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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...
"Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." - Gandalf
The Stats: 16 artists, 17 albums, 152 tracks (243 scrobbles)
Fun week of music. Sigrid, Taylor Acorn, People R Ugly … all top notch stuff.
Today is a stacked day of new music and I'll definitely be talking about more of the albums out today over the next few days, but I just need to highlight this People R Ugly album for anyone looking for something to lead them into the weekend. Think pop-punk in the vein of Super American. Melody for days.
Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
During the rare evenings when Hannah has to work late I’ve been doing a ‘Mad Men’ re-watch. I love this show. Season four has some all timers.
Been using the beta of Mimestream for iOS over the last couple of weeks and it’s a winner. Just no nonsense but robust and all I really need in an email client.
Day of anniversary releases, huh?
Don’t Worship the Grind
Worshipping the grind is a side effect of status anxiety. If you don’t have credentials, or a network, or a novel idea, then you need to show you’re serious. And what better way than by staying in the office when everyone else goes home and tweeting about it? It’s peacocking: look how hard I’m trying. But effort is not value. Hours are not outcomes. Work is not the same as progress.
If your only edge is effort, you’re replaceable. There is always someone who can work longer. Someone younger, hungrier, more desperate. There is no long-term moat in exhaustion. And if you do somehow win that way, you might not like the prize. You’ll have built a system that only functions when you’re suffering.
This whole piece is great but these two paragraphs? Chef kiss.