Late Night Musings
Stream of Consciousness
Music. Watches. Philosophy. Poverty. The radio being shit. Written somewhere between midnight and dawn.
Tom is listening to Rose Tattoo. Caution avoid poverty. He's quite the idealist Angry Anderson. Their album 'Southern Stars' is underrated. I'd like to buy food but it's important to sell more watches. Dawn is 4 hours away and they're being shit on the radio and I'm mentally exhausted. Tarot read was shithouse with a couple of 5s. He had a good set of lungs.
"Think about your possessions." — Cat Stevens
Tom is listening to The Saints. Stranded in the middle of a Tuesday. Chris Bailey had a point about the suburbs. Their first record is still the blueprint. I'd like to sleep but it's important to move these vintage Seikos. Sun's coming up in 3 hours and the algorithm is feeding me garbage and I'm spiritually drained. Coffee tastes like battery acid. He had a real sneer on him.
"Find what you love and let it kill you." — Bukowski
Tom is listening to Midnight Oil. Diesel and dust everywhere. Peter Garrett was a force of nature before the suits got him. '10, 9, 8...' is a masterpiece. I'd like to take a day off but it's important to source more inventory. Midnight is 2 hours past and the news cycle is a joke and I'm physically spent. Horoscope said to expect delays with a bunch of retrograde nonsense. He had a frantic energy.
"I am looking for an honest man." — Diogenes
Tom is listening to Nick Cave. The mercy seat is waiting. He's quite the gothic preacher. 'Let Love In' doesn't get enough credit. I'd like to buy a decent meal but it's important to repair these automatic movements. Morning is 5 hours away and the silence is deafening and I'm emotionally bankrupt. I Ching threw a hexagram of stagnation. He had a baritone that could shake walls.
"The obstacle is the way." — Marcus Aurelius
Tom is listening to Cold Chisel. Khe Sanh on repeat. Don Walker is the poet laureate of the working class. 'East' is a flawless album. I'd like to go to the pub but it's important to photograph these dials. Dawn is breaking soon and the streetlights are flickering and I'm running on fumes. Palm reading was a scam with a short lifeline. He had a voice soaked in bourbon.
"In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." — Camus
Tom is listening to Paul Kelly. From St Kilda to Kings Cross. He's quite the storyteller. 'Gossip' is a double album triumph. I'd like to pay the rent early but it's important to list these chronographs. Midnight is approaching and the neighbours are loud and I'm mentally checked out. Tea leaves looked like a mess of nothing. He had a knack for the simple truth.
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." — Seneca
Tom is listening to The Easybeats. Friday on his mind but it's Wednesday and the rent is due Thursday. Harry Vanda and George Young built the whole Australian rock industry and nobody talks about it enough. 'Friday on My Mind' is a perfect three minutes. I'd like to take a holiday but it's important to answer these messages about the Omega. Three in the morning and the street outside is finally quiet and I'm running on spite. Dream journal said something about a bridge. He had a Merseybeat shimmer that survived the flight over.
"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all." — Oscar Wilde
Tom is listening to The Angels. Doc Neeson was a man possessed. 'Face to Face' is the one people sleep on while they queue up for 'No Exit'. I'd like to eat a proper breakfast but it's important to write accurate condition reports. Dawn is 2 hours away and the fluorescent light in the kitchen is flickering again and I'm philosophically exhausted. Rune stones came up with Hagalaz which means disruption and I said yes that tracks. He had a stage presence that made you feel personally accused.
"It is not length of life but depth of life." — Emerson
Tom is listening to Goanna. Solid Rock. Shane Howard wrote a song about dispossession and it charted and then everyone forgot about it which is its own kind of dispossession. 'Spirit of Place' is an album that deserves a serious reappraisal. I'd like to fix the guttering but it's important to price these pocket watches. Midnight has been and gone and the possums are on the roof again and I'm existentially flat. Pendulum reading swung in circles which apparently means confusion. He had a voice like red dirt.
"The land is not something we own. It is something we belong to." — Shane Howard
Tom is listening to Hunters and Collectors. Throw Your Arms Around Me at volume. Mark Seymour understood that tenderness and brutality are the same muscle. 'Human Frailty' is one of the great Australian albums and it came out the same year as Neighbours so nobody noticed. I'd like to call someone but it's important to finish cataloguing these movements. Four in the morning and the city is making that low hum it makes and I'm emotionally threadbare. Coffee grounds looked like a map of somewhere I've never been. He had a horn section that hit like a fist.
"We are all just walking each other home." — Ram Dass
Tom is listening to The Triffids. Wide Open Road. David McComb wrote about the Western Australian landscape like it was a person who had wronged him personally. 'Born Sandy Devotional' is a masterpiece that never gets called a masterpiece. I'd like to move somewhere cheaper but it's important to stay near the post office. Five in the morning and the birds have started and I'm not ready for the day to begin. Astrology chart said Venus is in the wrong house which explains everything. He had a longing in his voice that sounded like distance itself.
"Not all those who wander are lost." — Tolkien
Tom is listening to Radio Birdman. Aloha Steve and Danno. Deniz Tek flew in from Michigan and made the most Australian punk record ever recorded which is either ironic or the whole point. 'Radios Appear' is the sound of something arriving that nobody was ready for. I'd like to sleep for a week but it's important to respond to this bloke in Ballarat who wants the Longines. Two in the morning and the neighbours have finally stopped and I'm running on accumulated grievance. Numerology said my life path is a 7 which means seeker which I suppose is accurate. He had a guitar tone like a power surge.
"The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it." — Abbie Hoffman
Tom is listening to Billy Thorpe. Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy and they have a point. He reinvented himself from teen idol to hard rock prophet and nobody gave him enough credit for the audacity of that. 'Children of the Sun' is a concept album about space that somehow works. I'd like to get a full night's sleep but it's important to respond to the bloke in Geelong about the Seiko 5. Three in the morning and the wind is up and the gate is banging and I'm cosmically depleted. Tarot pulled the Tower card which means collapse of the old structure and I said yes that's about right. He had a riff that felt like tectonic movement.
