2024 year in review: music
According to Spotify I listened to 15000 minutes of music across 534 artists. Not a bad ratio! I have completed my migration to streaming services. My external hard drive full of high bit-rate songs collects dust in a drawer. Nowadays listening to music mostly means listening on my car speakers when I drive to work, or listening on the speakers at work. I do get some dedicated listening time at home, but not as much as I used to. I'm definitely not an audiophile anymore. I remain a stubborn album-oriented listener. Singles do nothing for me; playlists are only good if they bring in some thematic or sonic unity. I made a playlist for my Monsterhearts game that succeeds on all counts, if you like angsty music. Best new (to me) music: a tie between Billie Eilish and Wussy. I had only heard of Billie Eilish through the song "bad guy", and I thought, ok, she's a half-decent rapper, that's it. But when I put on her album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (sic) ...