This Track Is Fire!

My anxiety has been giving me insomnia as of late, so to combat it I throw on some earbuds and listen to ambient music to distract myself enough to sleep. This means that I have been listening to a lot of ambient music lately. A silver lining of this is that I have discovered some music that for one reason or another I simply missed over the past 25-30 years, like the Scottish duo Boards of Canada. Over the last few weeks I have been exploring their back catalog, specifically their 1998 release Music Has The Right To Children , which I admit, is fantastic. How did this not show up on my rader 28 years ago? I'm not sure, but I am rectifiying that oversight now. There are times when I am anxious and I want to let out all of that contained energy. This is when I listen to punk, metal, industrial, etc. But if it's 5:30 in the morning and I want the aural equivalent of a warm blanket, you can't do much worse than Boards of Canada. Throw this on, preferably with some good headpho...

Today's vibe. Where were you when I was lonesome? Locked away with freezing cold Someone flying only stolen I can't tell this light so old I don't wanna swim the ocean I don't wanna fight the tide I don't wanna swim forever When it's cold I'd like to die Is it comforting or terribly depressing? Maybe both. You tell me. All that I know with certainty is that it is very moving. Welcome to Friday. Enjoy!

It's funny the people you meet online. Just over a week ago I was helping my cousin clean out her mother's, my aunt's, house as she had passed in December. Among her things I found an assortement of awesome music on casette, that I shared to both Instagram (which is private) and  Threads (which is not). Several people liked/commented, and I interacted with both the people at Stereoscape Records  and one of their acts, Nightflyer . As we seem to have similar tastes in music that goes "boop boop beep" I checked out Imaginings  and was instantly enthralled by the first track on the album ,"Perpetual Motion." Sometimes friends send along new music, sometimes I find it myself, and sometimes I post a picture of tapes and I inadvertently run into an entire record label and one of their artists. Isn't music fandom great? Enjoy! Imaginings by Nightflyer

Sometimes things in life go to shit, but if you are fortunate you have at least one person in your life that you will always be thankful for. So, to cap off this week of being thankful, I wanted to say how very thankful I am for my partner, Shalee. And I Want to thank you For giving me the best day Of my life Oh Just to be with you Is having the best day Of my life I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with the people that you love.