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Logocentric (adj). Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics). Blogocentric (adj). A portmanteau of "blog" and "logocentric" devised by a word nerd with way too much time on his hands. Welcome to my regular Writing.com blog! Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, mostly found from the following: "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"  "Blog City Prompt Forum" "Blog Harbor" "JAFBG" "Take up Your Cross Blog Forum" |
 DAY 20 "F1" by Hans Zimmer (from F1: The Movie) Since my last entry was about speed, I guess we should get to the film score on my playlist that had the biggest impact on me. I've been following Formula 1 for over a year now (ever since I got really into Drive to Survive on Netflix), and this past 2025 season was the first one that I actually followed along with in real time. So I was thrilled when the long-awaited F1: The Movie was due to be released last year... and it did not disappoint. There were definitely things to critique and the film was far from perfect, but it was a blast to sit there and watch. Joseph Kosinski (the guy who also directed Top Gun: Maverick) knows how to make a kinetic, exciting movie and that's just what a movie about professional motor racing needs. You know what it also needs? A composer like Hans Zimmer who knows how to write themes that are absolute bangers, and "F1" is certainly no exception. This is a great, high-energy track that is right at home in the movie, and is something I can play in my office at home when I want to get motivated to get some work done. Just don't listen to it in the car because, as the top-rated comment on the YouTube video says, "Suddenly my Toyota Camry feels like a McLaren."  |
DAY 19 "Fast (Motion)" by Saweetie I honestly can't remember where I heard this song first (I think it was on a televisions show or in a movie), but it reminded me a lot of Megan Thee Stallion, where the beat of the music is catchy and the lyrics are just so over the top, you can't help but start bopping along with the track. This was probably one of my most listened-to rap songs last year, although I don't know how much that is saying because I didn't listen to a lot of rap in general last year. |
DAY 18 "Universe" by Rosa Linn I don't actually know anything about Rosa Linn; this song just popped up in a "Spotify recommends" playlist at some point in 2025 and I thought the song was catchy and added it into my regular rotation of songs. I really dig the chorus of this song and think she has a decent voice. After looking her up for this blog post, she is apparently Armenian and first rose to prominence during the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest (although she only placed 20th). But her performance did go viral and land her a recording contract, so that's how she was able to parlay that experience into making an EP and touring with Ed Sheeran for a bit. |
DAY 17 "Forget Me Too" by mgk feat. Halsey mgk is an artist that's grown on me over the past few years. I think that has a lot to do with the fact that, for the first part of his career, he was a rapper and then he dramatically changed his musical style to more of a pop/rock/punk aesthetic starting with his album Tickets to My Downfall in 2020. I've featured mgk songs on my playlists before, and I think they've all been from the post-2020 reinvention phase of his musical career. I've been listening to his newest album a lot (last year's Lost Americana), but nothing has hit me quite like Tickets to My Downfall which has a number of songs I listened to last year. I almost went with "My Bloody Valentine" or "No Cell Phones in Rehab," but this is the song I find myself returning to again and again because of its strong rock elements, and the way he and Halsey duet and alternate verses and play off each other so well. If you look close, you'll also catch Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker playing the drums in a fleeting scene of the music video below; Barker was actually a producer on this album and collaborated on developing mgk's new sound. And, honestly, it's kind of hard not to hear Barker's influence on his music after knowing that. |
DAY 16 "Like JENNIE" by JENNIE The thing I like about this song is the energy to it. It's very high-intensity and raw, and the choreography of the dancing in the video really reflect that. I also like her solo song "Mantra," but I listened to this song considerably more than that one last year, so I figured I should feature the one that most often popped up on my playlist. |
DAY 15 "How It's Done" by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami (from KPop Demon Hunters) This was the opening song of the movie, and after seeing it, I was immediately hooked. The animation style is reminiscent of other Sony Pictures Animation titles like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, but the content was just so unique. I can see why little girls flocked to this movie; the protagonists (Rumi, Mira, and Zoey) are all strong and funny. They kick butt and sing catchy songs. Up until this point, I hadn't had a ton of exposure with KPop music (outside of a passing familiarity with hit songs from the genre's biggest artists like BTS and Blackpink), but after this movie came out, I did a much deeper dive on the genre and gained an appreciation for its artistry and complexity. This is one of my favorite songs from the movie because it showcases a lot of that complexity with the speed and sophistication of the lyrics (both English and Korean). This was probably one of my favorite movies of last year for its originality and high production value. It's honestly tempting to put almost all the songs from the soundtrack on my playlist this year. |
DAY 14 "GOODBYE YESTERDAY" by ELEVATION RHYTHM The main verse from the song really resonates with me, almost like a mantra that you can repeat over and over again, as a reminder that today is a new day, and you have the opportunity to leave your past behind you. Goodbye, yesterday I'm livin' in the light of a new day I won't waste another minute in my old ways Praise the Lord, I've been born again The secondary verse from the song is also really catchy and a great reminder that God has done incalculable good in our lives and continues to give us something to celebrate. Again and again and again and again You rescued me out of the mess I was in You traded my sorrow for something to sing Now, I'm dancin' on the grave that I once lived in More than anything, this is just a feel-good songs that's lifted my spirits more than once this year. |
