I've been debating making this blog for a while now, but on the inaugural day of my final semester at Whitman, I've decided that now is the time.
This particularly excellent gentleman known as Franzia told me about his 365 playlist a few years ago, and I have since made one entire playlist, and am currently about 2/3 of the way through my second. The rules are flexible, but here's my version:
Put one song on the playlist every day. No repeats. It should be the song I listened to the most that day, or the song I discovered that day, or the song I had stuck in my head that day, no matter how embarrassing.
This has on several occasions led to the addition of Disney songs to my 365, and it is precisely why I no longer put it on in social situations.
They're now my two favorite playlists, and I put them on probably 75% of the time I'm listening to my own music. They're also crazy, because progressions happen like "Call On Me" being followed by Pedro Almodovar at the age of 22 (when he mistakenly thought he could sing), followed by Sly & the Family Stone, then "Afternoon Delight." I usually listen to it on shuffle, and it's just as random as listening to it in order.
This particular 365 I started on May 24 2009, and it will end on my graduation day, May 23 2010.
Anyway, today, January 19th, the 241st song is "That's the Way Love Is" by Marvin Gaye. It's the title track off his 1970 album. I put "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" by Marvin & Tammi into Genius and iTunes, in its infinite wisdom, thought that if I enjoyed Marvin Gaye, perhaps I would enjoy some more Marvin Gaye? I hadn't listened to this particular song in... I don't know how long. Maybe ever? Certainly never before on this computer, so at least 2 years. And I immediately stopped making myself lunch and added it to my 365.
Also, just because I need to cherish these moments when I still have time to make myself meals, I'd like the world to know that I had chicken cordon bleu and roasted acorn squash for dinner. HOW CLASSY AM I?
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when I woke up this morning and opened my computer I found the message "so classy you might be allowed to marry me" typed in this box, but not finished processing. so I have no idea what time or when that was, but ...
ReplyDeleteyou are so classy you might be allowed to marry me.