History has taught us, and we know enough now to head off periods of collective insanity, but it takes effort. It's all fun and games until it's not. And then, oops, it's really not.

| the human league : the things that dreams are made of (original dub edit)

| talk talk : my foolish friend

I was going to call this post "hipsters", but nothing makes sense now, so we can just enjoy the achy-breaky video and the slightly trippy Tosca tune.

| anna clementi + tosca : me and yoko ono

| radiohead : everything in its right place

My thoughts wander where they may and because of last night's post, I began thinking about Dada and its influence on the Post-War World, which led to . . . Boom: Dada.

| pyrolator : die haut der frau

| trio : da da da

I know I'm asking a lot this evening. Just flow with the noise until the resolution. It's worth the immersion. Zozo Volt would approve. Carry on. 

| cabaret voltaire : breathe deep

| every david lynch weather report from 2022 played at once

Pursuant to this post, and specifically to the modern methods of "curation", you may listen to Ezra Klein's very recent podcast, entitled "How to Discover Your Own Taste", with writer Kyle Chayka. It would enlighten everyone about my reasons for this web site, but no one will take my recommendation because no one's there!

| thick pigeon : fred + andy

| breakfast at tiffany's clip : moon river (1961)

Perhaps we can try to apply this in a broader sense, as we stroll through our quotidian lives. La Filosofia del Flâneur. That's got a nice ring to it.

| takatsuna mukai : traktat o kvakama

| panda bear : mr noah

A look, a click, another look, an agreement, an understanding, another look, an understanding, an outstanding performance. Street photography can be magical at times. Mysterious and magical.

| stevie wonder : my cherie amour

| u2 : mysterious ways

. . . the reason I wondered, the reason I even questioned it, was because I love the quote. It absolutely defines what I want my life to be: Simple. "No Alarms and No Surprises, Please".

| goldfrapp : lovely head

| fila brazillia : simple man

ciao

| gone gone beyond & the human experience : by the sea

| jarryd james : this time