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!

[spatz]

Oooh, yeah, my sister just lost access to a bunch of her music when she got a new phone, she was big mad about it! Luckily she had most of it as files on her computer, but yeah. I've already lost a few of my oldest ebooks to platform decay, so I've been diligent about having hard (er, digital) copies of music rather than streaming. I switched to using MusicBee for laptop and BlackPlayer for my Android phone. And I remember a bunch of people on Tumblr recommending Tidal to replace Spotify if you prefer streaming.

Lmk if you're looking for anything in particular! I've got at least two Third Eye Blind albums and lots of random stuff, mostly older.

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Hate platform decay and enshittification so much!! I've been digitizing my physical CDs although presumably someday that drive too will decay or corrupt. Feels like a horrible, inevitable loop but we persevere!

Tell me your older album recs! I've been rediscovering my 90s/00s era :)

[spatz]

Oooh, you know I can't resist a rec list! 😂

Hah, well, I spent most of my 90s childhood listening to the oldies radio station, but I was in bandom in the 00s, so I feel obligated to start there. The albums I still genuinely love and listen to often:
-The Hush Sound - Goodbye Blues
-MCR - The Black Parade & Danger Days
-Empires - Howl & Bang & Garage Hymns

and for gleefully poppy gyms songs, try:
-Panic! At The Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-Cobra Starship - Viva La Cobra (at the very least watch this)
-Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree

Uhhh, and then I opened my music folder and went with the ones that hit my nostalgia button hardest, even if they are a bit random:
Abigail Washburn - Song of the Traveling Daughter (cool folk banjo-Chinese fusion album)
Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence (so pretty)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl (strongly associated with Supernatural in my brain, for extra nostalgia)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (classic)
Dido - No Angel (deeply imbedded in my id)
Incubus - Make Yourself & Morning View (they were my first live concert!)
Kirsty MacColl - Tropical Brainstorm (immensely charming)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (could not be escaped for awhile but still good)
Lhasa de Sela - La Llorona (ugh gorgeous)
Lifehouse - No Name Face (I am fond)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (I'm a sucker for a jazz standard)
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (classic)
Santana - Supernatural (my mom was so smug when they got popular again, she pulled out her vinyl lol)
The Kills - Midnight Boom (though I did not listen to them until much later lol)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (classic)
LOTR soundtracks (the first CD I ever bought for myself!)

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Yes, rec list, thank you!! Oh my god, I was obsessed with the MCR Black Parade album. Also Fall Out Boy although I don't think I've listened to this specific album. I will have to check my library to see if they have it and some of these others :)

Legit, I was so excited to find my Third Eye Blind CD. I think they were my first concert. And now I am having a moment with all my old Matchbox 20.