DAY 13 "Move Your Heart" by Maverick City Music (feat. UPPERROOM) Maverick City Music is a worship artist (it's actually a collective of artists) that's really made an impact in the Christian music space lately because of their lengthy, soulful songs, often done in partnership with other worship artists. In this case, the Atlanta-based Maverick City has joined with another collective of Christian artists out of Dallas, Texas called UPPERROOM (who I think have been featured in one of my prior year's playlists for "The Soundtrack of Your Life" .This is a song that I find myself listening to a lot when I need something on in the background. The fact that it's a ten-minute long song that feels like a worship service does wonders for getting me into a mindset to more intentionally listen to more worship songs, or just to maintain a posture of worship throughout the day without having to worry about the song repeating itself two dozen times an hour. I've definitely found myself listening to it a lot this past year, and not just when setting up for church on Sunday mornings. |
DAY 12 "twenty eight" by Taylor Acorn I don't often break down lyrics for songs in my playlist, but I think it's worth doing for this one. Sometimes, I think about the old days I don't know where they went 'Cause these days when I look in the mirror Don't really know who I am As I get older, "thinking about the old days" becomes more and more prominent a feature in my internal life, and I definitely don't know where some of the weeks, months, and years went because all of a sudden I'm a mid-career, middle-aged dad with a family and a career to think about. Thought maybe I would have a family or a house by now 28, I never thought I'd be the one who let me down Oh man, "I never thought I'd be the one who let me down" is such a devastating line. It's so true, though. While I generally consider myself a fairly optimistic "no regrets" kind of person, there are inevitably times where I think back on how my life would have been different if I had made different choices. And, as much as I hate to admit it, when I think about all the missed opportunities in my life and ways things have failed to live up to expectations, it's most often been my own choices and my own shortcomings that have led to it, rather than someone else's fault. But I miss my mom, miss my old friends I'm missing everything I always thought I wouldn't, man I miss the way I'd drive through my old town And think about how life would be better if I just got out I miss the hope that I used to have And if I could, I would give anything to get it back I fell so far and I don't know how But I think I miss it, God, I miss it, oh, I miss it, really miss it now I definitely miss my mom, but this is probably where the artist's experience and my own deviate a bit. I don't really miss many of my old childhood friends (the ones I have now are just fine, lol), and I don't really miss my hometown. I distinctly remember driving through my hometown dreaming about getting out and - now that I have - I can't say that I spend a lot of time missing it. I was right to want to get out, and I definitely don't miss it. Although I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that my mom isn't with us anymore. If both my parents were alive and living in my childhood home, there might be something more substantive to going home again, but right now going home is often a reminder of how much has changed. Most nights, I lie awake in bed to the light of a silent TV And even if I said how hard life was right now I don't think anyone would believe me You move to the city to write songs You must be living the dream I guess what they say is true, that nothing really is what it seems Oh man, I feel this one viscerally. I moved to the city to make movies instead of write songs, but I've had the same experience of no one really knowing what that's been like, particularly how hard of a life it's been, to move to a big city, away from everything and everyone you know, and then struggle to work your way up in a very competitive profession. And over the years I've learned that the entertainment industry definitely isn't what it seems. 'Cause I miss my mom, miss my old friends I'm missing everything I always thought I wouldn't, man I miss the way I'd drive through my old town And think about how life would be better if I just got out I miss the hope that I used to have And if I could, I would give anything to get it back I fell so far and I don't know how But I think I miss it, God, I miss it, oh, I miss it, really miss it now Same as above. And everything has changed Yet, every day's the same And I'm wondering how I got here Another breakdown, just another year And if I knew back then, what I'll do now Maybe it would all be different But I'm thinking that I miss it Yeah, I miss it I miss my mom Miss my old friends I'm missing everything Yeah, I'm missing everything One of my most popular "food for thought" ruminations is the question of what I would do differently earlier in my life if I had known the things I know now. It's a bit of a Catch-22 because you can't know the things you know without having gone through the experiences that have formed you into who you are, but it is fun to imagine being able to go back to your teenage self, or recent college graduate self and go, "Hey, here's some advice that will change everything for you." Overall, this is just one of those songs that I listen to a lot because the lyrics really resonate with me. Maybe not perfectly, but enough to really hit home. |
DAY 11 "I Can't Let Go" by The SIDH (feat. Tim Chaisson) This song is probably the one that I was least expecting to find this year. I can't even remember how I found it in the first place, but apparently there's a genre of music called "bagstep" (basically dubstep EDM music with bagpipes) which I didn't even realize existed. And after finding this artist who apparently specializes in it, I was going through their YouTube page and then found a song that's about as far from "bagstep" as you can possibly get, which makes this band a bit of an enigma. This song is so simply and soulful; I found myself listening to it a lot last year, whenever I was in my feels. |
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