We’re back on the albums again! Part Seventeen, 140-131.

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This week features James Brown, Metallica, PJ Harvey, and seven other artists to continue this massive undertaking. Hmm, who else could there be? ;)

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I mentioned I’d put the excerpt from Sophie’s World that I found so compelling-

“Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. Some of them fall off, but others cling on desperately and yell at the people nestling deep in the snug softness, stuffing themselves with delicious food and drink. ‘Ladies and Gentlemen,’ they yell, ‘we are floating in space!’ But none of the people down there care.”


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Today’s Poetry Time

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For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper

Now I send it back
into your own hands.
I hear you. I know
this life is hard now.
I know your days are precious
on this earth.
But what are you trying
to be free of?
The living? The miraculous
task of it?
Love is for the ones who love the work.


-Joseph Fasano

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Oh it’s a major endeavor, alright.

I’m going to try to listen to at least 10 albums a week for the rest of the year!

Yeah, I’m not joking.

Media, art, and entertainment publication Paste Magazine came out with a list of the 300 best albums and we’re going to go through them all! Well, I’m going to.

And then we’re going to talk about it! Great tracks, themes, history, info, related artists, cultural context, personal experiences- they’re all going to play a part in these reviews.

Totally stoked because I love music. (And a little intimidated! Because this is a lot to process)

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If we keep up with an episode per week featuring 10 albums each, we’ll just about finish by the end of 2024.


Thrilled that you’re here, thrilled to be doing this.

I’ll see you Monday,

C