50,607 songs. That’s the current total in my online music library. And that doesn’t count the hundreds of albums I bought off of Bandcamp and haven’t downloaded yet, or the physical albums, CDs, and cassettes I have yet to add. This is what happens when you hit “Shuffle” and take an hour’s worth of music for the playlist. Enjoy.
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This one’s for the metalheads.
Three days back from vacation and I’m still negative for COVID…but I’m still congested all over, only now it’s accompanied by insane coughing, asthma, and an ear that feels like someone’s inflating a balloon in my skull. So I’ve been listening to a lot of music to match my sour mood. For a least eight years I’ve maintained a playlist called “Killing Music Forever” that contains a lot – but not all – of my favorite heavy music. It’s weird: there’s a dearth of black metal on it, which seems strange considering my love (and sideways adoption for my own music) for the genre, but I always wanted this playlist to punch more than scream, if that makes sense. It does to me, which is the only thing that matters. So as I continue to recuperate we’re hitting random and seeing what pops up. May it get your blood moving as well.
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Consuming the Tangible 