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

Piazza Navona / Campo di Fiori, August 2023

. . . and then we remembered the last time and it wasn't all that fun.

So we scooted.

| A Man Called Adam : Estelle (feat. Eddie Parker) [Cafe Del Mar Mix]

| Herb Alpert : Rise (1979)

Sun Bowl, August 2023

Newsun. I'm excited about the new year.

You go on get your Beavis and Butthead on. Call me when you through.

| The Youngbloods : Get Together

| Analemma (3-year time-lapse)

Comet in a Cereal Bowl, August 2023

cf: Tempest in a teapot. 

Links: Talking Heads' "The Great Curve" live in Rome, 1980. Adrien Belew on guitar.

| Talking Heads : The Great Curve

| Buffy Sainte-Marie : Little Wheel Spin and Spin

Rome, near Piazza Navona, September 2023

"I get it, already. Really. Message received. Long ago.

"What's your point?"

| Bent : Tired of the Show

| Dry Cleaning : Scratchcard Lanyard