walk a mile just to move an inch now

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I think I was posting on tumblr when I had my music platforms crash out several months ago. To recap, I had to take an upgrade and iTunes was like 'hey, you can no longer access these songs you literally bought from us, so sorry' and then for streaming I was using Amazon Music which has been going through steady enshittification (inability to skip songs, constant shuffle mode so you can't even select the song you want, ads, etc). So I dropped Amazon and I have gone back to my roots with CDs (supplemented by Hoopla, shout out to the public library system). Huge personal win for me a couple weeks ago when I found the exact Third Eye Blind CD that I had the case for but lost the actual disc at a book sale for 50 cents! Also got a classic 3 Doors Down CD with iconic Kryptonite and it reminded me how partial I am to Duck and Run too.

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Anyway, I've been listening to some good albums and would love some new recs! These are ones I'd consider high energy that I've been listening to for motivation at the gym.
~EVERYONE'S A STAR! - 5 Seconds of Summer
~Chapter 1: Singles Collection - Peach PRC
~Give Me The Future - Bastille
~Love, Drugs & Misery - Eva Under Fire

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In TV this week, I watched The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (season 1). As is typical of me, I saw some trailers for this and was like nah, but then I saw a gifset on tumblr and I was like okay, now I'm interested. It's a fun, low stakes mockumentary-type sitcom with a good ensemble and I enjoyed it a lot!

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[goodbyebird]

I highly recommend IDLES for some high energy tunes.

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I will check them out, thanks! :)

[mific]

I've given up on other platforms and now just save playlists on Youtube - I don't have a clever enough ear to be bothered by any loss of audio quality from CDs. Will take a look and see which ones are highish energy, and link you!

[mific]

Some of these are more medium energy I think! Anyway, there might be one or two you don't already know. A mix, with different styles. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMxbhq9rETx2Oc8zDVYIAOY0APzsTyN8r&si=XufI_OSa5y_UcHkx

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I feel like every platform is just purposefully built to be Bad at this point :( Thanks for the mix. Oh, I see Imagine Dragons! I've been listening to them too!