This is my longest mix ever. (Not my latest, though...by a day!) I kept trying to cut songs, because some of them aren’t crazy stand out ones, but I’ve been really liking all of them together. So, I kept it long, and maybe a little messy. Like my son’s hair, despite my mother’s visible disdain on Zoom. And some may be happy and/or shocked to hear not one indie folk song or hint of twang. Barely a duet in there. But a lot of Brits, which might be a pleasant accent and departure from my usual. I spent the last month and a half rereading my favorite book, Lonesome Dove, the near 900 page western about a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, so my fill of cowboy was had there. Musically, I veered. Been listening to a lot of new, British, R&B-influenced, predominantly black artists, and this is the end result. It’s on the slower side, but with good energy. Like a mid-day, cbd-infused, light roast with extra foam sculpted into two swans kissing. I keep imagining that this is what I’ll play during the cocktail hour of my first dinner party post-pandemic, or at least post-vaccination. In the meantime, I’ll just keep listening to it while making my kids their fifth pbj of the day.

(Vaccine art by Marlowe)

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