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August 26

Week 485: “While You Dooooo (Extended)” by Teebs

I like having art on my walls. I’m just really bad at picking art that…

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August 5

Week 482: “Dream Chorus” by TOKiMONSTA

By 2015, Jennifer Lee had built a substantial resumé as a DJ and producer under…

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July 22

Week 480: “As We Go Along” by The Monkees

For the most part, The Monkees are remembered as a bit of a joke, mostly…

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July 8

Week 478: “Mountain Path” by WMD

Years ago, when my wife and I had zero kids and infinite free time, we…

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June 24

Week 476: “Impressions in F Major” by Brian Green

What’s the best way to listen to music? It’s the kind of question that would…

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June 17

Week 475: “Washed Ashore” by Monster Rally

Slightly shameful admission as we head into the first week of summer: I’ve never really…

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April 29

Week 468: “Wait Upon” by Hidden Land

My family used to rent a cottage that was on a quiet river, just as…

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March 25

Week 463: “When It’s Time To Go” by Buddy Fo and His Group

Plenty of countries around the world have separatist movements within them. Would-be breakaway states like…

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March 18

Week 462: “Forever Spring” by Kris Bowers

Where I live, this has been an unrelenting monster of a winter. Snow. Ice. Eyeball-freezing…

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March 11

Week 461: “Sample Hat” by Richard Houghten

Do you have a friend who’s always doing cool stuff? You know, that person who…

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January 28

Week 455: “93 ’til Infinity” by Souls Of MIschief (Instrumental)

Some memories I have from 1993: Seeing “Jurassic Park” and thinking there was no way…

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January 7

Week 452: “Pilgrim’s Hymn” by Stephen Paulus

Traditionally, a pilgrim is someone who is on a journey to a holy place. But…

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December 31

Week 451: “An Ending, A Beginning” by Dustin O’Halloran

One of the most heartbreaking things about being a parent is that you almost never…

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December 10

Week 448: “Carol of the Bells” by The Bird and the Bee

Over the next three weeks, as Christmas creeps closer and we all begin to tire…

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July 30

Week 429: “Ooh Child” by The Five Stairsteps (MILCK cover)

Last Sunday night, as I was going to bed and last week’s post – “City…

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July 23

Week 428: “City Nights” by Little Glass Men

There are different kinds of city nights. There are the sweltering midsummer ones, when everyone…

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July 2

Week 425: “Beautiful Love” by Nels Cline

“Beautiful Love” is another one of those 1930s standards that every jazz great has recorded…

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May 7

Week 417: “Night Song” by Steve Davit

The spring before I turned 21, I worked the night shift in a bank mailing…

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April 23

Week 415: “Dirty Old Bossa Nova” by The Howard Roberts Quartet

Quick quiz: It’s Friday night. You’re getting ready to go out. What song do you…

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April 16

Week 414: “Graffiti On A Tuesday Night” by Neat Beats

Alvin Fenner’s stage name “Neat Beats” feels self-deprecating almost to the point of being comical.…

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