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50 to 50
50 days from yesterday I am to turn 50 years old, so to celebrate that I wanted to do a daily countdown of music (individual songs, actual eras, just plain old musicians/artists) because that’s kind of the story of my life, the way I love music: how it moves me, guides me, calms me, and saves me.
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51 to 51
After December 21, 2015, I began to realize there were still so many songs I love, so naturally that led to this year’s 51 to 51. I feel like music is such a huge part of my day to day life (and it has been since the seventies) just as much as talking about or writing about myself is, for anyone willing to listen/read
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52 to 52
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53 to 53
I’m nothing if not traditional (or OCD. You choose.), and that said, I present to you my top 50-ish countdown of favorite songs, counting backwards to my birthday. In this case, my FIFTY-THIRD. Jesus Christ, am I fucking ancient as dirt. As always, and in spite of the ballad-heavy assortment this year, I hope you enjoy it and that you will chime in with your own memories, even if to make fun and be silly. That’s what’s it’s all for, finding the joy.
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54 to 54
It’s back and it’s HANGRY! Yep, it’s 54 days until my 54th birthday, so today begins my 54 to 54 countdown. Music is a huge part of my world, always has been, likely always will be, and every year I think I don’t have more favorite songs enough to fill another countdown, I prove me wrong
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55 to 55
You may have been keeping track of my yearly countdowns that started SIX YEARS AGO as a lark to count down to my fiftieth birthday, and if you are, I applaud, thank, and celebrate you! This year’s list will include songs by artists whom you’ve heard about perhaps multiple times in my lists. What can I say about that but that I am loyal and, since the first year was intended to be a one-and-done thing, I didn’t think I should just do retrospectives on the artists instead of trying to apple-pick favorites, which clearly is an impossible task for me. What you’ll also notice, as usual, is the list is ballad-heavy, with disco jangles and pop songs as typical runners up. I am nothing if not a predictable creature of habit. This, too, you also know if you’ve been reading my countdown blogs, and again I must thank you for finding me and my musical opinions even the least bit interesting.
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