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I was listening to Taylor Bradshaw‘s music all afternoon yesterday. I listened to the CD I ordered from him, streamed the album and watched the concert film. The bonus track is a cover song called “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor” by Arctic Monkeys. Taylor Bradshaw is an independent folk musician from NYC. He doesn‘t have a record deal yet. I like all of his songs from the album but I think the cover song was my favorite.

#tuesdaytunes

I just found out that Linkin Park is dropping a new music video on Friday on their YouTube channel. It looks like it‘s another song off of their new album coming out in November.

#tuesdaytunes

For #tuesdaytunes, I spent my afternoon watching the MTV VMAs. I enjoyed it. I had it recorded on Fubo TV but it cut off towards the end before the last award was given out so I searched for it and streamed the last few minutes of it and I was able to finish watching it. I like watching the VMAs. It‘s usually a 3 hour show.

Yay! I ordered Taylor Bradshaw‘s new live album because I got early bird access to it. I‘m so excited. Now, I have a new album and a new concert film to look forward to as well as a bonus track. All I have to do is download and stream it. I‘ll be listening when I get a chance to. I ordered the deluxe edition of the album because it comes with more stuff. Taylor Bradshaw is an independent folk musician that I‘m supporting.

#tuesdaytunes

I‘m sharing this merch that I ordered from Taylor Bradshaw, an independent folk musician from NYC. He just made some new necklaces. One is a wildflower necklace with real wildflowers and the other is a Birch Leaf necklace made with real leaves. He hasn‘t been signed to a record label yet. I‘ve been supporting him for a while after I saw him advertising his music on Facebook and I feel really good about it.

#tuesdaytunes

I saw this on Facebook yesterday in my newsfeed and wanted to share it for #tuesdaytunes. I didn‘t know that Nirvana and RuPaul took a picture together.

#TuesdayTunes

I normally listen to instrumental music when reading. I have created a few playlists for specific books. One where the MC was a musician & each chapter title was a song. And one series that features a fictional band that discuss a lot of music. But I have more playlists for writing than reading.

I always have music playing & listen to a bit of everything. But my faves are grunge, punk, 90s rock, & show tunes.

I have something else to share for #tuesdaytunes. I just saw this article about Linkin Park. It says that Sum 41 broke up last year. I didn‘t even know they were still making music.

https://metaladdicts.com/is-sum-41s-deryck-whibley-the-new-linkin-park-singer-fa...

Since I‘m talking about music today, I was wondering last night if Slipknot ever made any concert films because I‘ve listened to the live albums that they‘ve released and I found 2 concert films that they did a long time ago on Amazon Prime Video. Yay! I‘m looking forward to watching these. I‘ve listened to the live albums so I know how they sound live but watching them will be different.

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I saw this template on my Instagram stories and decided to fill it out and it works for today since it‘s all about music. This was fun. My background I used is a Cross stitch image I did on my Cross Stitch app. The image definitely looks like it could be on a blanket or something.

#tuesdaytunes

#TLT @dabbe this week‘s favorites remind me of dancing with my mom as a kid, so many great memories of that.

@dabbe #TLT
Greatest songs of all time 101-200, I loved so many. Above remind me of college and my mom. Honorable mention Green Day, The Kinks and Alanis Morrisette.

#TLT @dabbe

Got 90 out of 100 this week. Possibly even higher - there are a couple songs I'm guessing I've heard but just don't recognize the names.

I have no idea how to pick my three favorites this time around, so I'll just say three that I've listened to most recently:

1. Ever Fallen in Love - The Buzzcocks
2. Master of Puppets - Metallica
3. Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones

Tag @RaeLovesToRead @CBee @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm

#TLT @dabbe
This week‘s list is “The 500 Greatest Songs of all Time” 400-301 - all that classic and yacht rock is paying off lol! I may be the only person born in the 70‘s who had The Zombies in my Spotify‘s top 5 of the year for 2023. I love music and had a pretend DJ set up as a kid, I lived in the country and had to make my own fun 🎵 ❤️

#TLT @dabbe

79 out of 100. A little lower than last round but still pretty good.

Three favorites from this list:

1. I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
2. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
3. Personality Crisis - New York Dolls

Tag @RaeLovesToRead @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @Yuki_Onna @Ruthiella

I cleaned my bedroom yesterday from 1-3 PM. I downloaded the iHeartRadio app to my TV and found this radio station that I haven‘t listened to in a long time. I wanted some music on while I was cleaning. I had to move things out of my room in order to clean. The worst part about cleaning my room is moving stuff. It was dusty. I still haven‘t finished putting my room back together but at least it‘s clean now.

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My favorite radio station is my local radio station. It‘s 94.5 The Buzz in Houston. The song that I just listened to the last few minutes of on the website was Rx (Medicate) by Theory Of A Deadman. I like that song. I haven‘t listened to this station in a while but I know that I can ask Alexa to play the station on my Amazon Echo device. I asked her to play it before. She can play any radio station that you want.

