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For some bizarre reason, I am unable to use bluetooth while charging my phone in my car. When I've just got to get some juice in my phone for one reason or another, I've been turning to FM radio as of late to fufill my vehicular auditory needs. The radio has been hittinggg, specifically the easy listening radio stations. You focus on the music more because you're not in control of your musical intake, you either stay on the channel or find another one. I'd never appreciated easy listening like I do now. It's exactly that, *easy* listening. Puts me at ease. Removes me from the bullshit of my day to day life. And I'm appreciating the effort and expertise that go into creating a catchy, ear worm of a song. Bonus of listening to easy listening radio: you'll be surprised by how broad of an umbrella "easy listening" is stylistically.
Mar 4, 2024
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It’s always sing-along hits only. I love the chaos of audio only ads. I love it when the DJs do prank calls and giveaways. I love the local news. So many people get the duties of aux control wrong, and it’s always better vibes to give up control of the soundtrack and listen to what everyone else is listening to. Listening to ads is fun and also cultivates patience. Even if you have to switch stations there is always something good somewhere to tune into. Enough with the aux.
Feb 9, 2024
Recently, my car's aux finally broke for good, so while I wait to replace it, I've been listening to my local alternative radio station. The traffic report is super helpful and I love my DJs!! Like, these are people in my community that have been on the air for at least 10+ years and I love that I can trust them. Sometimes I'll tune in and it's really not my thing but then the next song is so near and dear to my heart. Maybe it's because my friend's mom would pick us up either blasting Kendrick's DAMN or 92 The ZEW, but it's such a nice nostalgic feeling for me. It's crazy to tune into the radio and hear the same voice introduce the same song that I heard ten years ago with my bestie. So try pausing your playlist and let the DJs guide you next time you buckle up.
Jan 3, 2025
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- less decision making
- pushes you to hear something different
- it’s live so you get to hear people talk it’s cute you feel like you’re with them
- curated vibe for the time of day
- but also love trying radio stations from around the world (try the app radio garden, an 85 year old at my job showed it to me)
Feb 10, 2024
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More like personal dietary negligence on my end and less like a legitimate recommendation, eating fruit everyday has improved my life significantly since making a concerted effort to make fruit happen on the daily. So so good.
Mar 30, 2024
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travis barker is a cool (although corny and played out these days, well tbh the whole band is), but prior to travis the band had scott raynor on drums, till like 98 or something? Those early yrs had a grittier, immature, honestly more juvenile sound that I find more compelling if i'm looking to put that sort of music on. more effectively transports me back to a socal 90s youth that I didn't experience - but feel vicariously.
Jan 27, 2024
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I did this yesterday. It felt amazing. So thoroughly rejuvenating. Felt my body gain strength by the second.
Feb 9, 2024