Project – Record Shelf
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Project – Record Shelf

Since I've actually taken an interest in vinyl records, One thing I really wanted to do was build a simple little record shelf. This would serve two purposes basically. One, it looks cool. Two, it gives me another way to decorate the basement a bit. The concrete block walls are a pain to work with, especially the outside wall where all my music stuff is. The temperature changes mean nothing sticks to it long term. In other areas I've hung frames from the rafters using small chains. For this space, I've got a nice shelf I can use and swap…
Oliver and Company Original Soundtrack
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Oliver and Company Original Soundtrack

This is where I drop a slightly less than subtle reminder that technically these little music posts aren't really reviews or recommendations and more just, what I like with a bit of my own "musical journey" sprinkled in. The last bit is where today's entry falls in.  The Oliver and Company soundtrack has a vaguely special place for me, not for being overly notable, or even that I enjoy it a lot.  It's the first album I ever purchased, technically.  Released back in 1988, and probably purchased around that time.  I have vague memories of it, I bought (or maybe…
Orla Garland – Woman on the Internet
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Orla Garland – Woman on the Internet

I'm a few years behind I suppose, but it's worth mentioning that Orla Gartland's debut album, Woman on the Internet, was my favorite album of 2021. Orla Garland is one of those artists that I cam to from another, as she is also Dodie's guitarist and friend and so listening to Dodie, lead me to listening to Orla. The overall feel and tone of Orla Garland's music is much different than Dodie's though, it's much much more upbeat and rock and roll, though it does share a lot of the structural characteristics of ups and downs and clever lyrics that…
Evangelion Finally
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Evangelion Finally

While I'll talk a bit on this album, Evangelion Finally, this also covers the vinyl version of this album. So, a bit of a story here. I really don't plan to collect up a ton of records for my recently activated vinyl hobby, but I really could not resist this one when I came across it. I was originally looking into albums at Best Buy, because I had some credit, and went to do some price comparisons, then this one, and another came up as recommended. Which has spawned a bit of a new angle of interest for my vinyl…
Raffaella – Ballerina
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Raffaella – Ballerina

Raffaella feels like a bit of an interesting oddity in my list of "artists I like to listen to". For the most part, to be frank, she feels like kind of a nobody level musician, though not for not trying pretty hard to get somewhere. Though Wikipedia says she was dating Justice Smith for a while and she got a set on Vevo Discover, which is pretty sweet. I'm not really here to gossip though. My first exposure was when she opened for Sigrid in 2019. Before the show I started listening to this album just fro the sake of…