the morning commute mixtape, vol.9

1 november 2024

can i be honest? i don’t think i love the title structure of these playlists. i mean, they can (and should) be listened to at any point in the day or night. setting them up as being “for the morning” is correct but also limiting. i listened through this week’s in the evening yesterday and had a wonderful hour. let’s liberate ourselves from time.

further, i know many people who do not have a commute. it’s 2024, work from home is a prominent fixture of Our American Lives. commuting is a relic, nevertheless i will one day be run down by a tesla. life has its inevitabilities.

so what is happening // what am i doing? nothing. except sharing how i’m feeling about this thing that i’m sharing. there will still be an hour of music at the agreed upon time in the agreed upon location, every week. but one day, it may end up with a different name. i was quick to settle on the title for these before, working from one jumping off point. so i’m going to rethink it for a little bit, see what i find out there.

in the meantime, an hour of music as you get started with your day, updated weekly…