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Normally, I’m a big album person, but lately my roommate got me into listening to my liked songs. It’s amazing. You get the best of all worlds, Nirvana into Clairo into Caroline Polachek into Talking Heads into Andre3000… How spectacular that we have all of the music in the world just at our constant disposal.
Nov 12, 2024
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I have over 1,000 liked songs on Spotify spanning from what feels like a lifetime of music listening. I’ve currently been in a little bit of a music slump, so throwing on my liked songs and just seeing what pops up has been a really fun reset for me. I’m rediscovering a lot of old favorites.
Jan 20, 2025
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i’m not saying i want to or will put on every subgenre (bc i will not!) but i love being able to listen to most genres or at least appreciate most genres when playing their best. i’ve got playlists for so many moments and genres and moods and it makes me so happy having such a variety of music in my life!
i’ve found that people who say “i listen to everything but country and rap” usually don’t even have a wide variety of music preferences within the “everything but” they refer to. music is such a diverse form of art and restricting yourself to a few artists or only what’s popular (hello tiktok…) is doing a disservice to the medium and to yourself as someone able to listen to music. now, i’m not at all saying that liking “popular” music is bad in and of itself. i also love charli xcx and tyler the creator and so on, but i don’t think you should restrict yourself to the top 40 and your daily life will likely be improved if you listen to all kinds of music, on the reg or least occasionally in an exploratory way.
it also makes me sad when artists i’ve liked a while become popular online for a few songs but it seems like people new to the artist don’t bother listening to their earlier music or subgenre. i’m happy more people enjoy them but omg! like for example, charli XCX being seen as “new” by some people - but there’d be no brat without how i’m feeling now and pop 2, nor without pc music and SOPHIE. i actually suspect the percentage of people streaming apple who could tell you who SOPHIE is is probably depressingly low :(
anyways, i’m no purist and of course have my own regular rotation but, i really really recommend exploring within different genres to find more of what you like. you might even be surprised! maybe you don’t like all kinds of country, but you learn you fuck with folk (or at least johnny cash, i mean, c’mon); maybe you think hyperpop is “too weird” for you but you discover some electropop you’re obsessed with. exploring music—“listening to everything”—is very worth it!
Dec 31, 2024
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I’ve heard some of the coolest music from recommendations from friends. It shows you care and it gives you more common interests. plus, it also kind of gives you more of an idea of how they are as a person.
Nov 12, 2024
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It’s a wet and gloomy day. My hair is frizzy, my tea is ginger and peach flavored. I used lipstick on my lips and cheeks today and nothing else. The shoes I’m wearing are not made for the rain. This morning I was reading East of Eden. Frazzled is how I would describe myself right now. I feel like your favorite English professor who’s always running late. Highly recommend.
Nov 18, 2024
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Almost Famous, Boogie Nights, Licorice Pizza, The Holdovers, Dazed and Confused, etc. This is my favorite genre of movie. I will eat this up every single time. Masterpieces. All of them.
Nov 14, 2024
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Interviews:
Writer and translator poupeh missaghi on challenging received narratives from The Creative Independent
Archivist and editor Laird Borrelli-Persson on bringing depth to the superficial from The Creative Independent
Psychology:
Why bad doodles can reveal more about you than good drawings from Psyche
Make it awkward! from Aeon
Philosophy:
Is beauty natural? from Aeon
Against humility from Aeon
History:
The forgotten fossil hunter who transformed Britain’s Jurassic Coast from National Geographic
Queen Nzinga: One of Africa’s fearless leaders from Grunge
Biography: Victoria Woodhull from National Women’s History Museum
Nov 10, 2024