It’s an interesting thing, going through my CDs, disc by disc. Encountering the infatuations I have had, both in terms of artists and genres.

What I listened to, at what point in my life, is linked deeply to memory.


More and more I am deeply impressed with the iPad and its effectiveness even as a primary work device. However, some seemingly “normal” activities like printing .eml attachments from the Outlook app throws a wrench into the machinery. Two apps needed.


I was very happy with the way that Numbers handled the playlist export from Music. It inferred a delimited file and presented the contents formatted in a very easily understood fashion. It was super easy to copy the two columns I wanted to share, and Nova helped me make markdown fast.


Gentle Ambient

Eternal Lover — Moonwater Karmic Light — Tetsu Inoue They Come in Peace — Tranquility Bass Plateau — Orb A Study of Six Guitars — Amorphous Androgynous Session 3: Wien in E — Tosca Anthropomorphic — Qubism No One in the World [Edit] — W.F.O. Fat Chair — Terra Thaemlitz edit:one — DJ Iri Creatures Made Of Light Glide Softly Across The Slowly Ever-rotating Homeworld In Gentle Undulations Of Warm Dub Through The Encircling Golden Ether Common To System 35 — Mysteries of Science #19 — Aphex Twin Tranquility Base — Omicron A Stream With Bright Fish — Brian Eno & Harold Budd Expanding — Young American Primitive

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鬼門 (Demon Gate)

A mix CD gift from Caleb, circa 2019. Premonition — YukaKita Mura Phoenix — WolfMother Space Cruise — Ben Prunty Abyss Watchers — Yuka Kitamura Vignette: Panacea — Disasterpeace Vordt of the Boreal Valley — Motoi Sakuraba Mind’s Eye — WolfMother Excerpt from The Tribulation — Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O’Donnell, Paul McCartney End of the Line — Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O’Donnell, Paul McCartney Odyssey — Home Far Away — WolfMother Siege Dancers — Michael Salvatori, C.

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Pretty Full of Good Intentions… Kind of…

From a Maxell XLII 90 cassette given to me by my friend Chuck. Side A dated 6/20/94, Missing songs: Marion Diez, Half the Time. Side B dated 6/21/94 Get Enough — Ivy You Bite My Tongue — Unwound Our Caballero — Don Caballero Blade of Grass — Versus A Mouthful Of Exhaust — Man Or Astro-Man? Sweet Pea — Seam All Set to Go — Hard-Ons Suki — Unrest Rebound — Sebadoh Alison — Slowdive Bronx Cheer — Mercury Rev Bricks — Crain Solitary Set — Polvo

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Not Quite Adult Oriented

A mix tape reconstruction: Selections by Chuck Horne. He didn’t make it for me, but it’s beautiful. What a gift! Main Sequence Diffusion / Photon / Lajolla — Füxa A Stream With Bright Fish — Brian Eno & Harold Budd Untitled — Jason Falkner (untitled)4 — Bundy K. Brown, Doug Scharin, and James Warden Cry, Cry — Mazzy Star Untitled — Brian Eno Bible Silver Corner — Rodan Jacking the Ball — The Sea and Cake Gymnopedie No.

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Spec's Music In-Store Play, Before During After

I missed the record store. I made a mix for my friends but mostly to show I was still edgy and cool. I never sent it. This track list was made for a 100-minute cassette tape. Label On Side A said “Disclaimer: Not for Customers”. Label on Side B said “Hello from Minnesota!” Psychoactive Drugs (Uncut Mix) — Emergency Broadcast Network Just Say No to Drug Hysteria [Excerpt] / Dead Souls — William S.

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Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll

Insanely Great Nineties Songs You Aren’t Sick Of, as seen on Secret History of Rock ‘n’ Roll Stop! — Jane’s Addiction Rave Down — Swervedriver No Kid (Acoustic Version) — Urban Dance Squad Birdbrain — Buffalo Tom Lullaby — Warrior Soul Pretty Pink Rose (Duet With David Bowie) — Adrian Belew Step On — Happy Mondays Lullabye — Concrete Blonde Soon — My Bloody Valentine Manna and Quail — Caterwaul The Beautiful Dead — Killing Joke Falling to Pieces — Faith No More Grey Cell Green — Ned’s Atomic Dustbin High Monkey Monk — Cocteau Twins You’re Not the Only One I Know — The Sundays De-Luxe — Lush Sliver — Nirvana Bury Me — Smashing Pumpkins Pushin Forward Back — Temple Of The Dog Vapour Trail — Ride I Want to Touch You — Catherine Wheel Sometimes — My Bloody Valentine Paper Doll — P.

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Zero degrees Fahrenheit. The air sounds different.