Music

An hour of songs that grabbed me as 2024 came to a close.

My October 2024 listens

47 songs from the summer of 2024

71 songs that helped me through the month of May:

Not as much music as usual at the start of 2024. I was battling some pretty bad burnout/depression

60 songs that wound down the year for me. I remember a lot of Guy Clark from this month.

Just about 3 hours of music that spoke to me during November 2023

A little over two hours of music I enjoyed in October 2023.

60 songs that tickled my ears in September 2023

74 songs from the summer of 2023

Nearly 4 hours of sonic delights from May 2023

A cool two hours of sonic joy from April 2023

2 hours of songs that did it for me in March 2023.

A cool 75 songs from early in 2023

How my ears started off the new year in 2023

Nearly four and a half hours of music that captured my attention during December 2022

5+ hours of sounds that entertained and amused in November 2022

<p>The month began and ended for me, musically, with Tim Bernardes. Lots of other good songs in between as well.

Four and half hours of music from the late summer 2022

Music I enjoyed in July 2022.

<p>Some music that helped me through the month of June 2022. That opening Quelle Chris track might have been my favorite song of the past couple years</p>

Approaching 5 hours of music from the month of May 2022

6 1/2 hours of pleasing sounds from my month in listening

Slightly more than 4 hours of songs that I liked during March 2022

Six hours of tunes I listened to fondly in February 2022

A whole raft of music that rattled around in my ears during the dawn of 2022

The songs that closed out the year called 2021

The music that I enjoyed in November 2021, presented for your aural pleasure

A little over four hours of music that I thought was worth remembering from October 2021

62 songs I listened to and liked in September 2021

Six and a half hours of music that stirred or soothed me in August 2021

42 songs from the summer of 2021

60 songs that I listened to and enjoyed in June 2021

53 songs that got me through the month of May

4 1/4 hours of music that captured my attention during April 2021

79 songs I enjoyed in March 2021

Almost 4 hours of music that dazzled or delighted me in February 2021

Almost 6 hours of songs that helped me start out a new year on earth

A little over 5 hours of music I enjoyed at the close of that _annus horribilis_ 2020

4 hours of good sounds I listened to in November 2020

October 2020 was a big month for my ears.

34 songs I had on rotation in September 2020

40+ songs from August 2020.

A little over 3 hours of music I dug in July 2020, our last month in Wisconsin.

5 more hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in June 2020

6 plus hours of music I enjoyed in May 2020

Nearly 5 hours of music I listened to and liked during April 2020, a homebound, uncertain month.

80 Songs from March 2020 (the month that COVID lockdowns began)

A little over four hours of music I listened to and enjoyed way back in February 2020.

Almost five hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in January 2020.

Here's four and a half hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in December 2019. Enjoy!

125 songs I listened to and enjoyed in November 2019

Here's a playlist of nearly four hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in October 2019:

8 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in September 2019.

Here's a playlist of 90 songs (nearly 6 hours of music!) I listened to and enjoyed in August 2019:

4 1/2 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in July 2019.

3 1/2 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in June 2019.

75 songs I listened to and enjoyed in May 2019.

Music I liked from April 2019.

Here's a new playlist of almost four hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in March 2019.

Here's a playlist of 4 and a quarter hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in February 2019.

Here's a playlist of nearly 5 hours of songs I listened to and enjoyed in January 2019. Enjoy!

<!-- wp:tadv/classic-paragraph --> <p>Here's a playlist of 5 hours worth of music I listened to and enjoyed in December 2018.

Here's a playlist of 5+ hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in November 2018.

Here's a playlist of 55 songs I listened to and enjoyed in October 2018. Enjoy!

Nearly 4 hours of music that I listened to and enjoyed in September 2018.

7+ hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in August 2018.

Here's a playlist of 55 songs I listened to and enjoyed in July 2018, about 3 1/2 hours of good music.

57 songs I listened to and enjoyed in June 2018.

Here's a playlist of 35 songs I listened to and enjoyed in May.

Here's a playlist of just under five hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in April 2018 (a lot of it as I was finishing up my dissertation). &nbsp;

Here's a playlist of songs I listened to and enjoyed in March 2018. Around 3 hours of music.

55 songs I listened to and enjoyed in February 2018.

7 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in January 2018.

Here's a playlist of 40 songs I listened to and enjoyed in December 2017.

6+ hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in November 2017.

95 songs I listened to and enjoyed in October 2017.

100 songs I listened to and enjoyed in September 2017.

Here's a playlist of 75 songs I listened to and enjoyed in August.

100 songs I listened to and enjoyed in July 2017.

Playlist of favorite songs from Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek

Almost 7 1/2 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in June 2017.

