Playlist: Spring
There’s something different about the transition from winter into spring. Instead of just a temperature change, there’s also a phoenix-like resurgence of life that is unlike anything else. Cold &...
View ArticlePlaylist: Broke & Beautiful Summer 2014
As far as summer usually goes, it can be a mixed bag in the Pacific Northwest. Sometimes, our summer is only a week long, and is more of a hot springtime than a hot summer. Other times, it’s a raging,...
View ArticlePlaylist: Sink
If I were okay with naming playlists with obvious names, this would be called The “Justify Spending Your Day Off in Bed With A Sweater and a Cup of Coffee When It’s Raining or Snowing Outside”...
View Article#Tunesday: March Favorites
In between a Music Feature and a Playlist is the purgatory of music. It’s digital embodiment is my bloated, ignored, and more than slightly intimidating Current Favorites playlist on Spotify. I have...
View ArticleThe Next 5 Queens of Indie Pop Music
Thanks to social media and the power of a generation that understands marketing better than any of its predecessors, pop music is free to explore new frontiers. YouTube doesn’t pick its pop stars from...
View ArticlePlaylist: Sticky Summer 2016
It’s time again for the annual tone-setter for my summer: the official summer playlist of 2016. This year, I’m predicting that this summer going to be hot. Like, really hot. And before you give me a...
View ArticleA Bundled Up Playlist, Straight Out of the 3rd Coziest City in America
Did you hear the news? I’m sure it was nationally syndicated, but just in case you’ve been living under a rock, Seattle is officially the third coziest city in America (well, as of 2016, anyway)....
View ArticlePlaylist: Grocery Shopping Soundtrack
The love of grocery shopping is a character trait. Some people set it equal to paying taxes or running into an ex – possibly because both are anxiety-inducing and can totally happen while you’re...
View ArticleMay 2018 Playlist: heatwave
The only people who romanticize summers in the South are people who have never lived here. It’s not all front porches and sweet tea, lightning bugs and bare feet, like television and old novels would...
View ArticleMarch 2019 Playlist: Cherry Poppin’ Laceys
Of the several different types of music lovers out there, my favorites are the obsessive ones. The investigative biographers, the encyclopedic anthology experts, the meticulous playlist librarians,...
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