"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff." — Carl Sagan
Tom is listening to Skyhooks. Horror Movie right there on my TV screen. Shirley Strachan was a genuine original and the glam rock thing was just the wrapper. 'Living in the 70s' is social commentary dressed up as a party and that's the best kind. I'd like to eat something green but it's important to relist this Tissot that didn't sell. Midnight is two hours past and the television is on mute and I'm culturally exhausted. I Ching threw Hexagram 29 which is the Abyss and I said that's a bit much. He had a way of making the mundane feel like an event.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." — John Lennon
Tom is listening to Yothu Yindi. Treaty. Mandawuy Yunupingu made a song that became a political event and then a ringtone and that trajectory tells you everything about this country. 'Tribal Voice' is an album that demands you sit with your discomfort. I'd like to understand more but it's important to pack this parcel for the morning post. Four in the morning and the street is empty and I'm historically humbled. Rune reading came up with Othala which means heritage and ancestral land and I sat with that for a while. He had a voice that carried forty thousand years.
"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together." — Lilla Watson
Tom is listening to The Church. Under the Milky Way tonight. Steve Kilbey writes lyrics that sound like they mean something specific but refuse to tell you what. 'Starfish' is the album that broke them internationally and they've spent thirty years being more interesting than that. I'd like to read a book but it's important to check the movement on this Omega Constellation. Two in the morning and the fog has come in off the bay and I'm metaphysically adrift. Dream journal had water in it again which apparently means the unconscious is active. He had a bass tone like a slow tide.
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Tom is listening to Crowded House. I Feel Possessed. Neil Finn writes pop songs with a trapdoor in the floor. 'Temple of Low Men' is the difficult second album that's actually the best one and nobody wants to hear that. I'd like to have a conversation that doesn't involve money but it's important to price this lot of vintage straps. Three in the morning and the cat is staring at something in the corner and I'm mildly unsettled. Tea leaves looked like a flock of birds going somewhere. He had a melody that lodged in your chest.
"Wherever you go, there you are." — Buckaroo Banzai
Tom is listening to The Go-Betweens. Streets of Your Town. Grant McLennan and Robert Forster wrote songs for people who read too much and felt too much and that's a specific demographic but a loyal one. '16 Lovers Lane' is a breakup album made by two people who weren't breaking up with each other and that tension is the whole thing. I'd like to go for a walk but it's important to finish this condition report on the Longines Ultra-Chron. Five in the morning and the light is changing and I'm sentimentally overwhelmed. Astrology said Mercury is direct again which means communication should improve. He had a chord change that felt like a door opening.
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." — C.S. Lewis
Tom is listening to Divinyls. Boys in Town. Chrissy Amphlett was the most dangerous person in any room she walked into and she knew it and used it. 'Desperate' is the album before they got famous and it's rawer and better. I'd like to be less desperate but it's important to sell three watches before Friday. Midnight and the rain has started and the gutters are blocked again and I'm financially precarious. Tarot pulled the Five of Pentacles which is poverty and struggle and I said I know mate I know. She had a presence that made the microphone seem inadequate.
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." — Mark Twain
Tom is listening to Icehouse. Hey Little Girl. Iva Davies built a synthesiser empire out of a pub rock country and that's a peculiar kind of genius. 'Primitive Man' is a cold album in a warm climate and that contradiction is what makes it work. I'd like to feel less primitive but it's important to source more inventory before the market picks up. One in the morning and the heater is making that clicking noise and I'm thermally dissatisfied. I Ching threw Hexagram 12 which is Standstill and I said yes that's accurate. He had a synth line that sounded like ice forming.
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." — Joseph Campbell
Tom is listening to INXS. The One Thing. Michael Hutchence before he became a symbol of something. 'Shabooh Shoobah' is the album where they figured out the groove and it's better than 'Kick' and I'll die on that hill. I'd like to be less obsessive but it's important to find the right buyer for this Rolex Oyster. Two in the morning and the playlist has been going for six hours and I'm rhythmically possessed. Numerology says 8 is the number of material success and I said I'm listening. He had a hip movement that was genuinely dangerous.
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." — Camus
Tom is listening to Mental As Anything. Live It Up. Greedy Smith and Martin Plaza made cheerful music about being broke and that's a skill not everyone has. 'Cats & Dogs' is an album that sounds like a Saturday afternoon and I'm listening to it at 3am which is the wrong context but the right feeling. I'd like to live it up but it's important to respond to the fourteen messages in my inbox about the Tudor. Three in the morning and the neighbours are having an argument in the car park and I'm involuntarily involved. Coffee grounds looked like a face I didn't recognise. He had a harmonica that sounded like an argument being resolved.
"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." — Dalai Lama
Tom is listening to The Models. Out of Mind Out of Sight. Sean Kelly wrote a song about emotional unavailability and it became a dance floor anthem which is either ironic or the most honest thing about the 80s. 'Out of Mind Out of Sight' is a record that sounds like neon and feels like loneliness. I'd like to be more emotionally available but it's important to finish photographing this lot before the light changes. Four in the morning and the neon from the servo is bleeding through the curtains and I'm atmospherically influenced. Rune stones came up with Isa which means ice and stasis. He had a bassline that moved like a slow emergency.
"The most common form of despair is not being who you are." — Kierkegaard
Tom is listening to Hoodoo Gurus. I Want You Back. Dave Faulkner understood that the best pop songs are about wanting something you can't have and he built a career on that understanding. 'Stoneage Romeos' is a debut that sounds like a band who've been waiting to make it for years. I'd like to want less but it's important to acquire more stock. Midnight and the cat has knocked something off the shelf and I'm startled and then resigned. Tarot pulled the Knight of Cups which is romantic pursuit and I said that's not currently applicable. He had a jangle that felt like a screen door in summer.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." — Zig Ziglar
Tom is listening to The Cruel Sea. The Honeymoon Is Over. Tex Perkins had a voice that sounded like it had been through something and come out the other side changed. 'The Honeymoon Is Over' is an album about the end of things and it's more useful than most self-help books. I'd like to end some things but it's important to keep the business running. Three in the morning and the wind is coming under the door and I'm existentially draughty. I Ching threw Hexagram 23 which is Splitting Apart and I said yes that's about where we are. He had a baritone that made the room feel smaller.