Here's 6 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed on the cusp of summer in May 2017.

Eight plus hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in April 2017.

Here's a playlist of 70 songs I listened to and enjoyed in March 2017. Albums I really dug into included Clap! Clap!

Almost 8 hours of music I listened to and enjoyed in February 2017.

H101 songs (around 6 and a half hours of music) I listened to and enjoyed in January 2017.

A huge playlist (7+ hours) of music that I listened to and enjoyed in December 2016.

100 songs I listened to and enjoyed in November 2016.

A 10 1/2 hour playlist from October 2016.

10+ hours of music I enjoyed from September 2016.

145 songs I listened to and enjoyed in August 2016.

100 songs I listened to and enjoyed in July 2016.

50 songs that I listened to and enjoyed in May 2016.

100 songs I listened to and enjoyed in June of 2016.

55 songs I listened to and enjoyed last month.

55 songs I listened to and liked in March 2016.

Forty songs about animals.

A song a day from February 2016.

Here's a playlist of several songs I listened to and enjoyed in January 2016.

50 songs I listened to and liked in December 2015.

45 songs I listened to and enjoyed in November 2015.

65 songs I listened to and liked in October 2015.

100 songs I listened to and enjoyed in September 2015.

Here's a playlist with 40 songs I listened to and liked in the summer of 2015.

Number 29 in a series of 30 birthday mixtapes for Laurel.

Disc #28 in the birthday mixtape gift for Laurel.

The 27th in the series of birthday mixtapes for Laurel.

26th disc in the birthday mix series I made for Laurel.

Disc #25 in a series of mixtapes made for Laurel's birthday.

The twenty-fourth in a series of mixtape presents made for Laurel's birthday.

Number 23 in a series of mixtapes I made for Laurel

The 22nd in a series of mixtapes for Laurel's birthday.

The 21st of several discs I made for Laurel's birthday a few years ago.

Tthe twentieth in a series of mix discs I made for Laurel's birthday.

The nineteenth in a big collection of mixtapes I made for Laurel.

Here's the eighteenth disc in a series of mixtapes I made for Laurel's birthday a couple of years back now.

Here's the seventeenth disc in a series of mixtapes I made for Laurel's birthday back in the day.

The sixteenth disc in a series of mixtapes I made for Laurel's birthday.

Here's the fifteenth disc in a series of mixtapes I made for Laurel's birthday a couple years gone.

The fourteenth in a series of several mixtapes made for my wife's birthday.

The thirteenth in a big collection of mixtapes I made for Laurel.

The twelfth in a big collection of mixtapes I made for Laurel.

Here's the eleventh in a big collection of mixtapes I made for Laurel's name day a couple years bygone.

75 songs I listened to and liked in August 2015.

Here's the tenth in a series of several mixtapes made for my wife's birthday some moons ago.

Here's the ninth disc in a series of mixtapes I made for Laurel's birthday a couple years gone.

Here's #8 in a series of mixtapes I made for Laurel's birthday a few years ago.

Back in the day, I made some mixtapes for Laurel's birthday. Here's #7 in that series.

Here's the sixth of several mix tapes I made for Laurel's birthday a couple of years yon.

Here's the fifth of the mixtapes I made for Laurel's birthday a few years back.

Here's the fourth of several mix tapes I made for Laurel's birthday a few years ago.

Here's the third of several discs I made for Laurel's birthday a few years back:

For Laurel's birthday a few years ago, I decided to make her a set of mixtapes, one for each year of her life, 30-something in all. The discs didn't have any inherent connection, just a collection of interesting music on each one. Here's the second in the series. Enjoy!

For Laurel's birthday a few years ago, I decided to make her a set of mixtapes, one for each year of her life, 30-something in all. The discs didn't have any inherent connection, just a collection of interesting music on each one. Here's the first in the series. Enjoy!

This is the second of two 'Shake That Thang' danceable mixtapes I made for Laurel a few years back. A couple of songs are missing from the original mix, but it's still pretty fun. Enjoy!

This is the first of two 'Shake That Thang' danceable mixtapes I made for Laurel a few years back. A bunch of songs from this first disc were missing from Spotify, and the order got all scrambled up, but it's still pretty fun. Enjoy!

Here's the second of two foreign-language music discs I made for Laurel a few years ago. Some songs were missing from Spotify's library, but it's still a pretty grooving mix, I'd say. Enjoy!

Here's the first of two foreign-language music discs I made for Laurel a few years back. As you might guess, a bunch of songs were missing from Spotify's library, but it's still a pretty fun listen (coming it at just under an hour). Enjoy!

