"The List" - Music in Quarantine

I think we can all agree that the 'recent' quarantine has been less than enjoyable, however, I'm sure it's forced many of us to also create new forms of entertainment for ourselves. For me personally, I decided to make an major effort at discovering new music for relief from extreme boredom. I started a list of notable albums I had yet to listen to. Then, inevitably, my dad and a family friend of ours learned of the list, and made their own additions. Needless to say, the list grew... and grew..  Here's a photo. 

The concept of the project was simple. I add an album that I had heard about or that someone else had recommended, and once I listen to it, I mark it off, and note my opinion of it. All sorts of albums, artists, and genres  made the list. It has definitely  exploded my personal library. Ranging from Cyndi Lauper and Roy Orbison (Dawn), to Steely Dan and Clapton (Paka) to REM and Jayhawks (Dad), the list has currently grown to 220 albums, ~ 165 of which I have listened to. The biggest surprise that has come from the list has been my newfound interest in Wilco, who Dad has been running his mouth about to me for years.  

Its been a lot of fun, and the physical list has become a sort of souvenir of quarantine.   Is definitely  one of the positives of the last few months. Its been really cool to listen to one album by a band and have it snowball into their entire catalog (thank you to Dad's hard drive...).  I can't wait to keep adding to the list and the way things looking now, I probably won't have to stop anytime soon.  

NCB