In the Distance, Oblivious Posts

4 February 2023

A monthly podcast about music.
By two people who love music.

Hello, and welcome! We’re Big Al Hammond and Phoebe Fowler, and we’ve been curating a monthly, changing music playlist since July of 2020, and starting in March of 2023, we added a podcast.

1 March 2024

 

The songs that Al submitted this month had a theme. Phoebe’s songs largely (and unwittingly) fell into the same theme. And the eleven songs that ended up in the playlist this month are very much about… ambition. What do you think?

 

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In the Distance, Oblivious
March 2024
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13 February 2024

 

Long-time listeners know that every eleven months, we get together for a very special Greatest Hits playlist, featuring our favorite songs from the previous months. It’s one of the highlights of our year, and we hope you enjoy these great songs we’re bringing back for you!

 

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In the Distance, Oblivious
Greatest Hits Volume Four
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1 February 2024

 

As Phoebe likes to point out, February is the Month of LOOOOOOVE, and we love the music we found for you this month. Join us for our usual mix of dark acoustic, some folk, some rock and roll, and lots of quirky fun.

 

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In the Distance, Oblivious
February 2024
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1 January 2024

 

Happy New Year, friends! Our January 2024 episode comes to you from the beach! Recorded at the Blue Heron Motel in Nags Head, North Carolina, we’ve got eleven great new songs for you… we hope they’ll be a great start to your new year.

 

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In the Distance, Oblivious
January 2024
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1 December 2023

 

Put your headphones on! For December, our playlist features songs that require your attention… your undivided attention. So plug in, lay back, get under the covers, and get lost in eleven dark and moody songs that we’ve found for you this month.

 

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In the Distance, Oblivious
December 2023
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1 November 2023

 

This month, both Al and Phoebe might have ended up liking each other’s songs maybe more than their own. Here’s November’s version of our playlist, with some obscure tunes and whatever else we’ve been listing to in the last month.

 

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In the Distance, Oblivious
November 2023
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1 October 2023

 

A lot of older songs this month means a lot fewer videos for you to see, but we’ve got another great mix of songs, a few you might’ve heard before, but a lot of pretty obscure ones too. That’s sort of what we like best.

 

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In the Distance, Oblivious
October 2023
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1 October 2023

Special note! Check out Al and Phoebe’s interview on the September 28 episode of the Drink O’Clock Podcast! From their website: “Established in 2022, Drink O’Clock was created by Rob “MaxABV” Valincius. MaxABV was originally Rob Valincius’ streamer personality on Twitch, which he felt he could carry over as his podcast host nickname. Drink O’Clock started originally as a podcast strictly for streamers, esports pros, and social media personalities. After a few episodes, MaxABV felt it would be fun to open the scope to anyone he finds interesting. Since then, we’ve had everything from erotica writers to professional cuddlers on the show. We will continue to get the most interesting guests possible as the show grows!” We had such a blast talking to Rob, and we love his show. We hope you’ll give him a listen!

1 September 2023

 

September seems like a fine month for Phoebe to show off her inner Emo. Also, Al gets mad because Phoebe stole his favorite song, and both discuss their song selection criteria.

 

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In the Distance, Oblivious
September 2023
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1 August 2023

 

Our August episode features our usual eleven songs that we pick during our playlist ceremony, as well as discussions about some of the songs we didn’t pick. As well as a scholarly discussion about Muppet types.

 

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In the Distance, Oblivious
August 2023
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1 July 2023

 

This month we’ve got some old songs that sound like new songs, some new songs that sound like they’re ageless, some slow songs that sound like they’re about the burst forth with intensity. And more than one song whose live video is maybe better than the studio track.

 

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In the Distance, Oblivious
July 2023
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