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“Have you ever done a power hour?” I hadn’t. I hadn't even heard of one before. So my roommate Winston proceeded to explain the concept to me: a custom-made music mix consisting of 60 1-minute sections of songs, cut up so that whenever the song changes, each participant drinks a shot of beer. While generally described as a “drinking game,” it’s more a highly organized drinking event, tied to the act of listening to music — two activities I was extremely enthusiastic about at the age of 23. I was shocked it had never come to my attention before.

I made my first power hour mix that very weekend in 2005, consisting of a greatest hits of mp3s that happened to be on my hard drive. A few friends came over to participate, mostly first-timers themselves; it felt like a revelatory experience. The idea that I had never done one before baffled me.

It wasn’t too long afterwards when the idea of doing an artist-centric power hour arose among my roommates, the aforementioned Winston and hi... Read more