A playlist called "Order"
Begins with Morrissey (as all playlists should), and ends with K-Pop. In honor of my third kid.
Nothing memorializes a moment in time like music. I had the following songs on loop during the Summer of 2019, and got attached to a particular order that shuffled up one day. I’ve edited it now and again over the past few years, but it’s core has remained the same.
Besides just loving the tracks themselves, I think it’s the silence in between the songs that makes the playlist work so well for me. My ears need the time to rest and digest, especially with the songs being so different from one another. I still find myself delighted by what comes next, even though I already know! As Mozart once said, music is in the silence.
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