Hi! Hey! It’s voting day! I have so much nervous energy today. Can’t figure out . . . why. So, I’m giving you an old mixtape while we navigate the week ahead. I’m going to deep clean the hall closet and listen to spa music for the unforeseeable future. If you missed this mixtape a […]
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Monthly Mixtape: Give Me All the Drama in a Garden or a Library or a Flower Shop or a Coffee Shop
It’s October, how could we not! (also you asked for it.) This is essentially part two to my “I Need to Feel Like I’m in a Jane Austen Movie” mix. An extension of that flow, that angst, those swells and swirls. Cellos that bottom out with so much emotion that your heart nearly collapses. Piano […]
Monthly Mixtape: Repeat time!
Septembah! Iloveitiloveitiloveit. But listen, we’ve been out of town and I’m staring at two overgrown yards and gnarly weeds and wimpy plants and I gotta get out there. Time to manicure! So we’re listening to last September’s mixtape, which you loved. So I feel like we’re still in that jazzy mood (when are we not, […]
Monthly Mixtape: Whirring Limbs and Fizzing Brims
Let’s take a moment to appreciate that the high in Kansas City today is SEVENTY NINE. If we’re not violently flinging doors and windows open this very instant we are done here. Also, time for a mixtape! An August mixtape. It’s my birthday month so clearly you’re obligated to listen. This one is gooooood. It’s […]
Monthly Mixtape: Lingering Nights and Hazy Starlight
July! Does that stress you out? I feel like we need some jazz this month. Some easy piano grooves. A bit of saxophone. Maybe a trumpet here and there. Something cheerful and moody to carry us through these bloated and humid summer days. Between playing uber driver to the pool and back, camp director for […]
Monthly Mixtape: Bloomin’ Junin’ Black-Eyed Susan
Juuuuune! We won’t talk about how this has happened. Listen, you’re going to know all these songs. Think: summer movies meets windows down meets childhood memories meets vibe. That’s what we’re going for today and this month. I’d gab more, but I’m off to get an oil change for the van before we’re en route […]
Monthly Mixtape: Time to Get out the White Pleated Shorts
Happy Maaaay! May. MAY. I have the best mixtape for you this month. No theme, no real message, just fun. Just vibes. We need a May mood and this delivers. You’ll most likely know every single song. And you’ll most likely be like, “Oh I remember this song!” or, “Oh I love this song!” or, […]
Monthly Mixtape: We Were Obsessed with These Songs Back Then
Happy April! APRIL. I’ll never understand it. Also, it’s our 19th wedding anniversary! NINETEEN. I’ll never understand it. To celebrate, I’m giving you a mixtape of music we were manically obsessed with back then. Me with no jowls. Aaron with no gray. Most of these songs are from albums that actually came out in 2005. […]
Monthly Mixtape: Zoned out Droned Out
You’re about to get soooooo vibed out. First of all, happy March! Our trees are already budding. Daffodils are in full force and I’ve heard an achoo or two in the distance. Spring is here. And this mixtape is exactly what you’ll need for this seasonal transition. It’s all instrumental tripped out lo-fi jazz experimental […]
Monthly Mixtape: Paper Heart and Cherub Art
Ooooooooo this mix! This MIX, you gais. It’s joy. It’s just a little bucket of soothing joy. Like a soul balm. Some of it will feel nostalgic to you. (well, a lot.) Some of it will make you close your eyes and throw your head back. Some of it you’ve forgotten about, or realized you […]