It’s always hard for me to write the first post after a long break. I usually feel some pressure to make it awesome. Often I’ve compiled a few eloquent posts in my head by now, but committing them to “paper” poses a challenge. So today I’m all about a fairly simple topic: some new playlists you might like, and the online tools I used to make them.
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I used to run an Internet radio station at Live365 called Polka Dot Radio. I gave that up in 2008 and since then, I’ve gotten my fix for music sharing by creating playlists, first at 8tracks, and now at Spotify.
The original radio station had a tagline of alt-folk, 1990's, and indie pop
, and for the most part, that is still a pretty good description of my musical taste. My current playlists are heavy on the alt-folk / indie pop / alternative sound, with a smattering of favorites from other decades peppered in there.
You can play all of my virtual mix tapes and get more details about them in the posts below. Or, just shuffle one of these two playlists.
Polka Dot Radio, which features a few days’ worth of tunes, spanning the stuff I was listening to in the late 80’s through to my current favorites. New music rotates in and out at the beginning of every month: | Polka Dot Radio Classic, which combines a bunch of the actual playlists that I used on the original radio station. This is a static playlist, and will not have any new music added to it: |
NOTE: I highly recommend listening to these playlists on Shuffle, otherwise you’ll get a lot of similar music clumped together. Shuffle will give you a better variety and more enjoyable listening experience.
Happy listening! 🎶
An Autumn Brew
It’s that time of year again, when I brew some coffee, or tea, or heat up some apple cider, and choose some songs to listen to ad nauseum while the leaves fall. Want to listen with me?
Read More: An Autumn BrewLet’s Go Somewhere…
We interrupt the “Lisa goes places and takes lots of pictures in digital and film” festivities to bring you a new Summer playlist: 24 tracks of upbeat mostly new music for your listening pleasure.
Read More: Let’s Go Somewhere…Crowded House in Concert
Scenes from an awesome Crowded House concert at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ.
Read More: Crowded House in ConcertWhat I do on Saturday
Thoughts about Steve Burns, Glen Phillips, spring playlists, and the things that go unsaid when you leave a yawning three-month chasm between blog posts.
Read More: What I do on SaturdayA Scone Recipe and an Early 90’s Playlist
I can highly recommend baking berry scones and playing music from the early 1990’s in a favorite old apron during your lunch hour. If you’d like to try it, too, you can have my recipe and my playlist. I’m keeping the apron, though 😜
Read More: A Scone Recipe and an Early 90’s PlaylistEverybody’s Growing Up: A Spring Playlist
This new Polka Dot Radio playlist touches on themes of Spring and Childhood, and is made up of folk, alternative, pop, and indie genres (as usual!)
Read More: Everybody’s Growing Up: A Spring PlaylistWinterglow, and Other Playlists
Window Box Chicken’s Favorite Songs for Autumn
If this playlist title and cover are any indication, chickens have very strong opinions about music. Take a listen and see if you agree 🐔😁
Read More: Window Box Chicken’s Favorite Songs for AutumnNew is the New Old, a Summer Playlist
New is the New Old: a Summer playlist from Polka Dot Radio, features several tracks that are pretty new but have a vintage vibe to them.
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