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." — Seneca
Tom is listening to The Whitlams. No Aphrodisiac. Tim Freedman wrote a song about a letter and a book and it's the most romantic thing in Australian music and it's also about failure and that's why it works. 'Eternal Nightcap' is an album about drinking and loss and Sydney and those three things are not unrelated. I'd like to write a letter but it's important to update the listings. Two in the morning and the wine is finished and I'm sentimentally depleted. Tea leaves looked like a city I used to know. He had a piano that sounded like last drinks.
"We accept the love we think we deserve." — Stephen Chbosky
Tom is listening to Powderfinger. The Day You Come. Bernard Fanning wrote lyrics that sounded simple until you listened twice and then they weren't. 'Internationalist' is the album where they stopped being a Brisbane band and became something larger. I'd like to become something larger but it's important to stay focused on the inventory. Four in the morning and the neighbours have a dog that has decided tonight is the night and I'm involuntarily awake. Astrology said Jupiter is in my second house which is money and I said I'm still waiting. He had a voice that sounded like it meant it.
"The day you come is the day I'll be waiting." — Bernard Fanning
Tom is listening to Silverchair. Tomorrow. Daniel Johns was fifteen years old and he sounded like he'd already lived several difficult lives. 'Frogstomp' is a record that should not exist and does anyway. I'd like to be fifteen again but only briefly and only if I could keep the knowledge. It's important to sell this Citizen before the weekend. One in the morning and the playlist has taken a dark turn and I'm developmentally regressing. Numerology says my personal year is a 4 which means hard work and foundation building. He had a scream that sounded like a question.
"Youth is wasted on the young." — George Bernard Shaw
Tom is listening to The Living End. Prisoner of Society. Chris Cheney played a Gretsch through a Marshall and invented a sound that was simultaneously 1958 and 1998 and that's a genuine achievement. Their debut is a record about being young and angry in the suburbs and it holds up. I'd like to be less of a prisoner but it's important to keep the business solvent. Midnight and the tram has stopped running and I'm stranded with the inventory. Tarot pulled the Eight of Swords which is feeling trapped but the trap is mental. He had a rockabilly lick that could start a fight.
"The chains that bind us most tightly are the ones we have placed on ourselves." — Epictetus
Tom is listening to Spiderbait. Buy Me a Pony. Janet English and Kram and Damian Whitty made noise pop that was smarter than it looked and louder than it needed to be. 'Ivy and the Big Apples' is the one before they got famous and it's weirder and better. I'd like to buy a pony but it's important to pay the electricity bill. Three in the morning and the electricity bill is on the table and I'm financially confronted. I Ching threw Hexagram 47 which is Oppression and I said yes that's the one. She had a drumkit that sounded like controlled demolition.
"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." — Edmund Hillary
Tom is listening to Grinspoon. Hard Act to Follow. Phil Jamieson had a sneer that was genuinely earned. 'Guide to Better Living' is an album that does not contain a guide to better living and that's the joke. I'd like to live better but it's important to answer this inquiry about the Enicar. Two in the morning and the guide to better living is not helping and I'm practically unchanged. Rune stones came up with Tiwaz which means sacrifice and justice. He had a guitar tone like a power tool.
"First, do no harm. Then, do whatever you want." — Unknown
Tom is listening to Regurgitator. I Will Lick Your Arsehole. Quan Yeomans made a record that was simultaneously Brisbane, Tokyo, and nowhere in particular. 'Tu-Plang' is a concept album about consumerism and it was sold in a supermarket which is either brilliant or the whole problem. I'd like to consume less but it's important to acquire more stock for the shop. Four in the morning and the supermarket receipt is on the bench and I'm economically implicated. Tea leaves looked like a barcode. He had a riff that sounded like a shopping trolley at speed.
"The things you own end up owning you." — Chuck Palahniuk
Tom is listening to The Vines. Get Free. Craig Nicholls was a genuine eccentric and the music press didn't know whether to celebrate or pathologise that and mostly did both. 'Highly Evolved' is a record that arrived at the right moment and then the moment passed. I'd like to get free but it's important to stay solvent. One in the morning and the moment has passed and I'm temporally stranded. Astrology said the North Node is in Aries which means forward motion is required. He had a howl that sounded like escape velocity.
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." — Gandhi
Tom is listening to Jet. Are You Gonna Be My Girl. Nic Cester understood that sometimes you just need a song that goes. 'Get Born' is an album that sounds like it was made by people who loved records and wanted to make one and that's enough. I'd like to get born again in a financial sense but it's important to keep moving the stock. Midnight and the playlist is giving me energy I don't know what to do with at this hour. Tarot pulled the Ace of Wands which is new beginnings and creative fire. He had a stomp that started in the chest.
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." — Mark Twain
Tom is listening to Wolfmother. Woman. Andrew Stockdale summoned a sound from 1972 and dropped it into 2005 and the seam was barely visible. Their debut is a record about power and desire and it sounds like both. I'd like more power and less desire but it's important to sell this lot before the end of the month. Three in the morning and the power is on and the desire is present and I'm energetically conflicted. I Ching threw Hexagram 1 which is pure creative force and I said that's ambitious. He had a riff that felt like a fist through a wall.
"Power is not given to you. You have to take it." — Beyoncé
Tom is listening to Kasey Chambers. Not Pretty Enough. Bill and Kasey Chambers made country music in the Nullarbor and it sounded like nowhere else on earth. 'The Captain' is an album about growing up in the desert and it's one of the most honest Australian records made. I'd like to be enough but it's important to keep improving the listings. Two in the morning and the desert is far away and I'm geographically nostalgic. Pendulum reading swung south which I chose to interpret as direction. She had a voice that sounded like it had been outside.
"You are enough. You have enough. You do enough." — Brené Brown
Tom is listening to Missy Higgins. Scar. She wrote about emotional damage with a precision that was almost clinical and then sang it like it was personal and that combination is rare. 'The Sound of White' is a debut that arrived fully formed. I'd like to be less scarred but it's important to keep the business going. Five in the morning and the light is white and I'm emotionally transparent. Astrology said Chiron is in my chart somewhere significant which means old wounds. She had a piano that sounded like something being worked out.
