That’s what I do with “The Disintegration Loops”. Those 4 cds are my companion for every drive to New York and back. And you’re right - it is pretty easy to speed once you settle into the music’s groove. But it’s perfect music for the thousand yard stare of each lonely American highway mile

“Introducing Carl Cocks”. That’s the track

The first track of “My Love” is legendary. It’s pretty much the whole ep

Tim Hecker also released at least his first album under his name on there I believe. Maybe that and an ep? I definitely know “Haunt me” was on there. That was back when he made good records

Follow that with “Ray of Light” for a spooktacular Halloween

“Madonna uses SHURE in-ear monitors”

Loving the Samuel Reinhard cd!

Leave the cat alone bubba

And yet he looked utterly ageless. The ‘99 look was my second favorite look of his after The Thin White Duke

Did I tell you about my experiments reading the lyrics from “La Isla Bonita” to a funky zippo? 🔥

Completely out of the blue and devastating. What a brilliant musician he was. And excellent call on “Strict Tempo”

Funny, I’m listening to “Random Angstrøm Fog” right now this rainy morning

Never had it, my man. Not it nor any other streaming service subscription and never will. Stealing from artists - which is what streaming is - makes you a raging cunt. Although I worry about the long term health of Bandcamp due to the pale horse that bought them and fired most of their staff…

I have a short video from your performance that I should dig up and send you. You were screaming into a microphone all black metal like. And I recorded it on a “VHS Cam” app for extra black metal vibes. I also remember telling you re: turn it down - “would they dare ask Michael Gira that?”

You had me at “Kate Bush”, although I’d love to see you perform again. Last time I saw you was 10 years ago in 2015 in Boston. You had us all lie on the floor so we could “feel” the music which was a great idea. Too bad the bellends next door asked you to turn it down before you even played a note

@michaelbegg.studio “Too Late For Dogs” - you really did save the best for last. What a sublime track

Thank you kindly, sir. Luxuriating in it right now

@michaelbegg.studio was hoping you’d release “Lulu And The Blacks” as an early exclusive to your loyal Bandcamp fans on Friday instead of Monday like you did with the Verloren Schatten album…

Brilliant album (listening to it now)

Based on the single, I just wish I didn’t have to wait until almost December to hear the album as it promises to be sublime

Further reinforces for me that this might be your best album yet. Can’t wait to hear it as a complete work end to end

One time I wrote something like “as the plot clearly illustrates, the fluid right before turbulence was hit with a spatula” and then referenced a footnote that said “made you look!”. He did find that one funny. You can do it too: name variables: tjn, z_strdst and tn_mcn. No one will be the wiser

Sadly, no. That company has that as an output message forever now. I also leave little David Bowie references hidden in my code that no one also catches. I got that habit in grad school because my advisor never read anything I wrote, so I’d put nonsense in there to get his attention

“Last night I dreamt of San Pedro” - Madonna

(Yes, I know it’s not from “Ray Of Light”, but u did use that as an output statement in code I was writing to see if people reviewing it were paying attention)

Me: Madonna Plays Ray Of Light

I do have “Dirt On Earth”. I’d assumed that it had an edited down version of “Carefree” or maybe a different recording sharing the same name, but thank you for confirming

Out of curiosity, would you be willing to put back on Bandcamp “Scenes from the Carefree Life of a Roman Lady: 1”? I have volume 2 (listening to right now actually which prompted the question), but missed out on the first one and would really like to rectify that…

I listened to all 3 Human Greed albums that got re-released in tape format chronologically last night and what an atmosphere they evoke starting with their respective “Invocation[s]”. The ending of “Examination”, the aforementioned words in “Waiting In A Car”, the strings in “The Green Line”. Chills

This album, to me, represents a high watermark for Human Greed if only for the words in “Waiting In A Car” alone. I really hope you and Deryk release a new Human Greed album some day.

“We aim so high”

Not Fire, by Dean Roberts 9 track album

Marking the one year anniversary of Dean Roberts’ passing, here’s his last recorded album on @erstwhile.bsky.social - an excellent album that was lost in the shuffle of COVID beginning to disrupt our lives erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com/album/not-fire