#monthly rotation playlist

[talonpaw]

i will be so happy to be RID of april. this month has felt eight years long… this past week has been at least three years 😭😭😭😭

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: August 26

“Pure Milk” by The Mountain Goats

[agentmmayy]

january & february rotation

i mostly listened to songs i’ve had on repeat last year these past few months, but here are some new ones i enjoyed!

love u already - fleurie: i haven’t met you yet but i love you already!!!!!!!! dreamy and wistful and so hopeful i love it 

one i wanna be with - trella: oh bop!!!!!!!!!!! this ENTIRE SONG just makes me so happy!!!!!!! it’s so full of love!!! every lyric hits but especially i can’t help but wish we met before we did

i know what love is - honeybee: this song is so mellow and sweet i adore it. i’m always a sucker for love songs like this. it jumped me right from the lyric you gave me your heart like you had it to spare. also i am obsessed with how this song mirrors the classic i wanna know what love is

i walked a mile in my room - miki ratsula: when i tell you i still haven’t recovered from this!!!! will you take me as i am will you love me still tomorrow? this song has me by the throat. still not even fully processed the TITLE jesus. 

california - lisa mitchell: this song is on a playlist @152glasslippers made me and it’s been stuck in my head for the past 2 months. obsessed with how in this song california isn’t just a place it’s a state of being and of mind. california is just a placeholder!!!! a name put to something unnamable so it can become tangible!!!!! the lyric that hit me the most was shadow weighs a ton bc wtf. it’s longing and hopeful and also at the same time foreboding? 

petals on the moon - wasia project: they had me at moon what can i say. it has such an infectious beat i want to skip along to it. this song makes me think of walking down a busy sidewalk during a cool windy day and people-watching and reflecting the entire journey until getting home. it’s whimsical. hand down favorite part is i feel like i can’t help but always feel so blue but in the end i know i must keep pulling through. it’s the epitome of i can’t go on, i’ll go on!!!

let go - stories, amelia mclean: this song is so gorgeous and gentle not only with the lulling chords but also the vocals and the continuous build up and release. 100% have cried to this a few times in the last month. it’s accepting and comforting and encouraging 

empty vessels - lilli furfaro: THE LYRICS IN THIS SONG ARE INSANE!!!!!!! i literally cannot wrap my head around it. it’s just so good. the entire concept of being empty and being filled up with love again and again only to pour it out again and again and repeat the cycle?????? not having a purpose or being used until that love comes along???? at least it means i’m useful now and then??? i was made to pout out all my insides??? i‘ve been sitting in your highest cupboard???? i was built to hold the weight of safety??? MY BELLY FILLED WITH RICH ANNOINTING OILS???? YOU SNAP ME BY THE NECK TO BREAK THE SEAL????? I AM CRAWLING ON THE CEILING!!!!! CHEWING ON DRYWALL!!!!! WAILING AND SCREAMING AND SHAKING!!!! this is another one of those crazy, destructive love songs that i eat up every time 

always & forever - lilly kershaw: the natural follow up to empty vessels. each lyric blew my mf mind but especially you said you’re gonna love me full and i said how could that be when i’ve never been whole and i’ve never been free. like????? 

antiques - holden laurence: god the desperation in this makes me want to claw my chest open and rip my heart out. the beat fucks in this jaunty rhythm that’s such a juxtaposition to the haunting lyrics and vocals. then the bridge?????? i promise to be strong i promise to believe in love that lingers on i’ll see you in my dreams. I’M CALLING THE POLICE. i have no ground to stand on for this opinion and not to blorbo this but i will. this is a tess/joel song. not only because of how apocalyptic this feels (which is a whole other discussion) but also meet me in the space between all the words unsaid when we could not speak meet me i’ll be waiting for you there. thanks for coming to my ted talk

the subway song - delacey: bawled my eyes out listening to this one for the first time whew babey! take me home i feel homesick i don’t know where i’m going too many faces but none i know and i’m alone. excuse me!!!!!

[m00nlight-ramblings]

BG3 Companion Modern AU Headcanons

These random thoughts popped into my mind and I had to write them down. I love these little weirdos, and some of them probably don't make sense but OH WELL.

