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December 23

Week 189: “Skating” by The Vince Guaraldi Trio

Skating is one of those classic winter activities that I never really got into. I’m…

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October 7

Week 178: “A Maze” by Freddie Joachim

Every once in a while, a song will enter your brain via your ear, set…

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July 29

Week 168: “Blank” by Failure

Failure was a rock band from California that rose to almost-fame in the 1990s. I…

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July 8

Week 165: “Daydream” by Tycho

When he’s Tycho, Scott Hansen creates dreamy, textured electronic soundscapes. When he’s Scott Hansen, he’s…

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December 3

Week 134: “How Do You Really Feel?” by Breakestra

If you’ve been spending years trying to become reasonably good at an instrument, but still…

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October 29

Week 129: “Over the Rainbow” by Judy Garland

The desire to be somewhere else (or someone else) has never been more perfectly captured…

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October 15

Week 127: “Changeling” by DJ Shadow

When the unmanned Voyager space probe was flung into space in 1977, with the hopes…

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September 24

Week 124: “Only In Dreams” by Weezer

There are a lot of Weezer fans who hate Weezer. Recent research (ie. an afternoon…

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August 27

Week 120: “Three To Get Ready” by Dave Brubeck

Everything about the album Time Out is fascinating to me. For starters, it was barely…

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August 20

Week 119: “At Last” by Etta James

The opening bars of “At Last” are as recognizable as any opening bars to any…

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July 2

Week 112: “July Flame” by Laura Viers

Where I live, the seasons are so extreme that when you’re in the middle of…

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December 26

Week 85: “Amreik” by Eluvium

I love Boxing Day. I love the idea that you get a day off work…

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November 28

Week 81: “Campanile” by Harold Budd

If you’re looking for reasons to take an interest in the American composer Harold Budd,…

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October 24

Week 76: “Ghostwriter” by RJD2

Some songs are hard to love. They take multiple listens and an open mind before…

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October 10

Week 74: “Walking After You” by Foo Fighters

One of the big criticisms of Nirvana was that they couldn’t play their instruments. But…

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July 18

Week 62: “Lost Cause” by Beck

The leaf blower was invented in the late 1950s, at a time when sales of…

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July 11

Week 61: “Twenty Two Fourteen” by The Album Leaf

The Album Leaf is neither an album nor a leaf, but rather the stage name…

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April 25

Week 50: “Little Wing” by Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix will probably always be remembered as a guitar god. Which is fine, but…

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February 7

Week 39: “Mrs. Lee” by Patrick Lee

Over the past ten years, Patrick Lee has released 25 albums. I repeat, this time…

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November 15

Week 27: “Ramparts” by John Frusciante

Sometimes your enjoyment of a particular band has more to do with one particular band…

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