If you could take two strangers
Lead them left and right
At a certain place and time
Like you took these strangers
And our two strange lives
And made us new
And took us through
And woke us up
I believe that no matter what it makes us do
Take us through it
And wake us up again
And what we had won't be the same thing now (Now, now)
But you will make something new- Dear April, Frank Ocean
There is just so much good music coming out right now.
This is a choir making Coldplay sound new again.
This is Aphex Twin on pedal steel.
I have had Caribou, Four Tet, Nils Frahm, and Nicolas Jaar on constant repeat this past month.
For Piano Day, Nils Frahm released this playlist:
If you need work music, try this YouTube channel. Or this 70’s Japanese jazz on vinyl.
Kanye was an amazing artist as a child.
And this Virgil Abloh playlist is a treat:
I got to buy a bunch of shares in Abloh’s ‘The Ten’ collaboration with Nike via Otis this week.
I love Otis, and have bought into nearly every drop since it launched: the AJ1, the Supreme Skateboard decks, this Murakami x Abloh piece, and Kaws.
Kaws at the NGV last year was spectacular.
Speaking of living boys from New York, Paul Simon was mediocre when I saw him live in concert in Berkeley a few years ago, but Graceland is still in my Top 20 Favourite Albums of All-Time. And this is the story of ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’.
And here, more again:
“Oh, when darkness comes
And pain is all aroundLike a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down