Hello and happy Capricorn Season, my fly, hot, sexy and beautiful subscribers!!!! The fact that I can even say that is hilarious to me?? Truthfully, I wasn’t sure if anyone other than the members of the Twitter shitposting group chat I’m in would humor me on this, so thank you for being here, even if you decide “alright that’s enough outta him!” after this literal first newsletter.
Tomorrow is my birthday, and although everything you’ll find about Capricorn traits is #girlboss-coded, I am not at all one of those people who makes their birthday a symptom of main character syndrome. Tbh, I have several friends and family members who are very much “no sleep — bus. ‘nother club. ‘nother club. plane. ‘nother club.” about their birthdays. Meanwhile, I find even being sung “Happy Birthday” to be a b*ssy-clenching experience. So, in an effort to subvert that, I figured I’d give you something. (Maybe that’s actually incredibly girlboss of me after all?)
And by the way, even if you’re an ardent astrology denier, the caliber of people who happen to be Capricorns is undeniable. Some of my personal all-time favorites include Dolly Parton, David Bowie and Flo Milli. We also have truly elite twink representation in Timothee Chalamet and Logan Lerman. And for the sake of keeping in line with the theme of today’s gift, one of my favorite local Capricorns is Sam Anderson of Fort Worth’s Quaker City Night Hawks, who, much like myself and Flo Milli, also likes cash and his hair to his ass.
For today’s newsletter I decided to run it back for one of the things people mention missing the most from me during my time at a certain former Dallas digital publication. (For legal reasons, this new version won’t have the same name as you’ve known it by in the past lmfao!!) For now, I’m calling it Somethin’ for the Spice Rack …unless even just one of you sends me hate mail about its title. (Tumblr survivors will know it’s a nod to one of the first playlist blogs I ever discovered in the Blog Era™) Regardless, I’m not reinventing the wheel here — it’s a playlist. But not just any playlist, as this one is full of !!some!! of my favorite music released by North Texas artists throughout 2022 in no particular order.
And please get real, I’m not being paid to keep up with DFW music like I once was, which means this playlist isn’t going to be anywhere near as expansive as the year-end lists you’re used to from me, so pls have a little decorum, decency and gift etiquette!!!! Also, full disclosure: you will definitely hear artists that I wrote features on this year — the upside to freelancing is the freedom to be a little more selective with the projects you take on and truly enjoy. Some of the songs included just dropped this month, too!
I hope you like it, or discover even one new song you might have missed that will now be added to your own rotation. Even if not, what else do you have going on during this lost time/pointless week/annual flop era/whatever else y’all call this last little bend of the year — you don’t spend life with a birthday between Christmas & New Year’s Eve without developing a sense of humor about it<3
Now, if you actually want to get me something for a birthday gift, please find a way to expeditiously give Luka Doncic my phone number I’m not asking for much here!!!!
Im here for it!