posted July 9, 2018 #
I allowed myself a little bit of nostaliga indulgence this weekend and took a deep dive through the
CMJ New Music Monthly discography. If you aren't encroaching on 40-years of age then you may not remember a time in the late 90's when
CMJ published a monthly consumer magazine that was bundled with a compilation CD of new music. Each disc spanned the gamut of genres and label sizes - both big majors and small indies contributed to each collection (though, admittedly, more on the larger label side that could afford the placement).
I discovered a
ton of music this way and enjoyed remembering hearing
Pulp, Guster and Buckethead or
Jonathan Fire Eater, Bran Van 3000 and Wheat or
Creeper Lagoon, Tricky and Komeda all at once.
There are
Spotify playlists containing a lot of this music. It's convenient to be able to re-hear some of these tracks but it was the limitation of the CD running time that really made it something consumable. A playlist of 21 hours of music is nice but more than a bit overwhelming.
If anyone runs into a treasure trove of these playlists akin to the
120 Minutes archive, let me know so I can properly indulge next time I'm feeling nostalgic.
