Oracular Spectacular - MGMT (yes, I was that kid with a quote from âFuture Reflectionsâ on my senior yearbook page)
Itâs Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (decades before I would obsess over the YYYs after reading Meet Me In The Bathroom)
Strange Mercy - St. Vincent (saw her open for Andrew Bird and was hooked until Daddyâs Home⊠Annie Clark you will always be famous)
May 27, 2024
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I was blessed to come of age at a time in which both physical media and streaming were prevalent. One of my friends/neighbors got sent away to a boarding school run by monks in alaska and gave me his crate of CDâs for safekeeping. this led to a lot of classic hipster /mu albums like in the aeroplane over the sea, oracular spectacular, hospice, gorillaz/demon days/plastic beach (i got rise of the ogre from the library and asked my mom what cunt meant bc it was in the book), the suburbs, the reminder, and bands like TMBG, james blake, eels, sleighbells, etc. I also was one of the only people in my school who loved lana del ray, even after her SNL performance. I had a good friend who i bonded with over born to die and after her death, i further deepened my relationship with lanaâs music. She also really liked WHY? and alopecia was a big grief album for me.
I also listened to a lot of rap like the first odd future album, XXX, down from the 36 chambers, ex military (found takyon on youtube and it changed something in me) and most of all good kid MAAD city which i had on CD and blasted in the minivan on the drive to school daily.
The most cringe aspects were my deep love of ska punk and folk punk like defiance ohio, AJJ, reel big fish, but especially streetlight manifesto, who I quoted in my senior yearbook. I donât listen to ska anymore so thatâs why I consider it cringe, itâs so far from who I am now, but if i hear a streetlight song iâll still know all the words.
Mix CDâs also had a huge impact on my music taste. The cool older hipster kids (these are all people who were unimaginably tumblr famous, especially being from a small town) who got together and created the Royal Mixtape Society. It only happened once, but we all created a mix CD and got a copy of everyone elseâs in return. This lead to a lot of incredible discoveries, most of all the âButtsâ mixtape which has been the soundtrack to core memories of me and my best friends.
May 26, 2025
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wolf by tyler, the creator: if you asked me to pick just one album, it would be this. i was obsessed with everything odd future throughout high school but this album in particular was so special to me. i still remember watching the countdown to the domo 23 video premiere on my little iphone 4
d.a.i.s.y. rage by kitty: technically not an album but must be mentioned. according to my itunes i listened to every song on this mixtape genuinely 800-1000 times in ninth grade alone. kitty was ahead of her time and overhated imo. the song about getting anxiety rashes? she got me. still does!!
art angels by grimes: i used to regularly hit the post limit on tumblr
May 27, 2024
first thing that comes to mind that feels of the time is all the vitamin string quartet covers I was obsessed with lolololol I should get back into those!!
Also loved Hozier, Laura Gibson (LOVED herâlistened to skin, warming skin on repeat), of mice and men, mumford and sons, band of horses, Lorde, the black keys, FOB, Panic!, All Time Low, a little 21 pilots, a little MCR, Halsey, and the Beatles (especially early in high school and especially the songs featured in across the universe (2007) but I also loved paperback writer for some reason).
Very tail end of my senior year I got more into broadway and was obsessed with everything from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (which was SNUBBED for the Tony by dear evan Hansen đ€ź)
Didnât do a lot of country, was mostly into country in elementary and middle school, then got back into it after graduating college, both from nostalgia and from a desire to preserve that part of me when I decided to move to the east coast.
The first ones I mentioned were from streaming(not a lot since unlimited data wasnât a thing for me at the time and my parents also werenât paying for Spotify for me so the ads were annoying), my iTunes library, YouTube to mp3 files I put on my phone back when it was easier to do that, and CDs. But I also liked the hard rock and classic rock stations on the radio for my drives to and from school.
Spotify also tells me I liked death cab for cutie and needtobreathe more than I remembered lol
May 26, 2025
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Nothin fancy.
Honey mustard
Turkey
Provolone
Sandwich Pickles
Toasted White Bread
Easy. Keeps me from doordashing my existence away.
May 26, 2024
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Not just enjoying your favorite matcha on mother's day, but also impulse buying a matcha kit for your mom after learning that she's never had matcha before. My current favorite variety is Kyoto Matcha Masudean. Resplendent way to start the day
May 12, 2024
I won the brown cow mug in a contest where you had to collect yogurt container lids. For that brief time, I was quite addicted to brown cow yogurt, but mostly just wanted this mug. Even though it's a little chipped now, I still love it for my java indulgences.
For non-Matcha teas, I often choose this mug I got from Minx Factory in Barcelona. I am a huge fan of theirs. I had a pastel mug previously but it broke when I moved back to Columbus from Chicago.
May 12, 2024