My Thoughts on Playlists, in a convoluted four act structure: Why I compulsively make playlists but still can’t help myself from railing against the fact that the playlist-as-default-listening mode seems to be hell bent on destroying the album listening experience. Why I happily set aside all of my qualms about the playlistization of music when it comes to the joy of creating collaborative themed playlists. (Like this one about food, and gardens, and driving.) Thank you to many of you who have thrown songs my way for these exercises over the last year. It’s more appreciated than you likely know.