Should I do a Part 2 with more companions?? Let me know - my inbox and requests are open!

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Astarion

This dude's got iPad kid energy - he loves to scroll Tiktok for hours.

He gets bi-weekly pedicures. And not the basic kind - the full on 1.5 hour long with the massage and the mask and the exfoliation.

His favorite holiday is Halloween. He plans his costume starting in August.

He'd be the type of person to be walking through a mall, see a Claire's, and spontaneously decide to get his ears pierced idk.

Is really into metal. Like, you'll come home and Metallica will be blasting and you walk into the bedroom and he's folding laundry and just like, "Oh, HELLO, Darling!" but will have to scream it over the volume in which he's listening to music

Will truly take an hour picking out the perfect wine to pair with your dinner...he's definitely a wine snob.

The cheapest article of clothing Astarion owns is from Banana Republic and it's an undershirt...everything else is ~*very fancy*~

Loves watching all types of vampire movies/TV shows. He can often be heard saying, "Oh no, they got that all wrong" under his breath.

He definitely reads like 1-2 books a week. He's recently really gotten in spicy smut books (he definitely got recommendations from BookTok).

For sure falls asleep to ASMR videos.

Gale

This man loves HGTV *queue Home Depot commercial music*

Has the most absolutely beautiful, clean home you've ever seen with about 30 bookcases CRAMMED with books. The books are the only disorganized thing in his home because he constantly is reading them, so alphabetizing them is useless.

Pinterest is his most used phone app. His boards are carefully curated. That man has a recipe/inspiration pic/quote for EVERYTHING.

Definitely volunteers at the animal shelter once a month. Often times has to talk himself out of bringing a cat home.

LUSH is his favorite store at the mall. He loves them bath bombs.

He THROWS DOWN at holiday parties...Christmas? Thanksgiving? The table is SET. The decorations are UP. He's wearing an APRON because he's been cooking ALL day. The playlist is PERFECT.

Speaking of holidays, he has matching pajama sets for everyone in the household. For every. Holiday.

Fall is absolutely his favorite season. "Sweetheart...have you ever watched 'When Harry Met Sally'? Perfect autumn movie...also I bought a new scarf today to go with my new peacoat. And mittens. And a new hat...it's getting cold outside."

He definitely has a Live. Laugh. Love. adjacent sign somewhere in his home

He definitely needs glasses to read. And he for sure has those librarian chains so that he can just take them off and they hang, instead of losing them.

Karlach

Absolutely loves to eat meals watching Youtube videos.

Imagine her in Times Square? She tears the M&M's store UP.

Is obsessed with documentaries. She often says things like "I can't believe there's so much stuff to LEARN out there!"

Definitely has a Squishmallow collection. And she rotates which one she sleeps with every night so they all get a chance.

Is absolutely the worst cook of all time but tries really really hard...however, she can make a mean boxed mac n' cheese.

Has an obsession with sugary cereal. There's always Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Fruity Pebbles in her cabinets.

Certified Switie for SURE.

Is really into astrology. Definitely has said, "Oh, you're just saying that because you're a SCORPIO" or the like many, many times.

Absolute Starbucks addiction (venti iced caramel macchiato, extra caramel).

Has monthly "girl's nights" (but everyone is invited) at her place. The rules are: pajamas only, junk food, romcoms, and a playlist of the best pop songs in the past 20 years.

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How'd y'all like it...should I make a part two with other companions?! Remember my inbox is open and I'm accepting requests!! I'd love to write some stuff so send it in!

[cadaverre]

green tea + pistachios + pinterest + making a new monthly playlist is my dream blunt rotation

[bluenews]

Welcome to THE BLUE NEWS, Blue Harbor's best ( and only! ) newspaper, circulating weekly; otherwise known as @blueharborhq's extras blog. Consider this post a short introduction to the blog and all of its upcoming features!

MONTHLY COLUMNS.

Every month, we will be posting a big update to keep all Blue Harbor residents in the know with what's going on in this small town! We'll be posting updates from the weather, to notable events, to local shop sales and more! Feel free to use this knowledge to spice up your IC threads.

