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Kind of a slow month, not surprisingly. My friend Arun gave me a birthday gift of a lot of music, and while I'm super selective about what I add into my collection, it's been nice skimming through and finding some real gems.

Super goofy but fun 5 star song!

★ ★ ★ ★	Watch the World Ben Cocks	Kind of sweet indie song. From a "Farming Simulator" trailer video.
★ ★ ★ ★	Ieva's Polka, Ievan Polkka Loituma	Such charming and unintelligible (to me) a cappella! from Arun's collection.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★	The Squat Song SQUAT TEAM	Super goofy song promoting squatting... but so funky! Albeit in a very polished way. Been on my "find an mp3 list" for a long while.
★ ★ ★ ★	Mississippi Goddam (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964) Nina Simone	Racism protest song. Not that there's any reason for Boston to feel smug. Beyonce's Homecoming video introduced me to Simone in general.
★ ★ ★ ★	Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime Beck	Really melancholy song, especially in the context of the movie. Recently saw a film series version of my favorite movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
	Paradise John Prine	Folksy. Prine wasn't much on my radar before his death, heard this was a campfire song in some parts.
★ ★ ★ ★	Chameleon Rebirth Jazz Band	Interesting that this one doesn't have the classic bassline. Also, not the version I'm listening to, but this longer version adds the lyric "Oh Lord Oh Lord, Tell Me What Did I Do Now" which is less square than "Herbie Hancock Curiosity is Good" I came up with to try and keep my band in time. from The Street Brass Podcast
★ ★ ★ ★	Bad Education Tilly And The Wall	I love shouty women singing. from Arun's collection.
	James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-version) Moby	Nice James Bond theme cover, always love songs that play w/ the big brass. from Arun's collection.
★ ★ ★ ★	Let's Get Lost Cyrille Aimée	Sweet French and Bouncy from Arun's collection.
	Rich Girl (Remastered) Daryl Hall & John Oates	Hall + Oates were kind of under my radar. Man, I wish I had some old man's money like that. My friend Sophie posted the Hall and Oates Emergency Hotline: 719-26-OATES
	Boyz-N-The-Hood Eazy-E	Nice old schol hiphop. Melissa pulled up a classic hiphop Spotify playlist.
	Distant Pyramids Sight of Wonders	Kinda cornily "middle eastern" from this infographic animation on oil production
	For Her Fiona Apple	Oof. I wanted to skim through the knew Fiona Apple album, I picked this one for the percussion, but man are the lyrics tough. Just making the rounds as a bit of Quarantine time art.