Mix: 94. Cosmic Moon (宇宙の月)
Forgive me for starting a post with a saying, but here is one: “Render the familiar unfamiliar. Render the unfamiliar familiar.” It’s…
January 27, 2026
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29 records
Nokko (のっこ): I Will Catch U. (アイ・ウィル・キャッチ・ユー) (1993)
Much like y’all, I’m apt to “feel the room”. And my friends, it’s awfully nice outside. I’m peering outside: the sun shining,…
April 14, 2023
Ivor Cutler: Jammy Smears (1976)
“Now and again, we meet for tea. This is our universe: cups of tea. We have a beautiful cosmos, you and me.”…
March 14, 2023
Annie Whitehead: Mix Up (1985)
If you can imagine, imagine what it is to be a woman. For those already identifying as one, venture onwards. Then, compound…
November 29, 2022
Koono: Senegal (1989)
Warning: today’s post might be mercifully concise. Not so recently, while scouring through my digital album collection, I spotted this interesting release…
August 9, 2022
Jay H. Alanski: The Price Of Love (1988)
Looking back, there’s something very telling in the first video clip I embedded here which you can watch below. In it we…
June 7, 2022
Patty Pravo: Ideogrammi (1994)
In this day and age, when there’s no lack of opinions, I go back to a few personal heroes. When I think…
February 8, 2022
Various Artists: Macoto Tezka Presents Reiko Okano’s Fancy Dance (ファンシイダンス) (1988)
When, or if, someone would ask me what kind of album I think perfectly encapsulates the promise of ‘80s music in Japan,…
October 29, 2021
Bobby McFerrin & Jack Nicholson: How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin & How The Camel Got His Hump (1987)
This one is for the young or those young at heart. Yes, your eyes aren’t deceiving you: Bobby McFerrin and Jack Nicholson.…
July 27, 2021
Mix: 55. Ticket To Rio
Regardez-moi dance un samba. It’s me, again, with another look at our relationship with Brazil. In the past, I took the time…
July 13, 2021
Mix: 51. It’s On You
Nothing lasts forever? If there’s any hope in our current situation, is that all things must end (somehow, some way). Just last…
March 23, 2021
Interview: Peter Johnston (of Sophie and Peter Johnston)
Love is such an unexplainable thing, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s coming straight at you. Other times, it comes from a different angle,…
March 5, 2021