Lust or Love -- quiet storm music's permanent identity crisis, laid out across ten tracks that refuse to answer the question. Luther says it's never too much but the arrangement says slow down. Teddy commands the lights off and calls it love, but a command is not a request. The Isleys spend five minutes telling you it's 'for the love of you' while the groove says something else entirely. Sade's smooth operator doesn't love anything except the chase. Barry White's baritone makes the argument that enough is never enough -- and that might be the point. This is the sound of the line between wanting and loving getting blurry, track after track.

Soderbergh's Out of Sight is the sexiest film ever made about a bank robber and a federal marshal. The Isley Brothers' 'It's Your Thing' plays as George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez flirt through bulletproof glass in the trunk of a car. Do what you wanna do. The song is about independence. The characters have none. It's your thing. The trunk knew better.

Most of us grew up with free radio. Then corporations took over the playlist. Then we found Spotify and YouTube -- until the algorithm quietly decided what we liked, and suddenly we were stuck on repeat again. There's so much music out there, and only so much time to hear it.

At HotSupper, we just want to open things up a little. Maybe you'll stumble on an artist you've never heard of. Maybe you'll rediscover a song you'd completely forgotten. Maybe you'll just tap your toes. Either way, it's yours to explore. And if you have ideas to make this place better, we're all ears.