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An Evening with Max Richter (No Sleeping Involved)

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An Evening with Max Richter (No Sleeping Involved)

My musical love affair with Max Richter began with “The Leftovers”, which is a show that I watched multiple times during a time when my life changed in a big way. So, sometimes I say, “This show changed my life,” because it feels like it did. And a large part…

June 22, 2026No Comments

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Do You Have a Yearly “Theme Song”?

I do! And I normally know what it is by this time of the year, but the other day I found myself asking, uh, myself... "Self, do you have any idea what your theme song of the year is this year?" And myself did not. This is a phenomenon that…

September 24, 2022No Comments

Ethiopiques: A Word I Fell in Love With But Hadn’t Heard Until This Week

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Ethiopiques: A Word I Fell in Love With But Hadn’t Heard Until This Week

Okay, that's a lot of title. So, I've been trying to be more open to things lately. Previously, a new situation would present itself and I would immediately defer to my brain, which had thousands of reasons why we shouldn't do something, Now, looking back, most of the time these…

April 15, 2022No Comments

Long Before I Fell in Love With Megan Thee Stallion, I Fell in Love With Jacki-O

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Long Before I Fell in Love With Megan Thee Stallion, I Fell in Love With Jacki-O

No, not myself. I'm still working on that part, thank you very much. Many, many, many years ago, my friend group and I would throw an annual Leo Luau. This was one of my favorite days of the year. People would come from all over the state of Florida (and…

April 7, 2022No Comments

Bean Box 12 Days of Christmas Coffees: Day 4

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Bean Box 12 Days of Christmas Coffees: Day 4

Mickey has been gone since Monday and I've listened to nothing but Nina Simone the entire time. I have no idea why. Before this, I was a rut where I'd listen to barely anything that wasn't the soundtrack to 'Killing Eve', 'The Leftovers' or 'Search Party'. (Plus occasional forays into my adult…

December 17, 2021No Comments

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Walkin’ Playlists Pt. 1: February

Earlier this year, I found myself with a wide gaping amount of alone time, a situation that I was previously never ever ever in before. So, on day one of this alone time, I was just bopping along in this chat room I hang out in all day and asked…

June 1, 2021No Comments