Lost a half hour of my life fiddling around before finding this notice:
Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for September 2026
Here is the One a Day playlist for September 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for August, July, June, May, April, March, February and January.
30 amazing songs, 1 hour 58 minute running time. Talented human curation still way better than GIGO (what I call AI). I hope you discover some new music that you like. Kendra Morris, Erykah Badu, Bob Marley, and Van Morrison talented enough to appear as coveted repeat artists.
The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:
MorMor, Celeste, Like Heaven
Joey Quinones, Don't Be Late
Bel Cobain, Am I Dumb
Degiheugi, Ipanemax
Nubiyan Twist, Mamani Keita, Slow Breath
TAMTAM, Seven Seas
Peter Somuah, Pat Thomas, We Give Thanks
30/70, HOLY ROLLER
Kendra Morris, Cry Sometimes
Weyes Blood, Andromeda
Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band, Onfa Nkosi Hwee
Laura Cahen, Ca Depend Des Saisons
Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band, The World (Is Going Up in Flames)
Angie Stone, Wish I Didn't Miss You
Erykah Badu, Didn't Cha Know
Mos Def, Ms. Fat Booty
Fugees, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Pras, Fu-Gee-La
A Tribe Called Quest, Can I Kick It?
Jungle Brothers, What's Going On
Cheb Hasni, Nebhilk mani hani
Bob Marley & the Wailers, So Much Trouble In The World
William Onyeabor, Heaven and Hell
Gospel Comforters, Jesus Will Help Me
Hector Lavoe, El Todopoderoso
Big Star, September Gurls
Van Morrison, Crazy Love
It's A Beautiful Day, White Bird
Big Brother & the Holding Company, Summertime
The Beatles, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit
Bosley Crowther on James Dean
I watched East of Eden last night and wasn’t thrilled. I hate James Dean. I watched Rebel Without a Cause recently and wasn’t thrilled with that one either. Anyway, here’s an excerpt from Bosley Crowther’s movie review of East of Eden, written in 1955:
“This young actor [James Dean], who is here doing his first big screen stint, is a mass of histrionic gingerbread. He scuffs his feet, he whirls, he pouts, he sputters, he leans against walls, he rolls his eyes, he swallows his words, he ambles slack-kneed-all like Marlon Brando used to do. Never have we seen a performer so clearly follow another’s style. Mr. Kazan should be spanked for permitting him to do such a sophomoric thing. Whatever there might be of reasonable torment in this youngster is buried beneath the clumsy display.”
Bingo and amen.
Spritz Generously
“Apply at least a 1-inch strip of the product onto a soft bristled toothbrush.” This always makes me laugh, but I’m a cheap date.
Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for August 2026
Here is the One a Day playlist for August 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for July, June, May, April, March, February and January.
Another amazing collection of songs, clearly curated by a straight, white, over-educated, Gen-X male with an enormous amount of time on his hands.
The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:
Vulfmon, Jackie Evans, Leave You
Alela, Diane Could Be
Searows, Photograph of a Cyclone
Luna Li, That's Life
Brooke Combe, This Town
Charif Megardbane, Souk el Ahad
Mitski, The Frost
Jemba Groove, K.O.G., Sweet My Ear
Ana Layla, Someone
Kazam, Litchi
Jack Harlow, WHATS POPPIN
Vicente Amigo, Nina Pastori, Amor de Nadie
The Blind Boys of Alabama, Way Down in the Hole
People Under the Stairs, San Francisco Knights
Slide Five, Outerspace
Elia des Ochoa, Llora Mi Nena
4 non Blondes, What's Up?
De La Soul, (3 Is) The Magic Number
The Smiths, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
The Jesus and Mary Chain, Just Like Honey
Martha and the Muffins, Echo Beach
The Jam, Girl on the Phone
John Renbourn, Stefan Grossman, Bermuda Triangle Exit
Bob Marley & the Wailers, Crazy Baldhead
Peter Tosh, Legalize It
Steely Dan, Kid Charlemagne
Tim Maia, Over Again
Elia y Elizabeth, Descripcion
The Braen's Machine, Description
Jeannie Piersol, The Nest
Nina Simone, Ain't Got No - I Got Life
Rec League Categories
There’s some new social media thingie someone told me about called Rec League. Their canned categories “that interest you” I found very interesting:
Books
Music
Film
Foundations and Historic Buildings
Art
Vintage
Antiques
Silver Things
Scent
Menwear
Lighting
Women’s Style
Brooches
Video
Parenting
Travel
Home Renovation
Wine
The Great Outdoors
Essays
Magazine Stand
Gardening
Great Rugs
Board Games
Pantry Shelf
Cooking
Ski & Bike & Climb
Beauty
Design
Retro Land Cruiser Looks Great
I’m late to this, but I like the look of the Land Cruiser now. Boxy. TNGA-F truck platform. Trail Dust / Grayscape.
Pee Wee's Big Red Bull Adventure
Viewer discretion is advised:
Coen Brothers' Movies, Ranked
I need to re-watch a lot of these, but this is my snap judgment:
1998 The Big Lebowski
1984 Blood Simple
2007 No Country for Old Men
1996 Fargo
2009 A Serious Man
1991 Barton Fink
1987 Raising Arizona
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
1990 Miller's Crossing
2010 True Grit
2004 The Ladykillers
2003 Intolerable Cruelty
2008 Burn After Reading
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy
2016 Hail, Caesar!
Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for July 2026
Here is the One a Day playlist for July 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for June, May, April, March, February and January.
It’s unusual for me to include an artist more than once in the One a Day playlist since I combine the monthly lists to make the annual list … but I love Melissa Leveaux and Olive Jones and Ellen Mcilwaine enough to bend the rules for them. I also took perverse pleasure putting Billy Joel between Pablo Moses and Junior Murvin … hey, it’s just chronology.
The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:
The Sha La Das, Stop Using My Love
Foushee, war
Olive Jones, A Woman's Heart
The Lemon Twigs, My Golden Years
Nectar Woode, Good Vibrations
The Innocence Mission, On Your Side
Snoh Aalegra, I Want You Around
Melissa Leveaux, Nan fon bwa
Andrew Bird, Are You Serious
Mazzy Starr, In the Kingdom
Gnarls Barkley, Crazy
The Derek Trucks Band, Volunteered Slavery
Feist, Secret Heart
The Libertines, What Katie Did
Kurt Elling, Orange Blossoms in Summertime
Richard Ashcroft, A Song For The Lovers
Belle and Sebastian, Is It Wicked Not To Care?
Tarkan, Simarik
2Pac, Dear Mama
Massive Attack, Tracey Thorn, Better Things
Francky Vincent, Le jeu des cinq
Pablo Moses, Dubbing Is A Must
Billy Joel, Just the Way You Are
Junior Murvin, Police & Thieves
Ellen Mcilwaine, Higher Ground
Minnie Ripperton, Lovin' You
Smokey Robinson, The Tracks of My Tears
Millie Small, My Boy Lollipop
Nancy Wilson, I Wish You Love
Lorez Alexandria, Nature Boy
The Chordettes, Lollipop