With all this sitting at home lately, I've found a lot of time for YouTube videos to go along with my music. From live videos, to animation to movies soundtracks, each of the tracks below has some form of visual stimulation to go with it that I thought was cool. As always, the Spotify playlist … Continue reading steez you can hear vol. 41
First off, I hope everyone out there is doing well and is staying safe and healthy. This last week has been incredibly strange but it's amazing to see everyone banding together to try and bring down this virus! Social media can be a little much at times but I think in this case, it's been … Continue reading #quarantineweek
This week's playlist is dedicated to St. Patrick's Day and to one of my favorite Irish rock bands: Dropkick Murphys. While Patty's Day isn't quite the same this year; we can still celebrate Irish culture together by collectively cracking a cold one and throwing on the playlist below from our respective quarantined comfort zones. It … Continue reading steez you can hear vol. 40: Patty’s Day ’20
About one month ago I re-read Neil Gaiman's American fantasy epic, "American Gods." "AG" is one of my favorite fantasy novels to be set in America and it's also fairly unique in that aspect. Gaiman paints a vivid picture of the Midwest and his descriptions of roadside attractions and the sites and sounds you … Continue reading steez you can hear vol.39: American Gods
I was sitting in my backyard reading The Eye of the World completely lost in the words and the story. It was around midnight and it was pitch black except for my book light. The silence around me was deafening. The only sound that could heard was the slow turning of the pages brushing against my … Continue reading steez you can hear vol. 38
THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST IS INSPIRED BY HBO'S WATCHMEN TELEVISION SERIES. I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE ORIGINAL COMIC FROM 1985 AND THE HBO SERIES MORE THAN MET MY EXPECTATIONS. THE MUSIC IMPLEMENTED IN THE SHOW IS OUTSTANDING AND ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER FOR THE AUDIENCE TO THINK ABOUT. CHECK OUT THE PLAYLIST BELOW AND MY … Continue reading STEEZ YOU CAN HEAR VOL.37: HBO’S WATCHMEN
"Emo music" always seems to hit me a certain way. Sure, the lyrics are sometimes silly or overly dramatic but the feelings that the songs emote are real. This playlist represents a certain amount of nostalgia as these were all released at a certain time in my life ('02-'04). As an 8th grader going into … Continue reading steez you can hear vol.36: Emo Mix
Another week, another playlist... Most of these tracks I found through some sort of visual media (eg: instagram, film, Youtube etc.) this week so there's lots of bonus material to be had below the playlist and write up. Check it out... Playlist for the week of December 3, 2019: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1RK5GoK2NbEz171mDJi2tT?si=gKnO0XpYTR-Kn8aRwXRx2Q Stealin' by Uriah Heep: A … Continue reading steez you can hear vol.35
Last week I wasn't feeling like myself. I was getting sick, feeling anxious and just a little off. Part of it was a lack of basketball. When I play, it releases a tension within me that I need to let go of. With a longer break coming up during the holidays, it's going to be important for … Continue reading steez you can hear vol.34
Just some chunes for your head top this week... As always, playlist below and write-up to follow... Playlist for the week of November 18, 2019: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ln1HVUme0KSpshDH1tqyV?si=5ZJlDet5QJGno56x9rNbcg Write-up: Wrestlemania 20 by Westside Gunn f/ Anderson .Paak: A perfectly paced rap song with a perfectly placed Anderson .Paak chorus. This was the first Westside Gunn song I'd … Continue reading steez you can hear vol.33
