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Sharing Music With Love
Brown Sugar (2002) “I reminisced out the sentimental songs I enjoyed when I was a teenager…. I realized they were written in a language I did not yet speak.” Frank Ocean -Tumblr Letter (2012) There is no better way to capture the emotions and feelings of someone you care for with music. Always, I’ve struggled… Read more
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Top 25 Albums & Songs of 2022
Yes, it’s that time of the year again. Music lists are a great organizer for learning what others have been listening to over the past year. In the first major year with pandemic-free restrictions, it has been great getting out there to see concerts, festivals, and DJ Sets with others. As the music industry has… Read more
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Favorite Things 2022
Running list of music and music-adjacent things I came across this year. Channel 5 O Block Video Love Andrew Callaghan’s videos with Channel 5 and formerly All Gas No Breaks. Sheads a differnet light on Chicago’s O block formally know as Parkway Gardens when the rap subgenre drill music got its start with musicians such… Read more
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‘Owbum’ to Maturity
Chance’s newest album represents how artistic growth and creativity is a laborious and fraught process.
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On Mixtapes and Friendship
For several months, I have allowed myself to embrace the nostalgia of music from my time in high school in the early 2010s. Artists I typically derided, such as Black Eyed Peas and Pitbull, I have newfound joy and reminisce as I grew into becoming a music lover. All the music on the radio at… Read more
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The Song of the Summer is a Myth, and That is a Good Thing
At summer’s end, a collective dialogue takes over to determine what people have been listening to from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Summer months have everyone out at the park, at the beach, connecting with friends and strangers while our ears pick up tunes emanating from car stereos, portable speakers, and backpack boomboxes. In the… Read more
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