Sep 15 2025
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Michael was a huge Dylan fan and introduced his music to our group of friends more than anyone else. I’ve lost touch with Michael. I had lost touch with him before the last time I saw him. Prior to that, I had seen him working at a Starbucks in the big Indigo that used to be on the corner of J and R.
Anyway, there was a brief span of time where I was courting Jenny in some way, before ruining that utterly. Michael still hung out with the group, but he was very much an alcoholic. He was at a bar that I showed up to with Jenny, and he was drunk. He wasn’t happy to see me.
I never got into Dylan in the same way, although I do admit to loving his music. I have never put on an album and cried the way I have for Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Tom Waits.
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Sep 16 2025
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
I remember this album coming out while I was working at Indigo in Scarborough Town Centre, and it was often played in the background during shifts. I think that's why I never took it seriously. It was introduced to me as retail background ambience.
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Sep 17 2025
Hot Fuss
The Killers
I was deep into jazz and my own CDs and MP3s during this era. I remember a single from this album on the radio and maybe on TV. I’m enjoying giving it a listen and reading the emotional cues of its time.
“All These Things That I’ve Done” is a standout single I had forgotten about.
I do feel the tone rarely varies. The album description mentions Duran Duran, but Duran Duran had variance in their music. This is more one-dimensional in the expression of the band’s capabilities.
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Sep 18 2025
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
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Sep 19 2025
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
I’ve never listened to this album, but I’m familiar with most of the songs. I don’t think I had ever heard this version of “No Woman, No Cry,” but I like it.
I grew up in a time when his music was reduced to a handful of singles in popular culture, mostly associated with pot smoke and Rastafarianism. But his music influenced the artists that influenced me. I was a big Sublime fan, and Bradley often quoted Bob Marley in his lyrics and singing.
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Sep 20 2025
Parklife
Blur
I thought I liked Blur, but I didn't like this album.
2
Sep 21 2025
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
I enjoyed listening to this. An adjacent crew liked these guys in high school, and at that point I was always stoned and listening to Mingus, Coltrane and Miles.
3
Sep 22 2025
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
An extremely pleasant listen. I don’t think I had ever listened to this album, though I know it.
5
Sep 23 2025
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Maybe too chill for Monday morning, but we’ll put it on. Oh, this is delightful.
5
Sep 24 2025
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
I remember the “sun shining” single. Stoked to listen to this album today. Oh snap—even after all—a new favourite, a deeper-encountered memory of it. Other than that, the album rolled through.
4
Sep 25 2025
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
Didn't finish this listen. If I could play Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Project 8 and be high.
3
Sep 26 2025
A Northern Soul
The Verve
Loving this album. Great band. I think the big single from the '97 album eclipsed this for me as my introduction to the band, but this is superb.
5
Sep 27 2025
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
didn't get through it, never listened to it in its time. respect for it still.
3
Sep 28 2025
In Utero
Nirvana
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