this is my first column with y’all so i’m just going to give a little idea of what it’s going to be. i basically am just going to talk about my thoughts,music,cassettes, cassette culture, people recognizing me, coffee, pez dispensers, living in a city, living rural, having a car, walking, not having a car, and memories
anyways this is abe’s corner:
i am walking to the “central park” of the city i live in (the city isn’t new york) i’m meeting up with someone from facebook marketplace to buy a vintage mcdonald’s mug from them. i recently stopped using streaming services and only use cassettes and a walkman when i’m out and about. I am currently listening to an ambient japanese tape “End Loop Wink” it’s the second tape from Marefumi Komura whom is based out of tokyo. It reminds me of early brian eno and emily sprague from its minimal synth use that’s almost drone like but not quiet there in terms of “drone music” It makes me visualize the tiny streams of northern new england at dusk and at the same time the snowed in mountains of new mexico right at the crack of dawn. both visuals that feel like a blanket and remind me of a sense of home. someone from a record store just recognized me with my headphones on and yelled out from a distance “you got that walkman going?!” we both already know the answer. I get to the park and my contact keeps delaying the pickup time so it’s starting to feel fishy but i’ll give them the extra hour until i disappear back home if they keep pushing the time back. End Loop Wink ends. I change it to Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis. I try to match the half notes of the drums with my steps whilst walking which probably makes me look unsettling from an outsiders perspective. just picture this; me abe 5 foot 7 inches dressed in all bright red with black doc martins and a white cap double time stepping to a cassette in the middle of a bustling park all the while white knuckling a burning joint. pretty funny? maybe? pretty cool to the untrained eye? i doubt it.
the deal eventually happens and i retrieve the coffee mug of my desires.
the weather has been in the 40s and cloudy recently. raining every couple of days. winter is settling in.
until next time.
Abe.
♒️
I am Abe