MUSIC IS THE DRUG:009 – Groovy People
What a rollercoaster this playlist turned out to be. I started off on a lark, “A playlist where every song has the word groovy in the title would be amusing,” …
MUSIC IS THE DRUG: 008 – Trouble Every Day
The world is pretty hard to stomach these days for obvious reasons. That said, I’ve been pulling together songs that work for me for one reason or another. Maybe they’ll do something for you too.
MUSIC IS THE DRUG: 007 -Space Cult Vol. II
This started as a playlist jumping off a truck driving song and it derailed considerably. I ended up in Grateful Dead territory which led me to jam bands and then …
MUSIC IS THE DRUG: 006 – Punk AF Garage
Punk, Garage, Fusion, call it what you want, this is the zone for me when energy is required so this was a fun/easy one to make. At 50 songs and …
MUSIC IS THE DRUG: 005 – School Daze
They say that one’s musical tastes gel around age14 in males. That puts us in 1983 for me and the transition from catholic middle school to public high school. This …
MUSIC IS THE DRUG: 004 – Jazz Hands
Jazz has, for the most part, been a type of music I’ve enjoyed on my own. While leaning more into the acid/funk/fusion end of the jazz spectrum, I often enjoy …
MUSIC IS THE DRUG: 003 – Mr. Melody
Some of these songs have haunted me for decades, gotten stuck in my head, driven me crazy, shaped my then innocent perspective, etc. This list could have been so much …
MUSIC IS THE DRUG: 002 – Some Hair
I grew up in the 80s and had a mane of my own by the 90s although stylistically I took a hard pass on the hairspray and went more for …
MUSIC IS THE DRUG: 001 – Some Hip Hop
Let me just explain my love for the mixtape… the act of creating and sharing a cassette full of music that moves you, taking the time to select the songs, …