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Music connects to everything, and us to one another. In each article, Al or I focus on a piece of music that speaks to us in some way with a short essay and video.

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Music of the Day, 27 June 2026

A gentle rain woke me in the early hours of the morning—or maybe the radio station in my mind did. All I know is that when I was awake, I was hearing rain and two bits of lyrics, both centered on the same idea, were vying for attention.

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Music of the Day, 23 June 2026

Likely everyone reading this has already heard that music legend Clive Davis died yesterday. The AP’s obit provides a good rundown on his storied life. On reading the news, I knew I wanted to honor him, but reading his Wikipedia page confir...

10 days ago
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Music of the Day, 20 June 2026

Welllllllll, look who’s wearing the doofus hat today. It is I, because it has taken me about 48 hours to twig why my mental state has been cratering. A very painful anniversary is approaching—and this year it’s hitting really hard. What sho...

13 days ago
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Music of the Day, 18 June 2026

Oof. It’s turned into an unexpectedly challenging week for me, and I’m increasingly not handling it well. Fret not: I’m also running short on energy to do anything rash.

As my mind was working through these realizations a bit ago, a classi...

15 days ago
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Music of the Day, 15 June 2026

Today’s MotD has been dancing in and out of the shadows for several days now. When it began blaring on the radio station in my mind a few minutes ago, I knew its time to shine had come.

As I’ve observed/confessed several times in this spac...

18 days ago
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    Word wrangler, music lover, perpetually curious, former experimental/cognitive psychologist, secular humanist

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    Escapee from corporate America unbroken. Now a non-profit executive looking for good trouble, trying to build community, and writing about the journey. Columbiagreenehabitat.org

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