Pandemic Status 20

The last time I wrote about my Pandemic Status series of playlists was almost two years ago to the day: Dec 16, 2021. At that time I had created 6 playlists and was speculating if I would make a 7th.

The answer to that question is a resounding “Yes”! Since that time I have created an additional 14 playlists. Wow!

To recap: As a form of self-care I decided to make large playlists of tunes both topical and personal favorites. They run the gamut from progressive rock to jazz fusion to 80s pop music to hip-hop to death metal to country. A little bit of everything I love with the intent to cheer me up. The only rule is: No repeats! A song cannot appear on a previous edition of the Pandemic Status series. With each playlist containing approximately 150 songs and spanning 12+ hours, this has become quite the challenge the longer this goes on. According to my calculations, at this point the total song count on all the playlists is 2923 and will take 256 hours 12 minutes (10.5 days) to hear in its entirety! Wow!

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Over the past year, the playlists have become more of a “moment in time” of what I’ve been listening to. They mix new albums, old favorites that I listen to constantly, stuff that was recommended to me my trusted friends and other sources (blogs etc), songs I heard on SiriusXM and things I Shazamed while I was out. Pandemic Status 20 will likely be the last in this series. I may continue something similar under a rebranded format.

So to close this chapter of my playlisting, here are all of them in reverse chronological order. Dive in, I’m sure there’s things here you will enjoy and likely have never heard before.

Next week’s pick will be my favorite albums of 2023!