ASK MEMES.

We all love a chance to further understand one another's characters. From time to time, we'll be hosting ask meme weekends, where muns are free to opt their characters in to be asked questions ( taken from a list which we will provide ) that they can answer IC. These weekends will be planned in advance, and specific instructions to opt in will be shared once the time arrives, so stay on the lookout!

RADIO PLAYLISTS.

Music brings people together! Thus, we've decided to share a short playlist with the group on a weekly to bi-weekly basis! We'll gather songs from your character blogs, the OOC Discord recommendations channel, our own personal favorites and etc. to keep everyone in the loop on what the town is listening to. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A SONG FEATURED, FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT VIA YOUR CHARACTER'S BLOG OR THE OOC DISCORD, OR YOU CAN SEND IT TO US VIA THE BLUE NEWS' SUBMIT BOX. These playlists will be short, so if you don't see your song featured one week, please look out for it the next! We promise to get to all shared songs eventually if a backlog occurs.

UPCOMING / IMPORTANT DATES.

Every event deserves to be celebrated in Blue Harbor! With this, we'll be highlighting important IC dates such as character birthdays, holidays, group events, the changing of the seasons, etc. Character birthdays in particular can also be found on the Blue News blog on the fifth link at any point in the year.

BREAKING NEWS.

Just like a real newspaper, The Blue News will be posting important news updates of town happenings! Whether admin created for plot-drops, or submitted by the paper's vigilant readers, no story is too small for Blue News!

FARMER'S MARKET.

Down at the farmer's market, the stalls rotate twice each week — Wednesday and Friday! CHECK THIS PAGE TO SEE THE CURRENT STALLS.

JOB LISTINGS / BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS.

There are businesses a-plenty in Blue Harbor, likely looking for new employees to fill their open positions and customers to keep the doors open. Here we'll be sharing occupation recommendations for new ( or existing ) characters, as well as highlighting businesses within town that may be having special sales in character. Feel free to use this information to spice up your threads! IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR CHARACTER'S BUSINESS TO BE FEATURED, PLEASE SEND IT TO US VIA THE BLUE NEWS' SUBMIT BOX! Please fill out the appropriate form, found here, and we will compile the post for you.

Any new features of this blog will be added ( and announced ) as time goes on. As with anything, member feedback is extremely appreciated & any comments or concerns can be directed to the main or either admin!

[digitalis-obscura]

tagged by @limbreaper (hiiiiii) to share ten songs i've been listening to lately. i just made a new monthly playlist so i think it has. exactly ten songs on it rn lmao. ft my commentary, because i'm bored waiting for my laundry to run, and i think my taste in music is fucking excellent

SHAKE by Thousand Below: new single, i am Looking to see if there's an album announcement coming because their last album wrecked me as a person

Spit You Out by The Anix (ft Daedric): idk this one's just vibey. my version of vibey tho

The Gates by ZHU and Zero 9:36: okay hear me out, the bass in this goes hard as fuck in my car and zero 9:36 is good

Afterthought by Silent Theory: another new single, again i am 👀 about a new album maybe (i need new music soon or im going to die)

NAIL5 by Wage War: sometimes you want a song that is just screaming. wage war has delivered. yet another new single. i've gotten so many singles this week but no fucking albums. please. this one is divisive even amongst fans of the band. because they're cowards

House On Sand by NOTHING MORE (ft I Prevail): single. nothing more is usually hit or miss but they have not been missing lately. album pwease 🥺

Don't Tell Me by Disturbed (ft. Ann Wilson from Heart): remember when everyone went apeshit about the disturbed cover of sound of silence? go listen to this song, it'll blow your fucking dick off. ann wilson marry me.

