The Annual Playlist for 2023
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The Annual Playlist for 2023

A few years ago, I was sorting through some older music, and came across old Mix Tapes and CD-Rs.  It's really fun because unlike digital music, these are essentially static playlists.  This is a window into what I was listening to at that time.  And no, you didn't misread that, Mix Tapes.  and they were mostly from the 90s era.  My first car didn't have a CD player, it just had a cassette deck.  Teenage me would regularly visit the local library and check out a variety of CDs, then spend the week picking out my favorite tracks and recording…
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Code Project: Automated List From Reddit Comments

This is one of those quick and kind of dirty projects I've been meaning to do for a while. Basically, I wanted a script that would scrape all of the top level comments from a Reddit post and push them out to a list. Most commonly, to use on /r/AskReddit style threads like, well, for this example, "What is a song from the 90s that young people should listen to." Basically, threads that ask for useful opinions on list. Sometimes it's lists of websites or something. Often it's music. The script here is made for music but could be adjusted…
My Music Listening Habits for 2022
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My Music Listening Habits for 2022

It's that time again, when I ramble on about what I've been listening to this year.  I don't use Spotify so I don't have a "cool kids" wrap up to share.  Instead you get this!  A blog post!  And some little 5x5 charts made from my Last.fm.  I kind of prefer starting on Artists over Albums, so without further ado, the top 25 for 2022.  Which unsurprisingly, is relatively similar to my previous years. In a surprise to literally no one, including myself, my top 3 are pretty much the same as they have been for a while.  Aurora, CHVRCHES,…
Sky: Children of the Light Aurora In Game Concert Event
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Sky: Children of the Light Aurora In Game Concert Event

There have been quite a few "Virtual concerts" in video games in recent years, and on December 8th, the game Sky: Children of the Light became one the games that has hosted a concert in game.  Though "Concert" feel like a bit of a stretch, it's more like a Musical Event.  Similar TO Fortnite's Soundwave Series Events.  All of the songs also seemed to just be the Studio Tracks, which was kind of a bummer.  I didn't really expect an actually live event, but a bit of a live feel to the music would have helped make it a bit…
Aurora @ The Riviera feat SubUrban (2022.05.27)
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Aurora @ The Riviera feat SubUrban (2022.05.27)

It seems like my brief run (of 2) concerts where I was standing up front couldn't last forever. I was close, but I was not right up front for the Aurora show. Not a massive deal, except I ended up behind this dude with poofy hair, so I couldn't see half the stage half the time. But I'm not really here to complain. I'm here to record things that I want to remember. This would have been my 4th (proper) concert, but I opted to not go see Dodie back in February, due to COVID going nuts at the time.…