The silence of pines on remote peaks, Li Huayi (1999)
Sin Fang – “Strange House”
Half Dreams
An excellent EP packed with some just plain great songs. This one in particular has a wonderfully varied structure, swinging from jangle to piano-and-surf to Elephant 6 psych. Calming but still upbeat and musically interesting. (insound)
Recursive pyramid, Tom Beddard
Stacked frames from the International Space Station (Cristoph Malin) – shades of hyperspace
(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
You tell me of degrees of perfection to which human nature is capable of arriving, and I believe it, but at the same time lament that our admiration should arise from the scarcity of the instances.
Abigail Adams
A drop of water freezing at -20°C over 18 seconds, forming an ice tree (Science)
I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.
W. H. Auden, September 1, 1939
Maskwell: Cynthia, let thy Beauty gild my Crimes; and whatsoever I commit of Treachery or Deceit, shall be imputed to me as a Merit — Treachery, what Treachery? Love cancels all the Bonds of Friendship, and sets Men right upon their first Foundations.
William Congreve, The Double-Dealer
Efterklang – “Sedna”
Piramida
I’ve discarded two whole albums from Efterklang due to a lack of focus, which the earlier Tripper, by contrast, had in excess. “Sedna” is the first new song by them that has not only arrested my attention but truly sounds Efterklang-y to me, yet evolved and different. Imagine Talk Talk mixed with DNTEL — understated and beautiful. Also look for the almost Graceland-esque “Dreams Today.” Great cover art, too. (insound)