i just woke up. my phone is telling me it is 37 degrees outside. way too cold for the morning walk i take right when i get up. i start making coffee and turn on my portable player and switch it from tape to fm, its already tuned to the local news. the small built in speaker crackles once and awhile which i enjoy, it gives it a sense of personality. “my friend ByronStatics AM/FM RADIO RECORDER CASSETTE PLATER crackles in the morning” i think to myself. partner is sitting on the porch and taking in the morning air as i crack an egg.
a few hours have passed and i am now on my way to the library to open a library card. im listening to emily sprague’s* water memory. i received this tape in december 2017 and have somehow held onto it to this day. it makes me think of snow especially with this overcast, foggy and frigidly cold day. i write into my notebook to research how rare and or expensive a cassette copy of music for airports vol 1 by brian eno would be. water memory reminds me of that tape.
i receive my library card and checkout a book. i set on the bench in front of the library for a few minutes. still listening to water memory while i read the leaf fold of the book. i haven’t read a full book since the summer and im excited to get back into a book. does anyone have a recommendation for an audiobook that would be on tape? if so email me. it would be kind of nice to have something like that to listen to during the quiet hours.
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Emily Sprague fronts the band Florist and her solo work is typically minimal synthesis ambient. for fans of brian eno, ann annie, and r beny
until next time,
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