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Today I got my second shot of the Pfizer vaccine. I had to drive to a random CVS in a weird little town called Santa Paula. Not too bad of a day overall.

This album was recommended by a friend, who sold it to me with his description of Daler Mehndi as the Indian David Byrne. I can definitely hear why he would think that, as well as why I should be exploring Indian music more. Yet another culture with a long and distinctive musical tradition that IContinue reading “#351 – Tunak Tunak Tun by Daler Mehndi”

Janet Jackson’s song “Rhythm Nation” came on at work the other day. Her album of the same name was one of the first cassette tapes I ever bought, along with MC Hammer. It brought back a lot of memories and made me want to check out some of her other albums. This one was theContinue reading “#350 – Janet by Janet Jackson”

I’m always grateful when someone recommends a country album, as I don’t know much about that works, and really don’t have the inclination to learn about it. Albums and artists like this one make want to reconsider that, though. I describe Paul Cauthen’s sound being like if Johnny Cash was in an indie rock band.Continue reading “#349 – Room 41 by Paul Cauthen”

This selection broke new ground for this blog, both by being the album that I listened to earlier in the day than any other, but also that I was able to listen to it while sitting through an HR meeting at work. Getting shit done.

I realize that pop music is more about releasing singles than albums at this point, but it still feels a little weird to me to discover an artist that I really like that doesn’t really have an LP. This is really an EP, as it’s only seven songs and nineteen minutes, but it certainly makesContinue reading “#347 – Thrill Seeker by Sub Urban”

As always, when I ask my coworkers for a recommendation, they deliver. The past two days’ selections came from the same, very brief conversation. In today’s case, I had asked for a good African album and here it is.

There are so many fronts on the war for America’s soul that it’s hard to know which to pay attention to. Before anyone gets too upset about using such terms, I obviously don’t mean it literally. The many investigations, trials and pending legislative actions that are capturing the attention have us all choosing sides. TheContinue reading “#345 – Don’t Shy Away by Loma”