Cold By Dark Divine: actually i'm rotating this whole album, i tried to listen to it when it first came out but the stars were not in alignment for me to Get It. i get it now tho baby

How To Ruin Everything (Patience) by Bayside: idk this one was on my discovery playlist this week and it kinda fucks

oh that's only nine actually. honorable mention then to Creatures in Heaven by Glass Animals, it's not on my playlist because it's not my usual day to day music but glass animals fucks incredibly and this song is ruining my life

izzy you already tagged half my usual tags lmao, i'm tagging @voidofthestars @youreverydayghost @romanticslimecreature @voodoopunx

@maandarinee @iamjessemccartney @nebulousbeing and @annebonnydyke as well as anyone who wants to do it, feel free to say i tagged you

[deadthehype]

A collection of my favorite songs at the moment. Inspired by my weekly music rotation tag from last year and RNC Radio’s playlists.

This could be the start to having a monthly updated playlist. My laziness might kick in and this could be a one-and-done idea. Either way, fuck with me.

[msmargaretmurry]

tagged by @warmupbrawl to post my top 5 most listened songs lately. thanks for giving me a distraction during this hockey game!

anywhere with you — maggie rogers

been rotating blorbos to this one a LOT lately. it’s great for every blorbo-rotating situation: sitting on the train, strolling through the city, driving in the car (even cruising down 95, if u will) (sorry). i’m especially obsessed with the bridge (”would you tell me if i ever started holding you back? / would you talk me off the guard rail of my panic attack?”) — the whole song captures this feeling about being wildly in love and desperately anxious about that love and i just keep thinking about how i want to write something that feels like that.

december (again) — neck deep ft. mark hoppus

this one got randomly stuck in my head a few weeks ago so i threw it on my commuting playlist and i just keep coming back to it. first of all, it’s a bop, second of all, the lyric “i came out grieving, barely breathing, and you came out all right” makes me want breakup/makeup fic so bad.

dismantling summer — the wonder years

i have a normal amount of wonder years songs in rotation on my top tracks at any given moment. this one is getting the most play lately because it’s a summer jam and therefore goes with the great warm weather we’ve been having lately (this current weekend nontwithstanding) (when will the sun return from the war 😩) also obviously i have to get my greatest generation spins in before lpoefest in september.

handle me — muna

i listened to the muna album this is from a lot while writing head above water last year (GREAT album), and then someone commented on ao3 a while back saying that this song is a leon song in that fic, and so it’s been on my commuting playlist ever since, lmao.

born to be yours — kygo ft. imagine dragons

okay look. did i discover this song just because of this video? maybe. is it mildly embarrassing that i’ve listened to it incessantly for a year now? definitely. is it gonna be on my spotify wrapped again this year? yeah probably.

(i pulled this top five from my receiptify monthly report but i think it should be noted that i have spent most of this specific week listening to country music, and also listened to “the saga begins” by weird al like twelve times on friday, neither of which are choices i will be explaining.)

i am tagging: @hopetorun @bropunzeling @postoperation @vivathewilddog @slightly and anyone who wants to do this tbh, i love hearing about people’s music!!

[1892]

just listened to a bunch of three 6 mafia songs (tbf just their hits so far my bad) are there other artists should i listen to, do u have any specific albums i should listen to? ty ur music posts always make me wanna listen to whatever artist/album ur talking abt 😁

yes dude yes. i'm not the most familiar with memphis rap (three 6 mafia excluded i do love mystic stylez) i will elevator pitch these albums to you also. ALSO never be ashamed about liking the hits bc often they're hits for a reason imo

i will recommend u Three albums. and a playlist

1.

amerikkka's nightmare by spice 1...i got this on CD for christmas this year. perfect bay area project. one of my fav albums ever, it's premium gangstarap...g-funk infused. so creative & energetic & his flows are pretty forward thinking for 1994. it's his best album imo. if you want a specific song to start with i'd start with either bustas can't see me or strap on the side or murder ain't crazy. production is fucking phenomenal.

2.

wwcd by griselda. premium coke rap lol. the griselda guys' collaborative magnum opus imo. it's their only full album all three of them but they're all made collab albums with each other at one point or another. on this album they are all top of their game 100%. the only. only. critique i have of this album is them including eminem on a remix after the outro. just doesn't fit on the album at all imo. otherwise it's a 10.

