Words. Music. Visuals. More.
Hawaii 2023: Kauai with the Folks
Meeting up with my parents for the first time in a few years in Kauai. And getting to know my new camera! The EOS RP.
The 3-Year Roll of Film
I recently had a roll of film developed that spent at least 3 years in my trusty Konica A-Com 1. Over half that time it was out of commission, and after I had it fixed, the repairman had rewound the roll, so I ended up with a bunch of double exposures. Here are the results…
Best Ambient Music of 2022
Here are some ambient releases that caught my ear in 2022 (2020 here and 2021 here). But first, here’s a little end-of-year awards: With two excellent albums this year, the experimental and usually-dance music oriented artist from London is my ambient artist of the year. Although not fully ambient, they are close enough, and fully…
A Few Days in Rome
Rome was the beginning of an epic European roadtrip. Some family friends of ours from Paris described the city as a “village” and I can see what they meant – everything is fairly walkable. And everything is also fairly ancient…
A Few Days in London
In early 2013 I ended an epic European road-trip in London. The reputation as a cultural powerhouse surely preceded itself and I wasn’t let down. Although I didn’t see a lot of the big tourist attractions, I spent a few days wandering the streets and got a good sense of the city. Can’t wait to…
Colorizing Black & White Film, Part 1: People
I took a bunch of old black & white film photos and applied the new Colorize Neural Filters in Photoshop. Results are good!
Best Vegetarian Food in Taitung
Despite being a smaller city, Taitung has a huge variety of vegetarian food. 台東素食餐廳很棒！
Best Drum & Bass of 2021
Despite running a dnb label, I listened to less jungle and dnb than ever before in 2021. There’s simply too many other styles out there (ambient / R&B / house / etc) that excite me. Nonetheless, I do keep my ear to the ground whenever possible, and when something really catches my ear, it’ll end…
Best Ambient Music of 2021
It was a stellar year of ambient with great releases from Nala Sinephro, Arushi Jain, Hilyard, Salamanda, Nailah Hunter, Ulla, Elori Sax, & many more…
Best R&B/Soul Music of 2021
R&B had another great year, with solid releases from Tirzah, Tinashe, John Glacier, serpentwithfeet, VanJess, Foushee, H.E.R., and more.
Best Ambient Music of 2020
An incredible year of ambient, with albums from Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Skee Mask, Sam Prekop, Jualiana Barwick, KMRU, Heathered Pearls, Ana Roxanne, and many more.
Best Soul / R&B Music of 2020
It’s interesting that r&b has become my genre of choice in 2020. I’ve always been into the 90s, but it’s only natural that I came around to the new stuff, as soul in general is the one thing that influences all my taste in music. My favorite way of keeping tabs on new soul is…
Best Hiking Trails in Los Angeles
Looking to escape the gridlock of LA…? Look no further! The City of Angels may be an expansive mess of traffic, but there’s plenty of places to escape within the city limits. I was lucky enough to live in LA for 6 months in 2019, and used every spare moment to seek out the best…