"The wound is the place where the light enters you." — Rumi
Tom is listening to John Butler Trio. Ocean. Eighteen minutes of acoustic guitar that builds to something that sounds like a natural event. 'Sunrise Over Sea' is an album about the Western Australian coast and it sounds like it. I'd like to see the ocean but it's important to stay at the bench. Four in the morning and the ocean is far away and I'm landlocked with the inventory. Rune stones came up with Laguz which means water and the unconscious and flow. He had a twelve-string that sounded like weather.
"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." — Jacques Cousteau
Tom is listening to Xavier Rudd. Better People. He plays multiple instruments simultaneously and that's either impressive or showing off and I've decided it's both. 'Food in the Belly' is a debut that sounds like it was recorded near the water. I'd like to be better people but I'm one person and it's important to focus on the watches. Midnight and the didgeridoo is doing something to the frequency of the room and I'm vibrationally altered. Tea leaves looked like a wave breaking. He had a rhythm that felt like breathing.
"Be the change you wish to see in the world." — Gandhi
Tom is listening to Augie March. One Crowded Hour. Glenn Richards writes lyrics that are too dense for radio and too good to ignore. 'Strange Bird' is the album that won the ARIA and then they kept making records that were better and nobody noticed. I'd like one crowded hour of productivity but it's important to pace myself. Three in the morning and the hour is crowded with unfinished tasks and I'm administratively overwhelmed. I Ching threw Hexagram 48 which is the Well and means inexhaustible resources. He had a vocabulary that made other songwriters nervous.
"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." — e.e. cummings
Tom is listening to The Drones. Shark Fin Blues. Gareth Liddiard writes about Australia like a crime scene and he's not wrong. 'Gala Mill' is a record about history and violence and the land and it's the most uncomfortable comfortable listen in Australian music. I'd like to be more comfortable with discomfort but it's important to keep the business running. Two in the morning and the crime scene is the economy and I'm a witness. Tarot pulled the Ten of Swords which is the end of a painful cycle. He had a guitar that sounded like an accusation.
"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable." — James A. Garfield
Tom is listening to The Avalanches. Since I Left You. They sampled 3500 records to make one record and the result sounds like a dream you had about a record shop. 'Since I Left You' is the most joyful sad album or the saddest joyful album and I can't decide which. I'd like to leave but it's important to stay. Four in the morning and the samples are stacking up and I'm intertextually overwhelmed. Numerology says today is a 3 day which means creativity and expression. They had a collage that felt like memory.
"Memory is the diary we all carry about with us." — Oscar Wilde
Tom is listening to Gotye. Somebody That I Used to Know. Wally De Backer made a song that became inescapable and then he escaped it by not making another one for a decade and that's a power move. 'Making Mirrors' is an album that contains multitudes and most people only heard one of them. I'd like to know somebody but it's important to keep the professional distance. One in the morning and the mirrors are reflecting and I'm self-aware to a fault. Astrology said the Moon is in Scorpio which means emotional intensity. He had a xylophone that sounded like regret.
"You used to love me." — Gotye
Tom is listening to Tame Impala. Solitude Is Bliss. Kevin Parker makes records in a shed in Perth and they sound like the inside of a very pleasant mind. 'Innerspeaker' is the debut before the synths took over and it's the best one. I'd like solitude but it's important to respond to customers. Three in the morning and the solitude is present but the inbox is full and I'm paradoxically isolated. I Ching threw Hexagram 4 which is Youthful Folly and I said that's fair. He had a reverb that sounded like distance.
"In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion." — Camus
Tom is listening to Courtney Barnett. Pedestrian at Best. She writes about the mundane with a specificity that makes it feel cosmic and that's the whole trick. 'Sometimes I Sit and Think' is an album about being alive in a city and finding it overwhelming and that's relatable. I'd like to just sit but it's important to think about the inventory. Two in the morning and the pedestrian experience is overwhelming and I'm cosmically mundane. Rune stones came up with Mannaz which means humanity and the self. She had a guitar tone like a conversation.
"I contain multitudes." — Walt Whitman
Tom is listening to Gang of Youths. The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows. Dave Le'aupepe writes about faith and doubt and grief with a directness that makes most rock music seem evasive. 'Go Farther in Lightness' is an album about loss and it's enormous and it earns its enormity. I'd like to go farther but it's important to stay at the bench. Four in the morning and the sighs are deep and the shadows are frank and I'm spiritually challenged. Tarot pulled the Judgement card which means reckoning and renewal. He had a voice that sounded like it was trying to convince itself.
"Grief is just love with nowhere to go." — Jamie Anderson
Tom is listening to Stella Donnelly. Old Man. She writes about difficult things with a lightness that makes them land harder and that's a specific and valuable skill. 'Beware of the Dogs' is a debut that sounds like someone who has thought carefully about what they want to say. I'd like to say what I mean but it's important to maintain professional communication. One in the morning and the dogs are quiet and I'm carefully composed. Astrology said Pluto is in Capricorn which means institutional transformation. She had a guitar that sounded like a question you couldn't avoid.
"Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes." — Maggie Kuhn
Tom is listening to The Cat Empire. The Chariot. Felix Riebl and Harry Angus made a Melbourne sound that was simultaneously jazz, ska, hip-hop, and Latin and somehow it worked. Their debut is a record about being young in a city and finding it endlessly interesting. I'd like to find things endlessly interesting but it's important to maintain focus. Midnight and the chariot is moving and I'm directionally uncertain. Tea leaves looked like a map of Brunswick. He had a trumpet that sounded like an invitation.
"The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo." — Desmond Morris
Tom is listening to The Temper Trap. Sweet Disposition. Dougy Mandagi has a falsetto that sounds like it's reaching for something just out of range and that's the feeling the song is about. 'Conditions' is an album that arrived at the exact moment it needed to. I'd like sweet disposition but it's important to maintain realistic expectations. Three in the morning and the conditions are what they are and I'm dispositionally neutral. I Ching threw Hexagram 11 which is Peace and I said I'll take it. He had a reach in his voice that felt like hope.
