Introducing a new Late Summer playlist I call “Come to the Ocean.” Plus a new Quiet Time, a new Coffee and Keyboard, and the resurrection of Polka Dot Radio!
Read More: Come to the Ocean (and other playlists)Come to the Ocean (and other playlists)
Category: music
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 playlist:
| Polka Dot Radio, which features about a day and a half of tunes and rotates new music 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. |
NOTE: The playlists are embedded above for convenience, but I think you get the best listening experience from listening to them on “shuffle” at Spotify.
Happy listening! 🎶
Wake up in Your Happy Place
This is not going to be the summer any of us expected it to be, but we can still go to our happy places. Even if, for most of us, we literally can’t. Here’s a playlist for that feeling. And a bonus “pandemic playlist” that I forgot to share back in April.
Read More: Wake up in Your Happy PlaceSkee Ball at the Shore Volume 4
So. who is ready for another mix of 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s music, inspired by time spent in an arcade next to the Atlantic Ocean?
Read More: Skee Ball at the Shore Volume 4Two New Playlists!
November Mood
Well, it’s November, and usually by this time, I have either made a Fall playlist and listened to it ad nauseum for the last two months, or decided that I didn’t need a new one at all. It’s not like me to actually make a Fall playlist in November. Except this year, I did.
Read More: November MoodQuiet Time 13
Listen to the latest in the series: the Quiet Time 13 playlist on Spotify or on 8tracks – whichever you prefer! An hour of peaceful tunes for bedtime.
Read More: Quiet Time 13To the Sea
Quiet Time 12
There’s not very much to say about this twelfth collection of music for quiet time, aside from “more of the same” 😉
Read More: Quiet Time 12The Human Element
I have a new playlist to share! It contains 20 new-to-me tracks, and is pretty similar to most of my other non-themed playlists. If you like those, you’ll probably like this 🙂
Read More: The Human ElementCoffee and Keyboard 3
I cranked out a new volume of my Coffee and Keyboard series this weekend. C&K playlists are 2 hours long, and feature upbeat instrumentals in a variety of styles. The idea is to help you focus without putting you to sleep.
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