Life is nothing if not a practice of stripping away our accretions, the knick-knack paddywacks, the monkey body, to leave only ephemeral memories of experiences and love. And in the end, just love. Because love.

| Radiohead : There, There (The Boney King of Nowhere)

| Jamie xx : Gosh

For some reason I’ve been thinking of a song my mother used to sing to me, in French : Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques, Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?

| Bryan Ferry : Limbo

| Tricky : Hell Is Round the Corner

Working in B+W is tougher than it looks, but it’s teaching me about light and gradients of color, tone and brightness.

| Joni Mitchell : River

| Al Green : Take Me To The River

Because there’s no light underground. I’m going to take this opportunity to experiment with B+W.

| R.E.M. : Wolves, Lower

| Three Dog Night : Try A Little Tenderness

I want to note that the Greek Underworld was nothing like our Dantean view of Hell, a stain from that wicked and pernicious Comedy.

| Brian Eno / David Byrne : Help Me Somebody

| Max Cooper : Repetition

I’ve never heard the term “viper” used to describe a snake in the swamps from which I arose. We have many poisonous snakes, of course, but I’ve never heard the term “viper” among my people.

| Sarah McLachlan : Fumbling towards Ecstasy

| Lamb : Gorecki

Perhaps more clear now? | I'm too exhausted to write tonight, though I have much to say. Check back in about 10 hours. | Rome, Centro, August 2022

| Art of Noise : Moments in Love

| Twilight Zone / Bonnie Beecher : Come Wander With Me

I debated which video to use, Tim Buckley‘s or This Mortal Coil’s. I decided on the latter, mainly because I wanted to expose you to the Starsailor album. Also because, well, hairdos.

| Tim Buckley : Song to the Siren

| This Mortal Coil : Song To The Siren

I know, the Avalanches again, but they do such a nice job of remixing an incredible song and video by Hunters and Collectors, “Talking to a Stranger“. I mean, opening it by mixing it with “Love Sensation” and “Figure of 8“?

| Section 25 : Looking from a Hilltop

| The Avalanches : Stalking To A Stranger