Playlist // Wild Beat Retreat

  1. Jungle Love Morris Day & The Time 3:19
  2. Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 6:21
  3. Let's Dance David Bowie 4:10
  4. Everybody Have Fun Tonight Wang Chung 4:47
  5. Wild Wild Life Talking Heads 3:40
  6. Tarzan Boy Baltimora 6:19
  7. Self Control Laura Branigan 5:05
  8. Hold The Line Toto 3:59
  9. Out Of Touch Hall & Oates 4:13
  10. Hip To Be Square Huey Lewis & The News 3:49
  11. Big Time Peter Gabriel 4:31
  12. Rhythm Is Gonna Get You Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 3:58
  13. She Bop Cyndi Lauper 3:52
  14. Antmusic Adam Ant 3:36

Planning a well thought out curated playlist can feel like a workout. I enjoy making them, but sometimes it takes months and I get anxious to share them. I linger on songs, and really work around the mood and feelings of songs. Everybody has their method of making playlists, and that’s mine. I’m like a mood ring, but for music?

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Playlist // Mother’s Day

  1. All For One [Feat. Sting & Rod Stewart] Bryan Adams 4:47
  2. Desert Rose Sting 4:46
  3. November Rain Guns N' Roses 8:58
  4. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman Bryan Adams 4:52
  5. Kiss From A Rose Seal 4:50
  6. Love Song For A Vampire Annie Lennox 4:16
  7. Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant 3:31
  8. Rio Duran Duran 4:45
  9. Rocket Man Elton John 4:46
  10. Just Another Day [Without You] Jon Secada 5:28
  11. What You Wont Do For Love Bobby Caldwell 4:47
  12. Right Here Waiting Richard Marx 4:24
  13. I Dont Wanna Miss A Thing Aerosmith 4:57
  14. It's My Life Bon Jovi 3:45
  15. Brand New Key Melanie 2:25

Years ago, probably back in high school, I began making a playlist for my mom full of her favorite songs. She didn’t know about this, but I made note of the songs she said she loved, which made it a bit of a long process for me to put this list together. I never quite finished it, and to be honest, I was working off of memory when I made this specific playlist today. I have the original list written somewhere at my parent’s house which I plan on searching for, but I’m secretly hoping I included all the songs from that list.

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Playlist // Kaleidoscope

  1. Secrets Silver Swans 2:57
  2. Tomorrow Comes Today Gorillaz 3:13
  3. Trigger Hippie Morcheeba 5:31
  4. 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 4:06
  5. Wake Me Up The Raveonettes 2:42
  6. Don't Move Phantogram 4:18
  7. I Miss You [Remix LP] Björk 5:35
  8. Porcelain Moby 4:03
  9. Peacock Tail Boards Of Canada 5:24
  10. Standing Outside A Broken Phonebooth With Money In My Hand Primitive Radio Gods 4:32
  11. You Are The Way [Re-Ravishing Mix] The Primitives 6:23
  12. Tom's Diner [feat. Suzanne Vega] DNA 3:50
  13. Razor Sharp Collide 4:52
  14. Heavy As My Dreams Totemo 3:21
  15. Fokionos Negri Street Keep Shelly In Athens 3:44
  16. Talk Show Host Radiohead 4:41
  17. Milk Garbage 3:53
  18. Go It Alone Beck 4:11

The 90s was a great era for music. Emerging genres, movements, new voices, etc. It will always be my favorite music period. That’s for sure.

One of my favorite underground genres was trip hop. Never heard of it? I don’t blame ya, not many people have. Think of the House theme song. Massive Attack is a major contributor to trip hop.

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