Hemotep
Well-Known Member
For the new folks and the old. Welcome to April's challenge. Spin a record based on each daily prompt below for the month. Try to play something different than the others, but play whatever you've got. I'll see you in the threads.
"[N]o man who comes to die stands upon the peak which lies in infinity. Abraham, or some peasant of the past, died 'old and satiated with life' because he stood in the organic cycle of life; because his life, in terms of its meaning and on the eve of his days, had given to him what life had to offer; because for him there remained no puzzles he might wish to solve; and therefore he could have had 'enough' of life. Whereas civilized man, placed in the midst of the continuous enrichment of culture by ideas, knowledge, and problems, may become 'tired of life' but not 'satiated with life.' He catches only the most minute part of what the life of the spirit brings forth ever anew, and what he seizes is always something provisional and not definitive, and therefore death for him is a meaningless occurrence. And because death is meaningless, civilized life as such is meaningless; by its very 'progressiveness' it gives death the imprint of meaninglessness." - Max Weber
April 1 - On this day in 1984, Marvin Gaye was murdered. Play something by someone who was murdered, an album about murder, or a soul record.
April 2 - On this day in 1998, Robert Pilatus (of Milli Vanilli fame) died from an overdose. Play an album that has a song that was called out for plagiarism, something by someone who died of an overdose, or a dance album.
April 3 - On this day in 1990, Sarah Vaughan died of lung cancer. Play a vocal jazz album, something by someone who died of cancer, or an album by someone who has played at the Apollo Theater.
April 4 - On this day in 1964, The Beatles held the top five spots on the Billboard Hot 100. Play an album by The Beatles, by a Beatle, or something that made it into one of the top five spots of the Billboard Hot 100.
April 5 - On this day in 1994, Kurt Cobain died by suicide. Play an album by a grunge* band, play an album by someone who committed suicide, or play an album by someone who appeared on MTV unplugged.
*or whatever @Lee Newman calls it
April 6 - On this day in 1960, Warren Haynes was born. Play a southern rock, country rock, or jam band album.
April 7 - On this day in 2020, John Prine died of COVID. Play a country-folk/Americana album or an album that was specifically made as a pandemic album.
April 8 - Buddha's Birthday. Play an album by a musician who is/was Buddhist/influenced by Buddhism, or played at one of the Tibetan Freedom Concerts.
April 9 - Rebirth. Play the album you would want to be playing during your birth in the soundtrack to your life, if you got to go around again.
April 10 - Be Kind To Your Inner Child. Play the album you would give to yourself as a child or that you want to share with your child.
April 11 - Teenage Angst. Play an album that you listened to as a teenager that gave you the feels.
April 12 - First Loves. Play an album that you would want to be playing in the background if you could fall in love (even if unreciprocated) for the first time as a teenager all over again.
April 13 - First Heartbreak. Play an album that you would give to your heartbroken teenaged self after getting dumped/rejected.
April 14 - First Job. Either play the album you first bought with your own money, or an album that reminds you of your first job.
April 15 - First Car. Either play an album that mentions cars/transportation, or an album you would blast when driving your first car.
April 16 - College. Play an album that you either first heard on a college radio station, or that you think all college students should be forced to listen to today.
April 17 - Hookup Culture. Play an album that has a great hookup/sexy time song on it.
April 18 - Hangovers. Play an album about alcohol, poor choices, or regrets.
April 19 - Working, but Poor. Play an album about being poor and/or working class.
April 20 - 420. Play an album to smoke a joint/bowl/bong/gravity bong to.
April 21 - Gateway Drugs: Shrooms. Play an album that either reminds you of nature, that you have tripped shrooms to, or that you'd play as a trip sitter for someone on shrooms.
April 22 - Gateway Drugs: Cocaine! Play an album that was made by a cokehead, that is about cocaine, or that reminds you of sleepless nights.
April 23 - Gateway Drugs: Heroin... Play an album that was made by a user, that is about heroin, or that you'd say is better than sex.
April 24 - Gateway Drugs: LSD. Play an album that is schizophrenic, that is about taking acid, or that was made by a fan of the rainbow road.
April 25 - You had to grow up. Play an album that feels like a mature statement by a musician who has developed and matured as they got older.
April 26 - Getting married. Play an album that you'd want to play at your wedding if you ever get married or if you were to go back and get married all over again.
April 27 - Midlife Crisis. Play an album by a musician who never grew up.
April 28 - We're getting older now. Play an album about growing old, or by a very old musician.
April 29 - Happy Death Day! Play an album about death or one that is about the future.
April 30 - It's Your Funeral. Funerals suck. I always thought I'd rather just force all my loved ones to listen to some albums I've preselected for them while they think about how great I was. Play the album you'd force your loved ones to listen to at your funeral.
Each day you play till the end of April you'll get a ticket for a drawing. Winner of the drawing will get a prize picked by yours truly.
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