3.

take cover, mafiosos. one of the single most underrated artists ever lol. like 100 monthly listeners on these guys, but they've made THIS album. it's near perfect. bitch made is a good place to start

and then the playlist i'm gonne recommend is:

the vibe – playlist i made for playing when i'm with ppl & have aux

march 24 – my current rotation

okay thanks for listening omg. <3

[talonpaw]

i know we’re already halfway into 2024, but i JUST realized i forgot to do this…

i’ve started creating monthly playlists— no specific genre, just compiling every single song i have on rotation during a particular month. helps to serve as a time capsule and a glimpse into my past self’s psyche.

and 2023 is the first time I’ve documented a full year of playlists! presenting…

my year in lists: 2023

(january 2023! a moody and downtrodden winter. lots of Carly Cosgrove, as they played a show with a local band that i’m fond of… also featuring AJJ’s Knife Man! that album always seems to pop back up in dark times…)

(february 2023! still gloomy, but a bit more upbeat, a little more angry! highlights include: Joyce Manor as i saw them open for PUP, and the new Paramore album! i also revisited Laurel Hell by Mitski this month…)

(march 2023! highlights include: new Gorillaz AND new 100 Gecs???? plus Gorillaz self-titled… was also in a midwest emo mood, with Pet Symmetry, Mom Jeans AND Slaughter Beach, Dog 😭)

(april 2023! this one’s a breakup playlist, but i’m not sure if you’d be able to tell just by looking at it… highlights include the Romance is Boring (Los Campesinos!) + Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (My Chemical Romance) combo…)

(may 2023! this one’s pretty sparse, i just moved back home…)

(june 2023! fun mix of pop and rock! you can tell that spiderverse came out this month 😭 was also listening to AJJ’s Disposable Everything from late May!)

(july 2023! this one’s just kinda Weird. i don’t think a single artist appears more than once. my camp counselor era…)

(august 2023! this month was also a Blur!)

(september 2023! this one was so short because i was mostly just listening to Beast Monster Thing (Love Isn’t Love Enough) by car seat headrest over and over and over and over and…)

(october 2023! the FNAF month! misc. indie, featuring some spooky songs as well)

(november 2023! THE big, stressful event! this one reflects my messy headspace at the time. featuring two songs from public void by Penelope Scott. this month also contained not one, but two miniature roadtrips with my future partner…)

(december 2023! no December playlist is complete without multiple songs from the Los Campesinos! Christmas EP.)

[the1975attheirverybest]

omg, and to like add to the previous ask i like need to know more about how and what matty listens to music. is he a monthly playlist kinda guy, mood-based playlist, just one big fuck off playlist with everything on, albums in full? i need to know!!! but also who is he listening to because obviously he had his emo phase and listened to a lot of UK garage music and ambient stuff like brian eno and obviously he's big on listening to the artists on dirty hit but I need more! and is he the kinda guy to have stuff on loop like both yesterday and today I've had god loves you by jpegmafia on repeat

i also just wanna like parasocialy share my music taste with him - 🐸

BESTIE YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACEEE!!!! When I tell you that I have EVERY. SINGLE. SONG/ALBUM/ARTIST HE HAS EVER MENTIONED documented, analyzed etc. it’s legitimately INSANE how much time I’ve spent on this and I think if anyone else found out, they would be kind of terrified. BUT, I promise it’s for good reasons, hahaha. Like, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE AND ADORE when he discusses his musical influences, why he likes what he likes, how he related to the American music culture in comparison to UK garage music, emo, and stuff he grew up on. Like all of that is so, so fascinating to me and helps to frame his artistry and put into context.

I think there are definitely classics that he has on rotation! Like My Bloody Valentine- Loveless; Tango in The Night- Fleetwood Mac. Voodoo- D’Angelo. BUT, based on his “songs from my life” highlights on insta, I think he’s also somewhat of a mood listener. Like, remember the Spotify playlists that are linked on the 1975 account? “At your heaviest”? Or the crazy long playlist he made to celebrate Biden being elected? He def makes special little playlists for specific moods and occasions. Maybe, like, “date night in” playlist of songs to play when cooking/ chilling/ having a date night at home. Def has music he listens to when making a new record. Whether for inspo, or because it resembles the sound that he’s going for, or because it puts him in a specific headspace.

