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Delve into older music!!!
We are so lucky to have such a wealth of music at our fingertips. The trial and error of working out what you like is so satisfying- once you find a song you like, you’ll find an album of theirs you love, a duet they’ve done with another artist who is now your new favourite, and so on. Let your music taste snowball!
old soul is my favourite, here are some recs:
Let’s Say Goodbye Tomorrow - Jimmy Ruffin It’s All Right - Sam Cooke Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore Security - Otis Redding Dearest Darling - Etta James
There is so much to explore!
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@leora
May 31, 2024
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@soho
So right! I’ve been on a similar train, listening to the likes of Nat King Cole and Billie Holiday. What a luxury to have these songs which people used to dress up and go to a nice dinner for right at home, transforming home itself into a nice dinner place.
May 31, 2024
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@leora
soho exactly!! I’d love some song recs from your recent musical expedition if you’ve got any!!
May 31, 2024
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@soho
leora My finds in this vein are p pedestrian cause they’re from the Spotify playlist for classic jazz, but it’s the hits I was looking for anyway : ) My picks from that: I know that you know - Nat King Cole Solitude - Billie Holiday The touch of your lips - Chet Baker I didn’t know what time it was - any cover, but fave is Cécile McLorin Salvant’s If any of these remind you of a track back, do tell 🩷
Jun 1, 2024
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@leora
soho i loooove these recommendations! a couple of songs came to mind when listening to your list: Stardust- Hoagy Carmichael Si tou vois ma mere- Sidney Bechet Tonight you belong to me- The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jass Band, Alia Shawkat I don’t hurt anymore- Dinah Washington 💓💓💓💓💓💓
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wow do I ever love the music of 1962
somehow I kinda missed truly appreciating this era: peak oldies before the British Invasion of Beatles, Stones, etc.
joyful rock n roll, pop, dance
it's just fun
"Here's a man in evening clothes. How he got here, I don't know. But man, you outta seem him go: twistin the night away!"
This week's favs
Beachwood 4-5789 — The Marvelettes
Twistin' the Night Away – Sam Cooke
Where Have All the Flowers Gone — The Kingston Trio
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do — Neil Sedaka
Duke of Earl — Gene Chandler
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@mattshawsome
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Here's a couple gems
What a Fool Believes by Aretha Franklin All I Do Is Think of You by Troop Being Alive by Barbra Streisand Pure Imagination by Lou Rawls This Woman's Work by Maxwell Waters of March by John Roseboro, Mei Semones
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@willdinola
Feb 16, 2024
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ended up doing a lot of fun random research related to this (which i loved)
Firstly, Nina Simone is the Queen of Covers:
• Do what you gotta do - Nina Simone (researching for this question I just found out here isn’t the original and that’s insane. That’s actually insane. Jimmy Webb original? Flop.)
• Stars (Live Vine St. Bar & Grill/1987) - Nina Simone
• Here comes the sun - Nina Simone 
• The closer I get to you - Beyoncé, Luther Vandross
• How can you mend a broken heart - Al green 
• Can’t take my eyes off of you - Lauryn Hill
• Killing me softly - Lauryn hill, Fugees
 • Killing me softly - Roberta Flack (a cover fr?!)
• After you - Roberta Flack (gagged again)
• Will you still love me tomorrow - Carole King
• Life on mars - Aurora (girls hbo soundtrack)
• Iron man - The Cardigans
• Sabbath Bloody Sunday - The Cardigans
• The first time I ever saw your face - the temptations 
• Sarah Smile - Boys II Men
• Moon River - Frank Ocean
• Blue velvet - Lana Del Rey
• Doin time - Lana Del Rey
• Across the universe - Fiona Apple
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Flower cookies!
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I made them recently and they turned out quite well- I used a ‘no spread’ sugar cookie recipe and gel food colouring 💓
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I tried so many different branded hair masks and nothing has worked as well for me as just pure coconut oil. I buy a big tub of cold pressed 100% pure coconut oil and apply a generous amount all over my scalp (about 2 tbsp), leave it for as long as possible (if i have no where to go I put a little cap on and leave it all day), then work shampoo into my hair dry (oil doesn’t mix well with water) then wash out and condition. it leaves my hair feeling so nourished and clean!
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JUNK JOURNAL SCRAPBOOK CRAFT
Paper-based activities bring me back to my childhood, if I’m feeling extra-nostalgic I’ll sit on the floor and craft with all my journaling supplies spread about me. It satiates something in me, to use my hands to create; my life ask less and less for dexterity, and requires less and less sitting on the floor all afternoon- it is meditative <3
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