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  • The 3-Year Roll of Film

    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

    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

    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

    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 get back!

  • Colorizing Black & White Film, Part 1: People

    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

    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

    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

    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.