In the Distance, Oblivious

June 2025

Our June episode features a little bit of a new format for us. It’s maybe less of a song by song description of our current playlist, and maybe more of a deeper dive into a few of those songs, with some talk about our musical interests in general. This month we break down a little about how the environment we listen to music in can impact the whole experience, and talk a little about or favorite ways and places to hear music.   Show notes from our June 2025 Podcast: Here’s our finished Spotify playlist for this month:     Instead of going song by song, here are a couple of our favorite videos of the songs we’re featuring this month:   Florence + The Machine – Mother   Man Man – Top Drawer   Hothouse Flowers – An Emotional Time   Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey for help in recording this month. OTHER THANKS. Theme music is from “Red…

May 2025

April showers bring eleven great songs for May! Some fun collaborations, some new artists, some returning friends. One artist we’ve seen live recently, lots more we wish we could see. Come along and listen with us…   Show notes from our May 2025 Spotify Podcast: We started with Phoebe’s ten submissions and Al’s ten submissions, We narrowed those submissions down and eventually ended up with these eleven songs…     Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics):   Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to 1792 Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey for help in recording this month. Theme music is from “Red Eye” by E’s Jammy Jams. On Top of It by Blue Dot Sessions. Golden Grass by Blue Dot Sessions. Trois Gnossiennes 3 by Blue Dot Sessions. Tarte Tatin by Blue Dot Sessions. Our Only Lark by Blue Dot Sessions. Dino De Deus by Blue Dot Sessions. Lahaina by Blue Dot Sessions. Dust Digger by Blue Dot Sessions. Tower of Mirrors by Blue Dot Sessions. Delicates…

April 2025

Our April playlist features some older and more established artists, as well as a number of second-time returnees. But don’t worry, there’s still plenty of new people that you probably haven’t heard of to spice things up. We’ll also talk about one of our favorite classic albums of the past.   Show notes from our April 2025 Spotify Podcast: We started with Al’s ten submissions and Phoebe’s ten submissions, We narrowed those submissions down and eventually ended up with these eleven songs…     Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics):   Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. During our show, we also talked about some other music that didn’t get included in our official, finished playlist. If you want to listen to some of that, you can check those out here. Please enjoy the 2021 New York Times article, “50 Reasons to Love Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue'” by Lindsay Zoladz, as well as the actual album itself: Joni Mitchell’s Blue. Thanks to Traveller Whiskey Blend #40 for help in…

March 2025

Maybe our favorite themed playlists are when we find what we call “unconventional covers”. Songs you might recognize, but presented in a new (and sometimes almost foreign?) way. We think this batch (our volume three of this format) is out best ever, and at least a few of these are huge improvements on the originals. All eleven are fun and interesting takes on songs you might already know.   Show notes from our March 2025 Spotify Podcast: We started with Phoebe’s ten submissions and Al’s ten submissions, We narrowed those submissions down and eventually ended up with these eleven songs…     Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics):   Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. During our show, we also talked about lots of other things too: the original versions of these covers, some songs that didn’t quite make the cut this time, as well as some songs (covers and others) from previous playlists. You can check out all of those here. Thanks to Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight…

February 2025

Welome to (unplanned) Alumni Month here in ItD,O Land. Al sort of intentionally made all his submissions former playlist faves, but it turns out that all eleven of our songs this month are from artists who have been in our playlist before. It’s a theme… without really intending to be a theme. Plus, we’re attempting to learn how to use some new microphones this month (ahhh, technology!), so hopefully we sound a little better, while remaining true to our uncompromisingly unprofessional standards!   Show notes from our February 2025 Spotify Podcast: We started with Al’s ten submissions and Phoebe’s ten submissions, We narrowed those submissions down and eventually ended up with these eleven songs…     Song notes (Quotes are from song lyrics):   Both our Spotify playlist and our podcast are updated and released around the first of each month. We’re recorded monthly in the warm and cozy hug of the OML Studios in lovely downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey for help in recording this month. Theme music is from “Red Eye” by E’s Jammy Jams. TJ Elwood by Blue Dot Sessions. Country Butter by Blue Dot Sessions. La Naranja Borriana…