I’ve known how to be alone for most of my life. It’s not always easy, but it is unlike anything else out there, and a necessity for introspection and self-exploration. It wasn’t until E explained to me that the majority of people were too interested with themselves to care to even notice or think about “that person standing over them by themselves alone, not even checking their phone as if to signal to others ‘oh hey, people like me. I’m just here waiting.’”, that I finally “got it.”
You switch on for the city
Long gone from the city
Come on strong winds move on
You belong in the city
I’m wrong for the city
Switch on a sad song when I’m gone
So long.
“Switched On” - Islands
What would you say you believe in?
I was delighted by the “hidden track” on Four Tet’s latest, “There is Love in You”. The voice is instantly recognizable as that of Lightspeed Champion, an artist I was introduced to via E, via our mutual affection for Emmy the Great. Looking forward to his upcoming album, with an untouched/unremixed version of this track (especially now that he lives locally in Brooklyn).
“it’s better to fly /
and never reach the sky //
every second that you run away /
makes me miss you more and more //
i miss you /
i miss you”
**UPDATE** Album version is absolutely NO different than the Four Tet version. Oh well.
Mole: I can see in the dark.
Mr. Fox: We can use that. Rabbit?
Rabbit: I’m fast.
Mr. Fox: Badger?
Badger: Demolitions expert.
Mr. Fox: What? Since when?" — Despite my own “heart-on-sleeve” way of life, there is always more left to discover about one other, and sometimes it’s the timing of when it all comes pouring out that makes all the difference.
“A half-drawn shade” and “the thing about life is that it goes on”: two stand-out holiday “gifts”.

