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Natural discovery is dead; long live curated content. As a creator myself, I should be raging against the curation machines of our time—Netflix and Spotify, among others—but it’s hard to deny the creature comforts they provide.
My take? Connoisseurs may very well find choices on certain platforms to be limited, but I don’t really feel it. Call me a plebe, call my taste pedestrian—whatever. I’ve never been this relaxed about how and where to find a new album, playlist, film or series to put on.
So relaxed, in fact, that it’s turned into a crutch of sorts. I spend hours, sometimes whole days, just puttering about while a random playlist or TV show is on in the background. The silver lining: When I look up and recognize that what’s currently playing is something I like, nine times out of ten I really, really like it.
Netflix
Netflix, in particular, as all but swallowed me whole. I’m not happy about the cancellations they seem to be making left and right—they’re always shows that I like!—but there are still good options there. Maybe I’ll finally finish The OA or what’s left of Sense8 after this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race is over.
This is good news for All That I Love, because that translates to more stuff to write about. I’ll get to it all… eventually. Allow me some time to go easy on myself. I haven’t written for just myself in a very long time.
Spotify
As an aside: I know I’ve been avoiding doing music reviews. Have actually just recently gone back to listening to music recreationally (and enjoying it). AmplifyPH left me with low key PTSD for years, but I think I’m finally all better now.
My artist page on Spotify—don’t know if anyone remembers this, but I also happen to make music, lol—is, at last, updated. I’ve got a great system of automated playlist updating going on, too. And there’s music blasting from some corner of my apartment practically every day. Right now I’m obsessed with Kehlani and Flume.
Does that mean that music reviews are incoming? Maybe. But don’t hold your breath. I’m taking baby steps here! Let me work my way up to music critiques by talking about other forms of media first.
Requests?
If you are, for any reason, interested in my take on a specific song, mixtape, album, etc.—just let me know. I may make an effort and possibly take a big step for you.
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