2025, Wrapped
It is what it is, I guess.
Continue Reading »Dad Wagon: Road to Nowhere
Currently serving as my official on-the-go and anytime music playlist, the fourth entry in my Dad Wagon series serves up the usual chill sounds with an iconoclastic and occasionally discordant flare. Beware. This is not your ordinary boomer playlist. Expect to be surprised, delighted, and sometimes disappointed when my curated selections strain the limits of what can popularly be considered acceptable listening.
Enjoy.
Continue Reading »Spotify Wrapped: 2020 Edition
I thought this was worth highlighting from my listening statistics for this year.
No surprise there. I discovered her work in April and became a huge fan over the course of the year, as I mentioned once before.
But in the top 0.05% of listeners?
That surprised me a little.
I’m gonna go ahead and say that I am the NUMBER ONE Blossom Dearie fan on Spotify. I don’t think that anybody will dispute me on that.
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I also “discovered” this song. People are always trying to copy me. Thank you, Spotify, for pointing out that I am a trend setter, cool hunter, and arbiter of taste. I always thought as much.
1,491 minutes. That’s just a little over 24 hours — one full day of listening. I wonder which day of 2020 should count as Blossom day? Not a bad tribute to a superb performer; another one of my favorites that I’ll never get to see live.
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The comments section on this video describes it as 70’s Italian cocaine lounge music. Psychedelia. Dunno, but I like it. I suppose this goes out to all you folks tripping today in Oregon.