Ash Wednesday. Trinkets and trash. Let me tell you something, children. They lied to you, they lie to you now and you lie to yourself.

| Patti Smith : Birdland

| Joy Division : Atmosphere

When we perceive that something we value is threatened, we respond with all kinds of destructive behaviours and emotions.

| The O'Jays : For the Love of Money

| Poppy : And This Pile of Money

i=0; for f in *; do d=dir_$(printf %03d $((i/100+1))); mkdir -p $d; mv “$f” $d; let i++; done. Those are the incantations that rule our world. It’s really wild, if you think about it. Geeks = Wizards, Stregone, in Italian. They truly are.

| Cat Stevens : Sad Lisa

| Nat King Cole : Mona Lisa

I just migrated three web sites in two days. My brain feels like this post, half glitch, half brick.

| Autechre : Ccec

| Squarepusher : Terminal Slam

Title says it all. Migration is a batch. Grazie per la pazienza, but we will serve you some old and new Soul before we go.

| Flying Lotus : Tea Leaf Dancers

| newly unavailable. I can't remember.

“Just put your lips together and blow.” That must be the most sampled line in electronic music, so when we hit it again, you’ll know the reference.

| Frankie Knuckles : The Whistle Song

| Scene from To Have and Have Not : Bogart & Bacall

Do photographers steal souls, as some primitives – reportedly – believed? I don’t steal souls, but I certainly see them.

| Parliament Funkadelic : Not Just Knee Deep

| De La Soul : Me, Myself and I

Thoughtful adults know that life is complex and that the answer to hate is not more hate. Once again, we would all do well to stop and ask ourselves: What is our fear? Where is our love?

| Ohio Players : Funky Worm

| Jimmy Castor Bunch : Troglodyte

aka, These Allergies and the Accompanying Antihistamines are Whooping My Butt, G’night.

| 23 Skidoo : Coup

| Groove Armada : Superstylin'