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A whooping 9/100. Yes, just nine!

I listen to music, but apparently not to the top 100 on the list.

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

I found 2 more music templates on Instagram where you choose your favorite songs by artists. I‘ve only heard a few songs by Oasis and Lana Del Rey but I‘ve liked them so these are my favorite songs by them.

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I found these templates on Instagram for these artists and I chose my favorite songs by them. I struggled to choose songs I liked by BLACKPINK, Katy, Avril and Britney. I wanted to choose Thriller by Michael because I like that one but Instagram didn‘t have it. However, I liked the song I chose.

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I saw this template on Instagram and thought it would be fun to share it here. This is my favorite Linkin Park song. It‘s the first song that ever got me into Linkin Park. I heard my brother listening to them when he was a teenager and I was a little girl. I started listening to them after that. When I found out Chester (the lead singer) died, I started crying. I don‘t even listen to the music anymore because of it.

#tuesdaytunes

1. She‘s Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze

2. You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi

3. Under Pressure - Queen

I was born in 1990 so I didn‘t hear any 80‘s songs until later on but the 80‘s had a lot of good songs. I couldn‘t decide what was my favorite but I like these songs.

#threelistthursday

For #tuesdaytunes, I‘m sharing this playlist I found on Spotify one day when I was at the dog park with my dog. When I go to the dog park in my neighborhood, I let my dog off the leash and let her run around in there. Then, I put my earbuds in and start walking the path while listening to music and she walks with me. I‘ve been listening to this playlist when I‘m at the dog park with my dog. I like a lot of the songs so far.

#Midwintersolace

I forgot to post this one last week 😅
What's your go-to playlist to relax to?

My taste in music is as eclectic as my reading preferences. I do enjoy a bit of Fleet Foxes, James Blake or The XX to unwind to.

@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie @jenniferw88

📕 Rascal, kind of a childhood favorite and the author was local.
✍️ Rosamund Pike
🎥 Radio
🎤 Rainbow 🤘🏻 Red Hot Chili 🌶
🎵 Radar Love
#manicmonday #letterR @CBee

Today's book haul! I just started the Oliver Sacks one and I'm really enjoying it. 🤓📚

#20in4 wrap up

I read for 10h15m and finished 2 novellas. Got up to 75% in the tagged audiobook, 30% in my ebook and have only 100p left in my print book. So pretty good progress, and hopefully I'll finish all 3 of those before the end of the month.

Sleepy cat pic just cause #catsoflitsy

A small #20in4 update, but mostly an excuse to show off my new #audiostitching project. New-ish, this is almost 3 weeks of work. I'll be doing it for a while but I love it so that's ok.

I'm at 4h45m for the readathon so far. Definitely won't hit 20 hours but I've got 2 novellas finished, and up to 50% in the tagged audiobook.

It's #20in4 time again!

My goals are to hit 20 hours (who knows, maybe this time I'll make it) and finish 4 books. And make some good progress on my cross-stitch and the tagged audiobook.

Thanks @Andrew65!

I had a lot of fun with the music reading challenge so I thought I would try it again.

#NovelNovember #Challenge2021 #ImpulseRead

Wasn‘t really wanting music today so I did some #AudioCleaning. It wasn‘t on my TBR however, I‘ll try not to be too annoyed with myself for straying.

I found this to be extremely interesting, although I could have gone without so many plugs for Sacks‘ other bodies of work. A little heavy at times but overall a great read.

Leon Fleisher was the most daughter after teacher at the conservatory I attended. He was also quite funny. #piano #quotsysept20 @TK-421

It‘s easy to become eagerly engaged in the mysteries and discoveries that the brain holds, especially with Sacks‘ descriptive style.

John Lee narrates the audio book with a soothing cadence, bringing a melodic rhythm to Sacks‘ words.

Outdated phrasing is sort of expected with older works and this book has terms we would no longer use. Besides that it‘s a very accessible book and highly recommended.

I've been quiet on Litsy because my beautiful sister & niece were visiting from Florida for 3 weeks. They left last night & I'm feeling blue 😭 I didn't get to take part yesterday but I'm here today for #belowzer00s ! I spent good chunk of the early aughts up until 2006 in Winnipeg, Canada so lots of clubbing & gigs in my early 20s. Good times 💕 This is some of the music that was a big part of life: https://spoti.fi/30cnHtu @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

#Movember - Music: I like when there is a prompt about music in the photo challenges because listening to music is equally as important to me as reading books. I usually do the two together. I have a playlist on my iPod titled ‘Music for Reading.‘🎶 Reading penetrates to some deeper part of my brain when I‘m listening to music simultaneously. Oliver Sacks understood - music wields a power over the brain. I say music communicates with the soul.🎵