Series: Annual Soundtracks
The sounds of each year, as logged in a Spotify playlist.
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Coda
2023 felt like the longest year. Or, more accurately, it felt like speedrunning through several decades in one go. Loath as I am to reference Taylor Swift, of all people, it’s a little fitting that one of the prevailing pop culture moments of the year stands on the concept of eras. Specifically, what sticks out…
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Starting over
This is a little over a week late. In my defence, I’ve been to the mountains and then to the sea, where reliable internet connections were hard to come by. Not that I tried very hard to get this posted in time. These annual soundtrack posts have always been an excuse to ruminate a bit…
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Pandemic playlist, part two
The second year of the pandemic has dissolved so many of the certainties and constants that structure everyday life. Hours and days bleed into each other; half the time, I’m hard-pressed to remember what month it is, let alone what the point of my various daily endeavors are. In the middle of this boundless, inchoate…
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Pandemic playlist
What kind of music will fill up the dead air of an interminable year? If I knew, maybe 2020’s playlist wouldn’t have turned out as desultory as it is. This post is coming a month too late, but the past few months have left me with far too little sleep to lose over abandoned personal…
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New songs, same loop
This series might be the longest-running commitment in my life right now. Ha. That’s probably because it doesn’t feel like a chore or an obligation, just something that comes into being over time. It’s funny: there are only three playlists so far, but they span three years, which is too long and too short a…
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