snow ii

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss, working from home on a snow day is indeed the ultimate perk -

[insert picture of snow falling over the yard as seen from the lodge window]

this extremely budd + eno + max/msp album "cendre" by fennesz + sakamoto has been a constant companion this winter and is so very app, every song a field of shimmering, slowly-falling digital snowflakes -

fennesz + sakamoto - cendre (album)

see also the previous julee cruise/snow vibes post -

why don't you come over to my house... please

since apparently all this snow is turning to shitty rain in like 7 hours, and who knows if these are the best snowy vibes we'll get all year?, I would also like to take this opportunity to demand that you take advantage of the opportunity to really fucking deeply feel Julee Cruise's "Floating into the Night" album, amazingly available for free track by track here. without a doubt my #1 obsession of the winter, and an utterly perfect soundtrack for a snowy evening. these first two especially, seriously seriously mandatory:

julee cruise - floating
julee cruise - falling

bonus chiasm flashback!
"a beautiful, tranquilized hybrid of new age textures and vaguely '50sish pop melodies stretched out into ethereal sighs, lyrics by David Lynch, music by Angelo Badalamenti, and otherwordly singing by Ms. Cruise... it's kind of like an enigmatic, melancholy, xanaxed-out Hal David/Burt Bacharach/Dionne Warwick situation, three amazing talents complementing each other perfectly to create a TOTAL VIBE "