young_werther

i tend to express myself through other people's music and finished my first compilation for 2002 a few weeks ago (normally, i make one every two months). i supposed i can blame my sloth on not finding the right intersection of songs, waning between downtempo electronica and dreamy folk ballads... there's a certain danger in too much of the latter, as it becomes a confessional of sorts, and i have been coy with my feelings of late. nonetheless, the impulse for biography consumed me and "freckles" is now finished ::

rivulets, creased | my morning jacket, sooner | l'altra, black arrow | empress, ballerina beats (alternate mix) | the places, will try | hope sandoval and the warm inventions, feeling of gaze | claudio ragazzi with arto lindsay and bebel gilberto, the therapist | the autumns with simon raymonde, time of no reply | azure ray, fever | mus, domina | park avenue music, crash | mum, i can't feel my hand anymore, it's alright, sleep still | life without buildings, sorrow | hood, you're worth the whole world

there's enough strings and pedal steel to even burn the most resistant heart...

other than that, i have been sending out records, eating many soy products and perfecting my prose in a thursday night writing class (which, i might have to miss considering azure ray is in town)