connexion: the selector

View from the Floor Series, Part One

pinky swear?, timothy bieniosek; 28 february 08

Never say sorry.

Download: Stars of the Lid - Articulate Silences Part One, Part Two
Buy the Album: Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline

Oneiric Morse Code Transmission, Part Eight

miranda lehman; date unknown

I told you three times today, but only made it to twice.

The second time was right after I sent you that message; I burned my skin.

Not on purpose.

But I’ll tell you it still felt good, and I still fell asleep in the candle-lit dark, even if the water was so hot I can still feel the heat coming up off my skin,

even with my windows open, even though I’ve turned on the fan.

Download: The Verve - Make it ’til Monday
Buy the Album: The Verve - A Storm in Heaven

Artificial Sunlight Series, Part Three

ye rin mok; date unknown

The Sun came out for about forty minutes today: I feel good, rejuvenated.

I need a massage so badly it’s criminal. So I am going to do the next best thing:

A long, hot sea salt soak, so hot that my skin steams when I get out even though truth be told it’s comfortable enough in my studio for the thin undershirt and cargo shorts I’m wearing.

And I am going to have Loscil on blast, and sip on some viognier, because fuck it: I’m young, and happy, and there’s still many hours left in this night.

xoj

Download: Loscil - First Narrows
Buy the Album: Loscil - First Narrows

Artificial Sunlight Series, Part Two

ye rin mok; date unknown

All day long I’ve been taking deep, wide breaths.

They’re relieved sighs, actually.

I feel so right and good in my skin.

I have plans; I know what I can do.

I’m excited.

And I can’t stop smiling.

Download: Drop Nineteens - Winona
Buy the Album: Drop Nineteens - Delaware

Artificial Sunlight Series, Part One

ye rin mok; date unknown

After clocking a total of almost 3 hours on the bike this weekend, I finally feel like this layer of vaseline is coming off of my eyes.

I like getting off the bike and feeling like I might fall to the floor because my legs have turned liquid,

I like the way my muscles twitch and snap for 15 minutes after, like they still want to go;

I like that the back of my hair is soaked through and I can run my fingers over my cheeks and forehead and literally see the salt water fly across the room when I flick them,

and how they taste clean after.

These are two of the sexiest fucking songs I’ve ever heard.

The sun may not come out for another two months but fuck it:

Let’s dance.

Download: Liars - We Live NE of Compton, Tumbling Walls Buried Me in the Debris with ESG
Buy the Album: Liars - They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top

Oneiric Morse Code Transmission, Part Seven

miranda lehman; date unknown

It’s ok to not understand right angles.

But I hoped tonight, in a real way.

I understand, it’s ok:

I have books, and music, and paint, and pictures to take.

I just.

I don’t know.

It felt ok.

It felt like a start.

I kind of thought, for a moment, that I was heard.

You know, in that real way.

Download: The Hollies - Jesus Was a Cross Maker
Buy the Album: The Hollies - Romany