"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." — Desmond Tutu
Tom is listening to Empire of the Sun. Walking on a Dream. Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore built a mythology around themselves and then made music to match it and the audacity of that is genuinely inspiring. 'Walking on a Dream' is a record about transcendence and it sounds like it. I'd like to transcend but it's important to stay grounded in the inventory. Two in the morning and the dream is walking and I'm ambulatory in spirit. Numerology says 5 is the number of freedom and change. They had a synth that sounded like a portal.
"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." — Edgar Allan Poe
Tom is listening to Flume. Holdin On. Harley Streten made electronic music in his bedroom and it sounded like the future and the future arrived and he was already somewhere else. His debut is a record about texture and space and it rewards headphones. I'd like to hold on but it's important to let go of the watches that aren't moving. Four in the morning and the texture is rich and the space is present and I'm sonically immersed. Rune stones came up with Ehwaz which means movement and progress. He had a drop that felt like the floor disappearing.
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." — Eleanor Roosevelt
Tom is listening to Chet Faker. No Diggity. Nick Murphy covered a Blackstreet song and made it sound like it was always his and that's a specific kind of confidence. 'Built on Glass' is a record about intimacy and it sounds like 3am in a good way. I'd like to build on glass but it's important to build on something more structural. Three in the morning and the glass is reflecting and I'm intimately aware of the inventory. Astrology said Venus is conjunct Neptune which means romantic idealism. He had a falsetto that sounded like honesty.
"Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change." — Brené Brown
Tom is listening to Vance Joy. Riptide. James Keogh wrote a song about a girl and a ukulele and it became the most played song on Australian radio for a decade and that's either a triumph or a cautionary tale. 'Dream Your Life Away' is an album about wanting things to work out. I'd like things to work out but it's important to be realistic. Midnight and the riptide is pulling and I'm directionally uncertain. Tea leaves looked like a current. He had a ukulele that sounded like summer.
"Dream your life away." — Vance Joy
Tom is listening to Amy Shark. Adore. Amy Billings wrote a song about wanting someone to notice you and it resonated with approximately everyone who has ever wanted someone to notice them. 'Love Monster' is a debut about big feelings in a small life and it's more honest than most. I'd like to be adored but it's important to maintain professional boundaries. Two in the morning and the feelings are big and the life is small and I'm proportionally challenged. I Ching threw Hexagram 31 which is Influence and attraction. She had a chorus that felt like a confession.
"The most important thing in the world is to learn to give out love, and to let it come in." — Morrie Schwartz
Tom is listening to The Rubens. Hoops. Sam Margin writes about anxiety and desire with a directness that sounds casual and isn't. 'Hoops' is an album about jumping through them and whether it's worth it. I'd like to stop jumping through hoops but it's important to maintain the listings. One in the morning and the hoops are numerous and I'm athletically depleted. Tarot pulled the Two of Pentacles which is juggling multiple priorities. He had a groove that sounded like effort made easy.
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." — Agatha Christie
Tom is listening to The Jungle Giants. Feel the Way I Do. Sam Hales makes indie pop that sounds like Brisbane in summer and that's a specific and pleasant feeling. 'Learn to Exist' is an album about figuring out how to be alive and it's more useful than most instruction manuals. I'd like to learn to exist more gracefully but it's important to keep the business running. Three in the morning and the existence is ongoing and I'm procedurally managing. Astrology said the Sun is in my sixth house which means work and health. He had a guitar that sounded like afternoon.
"Existence precedes essence." — Sartre
Tom is listening to Pond. Moth Wings. Nick Allbrook makes psychedelic rock in Perth and it sounds like the inside of a very strange mind in the best possible way. 'Beard, Wives, Denim' is an album that rewards patience and punishes inattention. I'd like to be more patient but it's important to respond quickly to inquiries. Four in the morning and the moth wings are beating and I'm entomologically distracted. Rune stones came up with Perthro which means mystery and hidden things. He had a keyboard that sounded like a hallucination.
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." — Einstein
Tom is listening to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Robot Stop. Stu Mackenzie and the band made an album that loops infinitely and that's either a conceptual triumph or a practical nightmare and I've decided it's both. 'Nonagon Infinity' is a record that doesn't end and I respect that commitment. I'd like to not end but it's important to close the listings at some point. Two in the morning and the loop is continuing and I'm infinitely engaged. Numerology says infinity is not a number and I said that's the point. He had a riff that ate its own tail.
"The only way out is through." — Robert Frost
Tom is listening to Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. Talking Straight. Tom Russo and Fran Keaney and Joe White have three guitarists and they all play at once and the result is a sound like a conversation between equals. 'Hope Downs' is an album named after a mine and it's about the cost of things. I'd like to talk straight but it's important to maintain commercial relationships. Three in the morning and the blackouts are rolling and I'm intermittently illuminated. I Ching threw Hexagram 35 which is Progress and I said I'll take it. They had a jangle that felt like optimism with reservations.
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." — Thomas Jefferson
Tom is listening to Julia Jacklin. Pool Party. She writes about ordinary life with an attention that makes it feel significant and that's the whole art of it. 'Don't Let the Kids Win' is a debut about growing up and finding it more complicated than advertised. I'd like to not let the kids win but I'm not sure who the kids are in this metaphor. It's important to keep the inventory moving. One in the morning and the pool party is over and I'm post-event depleted. Tarot pulled the Four of Cups which is contemplation and mild dissatisfaction. She had a guitar that sounded like thinking.
"The examined life is worth living." — Socrates
Tom is listening to Alex Lahey. I Need to Step Away. Lahey writes about relationships with a forensic honesty that makes you feel seen in an uncomfortable way. 'I Love You Like a Brother' is a debut about complicated feelings and it doesn't simplify them. I'd like to step away but it's important to stay engaged. Four in the morning and the stepping away is not happening and I'm persistently present. Astrology said Mars is in my seventh house which means conflict in relationships. She had a guitar that sounded like a direct question.
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple." — Oscar Wilde
Tom is listening to Ali Barter. Girlie Bits. She writes about the experience of being a woman in the music industry with a wit that makes the anger land harder. 'A Suitable Girl' is an album about suitability and who decides it. I'd like to be more suitable but it's important to be authentic. Two in the morning and the suitability question is unresolved and I'm authentically unsuitable. Rune stones came up with Berkano which means growth and new beginnings. She had a chorus that sounded like a door slamming.
