"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)

Saturday, June 7, 2025

The Style Council - the lodgers or she was only a shopkeepers daughter extended mix, 1985

"As well as the song's single release, it has featured on various compilation albums released by the Style Council. The song was included on The Singular Adventures of The Style Council, The Complete Adventures of The Style Council, and Greatest Hits."

Roger Waters - wish you were here live, 2025

"Waters has noted that the collaboration between himself and Gilmour on the song was "really good. All bits of it are really, really good. I'm very happy about it." Gilmour has playfully called "Wish You Were Here" "a very simple country song" and stated that "because of its resonance and the emotional weight it carries, it is one of our best songs."

Yndling - before it gets dark, 2025

"The song is part of a five-track EP that blends dreamy synths, reverb-heavy guitars, and introspective lyrics, characteristic of Yndling’s style inspired by bands like Mazzy Star and Beach House."

Sufjan Stevens - run away with me, 2020

"The Ascension is more weary than angry, with Stevens fighting against hopelessness while trying to cheer himself with kaleidoscopic arrangements as danceable as anything in his catalog."

Friday, June 6, 2025

Genesis - in the wilderness, 1969

"Songs which were primarily or wholly written by Banks-Gabriel include "The Serpent", "The Conqueror", "In Limbo", and "The Silent Sun", while songs which were primarily or wholly written by Phillips-Rutherford include "In the Wilderness". "Window" is a rare example of significant collaboration between the pairs; the music was composed on the roof of Thomas's house by Phillips and Rutherford, and the lyrics were written by Gabriel."

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Frank Turner - the fastest way back home, 2009

"My skin has thickened. I've got much better at weathering internet storms – and they pass very quickly. The internet is, generally speaking, a fantastic thing, a wonderful boon for humanity. It gives everyone a voice, which is a double-edged sword. The instinctive egalitarian democrat in me thinks that's a good thing, but at the same time it means that every bored, ignorant, bile-filled arsehole can send me hatemail. And they do."

Sufjan Stevens - video game, 2020

"Video Game" is a song written, recorded, and produced by American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens for his eighth studio album, The Ascension (2020). It was released as the album's second single on August 13, 2020, through Stevens' Asthmatic Kitty label. It has been called a synth-pop song with lyrics that describe the effects of social media upon society."

Zager And Evans - in the year twenty-five twenty-five, 1969

"In the Year 2525" is a song about the journey of mankind over a 10,000-year span. It predicts that man's thoughts, relationships and body will be negatively impacted by technological advances and ends with man's extinction."

Fait-divers on the brain and the music

Mystery of 101-year-old master pianist who has dementia. When it comes to music in general, we don’t have a great sense of where it exists in the brain.

Fait-divers on attention and consciousness

Attention is a series of beginnings, those mental rebirths that occur in consciousness when it heeds time’s instants.

Fait-divers on the mind and the brain

The mind isn’t locked in the brain but extends far beyond it. If the mind is not bounded by the brain or the skin, where does it stop? What is the boundary line?

Fait-divers: Brian Eno, the universe and music

"He was investigating the structure of the universe, not inspired by music, but with music."

Fait-divers by Charlie Chaplin

"Look up to the sky. You'll never find rainbows if you're looking down." (Charlie Chaplin)

The Beatles - all my loving, 1963

"All My Loving" represents a notable advance in sophistication and technique over the first couple of singles and the original cuts on the "Please Please Me" album."

Bear's Den - longhope, 2019

“We wanted to make an EP that felt intimate, nostalgic and felt united by the theme of winter. It was a chance between albums for us to work on and explore something more musically sparse and lyrically reflective, working with our longtime friend, collaborator, and producer Ian Grimble. The EP is a collection of songs united by a sense of what winter means to us. In all its beauty, sadness, stillness and its ability to transform and bring things back to life.”

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Pink Floyd - embryo, 1970

"Embryo" (sometimes called "The Embryo") is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It was written by Roger Waters, recorded in 1968, and regularly performed live in 1970–71, but never released on any regular Pink Floyd album. A studio version appeared in 1970 on the rare multi-artist album Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air, which was reissued in 2007, and the 1983 band compilation Works. Live performances expanded on the studio original, stretching beyond ten minutes. Multiple renditions of "Embryo" appeared on the band's 2016 box set The Early Years 1965–1972; two versions were also included on the smaller 2-disc compilation The Early Years 1967–1972: Cre/ation."

Mojave 3 - who do you love, 1998

"Rolling Stone called the album "stunning" and "an unerring collection of floating, giant little moments." The Washington City Paper wrote that the album "showcases [Neil] Halstead’s considerable songwriting talent." The A.V. Club praised the band's "subtle and simple, yet surprisingly full-sounding, instrumentation, which includes doses of organ, horns, and pedal-steel guitar."

Guillemots - ice room, 2010

"Ice Room" is a song by the indie rock band Guillemots, featured on their 2011 album Walk the River. The track, written by the band, explores themes of emotional vulnerability and the struggle to let go, set against a backdrop of vivid imagery."

Fait-divers on art and attitude

Art isn't there to change your life, but how to look at it.