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The Stats: 30 artists, 33 albums, 277 tracks (299 scrobbles)
This is such a classic me grid.
It's becoming a trend: Another Diabolical Lies podcast episode that really spoke to me. This one focused on building a business, selling it, getting burnt out, and buying it back. Combined with the commentary about being subjected to constant "worldwide feedback" and this one had me nodding along throughout.
2025 Holiday Gift Guide
Each year I put together a small gift guide post full of things that I think make great gifts and are a lot of fun to give or receive for the holidays. Everything on the list is something I’ve used, enjoyed, and recommend. I have recommendations posts for software, headphones, and miscellaneous stuff around the house, so the things on this list will be more focused on stuff not included in those posts and geared toward things I’ve come across in the past year or so and think would make good gifts.
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The Stats: 26 artists, 29 albums, 247 tracks (327 scrobbles)
Three albums tied in that last place. Of course it picked the worst one of the bunch to showcase.
The updates to the Trakt iOS app have been absolutely horrendous lately. Like “ruining the app” level bad. The star rating change, not being able to filter an actor’s films by watch history, and the overall look are so bad.
A thing I remember from my childhood, or more so the high school years, are the James Bond movie marathons around Thanksgiving. I’d spend countless hours on the basement couch watching whatever movie happened to be playing.
Recommendation: Diabolical Lies Podcast
I really enjoyed this Diabolic Lies podcast that looks at both “Ethical Consumption” and the history of “Selling Out.”
Happy Halloween.
Another month has come to an end, and my favorite time of year has kicked off in full force. Fall, the changing of the leaves, and a creep toward the new year.
October 2025
Sigrid's debut album was my favorite album of 2019. I liked the follow-up but it never crossed over to the love stage. (The deluxe got closer; I really like the softer renditions of some of those songs.)
The album she released on Friday? Immediate love.
Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
