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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Listening to Plexamp  this morning, as per usual. On random, which is slightly less common, but I just want to discover a few gems from my library. Surprise me, Plex. &#xA;&#xA;It just brought up one of my favorite little board game soundtrack songs: Twist Your Mind.&#xA;!--more-- &#xA;Seriously, I love this song. It&#39;s as retro as it should be while still being interesting. It doesn&#39;t lean too far into the &#34;hahaha look how 80&#39;s I am&#34; vibe, so it stands on its own feet. The lyrics are nostalgic, slightly funny, and just all-around great. &#xA;&#xA;Give it a listen. Here&#39;s a Spotify player:&#xA;&#xA;iframe src=&#34;https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/5VNVXAZ9uStCsSaKktxptt&#34; width=&#34;300&#34; height=&#34;380&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allowtransparency=&#34;true&#34; allow=&#34;encrypted-media&#34;/iframe&#xA;&#xA;Or if you like Tidal better:&#xA;&#xA;div style=&#34;position: relative; padding-bottom: 100%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;&#34;iframe src=&#34;https://embed.tidal.com/tracks/76455606?layout=gridify&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allowfullscreen style=&#34;position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 1px; min-height: 100%; margin: 0 auto;&#34;/iframe/div&#xA;&#xA;I&#39;m Going to Graceland&#xA;&#xA;It&#39;s a rainy day here, and a nice day for nostalgia. My Plexamp random playlist seems somehow to know that, so it also chose some Paul Simon for me:&#xA;&#xA;Also yes, I&#39;m fully aware that attributing sentience and beneficence to my music player is pareidolia at its worst. Or at least most whimsical. But I can handle a little whimsy today. &#xA;&#xA;Anyway, here&#39;s Graceland, the song Paul Simon wrote about his short love affair with/marriage to Carrie Fisher. &#xA;&#xA;Spotify:&#xA;&#xA;iframe src=&#34;https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/51KKQAgYFoJHgVIuJWHdHb&#34; width=&#34;300&#34; height=&#34;380&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allowtransparency=&#34;true&#34; allow=&#34;encrypted-media&#34;/iframe&#xA;&#xA;Tidal:&#xA;&#xA;div style=&#34;position: relative; padding-bottom: 100%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;&#34;iframe src=&#34;https://embed.tidal.com/tracks/15421940?layout=gridify&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allowfullscreen style=&#34;position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 1px; min-height: 100%; margin: 0 auto;&#34;/iframe/div&#xA;&#xA;#Music #paredolia&#xA;&#xA;div class=&#34;notice&#34;pemI’m publishing this as part of 100 Days To Offload. You can join in yourself by visiting a href=&#34;https://100daystooffload.com&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;100 Days To Offload/a./em/p/div&#xA;&#xA;100DaysToOffload 64/100 &#xA;&#xA;div class=&#34;signature&#34;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts? Tell me about them!br/ a href=&#34;https://social.lol/@natedickson&#34;on Mastodon/a |del a href=&#34;https://thoughts.natedickson.com/a-farewell-to-twitter&#34;on Twitter/a/del| on Remark.as a href=&#34;https://remark.as/p/thoughts.natedickson.com/morning-music-selections&#34;Discuss.../a&#xD;&#xA;/div]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Listening to <a href="https://plexamp.com/" rel="nofollow">Plexamp</a>  this morning, as per usual. On random, which is slightly <em>less</em> common, but I just want to discover a few gems from my library. Surprise me, Plex.</p>

<p>It just brought up one of my favorite little <em>board game</em> soundtrack songs: <em>Twist Your Mind.</em>

Seriously, I love this song. It&#39;s as retro as it should be while still being interesting. It doesn&#39;t lean <em>too far</em> into the “hahaha look how 80&#39;s I am” vibe, so it stands on its own feet. The lyrics are nostalgic, slightly funny, and just all-around great.</p>

<p>Give it a listen. Here&#39;s a Spotify player:</p>

<iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/5VNVXAZ9uStCsSaKktxptt" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0"></iframe>

<p>Or if you like Tidal better:</p>

<div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 100%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;"><iframe src="https://embed.tidal.com/tracks/76455606?layout=gridify" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 1px; min-height: 100%; margin: 0 auto;"></iframe></div>

<h2 id="i-m-going-to-graceland" id="i-m-going-to-graceland">I&#39;m Going to Graceland</h2>

<p>It&#39;s a rainy day here, and a nice day for nostalgia. My Plexamp random playlist seems somehow to know that, so it also chose some Paul Simon for me:</p>

<p>Also yes, I&#39;m fully aware that attributing sentience and beneficence to my music player is <a href="https://www.wordnik.com/words/pareidolia" rel="nofollow">pareidolia</a> at its worst. Or at least most whimsical. But I can handle a little whimsy today.</p>

<p>Anyway, here&#39;s Graceland, the song Paul Simon wrote about his short love affair with/marriage to Carrie Fisher.</p>

<p>Spotify:</p>

<iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/51KKQAgYFoJHgVIuJWHdHb" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0"></iframe>

<p>Tidal:</p>

<div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 100%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;"><iframe src="https://embed.tidal.com/tracks/15421940?layout=gridify" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 1px; min-height: 100%; margin: 0 auto;"></iframe></div>

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