Category: Music
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Ryan’s Music Picks ☁️ 5 June 2017
Here’s a bunch of albums that have fallen in my lap. A lot of them are pretty dark; some are quiet and some are noisy. It’s a weird bunch of albums–there’s something for everyone. Apple Music Playlist Spotify Playlist Back to the Future the Ride – Health on Earth (Apple Music, Spotify, Bandcamp) BTTFTR make…
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Ryan’s Music Picks 🌸 25 May 2017
Looks like I’ve shifted to roughly monthly for these. Thanks for your patience. This is a lot of music that fits well into the late spring season (an important time for music, IMO). There are 3 different albums from 1968-69 in here this time, and a bunch of baroquely complex pop. That’s just what happens…
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Ryan’s Music Picks 🍔 12 April 2017
Whew, it’s been more than a month since my last one of these. I had nearly 30 albums stockpiled in my working playlist, and I’ve cut it down to 11, but I probably will have more next week or the week after. Apple Music Playlist Spotify Playlist Mastodon – Emperor of Sand (Apple Music, Spotify)…
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Ryan’s Music Picks 👽 10 March 2017
The theme of these picks is “dreamlike” in the sense that they are transportative, slightly off-kilter, and a little unworldly. This week is full of slow-burn jams with varying levels of dance-floor, headphone, stadium, and sitting-alone-in-a-dark-room listenability. Landlady – The World is a Loud Place (Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify) Classic psychedelic rock in a 70s…
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Ryan’s Music Picks ✈️ 20 February 2017
It’s been a while, huh? A lot of stuff happened since my last one of these: Trump became president, my youngest daughter turned one, I turned 34. I’ve been listening to a ton of music and making lots of mental notes and aspirational playlists for this email, but nothing has been actually written down until…
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Top 12 Albums 2016
Here’s my Favorite 12 Albums of 2016. 12 because 10 isn’t ever enough, and “favorite” (as opposed to “best”) because objectivity in art is impossible. There are a lot of albums from 2016 that I didn’t listen to, and a lot of other albums that I heard once but never spent time with, so expect…
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Ryan’s Music Picks 🎄 20 December 2016
There are 3 or 4 different kinds of Christmas songs, really. There are songs about Santa coming to town, songs about how it’s cold and romance is in the air, songs about the fact that it is winter, and songs about baby Jesus being born. I tend to gravitate to types 3 and 4, but…
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Ryan’s Music Picks 🌲 8 December 2016
Quick update for the rest of the year: after this, sometime in the next week or so-ish, I’ll do a roundup of Christmas music. It might be an extra long one, because I have feelings about Christmas music. If you’re curious to see, you can click here for 3 pages to links to Christmas music…
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Ryan’s Music Picks 23 November 2016
It’s been a bit. I’m sure you’re getting lots of emails about black friday deals, but I though you might want some good driving music. I took (am taking?) a break from Twitter and did some stuff with my family. This week we drove up to the Sierras for a family camp, and then took…
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Ryan’s Music Picks: 7 November 2016
It’s election week this week, and I am stressed. I’m not going to bring politics into this email list, but if you’re curious, you can take a look at my twitter. So, with stress comes plenty of beautiful, mostly instrumental music for me. Check it out: Delicate Steve – Positive Force (Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify)…