that serve as a perfectly fitting theme song for present time.

solid sound, part 2: photos

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Story time: Because of the weather, the only day I brought my camera was Sunday. (This means there are only…