"To be loved like that makes all the difference. It does not lessen the terror of the fall, but it gives a new perspective on what that terror means. I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what I define as love. It is the one thing that can stop a man from falling, the one thing powerful enough to negate the laws of gravity." Paul Auster (Moon Palace)

Sunday, May 31, 2026

The Radio Dept - always a relief live in seoul, 2016

"The band is notoriously slow-releasing music and rarely gives interviews, cultivating a sense of mystery and ensuring they never compromise their art for commercial pressure"

Galaxie 500 - blue thunder, 1989

"Blue Thunder was Galaxie 500’s second single and contains the love-it-or-hate-it w/sax version of the title track. I fall very heavily on the love side!"

Sigur Rós - flugufrelsarinn, 1999

"Post-rock, as it is called, is a kind of alternative rock that contains harmonies, melodies, instrumentation, and rhythms that are completely different than what everyone’s definition of rock music is. Whereas there are many bands working in the genre, even some who don’t consider themselves to be part of the said genre at all, one of the most successful is Sigur Rós."

Bob Dylan - talkin new york, 1962

"Talkin' New York" is the second song on Bob Dylan's eponymous first album, released in 1962. A talking blues, the song describes his feelings on arriving in New York City from Minnesota, his time playing coffee houses in Greenwich Village, and his life as a folksinger without a record deal. The lyrics express the apparent difficulty he had finding gigs as a result of his unique sound, with a character in the song telling Dylan: "You sound like a hillbilly; We want folk singers here."