I’m starting to get back into the groove. I’ve got stacks of CDs and vinyl records waiting to be spun and reviewed, we’re going to start formally crossing over with Nine Circles, featuring the metal reviews I write over there over here (hence the new menu option – will probably load them up on Sundays) and to top it all off I snagged a sweet DAP (Digital Audio Player) from FIIO, popped a 1TB microSD card in it and started loading my Bandcamp collection in FLAC format to it. Got about 4,000 tracks in it so far, and so I grabbed my headphones, hit the Randomizer, and this is what came out:

• Vicinity – “Confusion Reactor”
• Actionfredag – “Pönk på svenska”
• Harvey Milk – “I Know This Is All My Fault”
• Population II – “Poudreuse Blues”
• Elder – Gemini”
• Hail Spirit Noir – “Automata 1980”
• Wormrot – “All Go No Emo”
• Ty Segall – “The Main Pretender”
• Anciients – “The Torch”
• Arcane – “Instinct”

I think there’s something telling about a randomized playlist. You get more of an unvarnished, warts-and-all look at the musical habits and predilections of a person. Not sure what this says about me (or more specifically my Bandcamp habits), except that we get a fair representation of my musical interests: you’ve got some prog, stoner rock, psych, metal, Ty Segall…

I also can’t remember the last time I listened to Harvey Milk, so we’ll cut this one short so I can rectify that.

Be safe, be good to each other. See you next week.