Paramore – This is Why
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Paramore – This is Why

Released - 2023.02.10 Paramore's 6th album, This is Why is certainly a testament to the chaos and craziness that has enveloped society in the past few years. With 6 years since the previous album, there has certainly been a lot going on and it shines brightly through in the themes of a lot pf tracks on this album. It opens with the title track, which sort of sums up the overall feel of what is about to be presented, This is Why (I don't leave the house). With lyrics suggesting that the opinions of people in the world have gone…
Code Project – SQL- VLC Portable Playlist to Text Dump
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Code Project – SQL- VLC Portable Playlist to Text Dump

It's kind of funny how one post can lead to another sometimes.  This one is pretty basic but it also just shows a bit how useful I find knowing my way around computer systems to be.  Yesterday I posted about my little annual music playlists.  And as part of that, I wanted to actually post the playlist. I am pretty sure there is a fairly universal "playlist file type" out there and being open source, I had assumed that VLC on my phone stored the playlists somewhere in playlist files. That assumption was wrong, it uses a .db file.  A…
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 – Python – 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,…