21 years of scrobble data, vinyl crate digs, and the people who handed me the right CD at the right time.
Every discovery in this timeline traces back to a specific person handing me specific music. Friends, roommates, coworkers, people at shows. A pre-algorithm taste identity built entirely through human networks.
250 records on vinyl. The most important listening happens off-platform. Mineral — the all-time favorite — lives almost entirely on the turntable. The scrobble data has a vinyl-shaped hole.