1000 Songs In 1000 Days: Put A Fork In It!
So... now what? You and I have spent the past 1000 days talking about 1000 songs (plus, we're at about 2000 total posts). Feels kinda silly; nobody reads blogs any more, and this whole project was started out some 6 years ago largely as an exercise in beginning each day with just a little bit of light writing, back when I was working on my book--hey, have you checked that out yet? --and I needed a way to loosen up my musical brain. The list itself originated long before that, back in my days as a practicing attorney. An online musical friend from a mixtape-trading website I used to participate in (burning CD mixes and sending them via snail mail to complete strangers--R.I.P. the long-obsolete Art Of The Mix ) had impressed me by posting his Top 500 songs, and I rose to the challenge. Turns out spending a few minutes during a lunch or coffee break was a good way to distract myself and decompress amidst a stressful day. And being the competitive sort, with an endless supply of work...
