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A newsletter about the joys I find or create along the way, through music, through hiking, through learning to live life on life’s terms. One song at a time, one hike at a time, one day at a time...

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The Personal Mixtape #2: Emm as in Music

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  • Mark Nash

    Music Lover. Hiker. Seeker of Joy

  • Kevin Alexander

    I help people find their new favorite songs. I also do interviews, record reviews, and host a thriving community of music fans.

  • Emm as in Music

    Emm as in music maven and as in femme. Writer, cat person, baking enthusiast, practitioner of kindness, leftist, lover of obscure albums. In the words of Peter Gabriel, you'll have to take me just the way that you find me. Semper Femina, anti-AI.

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