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As a Part 2 or companion to my Year in Awards in music I have something else I do that wasn’t talked about on the podcast. At the end of every month I list out three songs that were my favorites, from three different artists. This ends up being a very cool visual for all the different artists, styles, and genres of music that I listened to all year. Here are the songs from each month in…

I started doing this in 2014. I’ve added new categories every couple of years. I like to look back on what I’ve listened too. For example, it’s fun for me to see what I was listening to in July of 2017. Most times it helps me remember what was happening during that time. It started as just music. When we started the podcast I knew we could really expand to other areas of entertainment. We felt…

As talked about on Episode Ninety-Two of the IfWeCanJustSay podcast, here are Jessica’s favorite Music/Movies/TV and other goodies. Please let us know if she missed anything. Listen in to find out why she picked what she picked! #ifwecanjustsay #ourfirstpodcast #thankyou #weappreciateourlisteners #family #iwcjs #albumanniversaries #ogleawards #merrychristmas #dierksbentley #jordandavis #family…

I remember hearing this for the first time shortly after it came out in 2002.  I had never heard of Dashboard Confessional.  The genre of Emo was starting to take over the airwaves.  Emo is a derivative of punk rock, characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics.  It had been around since the mid ‘80’s…..but not like this…in the mainstream. Dashboard Confessional, aka ‘Dashboard’ or ‘DC’…

Anyone that knows me, knows I struggle with John Mayer.  I am not a fan of the persona he puts in the media or the media puts in the media……..chicken and the egg.  But in the vein of using these blog album reviews to broaden our musical horizons, I decided to listen to John Mayer of my own accord and not just through many hours of osmosis via my husband. I cannot deny this man is brilliant on…

It was Friday, the date 4/4/2014, and I was sitting in the theater to see the second Captain America Movie, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”.. Steve Rogers had been frozen in ice since sometime during World War II. He was trying to acclimate to the modern world. He had a pocket notebook with a list of things to catch up on. Upon meeting Sam Wilson, he gets the recommendation Marvin Gaye:…

Keeping in the album review theme with me, this takes me back.  I mean all the way back to a learners permit, wide leg jeans, a chain on the wallet in my back pocket, and high school.  What a time!   This album came out in 1994 and I’ve been listening to it ever since.  It’s one of my favorites.  That grunge rock, heavily soaked with feeling and sound.  The kind that transports the listener. …

Listening to Incubus takes me back.  I haven’t taken the time with this alt rock genre in a long time.  And in fact I’ve never listened to “Light Grenades”, an album that came out in 2006.  Taking it in now makes me feel like Jessica from 2006.  My late teens and early twenties were saturated with this type of music.  It’s all I listened to, and I’m sorry I missed out on this album.  Below is my…