It’s my birthday today and I would love nothing more if you send me a video that made you laugh or a song that you can’t stop listening to. If you send me the same song you sent in a previous year, we need to get you a new song!
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Highly Recommended

Gerry Read, DJ Koze · Highly Recommended · Song · 2024

Spotify
@linse oh no lmao (thank you!)
@demarko happy birthday dannel!! how about an old vine, does that work https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2tkfHqe/
TikTok - Make Your Day

@beep hell yeah, I wish everybody had their archive of Vine likes like I do
@demarko Happy birthday! This song came into my life recently when KEXP played it in response to a listener who requested a song with bagpipes. So good. https://open.spotify.com/track/5KE5Inz4uZKGb2EzETaOEe?si=wHhUJPf2QjWPazog5ylB2w
Blood And Butter

Caroline Polachek · Desire, I Want To Turn Into You · Song · 2023

Spotify
@brad oh fuck yes, it's also available on Bandcamp for purchase, which Caroline will see far more of a cut than with a Spotify listen :D https://carolinepolachek.bandcamp.com/track/blood-and-butter-2
Blood And Butter, by Caroline Polachek

from the album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You: Everasking Edition

Caroline Polachek
@brad she also performed this live on KEXP which they posted to YouTube! https://youtu.be/7XYyDsl14E4 it’s the first song in the set!
Caroline Polachek - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

YouTube
@demarko happy birthday! Here’s some Nigerian funk from the 70s I can’t stop listening to: https://youtu.be/27nCc2eiERM
William Onyeabor – Good Name (Official Video)

YouTube
@sufian oh this is some FUNK, I’ve heard Onyeabor before but I don't think I've heard this. Have you heard this album? https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/space-echo-the-mystery-behind-the-cosmic-sound-of-cabo-verde-finally-revealed-analog-africa-nr-20
Space Echo - The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed! (Analog Africa Nr. 20), by Analog Africa

15 track album

Analog Africa
@demarko awesome, William Onyeabor is a new discovery to me, his stuff is so pure, it’s great! I haven’t heard this, but the first track has got me MOVING, thanks!
@sufian I think I first heard his stuff on an episode of Afropop Worldwide https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide
Afropop Worldwide

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music

SoundCloud
@demarko oh this’ll be a fun rabbit hole to go down
@demarko Here’s a two hour stream of people playing Monster Rancher 2 that had me laughing out loud more than anything has in months https://youtu.be/_r98xU13JcY?si=m5J4_RyVHOYeyumA
Soft Style Monster Ranching

YouTube