Here's the third of the Hipz Hop discs I made for Laurel a few years ago. Spotify is missing three tracks: Chances R's "Anarchy in the UK" (after Kapten Rod), Linton Kwesi Johnson's "If I Woz A Top Natch Poet" (after Baths), and Rahzel's "Godfather of Noize" (last track in the mix).

Here's the second of the Hipz Hops mixtapes I made for Laurel a few years back. Spotify is missing two songs, "Fist Full of Strife" by Blacklisted Individuals (2nd song), and "White Privilege" by Macklemore (after "Kool On"):

First of three discs with some flavor of hip-hop.

The fourth disc I made for Laurel to listen to while driving around for her job a few years back

The third disc I made for Laurel to listen to while driving around for her job a few years back

The second of a set of several discs I made for Laurel several years ago for her to listen to while driving.

The first mix I made for Laurel to listen to while driving around the state for her job.

Last disc for Laurel

Third disc for Laurel

Disc two for Laurel

First disc for Laurel.

Third round of baby dance party anthems.

Here are 75 songs I listened to and liked in January and February of 2015.

The last of the 21 mixtapes I made for my sister as a Christmas present in 2010.

Camille's 2009 mixtape.

The 2008 mixtape for Camille.

The 2007 mixtape I made for my sister.

The 2006 mixtape I made for my sister.

The 2005 mixtape I made for my sister.

Here's the 2004 mixtape I made for my sister. Enjoy!

Here's the 2003 mixtape I made for my sister. I spent the first 8 months without any music, living in England, before returning to college in August of this year. On the plane ride home, I listened to the airplane music station, taking obsessive notes and soaking up all the sounds. It had been a long time without good music (almost 2 years). Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's "[Three Questions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfRsSVcRfqQ)" should be between "Not Even Stevie Nicks" and "Time is Running Out"

I didn't listen to a ton of music late in the 2014, apparently.

Here's the 2002 mix I made for my sister.

The 2K1 mixtape I made for my sister.

The 2000 playlist I made for my sister.

The 1999 mix I made for my sister.

Here's the 1998 mix I made for my sister

The 1997 mix I made for my sister.

The mixtape I made for the year 1996.

The mixtape I made to represent the year 1995.

The essential 1994 mix.

50 songs I listened to and liked in October 2014.

The playlist I made for the year 1993.

Another mixtape I made for my sister Camille's Christmas present. All songs released in 1992.

Songs released in 1991.

First disc for Camille.

Grad school mixtape

100 songs I listened to and liked in September 2014.

Most mornings, Cedar and I like to kick out the jams and dance it up.

Here are 80 songs that I listened to and liked in August 2014. Five plus hours of music.

July 2014 was a fantastic month for me, musically.

Dance party soundtrack from our life with a baby.

50 songs that I listened to and liked in June 2014.

A 6+ hour playlist of songs I listened to and liked in April and May of 2014.

I'm back with a hundred songs I listened to and liked in March 2014.

In January I listened to a lot of new music.

100 songs I listened to and liked in February 2014.

Music I enjoyed in December 2013.

100 tracks that I listened to and enjoyed in November 2013.

200 songs I dug from October 2013.

Music I enjoyed in September 2013.

Here are some songs I listened to and liked in August 2013. Heavy on Alexi Murdoch, Al Green, Emmy the Great, Guy Clark, Fiona Apple, The Lone Bellow, Sea

75 songs I listened to and liked in July 2013. It was the middle of the summer, and this list now sounds surprisingly heavy with a few artists I was very, very

150 songs I listened to and liked in June 2013.

April had 100 tracks, and May had but 50.

100 songs that I listened to and liked in April 2013.

I listened to (and liked) a ton of music in March 2013, apparently.

Songs I loved in 2012 and 2013.

This is the second of the starred song Spotify playlists that I'm sharing each week.

Spotify playlists from my starred songs

The last show of 2012.

A sweet little show on gratitude.

Last recap of the year in my Tumblr'd music.

More songs I'd posted to my Tumblr blog.

Songs I posted to Tumblr, part 1.

Songs sung blue.

Songs about GIV colors.

Songs with titles from the warm end of the spectrum (Red, Orange, Yellow).

Great music from LGBTQ artists making compelling sounds over the last decade plus.

Some amazing music made LGBTQ artists from the 1970s through the 1990s.

Music by artists who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer.

A loving listen to some colorful and under-celebrated musicians.

Skool Subjectz.

Summer sounds!

Hello darkness my old friend.

We musically recreated the Konami Code.

Songs celebrating the end of the school year.

We traveled back in time to 1968.

A musical tour of the world's islands.

Our second show.

My first ever show!