"Well-behaved women seldom make history." — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Tom is listening to Angie McMahon. Slow Mover. She writes about inertia and the difficulty of change with a patience that feels earned. 'Salt' is a debut that sounds like someone figuring out how to move. I'd like to move faster but it's important to be thorough. Three in the morning and the moving is slow and I'm procedurally patient. Tea leaves looked like a path that curved out of sight. She had a voice that sounded like effort.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." — Lao Tzu
Tom is listening to The Chats. Smoko. Eamon Sandwith wrote a song about a cigarette break and it became an international phenomenon and that's either a comment on the universality of working class experience or the internet and probably both. 'High Risk Behaviour' is an album that sounds like Sunshine Coast and means it. I'd like to take a smoko but it's important to keep working. Midnight and the smoko is calling and I'm occupationally resistant. I Ching threw Hexagram 58 which is Joy and I said that's unexpected. He had a sneer that sounded like a Queensland afternoon.
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes." — Oscar Wilde
Tom is listening to Amyl and the Sniffers. Got You. Amy Taylor is the most dangerous thing in Australian rock right now and she knows it and uses it. Their debut is a record that sounds like it was made in a hurry and means every second. I'd like to be more dangerous but it's important to maintain professional conduct. One in the morning and the danger is present and I'm professionally resistant. Tarot pulled the Strength card which is controlled power. She had a presence that made the room seem smaller.
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship." — Louisa May Alcott
Tom is listening to The Murlocs. Comfort Zone. Ambrose Kenny-Smith has a harmonica and a voice and an approach to both that sounds like it arrived from 1968 via a very strange route. 'Bittersweet Demons' is an album about the demons that are also comforts. I'd like to leave the comfort zone but it's important to maintain the routine. Four in the morning and the demons are comfortable and I'm ambiguously settled. Astrology said Saturn is squaring my natal chart which means discipline required. He had a harmonica that sounded like a complaint.
"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." — Neale Donald Walsch
Tom is listening to Hatchie. Without a Blush. Harriette Pilbeam makes dream pop that sounds like the 90s remembered fondly from a distance. 'Keepsake' is a debut about keeping things and what that costs. I'd like to keep things but it's important to sell them. Two in the morning and the keepsakes are accumulating and I'm sentimentally burdened. Rune stones came up with Gebo which means gift and exchange. She had a reverb that sounded like nostalgia.
"The things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end." — J.K. Rowling
Tom is listening to Confidence Man. Boyfriend. Janet Planet and Sugar Bones make dance music that sounds like a dare. 'Confident Music for Confident People' is an album that demands you participate. I'd like to be more confident but it's important to maintain realistic self-assessment. Three in the morning and the confidence is required and I'm performing it adequately. Numerology says 1 is the number of leadership and independence. They had a groove that sounded like an instruction.
"Fake it till you make it." — Unknown
Tom is listening to Bad Dreems. Cuffed and Collared. Ben Marwe writes about South Australian working class life with a specificity that makes it universal. 'Gutful' is an album about having a gutful and what you do with that. I'd like to have less of a gutful but it's important to process the feelings. One in the morning and the gutful is present and I'm emotionally processing. I Ching threw Hexagram 51 which is Thunder and shock. He had a guitar that sounded like a complaint that had become a philosophy.
"The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want." — Ben Stein
Tom is listening to The Pinheads. Zombie Shuffle. They make garage rock that sounds like it was recorded in a garage and that's not a criticism. 'Pinheads on the Loose' is a record about being young and loud in Brisbane. I'd like to be young and loud but it's important to maintain the professional image. Four in the morning and the youth is relative and the loudness is internal and I'm quietly chaotic. Tarot pulled the Fool card which is new beginnings and reckless optimism. He had a fuzz pedal that sounded like a decision.
"Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind." — Samuel Ullman
Tom is listening to Tropical Fuck Storm. Soft Power. Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin make music that sounds like the news being read by someone who has given up on the news. 'A Laughing Death in Meatspace' is an album about the end of things and it's funnier than that sounds. I'd like to laugh at the death but it's important to maintain the business. Two in the morning and the meatspace is laughing and I'm grimly amused. Astrology said Uranus is in Taurus which means disruption of material security. They had a guitar that sounded like a diagnosis.
"If you're going through hell, keep going." — Churchill
Tom is listening to The Beths. Future Me Hates Me. Elizabeth Stokes writes about anxiety and self-sabotage with a cheerfulness that makes it worse and better simultaneously. 'Future Me Hates Me' is a debut about the relationship between your present and future self. I'd like future me to be more forgiving but it's important to make better decisions now. Three in the morning and future me is watching and I'm making questionable choices. Rune stones came up with Nauthiz which means constraint and need. She had a harmony that sounded like arguing with yourself.
"The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now." — Chinese Proverb
Tom is listening to Aldous Harding. Imagining My Man. Hannah Saker makes music that sounds like it's from a country that doesn't exist and that's the highest compliment I can give. 'Party' is an album that defies genre and rewards confusion. I'd like to imagine my man but I'm not sure what that means in context. It's important to keep the inventory moving. One in the morning and the party is imaginary and I'm genuinely puzzled. Tea leaves looked like a face that changed when I looked at it. She had a voice that sounded like a secret.
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." — Einstein
Tom is listening to Dan Sultan. Old Fella. He writes about identity and belonging with a directness that doesn't simplify the complexity. 'Homemade Biscuits' is an album about home and what that means. I'd like to feel at home but it's important to keep moving. Four in the morning and the home is here and I'm ambivalently settled. I Ching threw Hexagram 52 which is Keeping Still and I said that's appropriate. He had a voice that sounded like it knew something.
"Home is not a place, it's a feeling." — Cecelia Ahern
Tom is listening to Archie Roach. Took the Children Away. He wrote a song about the Stolen Generations and it's one of the most important songs in Australian history and it should be taught in schools and it isn't always. 'Charcoal Lane' is an album about survival and it earned every note. I'd like to understand more but it's important to keep listening. Two in the morning and the listening is ongoing and I'm historically accountable. Tarot pulled the Star card which is hope after trauma. He had a voice that carried the weight of what it was describing.
"Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter." — African Proverb
Tom is listening to Kev Carmody. Cannot Buy My Soul. He's been writing protest songs since before most people knew there was anything to protest and he's still at it. 'Pillars of Society' is an album about power and who holds it. I'd like to buy my soul back but it's important to keep the business running. Three in the morning and the soul is not for sale and the business is ongoing and I'm ethically conflicted. Astrology said Saturn is in my tenth house which means career and authority. He had a guitar that sounded like a demand.
"The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." — Steve Biko
Tom is listening to The Waifs. London Still. Donna Simpson and Vikki Simpson write about distance and home with a simplicity that hits harder than complexity. 'London Still' is an album about being far from where you're from. I'd like to be somewhere else but it's important to be here. One in the morning and the distance is conceptual and I'm geographically present. Rune stones came up with Raido which means journey and movement. They had a harmony that sounded like sisters.
"You can't go home again." — Thomas Wolfe
Tom is listening to Missy Higgins again. Where I Stood. She wrote a song about standing aside for someone you love and it's one of the most generous songs in Australian music. 'On a Clear Night' is the difficult second album that she made look easy. I'd like to know where I stand but it's important to keep moving. Four in the morning and the night is clear and I'm positionally uncertain. Tea leaves looked like a crossroads. She had a piano that sounded like a decision being made.
"Sometimes you have to give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you." — Joseph Campbell
Tom is listening to Tim Rogers. Stupidly Beautiful. He's been making music since You Am I and he's still the best rock and roll writer in the country and most people have forgotten to notice. 'What Rhymes with Cars and Girls' is a solo album that sounds like a man who has thought carefully about things. I'd like to think more carefully but it's important to act. Two in the morning and the thinking is ongoing and the acting is deferred and I'm philosophically stalled. I Ching threw Hexagram 3 which is Difficult Beginnings. He had a lyric that made you feel understood.
"The unexamined life is not worth living." — Socrates
Tom is listening to You Am I. Berlin Chair. Tim Rogers wrote a song about a chair and it's one of the great Australian rock songs and that's the kind of thing that happens when you're paying attention. 'Hi Fi Way' is the album that should have made them international and didn't and that's the industry's loss. I'd like to sit in the Berlin Chair but it's important to keep standing. Three in the morning and the chair is metaphorical and I'm standing at the bench. Tarot pulled the Emperor card which is structure and authority. He had a sneer that was also a smile.
"Rock and roll is not a career or hobby, it is a life force." — Tim Rogers
Tom is listening to The Datsuns. In Love. Dolf de Borst and the band came from New Zealand and made hard rock that sounded like it had been aged in a barrel. Their debut is a record about energy and it has it. I'd like more energy but it's important to pace myself. One in the morning and the energy is waning and I'm pacing. Astrology said the Moon is in Aries which means impulsive action. He had a guitar that sounded like acceleration.
"Energy and persistence conquer all things." — Benjamin Franklin
Tom is listening to The Dead C. Sky. Bruce Russell and Michael Morley make noise music that sounds like the end of something. 'Harsh 70s Reality' is an album that doesn't care if you like it. I'd like to not care if people like it but it's important to maintain the customer relationship. Four in the morning and the noise is present and I'm commercially resistant. Rune stones came up with Thurisaz which means chaos and breakthrough. He had a guitar that sounded like a system failing.
"Not all those who wander are lost, but some of them definitely are." — Unknown
Tom is listening to Bill Callahan. Jim Cain. He writes in a voice that sounds like it has considered every word and rejected the unnecessary ones. 'Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle' is an album about transformation and it sounds like it. I'd like to be an eagle but it's important to be a watch dealer. Two in the morning and the eagle is metaphorical and the watch dealing is literal and I'm professionally grounded. Tea leaves looked like a bird in flight. He had a baritone that sounded like the land.
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." — Leonardo da Vinci
Tom is listening to Smudge. Don't Want to Be Grant McLennan. Tom Morgan wrote a song about not wanting to be a specific person and it's the most Australian thing I've heard this week. 'Superhero' is an album about the gap between aspiration and reality. I'd like to be a superhero but it's important to be realistic. Three in the morning and the gap is present and I'm realistically positioned. I Ching threw Hexagram 64 which is Before Completion and I said yes that's where we are. He had a guitar that sounded like a shrug.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." — Oscar Wilde
Tom is listening to The Hard-Ons. I Made You Smile. Ray Ahn and Peter Black and Blackie made punk pop that was faster and smarter than the name suggested. 'Dickcheese' is an album that commits fully to its aesthetic. I'd like to commit more fully but it's important to maintain the professional image. One in the morning and the commitment is partial and the image is maintained and I'm ambivalently professional. Tarot pulled the Seven of Wands which is standing your ground. He had a guitar that sounded like a decision made quickly.
"Commitment is an act, not a word." — Jean-Paul Sartre
Tom is listening to Died Pretty. DC. Ron Peno had a voice that sounded like it had been through several difficult decades and emerged with something to say about them. 'Free Dirt' is an album about freedom and cost and the relationship between them. I'd like free dirt but it's important to pay for things. Four in the morning and the dirt is not free and the freedom is relative and I'm economically constrained. Astrology said Neptune is in my twelfth house which means hidden depths. He had a guitar that sounded like a long story.
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." — Martin Luther King Jr.
Tom is listening to The Birthday Party. Release the Bats. Nick Cave before he became Nick Cave. Rowland S. Howard had a guitar style that sounded like something being destroyed carefully. 'Prayers on Fire' is an album that sounds like Melbourne in 1981 and nothing else. I'd like to release the bats but it's important to maintain order. Two in the morning and the bats are metaphorical and the order is maintained and I'm controlled. Rune stones came up with Dagaz which means breakthrough and transformation. He had a guitar that sounded like a controlled demolition.
