Music: Beachwood Sparks – Sparks Fly Again

Woooo hooooo I just got the new Beachwood Sparks LP in the mail (earlier than I expected) that I preordered from Sub Pop Records.. equipped with an awesome totebag and sticker which is now permanently affixed to my car. (If there’s one thing that I’m a stickler about, it’s keeping my car in ship-shape. I don’t even have my own sticker on there). So… my whole workday just went from totally exciting to beyond exciting. Lots of new finished works to come once I get them photographed.

Music: Holst- Venus, the Bringer of Peace

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I’ve been listening to Holst since I was a kid. My mom, a classical musician, and her then-partner (RIP) who was a physicist & astronomer, put me onto to a few classical comps that merge into a scientific/ sci-fi realm that I still listen to. I picked up this record last week at Love Garden in Lawrence and chuckled at the sticker on the packaging. I was immediately sold.