This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
Time flies, especially when you're listening to a playlist that keeps mentioning the days of the week. Which means, by the time you've shuffled through this 54 track mix, it'll feel like a whole month has flown by. So be careful with this one, it might age you.
“Beautifully composed and executed record. Emmett Kelly's voice is rich and true.”
"Since quitting our full-time jobs and getting part-time jobs, my other half and I have had much more time (and energy, oh man) to just “go for walks in nature” and it’s super nice. We are completely broke and careening towards bankruptcy, but NATURE DON’T CARE. So I guess my recommendation is quit your job."
Episode 36 starts off with some good ol' Townes Van Zandt (which then leads into an artist sampling good ol' Townes Van Zandt) and before the tape ends with a song that perfectly captures how I would like my own funeral to go, you'll hear Small Wonder, Junior Kimbrough, Shout Out Louds and a whole bunch more.
"Call me a 'Dick Head,' but I'm knee-deep in my first reading of Moby-Dick and I'm enthralled. The book had been sitting on my night stand for some time and I'd been intimidated to delve in but once I started -- and realized how weird, funny, descriptive and readable it is -- I'm having a hard time putting it down."
“Sample this to hear a singer-songwriter at the peak of her craft. Tasteful and restrained, yet the listener is treated to occasional hints of a perfectly controlled vocal machine that runs on pure nitrous; they will leave you yearning for more yet simultaneously satisfied.”
"Honestly, I can only think about how great it would be if Twitter just suddenly vanished. Twitter is the website that will bring me to ruin. Please follow me."
“Strangely hypnotic. Surprisingly well produced, considering it's age.”
Episode 51 kicks off with an acoustic version from a band with a long long long name and closes out with a 'previously unreleased, momentarily released, once again unreleased' Shakey Graves tune. In between those you'll hear Sufjan, Two Gallants, Hiss Golden Messenger, and a whole bunch more, so I'll just stop listing so you can just get listening.
"Feel-good stories and pictures of kittens work sometimes, but in truly dark times you need a more powerful brain-cleanse. So my recommendation is horror as self-care."
