Music Monday – One Take Edition
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Music Monday – One Take Edition

I am an absolute sucker for one-take media. Movies and music. I'm sure this won't be the last time I do a series of one-take videos. I prefer it when the one-take is real, but sometimes well-hidden cuts are acceptable. Dodie - Cool Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI2eAwHM9uE I just love this song and this video. I really enjoy this style of sort of, "raw dancing" where it's a little messy and unstructured. I also like the sort of, symbolism of Dodie being slightly "off" from the other dancers, it fits with the themes of the lyrics and theme of the song. It…
Dodie – Hot Mess (RSD Vinyl)
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Dodie – Hot Mess (RSD Vinyl)

Released - 2022.09.30Vinyl - 2023.04.22 I am not real sure why Dodie put out another EP, Hot Mess, as a follow up to her first album Build a Problem. Following her online suggests that she writes well, a lot of music, feels like there would be plenty for a while album. I mean, yeah, there is some of it that's kind of weird and a bit banal, but that didn't seem like it held back her album. But here we are, with a fresh, 4 track EP. I also want to take a moment to talk about this particular release,…
Record Store Day 2023
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Record Store Day 2023

Today was Record Store Day.  It's moistly just, a "promotional" sort of deal for local record shops, and not really like, a "real holiday".  I decided I would go ahead and give it a go.  There were a couple of pretty inexpensive albums that I was interested in and I've recently (finally) picked up a record player after many years of "I should get a record player". Man, now I'm just getting layers and layers of things to bring up here.  Maybe it's best to just start at, "Why vinyl?" I guess it's almost, "Why not?"  Ok, there are plenty…
Dodie – Build a Problem
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Dodie – Build a Problem

Released - 2021.05.07 I am not sure what first brought me to Dodie's music, I know a lot of her fans came from her previous life as a regular YouTube Vlogger. I can say it was quite a bit before the release of Build a Problem. This is her first Studio Album, though she has released 3 previous EP albums, though the third one, Human, has most of her best known tracks, with Monster probably being her most well known. She also has a pretty large amount of additional "unreleased" tracks on YouTube and other channels. This little bit of…