*ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 9, 2020*
Time to unwind after a productive day of teaching, google meets, parent teacher conferences, and recording math video lessons for the virtual students. Normally I would play very calm and relaxing music so I could unwind easily. However, today I need to dance it out a bit.
Now Spinning: Gorillaz – G-Sides (August 2020 Record Store Day release)
What I love about this album is the fact that there are songs that I can dance like no one is watching, such as track one, “19-2000,” immediately chillax during track two “Dracula,” then groove to the funky style on track four, “The Sounder.”
Throughout my life, I was always on the hunt for new music to listen to. During my middle school years, you would find me sitting on my bedroom floor with the radio on and a blank cassette tape ready to record my favorite songs, then cursing the radio DJ for cutting the song short or talking during the ending (I mean COME ON! REALLY?!). I worked my high school years to buy CDs and save for a car. College years were dedicated to searching Napster and Limewire for anything and everything that I could find (ultimately resulting in multiple computer viruses...SORRY MOM!). Making my own mixed tapes and CDs is what I did when I wasn’t in class or working.
Mind you, I have an extremely diverse vinyl collection. Many of my records lean towards classic rock. From birth to the day I moved out of my parents’ house, there was always music (usually vinyls) playing in the house. Rock, Motown, and R&B classics from the 60s and 70s were always spun from the record, to the speakers, to my eardrums, then into my soul.
So, it was inevitable that I became a “music junkie.” As you can see, music in general has been embedded in me since birth. Literally, since my mother attended concerts while pregnant with me.
With all that being said, you have been warned. 😁 This “After School Unwind Session” is the first of many more and diverse sessions to come. Consider this your free ticket to virtual concerts of my vinyl collection. I will probably go from one style to the next each day. My mood sways me to whatever album I put on. I look forward to sharing with you every evening what I listen to, why I listen to it, and what feelings it brings out. So take your seat, refrain from dancing in the aisles, relax, and enjoy the show.
“Headphones on. World off.”
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