The Personal Playlist Project: Rachel (Die Alone, Ingrid Michaelson)

After a long long while, it’s back again!!! The thrilling little segment where friends recommend and review songs they love. The picture above is even dearer to me now because the van I photographed it from (words photoshopped in later) has since been painted over and replaced with mediocre graffiti.
This time, I’d like to introduce [...]

The Personal Playlist Project: Sharlene (Cut and Run, Electrelane)

It’s that time again! This week features the ever-lovely Sharlene. I’m an avid fan of hers and have talked before about some other stuff that she’s done. She must be severely under-developed in certain aspects (and I say this purely out of jealousy) because she’s somehow attained complete mastery over all the arts.
So, subtle [...]

Personal Playlist Project: Dan (Waltz for Koop, Koop)

Does anyone have the theme song to CSI: Miami? It’s Won’t Get Fooled Again by The Who. I promise to love you forever.
And along those lines, it’s time for….

This week it’s by the most awesome Dan (the Man) who likes taking long romantic walks in the rain and listening to the sounds of nature while [...]

The Personal Playlist Project: Michelle (Alone in Kyoto, Air)

I know it’s been more than a couple of weeks since I first introduced this, but here it finally is! When I first asked Michelle, she was really apprehensive. Despite this, she managed to upload her song and email me her writeup within the hour. Unsurprisingly, they both proved that there was little cause for [...]

The Personal Playlist Project

There are innumerable genres of music, each with their own “best ofs” and it’s hard to think that we’d ever get a chance to listen to music from genres that we’re unfamiliar with. Also, even if the opportunity did present itself, we tend to quickly write-off songs that seem unconventional to us without taking the [...]