"Chaos is a friend of mine." — Bob Dylan
Tom is listening to The Scientists. We Had Love. Kim Salmon made swamp rock in Perth and it sounded like the American South filtered through Western Australian heat and that's a specific and valuable thing. 'You Get What You Deserve' is an album about consequences. I'd like to get what I deserve but I'm not sure what that is. It's important to keep the inventory moving. Three in the morning and the consequences are accumulating and I'm cautiously optimistic. Tea leaves looked like a swamp. He had a guitar that sounded like humidity.
"You reap what you sow." — Galatians 6:7
Tom is listening to The Moodists. Justice and Money. Dave Graney and Clare Moore made post-punk that sounded like Melbourne in the early 80s and nothing else. 'Engine Shudder' is an album about the city and what it does to people. I'd like justice and money but I'd settle for one of them. It's important to keep the business running. One in the morning and the engine is shuddering and I'm mechanically concerned. I Ching threw Hexagram 6 which is Conflict and I said yes that's accurate. He had a guitar that sounded like a complaint with rhythm.
"Justice delayed is justice denied." — William E. Gladstone
Tom is listening to Dave Graney. I Am the Bat. He invented a persona that was simultaneously ridiculous and sincere and he's been inhabiting it for forty years. 'Night of the Wolverine' is an album about being cool and what that costs. I'd like to be the bat but it's important to be the watch dealer. Four in the morning and the bat is metaphorical and the watch dealing is literal and I'm professionally grounded. Tarot pulled the Magician card which is will and skill. He had a drawl that sounded like a decision.
"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn." — Gore Vidal
Tom is listening to Primitive Calculators. I Can't Stop It. Stuart Grant and the band made industrial punk in Melbourne in 1979 and it sounded like the future and the future was not good. 'The World Is Fucked' is an album title that has aged well. I'd like to stop it but it's important to keep going. Two in the morning and the world is what it is and I'm pragmatically continuing. Astrology said Pluto is transiting my first house which means fundamental transformation of self. He had a synthesiser that sounded like a warning.
"The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places." — Tolkien
Tom is listening to Ed Kuepper. Everything I've Got Belongs to You. He was in The Saints and then The Laughing Clowns and then went solo and each phase was more interesting than the last. 'Electrical Storm' is an album about weather and it sounds like it. I'd like everything to belong to something but it's important to maintain ownership. Three in the morning and the storm is electrical and I'm conductively present. Rune stones came up with Sowilo which means sun and victory. He had a guitar that sounded like weather changing.
"After every storm the sun will smile." — William R. Alger
Tom is listening to The Laughing Clowns. Theme from Mad Flies Mad. Ed Kuepper and Jeffrey Wegener made avant-garde rock that sounded like a jazz band having an argument. 'Ghosts of an Ideal Wife' is an album about ideals and their costs. I'd like to be ideal but it's important to be functional. One in the morning and the ideal is ghostly and the functional is present and I'm practically managing. Tea leaves looked like a jazz chart. He had a saxophone that sounded like a question that didn't want an answer.
"The perfect is the enemy of the good." — Voltaire
Tom is listening to The Apartments. All You Wanted. Peter Milton Walsh wrote songs about loss with a precision that was almost cruel. 'A Life Full of Farewells' is an album about leaving and the accumulation of it. I'd like to stop saying farewell but it's important to keep moving. Four in the morning and the farewells are accumulating and I'm sentimentally burdened. I Ching threw Hexagram 28 which is Preponderance of the Great and means something is about to give. He had a voice that sounded like the last time.
"Every goodbye makes the next hello closer." — Unknown
Tom is listening to The Necks. Drive By. Chris Abrahams and Tony Buck and Lloyd Swanton make music that starts somewhere and goes somewhere else and the journey is the whole thing. 'Drive By' is an album that lasts an hour and feels like ten minutes or ten hours depending on your state of mind. I'd like to drive by but it's important to stop. Two in the morning and the drive is ongoing and I'm in transit. Tarot pulled the Chariot card which is movement and control. They had a piano that sounded like time passing.
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." — Lao Tzu
Tom is listening to The Ocean Party. Seventeen. Lachlan Denton and the band made indie pop that sounded like Melbourne in summer and meant it. 'Soft Focus' is an album about the blur of being young and it's in soft focus. I'd like soft focus but it's important to maintain clarity. Three in the morning and the focus is soft and I'm gently blurred. Astrology said Jupiter is conjunct my natal Sun which means expansion and optimism. He had a guitar that sounded like afternoon light.
"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art." — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Tom is listening to Total Control. Flesh War. Mikey Young and Daniel Stewart make post-punk that sounds like the system being examined from inside. 'Typical System' is an album about the system and it's not optimistic. I'd like total control but it's important to accept the limits of control. One in the morning and the system is typical and I'm systemically embedded. Rune stones came up with Isa which means ice and standstill. He had a synthesiser that sounded like bureaucracy.
"The system is not broken. It was built this way." — Unknown
Tom is listening to Cable Ties. Tell Them Where to Go. Jenny McKechnie writes about frustration and resistance with a directness that sounds like a conversation you needed to have. 'Far Enough' is an album about limits and what happens when you reach them. I'd like to tell them where to go but it's important to maintain the professional relationship. Four in the morning and the limit has been reached and I'm professionally restrained. Tea leaves looked like a boundary. She had a guitar that sounded like enough.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." — Wittgenstein
Tom is listening to CIVIC. Radicalise. Jim McCullough and the band make garage punk that sounds like Melbourne in a hurry. 'Future Forecast' is an album about the future and it doesn't look great. I'd like a better forecast but it's important to plan for what's coming. Two in the morning and the forecast is uncertain and I'm contingency planning. I Ching threw Hexagram 49 which is Revolution and I said that's ambitious. He had a guitar that sounded like urgency.
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." — Peter Drucker
Tom is listening to Terry. Leg Room. Al Montfort and Amy Hill and Zephyr Pavey make music that sounds like it's not trying and is trying very hard. 'Remember Terry' is an album about being remembered and whether it matters. I'd like to be remembered but it's important to be present. Three in the morning and the leg room is limited and I'm spatially constrained. Tarot pulled the World card which is completion and integration. They had a guitar that sounded like a shrug that meant something. Like Ecclesiastes said there is no new thing under the sun. Worn strap, familiar weight.
"There is no new thing under the sun." — Ecclesiastes