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[twiztor]

I started a new job in March. It comes with a ~35 minute commute, which is longer than i've had since i was in my early 20s. So i decided to have fun with it, and try to listen to an artist/album that i'm not super familiar with every single day. But to take it one step further, i coordinate the artist i listen to by the date of the month (for example, the first day was March 3rd. the third letter is "C", so i listened to a band that started with C.) Try to expand the ol' horizons and all that. So, since i'm in my 40s, i started a spreadsheet to track what i played. Thought it might be a fun thing to share (spoilered for size). 

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It's been a fun exercise. Some letters started getting tougher as the year went on, especially since i don't use a streaming service and am not going out looking for bands with specific letters.

[odessasteps]

A last return of “chain restaurant playlist”: for 2025

ive now heard I Want a New Drug, Centerfold and Silent Running by Mike and the Mechanics. I don’t know I’ve heard a Mike and the Mechanics song in the wild for years. 

Edited December 29, 2025 by odessasteps

[Pete]

7 hours ago, twiztor said:

I started a new job in March. It comes with a ~35 minute commute, which is longer than i've had since i was in my early 20s. So i decided to have fun with it, and try to listen to an artist/album that i'm not super familiar with every single day. But to take it one step further, i coordinate the artist i listen to by the date of the month (for example, the first day was March 3rd. the third letter is "C", so i listened to a band that started with C.) Try to expand the ol' horizons and all that. So, since i'm in my 40s, i started a spreadsheet to track what i played. Thought it might be a fun thing to share (spoilered for size). 

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It's been a fun exercise. Some letters started getting tougher as the year went on, especially since i don't use a streaming service and am not going out looking for bands with specific letters.

Oh man, I haven't thought of MSI since one of the posters here years ago who was WAY overboard with the slavish fandom. To the point everyone started calling them "Mediocre Shitty Idiots" to troll him.

Definitely some fun stuff here. Bootsy is definitely worth a deep dive among others.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

I liked Mindless Self Indulgence back in the early 2000's. I remember getting a promo copy of Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy at the Princeton Record Exchange. I saw them open for Korn and Staind in 2000.

If you're so smart, explain this Clarissa. 

 

[Shartnado]

There's a Finnish New Romantic Pop band that could also be considered Goth and New Wave and all that stuff. The are known as Organ. I just listened to their song "Kärpästen Juhlat" which means "Feast of the Flys" that is one bleak-ass dark song!

[Shartnado]

There's an amazing Finnish alternative rock band called Sara, their song "Ainoat Hereillä" which means "The only ones awake". I'm sure it's available on YouTube. I warmly recommend this song and band!

[Dragon]

 

 

[Cobra Commander]

Steve Harrington from Stranger Things (Joe Keery) also makes music under the name Djo

 

[Cobra Commander]

not sure what I expected less between "Morrissey and Johnny Carson being in the same building" or "Morrissey and Bill Cosby being in the same building" 

Edit: okay, KROQ's HD2 just played "Sing Your Life" minutes after I watched this video. So, the toaster is spying on me

Edited January 10 by Cobra Commander

[Curt McGirt]

[twiztor]

i don't know if this is more for the movie or music folder, but the path ultimately led to music, so here it is.

I watched Return of the Living Dead 2 and 3 for the first time last night. I've previously seen the first one and enjoyed it enough, but i tend to prefer Romero's zombie movies. So #2 was fine but ultimately pretty dumb. #3 was probably a worse movie, but i enjoyed it WAY more. ANYWAY, i'm checking out the soundtrack to #2 to add a couple of the songs to my halloween horror playlist. And one of the bands is named Zodiac Mindwarp. Now, i figure that's some bullshit group made up for the album, but no! it's a real, yet still somewhat dubious rock band. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Mindwarp_and_the_Love_Reaction) So i had to read more, and now here i am rocking out to all 50+ Zodiac Mindwarp songs that i downloaded and loving it. 

Edited January 19 by twiztor

[Travis Sheldon]

11 minutes ago, twiztor said:

i don't know if this is more for the movie or music folder, but the path ultimately led to music, so here it is.

I watched Return of the Living Dead 2 and 3 for the first time last night. I've previously seen the first one and enjoyed it enough, but i tend to prefer Romero's zombie movies. So #2 was fine but ultimately pretty dumb. #3 was probably a worse movie, but i enjoyed it WAY more. ANYWAY, i'm checking out the soundtrack to #2 to add a couple of the songs to my halloween horror playlist. And one of the bands is named Zodiac Mindwarp. Now, i figure that's some bullshit group made up for the album, but no! it's a real, yet still somewhat dubious rock band. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Mindwarp_and_the_Love_Reaction) So i had to read more, and now here i am rocking out to all 50+ Zodiac Mindwarp songs that i downloaded and loving it. 

Tattooed Beat Messiah was a constant in my car for most of the 90s.

[odessasteps]

(67 years olds of 2 days ago) 

[Travis Sheldon]

19 hours ago, odessasteps said:

(67 years olds of 2 days ago) 

Old people can dance.

Who knew?

[Curt McGirt]

She's a Bangle. That don't count.

[odessasteps]

 

[zendragon]

The man in the mirror looks nothing like me
He's just a weary reminder of what I used to be
The sunken red eyes and the lines in my face
A tired old man has taken my place

[odessasteps]

Don’t know 2hy this popped into my head today. 

[zendragon]

 

[Cobra Commander]

"Trinidad" by Geese rocking up the "Songs you don't want to be playing if the police pull you over" chart

 

[twiztor]

On 1/24/2026 at 5:19 PM, odessasteps said:

Don’t know 2hy this popped into my head today. 

one of my all time favorite movies, hands down.

[Cobra Commander]

in the process of looking at the hard drive of a deceased laptop for MP3s I haven't moved off there, I noticed all the folders with some version of 'Blalock's Indie/Rock Playlist' and a song or two from like 2010. Search around and that site's still going (with the name BIRP). So that's neat even if the ecosystem for rock and rock-ish songs had changed a little in 15 years. The KEXP Free Song of the Day only made it to 2024 before tapping out.

[odessasteps]

 

[Dragon]

Rod Stewart - Have You Ever Seen The Rain 

 

[zendragon]