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Logocentric (adj). Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics). Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, many taken from the following places:  "The Soundtrackers Group"  "Blog Harbor" "Blogging Circle of Friends " "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" "JAFBG" "Take up Your Cross Blog Forum" Thanks for stopping by! 
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 "Daddy Cop" by Zander Hawley from The Rookie DAY 14 — This is a fun one. My wife is a huge fan of police procedurals, so we've pretty much watched all of them at this point. One of the shows we've been catching up on recently is THE ROOKIE starring Nathan Fillion, and in Season 5, Episode 13, they do a traffic stop outside a house where a garage band taunts them with a special song they wrote. Then, a year later, the band came back for a cameo in Season 6, Episode 2 and upped the ante considerably.  After researching it a bit, the lead singer is apparently the showrunner's son and it's his band in the garage. I'm really hoping that this will be a recurring gag that also shows up in the current Season 7 because it's a really fun idea that they've now done twice. |
"caroline" by Zach Herron DAY 13 — I have no idea who Zach Herron is... apparently he first got famous doing a viral cover of a Shawn Mendes song and he was in another band... but this song popped up on a Spotify recommendation playlist and I thought it was pretty catchy. Over the course of 2024, I'd often skip back to replay the song as I was listening to my yearly playlist, so I figured I should feature it here. |
"Rollercoaster" by Bleachers DAY 12 — Until this year, I did not know that super-producer Jack Antonoff (the producing partner behind many of Taylor Swift's hits) had his own side project band called Bleachers, or that they've been making music for literally years and years. I really love the fact that they have different sounds to each of their albums, and they really do seem to be a creative outlet for Jack to work on whatever's in his head at the time, whether it's more pop-inspired, rock-inspired, or something else entirely. I also really like "Call Me After Midnight" and listened to that song a lot this year, but "Rollercoaster" ended up at the top of my most-listened to songs, so I decided to feature it. And as an added bonus, the video is pretty fun. It's a unique twist on the romantic pursuit genre of music videos. I like the fact that Jack Antonoff can seemingly laugh at himself. |
"Saturn" by SZA DAY 11 — While we're on the topic of soulful, catchy songs, I definitely became a fan of SZA this year. Her album SOS joined Avril Lavigne's Love Sux and Sabrina Carpenter's Short n'Sweet and something that I listened to in its entirety several times this year, and this song in particular (which is actually off her 2024 album Lana) is something that I found myself frequently playing late at night when I was working and just needed something unobtrusive in the background. |
"BIRDS OF A FEATHER" by Billie Eilish DAY 10 — Like my earlier Charli XCX entry ("360" ), Billie Eilish is one of those artists that I've just never really found a song to connect to. Her voice is great, but there's just something that I haven't connected to in anything I've listened to over the years. This was the first song that really caught my attention, and it's been frequently replayed throughout the year. |
"Pickup" by MacKenzie Porter DAY 9 — The first time I had heard of MacKenzie Porter, it was as the replacement for Lauren Alaina on Dustin Lynch's song "Thinking 'Bout You" , which featured on my "The Soundtrack of Your Life" playlist last year. Since then, I've been listening to more country artists and did a deeper dive on MacKenzie Porter, whose voice I really like. Not all of her songs are super strong, but this one was just catchy enough and the lyrics were pretty good, so I found myself listening to it a lot this year. I like the Barbie-inspired music video. |
"Bring Em Out" by T.I. DAY 8 — You can thank DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE for reminding me that this song (and T.I. as a rapper rather than an actor) was ever a thing.  Honestly, though, he's a really good rapper and this song is pretty iconic. I love raucous, free-flowing hip hop and this song is full of great lyrics and a very catchy, boisterous beat. It's definitely one of my favorite rap songs from the past twenty years. |
"Jet Lag" by Simple Plan feat. Natasha Bedingfield DAY 7 — This was a fun rediscovery for me this year. Not only had I completely forgotten this song existed, but I hadn't even though about either Simple Plan or Natasha Bedingfield in years. But this was the kind of alternative rock stuff that I listened to all the time in my teens and twenties and as soon as it popped up on one of my weekly Spotify "discover new music" playlists, I started listening to it on repeat. I think Bedinfield's lyrics and voice really complement the rock vibe of the band. |
"Bois Lie" by Avril Lavigne feat. Machine Gun Kelly DAY 6 — Might as well get the other mgk song off my list while we're at it. This was also the one song of Avril Lavigne's that I didn't feature during "Barrel of Monkeys" last summer because I knew I was going to feature it in "The Soundtrack of Your Life" . Avril Lavigne had a real resurgence on my playlists this year, both old stuff and new. And like Sabrina Carpenter, Avril's album Love Sux is one that I listened to on repeat for a good chunk of the year. There are so many good songs on that album, although this is the one I probably listened to the most. |
"dont let me go" by mgk DAY 5 — This was the year I finally discovered mgk (Machine Gun Kelly) who I previously just knew as "Megan Fox's weird musician boyfriend" . But he has a massive following and I have to say... I kind of get it now. While he has some really, really generic rock music, he also branches out and does some interesting things. When I was first putting together my playlist this year, I had multiple mgk songs that I was going to feature. And while I highly recommend "Forget Me Too" featuring Halsey or his twist on "Lonely Road" featuring Jelly Roll , this was the first song of his that I discovered and probably still my favorite. It's somber and thoughtful and really well executed despite its simplicity. |
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