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Jennifer 🦋 (She/Her)
@jenspinsvinyl.bsky.social
QA automation engineer 🦋 Book + Vinyl Nerd 🦋 My dog’s loyal sidekick 🦋 Marathoner (1 and done) 🦋 Lover of the outdoors 🦋dabbler in guitar and short-story writing
Intro - Intro
Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
Purple Rain - Prince
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I’m probably going to age myself 🙂

Here are a few:

Phyllis Hyman, Janet Jackson, Prince, New Edition, Boyz II Men, NKOTB, MC Hammer, Luther Vandross, Rahsaan Patterson, Loose Ends, Run DMC, Frankie Beverly & Maze, David Sanborn, Maroon 5, Van Halen, Gregory Porter, Chic with Nile Rogers, EW&F
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
On Our Own by Bobby Brown from The Ghostbusters 2 soundtrack
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Maximus a.k.a Max is 12 years old
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My boss and sidekick Maximus LaDarius
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Scene from my Sunday walk, and my first attempt at bird photography of a Great Blue Heron.

I love the outdoors!

#birdphotography #greatblueheron #outdoors
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Saturday cleaning vibe is The Wiz soundtrack. Just what I needed for motivation. Quincy Jones did his thing on this! Definitely one of my favorite soundtracks 🥰

#vinylsky #blacksky
November 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The last book I completed was an ARC of Welcome to Midlothian Boulevard by Benjamin Ryan - a great thriller novel that will be released in December.

Next up is The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Happy Black Speculative Fiction month! It spotlights my fav genres: horror, fantasy & sci-fi.

I finished The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social this weekend to kick off the month. It was phenomenal! I was locked in from the very beginning, but the last 100 pages - WOW! 5/5 ⭐️ So good!
October 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I have a few “musical therapists”, and one of my favs is Ahmad Jamal.

No lyrics are needed. After listening to some Ahmad Jamal, I always feel better.
September 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Rahsaan Patterson.
August 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
LTD, Love Ballad. One of my favs ❤️
August 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As a music lover and vinyl collector, this is a hard question! I can come up with a good 20!
August 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I have several but my all time fav is Chaka Kahn. ❤️
August 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
July 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Music is my happy place with all that is going on right now, and my favorite way to wind down on a Sunday evening is to spin some jazz.

Nancy Wilson and the Cannonball Adderley Quintet from 1962. The vocals…the arrangements…musical perfection❤️

#vinylsky #blackgirlslovevinyl #blacksky
June 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Today’s spin is in honor of Walter Scott, whom we lost this week. The Whispers were some of the coolest to do it! This album, Love For Love, was released in 1983. The Whispers were definitely part of my childhood soundtrack and one of my favorites!

#vinylsky #blackgirlslovevinyl #blacksky
June 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A friend of mine turned me on to this book, and let me borrow her copy - They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar. Finished it up over the weekend. It wasn’t even on my radar. I really enjoyed this read!

So grateful for bookish friends and my reading partner & book rest Maximus ❤️

#booksky #blackbooksky
June 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Sunday evening vibes…Dinah Washington. The album: Late Late Show, released in 1963.

This is the only album of hers that I have, but I am looking to add more. Her voice, her sound, the way she sang a lyric…obsessed!

#vinylsky #vinylcommunity #blacksky
June 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Today’s vibe. Doing some Saturday cleaning with a classic.

The Glow of Love by the group Change, released in 1980. The title track is one of my favorites, highlighting the iconic Luther Vandross prior to his illustrious solo career.

#NowPlaying #musicsky #vinylsky #vinylcommunity
May 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Been a fan of De La Soul since day one. Absolutely love this album (all of them actually!) My vibe this weekend.

De La Soul is Dead, released in 1991. This is the group’s sophomore album.

#vinylsky #blacksky
May 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Monday is a great day for a little Miles…Miles Davis, that is!

Milestones, released in 1958

My WFH soundtrack today.

#vinylsky #blacksky
May 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Tonight’s vibe…a little Cannonball Adderley. The album: Coast To Coast. This is a reissue of 2 live albums: The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York recorded in 1962 and The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco recorded in 1959. Absolutely love these recordings 🥰

#vinylsky
May 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Today’s vibe - a little old school R&B. One of my favorite groups from the 80’s was Atlantic Starr.

Yours Forever was released in 1983. This album has their smooth vocals, lush production, and that signature groove that made them standouts in the '80s and beyond.
April 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
March 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM