ACNH Fit Check
Morning coffee
Xfinity may not be having a good night. One ping session I let run for a while showed 78% packet loss. Posting this via mobile.
Tonight I used Nookmart for the first time. If there is stuff you want for your island that you haven’t managed to find via normal means, or there is no overlap in your social circle of folks who are also playing Animal Crossing New Horizons, well the selection is swell and delivery was fast.
Oof.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released in 1975.
Just 50 short years ago.
Crucial Track for May 2, 2025
"Shout" by Child Seat Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Shout, the original Tears for Fears song, was the reason for one of the few times I heard a song in a store and bought the album immediately. This cover of Shout, by Child Seat, a group I only learned existed tonight, is amazing. View Hjalmer Duenow's Crucial Tracks profile
Crucial Track for May 1, 2025
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song that tells a great story. Well, I'm a Minnesotan and I was listening to radio stations when this song was released in 1976. As a very young man at the time, this song hit hard. It is a sad song about [a wreck on the Great Lake they call Gitchi-gami}(https://en.
Crucial Track for April 28, 2025
"It's Alright" by Pet Shop Boys Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Perhaps surprisingly to folks who know me well, I have a playlist called “Happy.” It started with It’s Alright, by Pet Shop Boys, specifically the version from the Introspective compilation. The rhythm is pretty straight disco, but the synth baseline is kinda funky and staccato. The version from the Introspective comp begins with a choir singing the eponymous phrase.
Fellow tape heads:
If you used to create mix tapes, then mixes on CD-R, do you also now spend time building playlists in your favorite electronic medium?
For example, I have dozens of playlists in Apple Music and I add music to them (or create new lists) on a regular basis.
Crucial Track for April 27, 2025
"Films" by Gary Numan Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What was the first album you ever bought? Pick your favorite song off that album. Well, I honestly do not remember the first album I bought. I had some supervised purchases with my parents over several years, which included some good and bad choices, mostly from the Columbia Record and Tape club. But the first time I bought music of my own volition with money I had in my pocket, I could not have been more than about 12 or 13 years old.