And let us not forget!!! One of my favorite things about Matty is that he is, first and foremost, a fan!! He LOVES music and loves to talk about it and analyze it and consume new stuff. So, if The Arctic Monkeys or Phoebe Bridgers or someone he is a fan of puts out a new record, you best believe he’s streaming it, posting about it on Instagram, obsessing over his fav song, sharing it with the guys.

Like, do you remember that segment from Apple Music where he and Zane Lowe had this Instagram chat about “best rapper of all time” and Matty had divided his answer into 3 categories and was nerding out? He’s definitely get like that. Fastidiously making playlists based on extremely niche categories that only he finds obvious and intuitive and like getting into debates with friends about what belongs where….HES A TOTAL GEEK AND WE LOVE IT!!!

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Vox: Class of 96 1996 Britpop / Power Pop / Alternative Rock

Remember the era of the freebie CD, folks? Music magazines liked to pump these things out on about a monthly basis to be packaged with their own issues, and while we may not have fully appreciated them as they were being distributed to us at the time, in retrospect, they actually really serve as very important pieces of ephemera that, in totality, can authentically document what a whole part of a certain time period sounded like. I closed out last week's comp run with one of these things from UK music magazine Q, which provided a short list of what the publication had deemed as the best tracks in the UK for 1997, and this week, I'm kicking off with another one of these freebie CDs, from what was once one of Q's biggest competitors, the now-defunct Vox, which is obviously not to be confused with the liberal news site of the same name that's still very much around today.

But while that Q CD dealt with 1997, this Vox one tries to tackle 1996. And once again, although this comp isn't nearly as good as the Q one, it still nevertheless reinforces my opinion that the UK's alt rock landscape of this time period was of a *much* higher quality than the US's. Grunge had led the way throughout the early-to-mid-90s in America, but once it fell off, we were left with what was basically this empty void of nothingness, or as Thom Yorke once put it, 'fridge buzz.'

From the 1998 Radiohead tour doc, Meeting People Is Easy:

There's a line in "Karma Police" about 'he buzzes like a fridge.' And to me, when you're driving around in America and you have the alternative stations on in the background or in your hotel room or whatever; and it's just like a fridge buzzing. That's all I'm hearing. I'm just hearing buzz. It's really odd. It's kind of funny, though, really. You just have to laugh.

So, I really think where American alt rock radio programmers screwed up in the post-grunge era was when they collectively decided not to fully embrace Britpop. It could've been such a great, contrasting commercial successor to grunge, but instead we tried to replace it with Third Eye Blind and such. And not to throw too much shade on them, specifically, because "Semi-Charmed Life" is still, and will always be, the fucking jam, but 3eb is just not nearly in the same stratosphere as what so many Britpop bands were doing at the same time. Alt rock radio would give us glimpses of Britpop with some Radiohead, Oasis, and Blur singles, and to be clear, those three are really the royal triumvirate of the whole era, but there really was so much more to it than just some of those bands' songs and The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony."

And this Vox CD from 1996 offers up some of those bands that Americans are undoubtedly less familiar with, like Suede, Kula Shaker, and Ash, who were leagues better than pretty much every other alt rock radio group that got played in the US. Don't get me wrong, I very much love to wax nostalgic about the American 'fridge buzz' too, but this Britpop sound was just so much richer and more dynamic, overall, and it's a total shame that it didn't get a significantly larger chunk of the American alt-rock radio pie than it did, because I think we would've been much better off with having something like Suede's Bowie-channeled "Trash" in constant rotation—one of their most popular songs, but still never charted Stateside in any capacity—rather than, like, I don't know, the super dorky "Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me for Me)," by Blessid Union of Souls?

All in all, this CD honestly still isn't *that* great, and if compared with a generic American alt rock radio playlist from the same year, I still might prefer the American radio one instead. But that would really only be purely for nostalgic reasons, because when I take these rose-colored glasses off, even though some of the music on here definitely feels a bit clunky, it's still a whole lot more substantive than just about everything else that American alt rock radio was serving us up at the time. And that really just goes to show how drastically the programmers were missing the boat by back then, because second- and third-tier Britpop bands were, I think, inarguably, qualitatively outshining whatever American stuff was being put into the heaviest of rotation. And unfortunately, a whole lot of us ended up missing out on some *very good* Britpop tunes as a result of that decision-making 😔.

