Levamentum menti, Latin for "comfort for the mind", that's what music is for me. This blog will be an ongoing record of interesting music that I come across. Check it out, maybe something will suit your tastes!
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Placid pleasantness followed with a bittersweet end. There are a few non-English songs for which I make an effort to learn how to sing. I think I'll make this one of them. Song starts at 4:02.
"Ecos de Miel" by Siddhartha from the 2014 album El Vuelo de Pez
Spring is here. The sun's warmth has returned. Feels like I'm waking up from a long slumber. I don't know how they can stare into each other's eyes when singing like this. 3close5me.
"Time Is Everything" by Vivian Leva from her 2018 album Time Is Everything
OLP and Matthew Good are playing at Massey Hall. Of course, I cannot attend. That's ok. Was listening to a bunch of older OLP stuff the other day.
Lately, I've been wanting to slow down and reconnect with some part of me outside of work and people routines, reconnect with some part of my imagination or creativity. But I wonder, what purpose would that serve? I work, pay my bills, give attention to my social entanglements. Who seriously gives a fuck if I do anything beyond paying attention to these socially valued tasks? I'm fully functional cog, why mess with that? Obviously, there is value but ... beyond it's ideological value ... sometimes I wonder.
"In Repair" by Our Lady Peace from their 2000 album Spiritual Machines
