Episode 35 - The Albums Of Our Lives
Darron and Jeff each select ten albums that hold particular significance for them. They list the albums in chronological order from when they personally experienced them as important in some way, and they reflect on how they came to that particular album at that point in time, the meaning it once held for them and still might hold, how it shaped their life, relationships, and identity then and what it meant for them moving forward, and many other recollections that they associate with that particular album. This episode is by far their longest and it was an extremely fun and engaging process for both of them which in many ways represents the kind of conversation that initially bonded them together as friends almost 30 years ago. This episode also marks two Beautiful Illusions firsts in that the released conversation is the almost completely the unedited raw audio of their discussion and also in order to prevent spoilers there are very few show notes. If you want to know their ten then you have to slow down and listen.
Notes:
Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 33 - The Post-Entertainment Culture of Addiction from June 2024, in which we discuss issues raised in “The State of the Culture, 2024” by Ted Gioia (The Honest Broker, 2024)
Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 34 - Icy Hot Takes on Artificial Intelligence from August 2024, where we discuss, among other things, “The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse” by Rick Beato
Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 31 - Life, Art, & Experience: A Conversation which we recorded in November 2024