Highlights:

Suede - "Trash" Kula Shaker - "Smart Dogs" Ash - "Oh Yeah" Geneva - "No One Speaks" Super Furry Animals - "Hometown Unicorn"

[spinstrackingsystem]

Brooke Moriber’s “Nashville in New York” Set to Debut at The Bitter End

On Saturday January 13th at 6:30pm, join discerning music aficionados at the legendary The Bitter End on Bleecker Street in NYC for the inaugural installment of New York native and current Nashville resident Brooke Moriber’s new bi-monthly Songwriters in the Round series “Nashville in New York”.  Get tickets on The Bitter End’s website here. The former Broadway star and current Reviver Records Country music sensation will host and perform at this intimate acoustic storytellers style performance event; also featuring the talents of award winning songwriters Jeff Cohen and Kara DioGuardi, plus a special appearance by members of the 615 Collective – which includes tunesmiths Aaron Goodvin, Sarah Darling, Michael Logen and Nicole Witt. Brooke Moriber is a singer/songwriter who has paved an unconventional path for herself in Country music. After getting her start at a young age professionally as a native New Yorker performing on Broadway, Brooke turned to songwriting as a teenager to cope with losing her eyesight to a rare eye disease. When the disease went into remission after a difficult four years, Brooke began traveling to Nashville to tell her own stories. She went on to release her first single “Cry Like A Girl” independently in 2019, and later signed with Nashville’s Reviver Records. Praised for her “clarion voice” (Associated Press), Moriber’s music has been in rotation on many Music Choice channels and has been featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday Country playlist ( Read the full article

[newmusicweekly]

From New York to Nashville, Reviver Records Recording Artist Brooke Moriber Making Her Mark in Country Music

Born and bred NYC native and current Nashville resident Brooke Moriber is returning to her roots this winter for two special shows. First, the burgeoning young Country star will be playing on Thursday December 7th for the “Nash Meets Patch Honky-Tonk Showcase” presented by Planet Of Sound Promotions at 89 North in Patchogue, NY on Long Island.  Then after the new year, see Brooke perform as part of the new bi-monthly “Nashville in New York” Songwriters in the Round series, which will also feature Jeff Cohen, Kara DioGuardi and members of the 615 Collective including Sarah Darling, at the legendary The Bitter End on Bleeker Street in NYC on Saturday January 13th at 6:30pm. Brooke Moriber is a singer/songwriter and native New Yorker who has paved an unconventional path for herself in Country music. After getting her start at a young age professionally performing on Broadway, Brooke turned to songwriting as a teenager to cope with losing her eyesight to a rare eye disease. When the disease went into remission after a difficult four years, Brooke began traveling to Nashville to tell her own stories. Praised for her “clarion voice” (Associated Press), she went on to release her first single “Cry Like A Girl” independently in 2019, and later signed with Nashville’s Reviver Records.  Moriber’s music has been in rotation on many Music Choice channels and has been featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday Country and Country Christmas playlists (“Little Read the full article

[likeawildthing]

Maybe monthly? Bimonthly? Might be easier to start with a standalone book?

I miss fandom—interacting and celebrating art and making things our own. Like a mini fest but rotating material—Inclusivity is key!

Would love fantasy or romance, focus on authors of color, not necessarily mainstream works. Random thoughts—

Something with its own tag we can follow

Could do a regular Google meet or discord

Readalongs — a chapter a week?

Bloggable questions and prompts

Art, fics, gifs, rp, playlists, whatever! However you prefer to engage with literature is welcome.

Fic recs

Maybe a master list at the end of every month

if you fall in love with a book, you can hang out in that fandom space, but also new are materials introduced regularly

This is just a baby concept — open to input on genres, thoughts, pacing, book recs, interactivity ideas, tag name, interest, etc.

Does anyone want to do a book club?