Project 86: ‘Omni Pt. 1 & Pt. 2’

“86 = to remove, reject or separate.  Project 86 = ‘We are going to stick to our motivations, accepted or rejected.’” – Andrew Schwab (Lead Singer of Project 86) I found that quote on a forum Q&A chat that he did many years ago.  I first heard Project 86 in 2001.  I had just moved to Michigan and everything was new.  And with the new, came new music.  Project 86 already had two albums out by…

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Weezer: ‘OK Human’

I have always liked Weezer. Their radio hits grabbed me, they were fun, I enjoyed the catchy beets and eccentric vibe they put out. They have a million albums but I had never fully listened to one. So was I a Weezer fan? I suppose that’s debatable. I’d have answered you with “eh, yea they’re alright, I like them”. And called it a day. And then I heard the soft intro swell into the strings of the…

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2023 Monthly Music Picks from Stephen

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…

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2023 End of Year Awards (Stephen)

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…

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2023 End of the Year Awards (Jessica)

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…

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Dashboard Confessional: ‘MTV Unplugged 2.0 CD/DVD’

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’…

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John Mayer: “The Village Sessions”

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…

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Marvin Gaye: ‘Trouble Man Soundtrack’

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:…

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Bush: ‘Sixteen Stone’

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. …

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Incubus: “Light Grenades”

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…

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Qveen Herby: ‘Ep 2’

Amy Renee Heidemann Noonan, stage name Qveen Herby (pronounced Queen.)  She started out doing covers of songs in the pop duo Karmin (with her now husband) and releasing them on Youtube.  Very quickly, it was obvious that she has a powerhouse voice.  Soon she got noticed for a cover of the 2011 Chris Brown song ‘Look at Me Now’.   The fun part about the song is that rapper Busta Rhymes has a very…

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Cat Stevens: Tea For the Tillerman

This album, for me, is bittersweet nostalgia.  I have always been a fan of Cat Stevens.  I get it, and many other things, from my mom.  When I moved into my first apartment I got very into vinyl.  It wasn’t like what it is now, it was truly a niche hobby.  People thought it was crazy.  Now most of those same people have ruined the beautiful niche part of it.  But I digress. My mom bought me this…

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Sixpence None The Richer: “Sixpence None The Richer”

This album is mainly known for the song ‘Kiss Me.’ That song is so catchy and happy sounding. If you’ve been to a grocery store since August of ’98, then I’m sure that you’ve heard it a time or two. While that song blew up, with the help of the movie ‘She’s All That’ and the TV show ‘Dawson’s Creek’, the album itself was released on Nov 22nd of 1997. I, like many of you, had probably never heard…

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The Chariot: “Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, and Nothing Is Bleeding”

It was July 2004 and it was HOT. I had been at Cornerstone Fest for 3 days already and it hadn’t rained once. The ground was dry and dust was everywhere. I was walking alone on one of the many man made dirt roads for walking and golf cart traffic to go down. I was looking down at my map of the festival grounds and trying to find a band to go see. This was inbetween what was already a day filled…

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Chris Stapleton: ‘Higher’

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🎉new episode up!🎉

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