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Doug Hream Blunt - Gentle Persuasion

Sayagyi was a total dude

The anti-corruption game is rough. Its runs into the old socratic problem of "Who watches the watchmen?". A real classical problem of governance and administrative law. It goes without saying that many people have approached this problem from different ways and produced different solutions. Below is my favourite style : : (disclaimer: I'm simplifying the story here…)

A dude known as Sayagyi wasn't down with the corruption he saw in his own country. So when appointed the director of some government office riddled with corruption, he invited the employees to meditate according to some old technique. It worked on the first office so the presidento put Sayagyi in charge of another office. The first office then became corrupt (again) in his absence. So he was put in charge of both offices at once. And then a third office. Rough. But he managed.

In the end he wasn't able to leave his own country that he served with so much passion and skill. But whatever, he had a cool student that went on to continue this meditation vibe according to this old tradition

So this Sayagyi cat is a man of profound legacy in my view. The core principle to his legacy is that he looked for the corruption in his own mind and body before trying to fight corruption on any broader scale. The problem with 'anti-corruption' efforts is that they can often 'presuppose their own conclusion'. Many 'heroes' can end taking pieces from the pie they are (publicly) attempting to share. Sayagyi was a chilled out dude that never attempted more than he was able to actually do. And even though he lost the battle, he may have won the war (in the sense that his life is somewhat inspiring). Now 'fact check' the yarn if you find it interesting at all. Again it's worth to note that the history and historiography of this yarn are complex and difficult (Its nice to reserve judgment on 'meditation' until one has given it a sincere effort I reckon).

The sky was pink.

"This is just such a comfortable drum machine...

...I can just sit here all day and chop up records and not be tired. Know what I'm saying? And just, oh wow, the soft pads and everything. And I'll take kicks and snares from records. I don't usually use library stuff ya know. For me you can't find certain snares in the library, ya know like some things ya just hear on the record and you like woa"

This just in: Pete Rock loves his MPC.

Update: Just noticed that his closing remark is fucking clever~ "Love is a battlefield" .. Wow.zers!

Bob Chance

Original 7" test pressing of the album version "It's Broken". Both brilliant.

Down By The River

Old news...

Despite being a big fan of Dave Chappelle's work, I have never seen this apparently classic sketch before until tonight. It is so fucking funny I nearly shat myself. A re-watch or first watch are both good options. Part II awesome too !

Funny story...

So barry rcmd me this track .. its way cool !

i think i need to download this guys catalogue .. he's way gifted

and apparently (i) obama has done the 'brush it off' move as a matter of public record (very cool) (ii) obama got 9 stiches playing ball the other day .. you don't know a man til you balled with em and this obama guy clearly plays with heart ! sad he got injured but cool that he is the presidento ..

usa is a.ok.

off to the pub now

Californian Depot

fucking sick..

Europe 2010 from Gravis Footwear on Vimeo.

Such a beat !

Levi Arcade

Ode to self-discipline, respect and love for others

Here. This "waikru" practice is beautiful.

(the image above is just the coolest thing I could find with limited time and can't help to share a song without sharing some nice image too .. really beautiful tho eh !?)

Heart Mondays !

Rihanna is pretty cool eh ?!

Total. Credible. Pop.

MMMMmmmm

Deffo song of the weekend (lots of competition).

The whole thing is pretty remarkable, but there are two lines in particular I find particularly interesting:

1. "Throw dirt on me and grow a wildflower"

2. "Bitches try to kick me while I’m down, I’ll break your leg"

I like the first one because (in the context of the whole track) this appears like a perfectly enunciated aphorism.

I like the second because if this Mr. Wayne character is speaking literally, then the only way I know of to actually do such a thing as he talks about is with Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. I am curious to know if this Mr. Wayne actually knows this technique or if this line is just the delightful and pretty tapestry of artistic endeavour.

Here's a little smtg smtg for the road...

A nice old rule~~~

Aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa quia non potest esse judex et pars

Lat – a person should not be judge in his or her own cause as he or she cannot be both judge and party.

(p.s.. Also love the finesse involved in how these guys sampled the fuck out of Haddaway .. so much skiiiiiiiil)

(pps. A dear friend told me this track still sounds a bit rude/angry .. I agree it is rude, it could be a bit more loving .. but its rudeness is part of what gives it its 'smtg smtg' in my view .. But I do wonder if this Mr. Eminem is skilled at certain techniques of meditation? If not, he should really try that stuff out .. If he is not already gifted, its my intuition that he'd nail it pretty hard .. apparently he is not a drug addict anymore! hooray to that..)

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SaltedJazz MixTape

Artwork by Shorty

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SIDE A

Dave Brubeck - Someday My Prince Will Come
Medeski, Martin & Wood - Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
Nick Drake - Saturday Sun
Movie Sample 1 - Philadelphia Story
Lonnie Johnson - Tomorrow Night
Movie Sample 2 - The Lady From Shanghai: Rita Hayworth - Please Don't Kiss Me
Ray Charles - Drown In My Own Tears
Edith Piaf - Polichinelle
Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire - Dora Goes To Town
Cozy Cole - Topsy Pt 1&2
Michael Franks - Popsicle Toes
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
John Coltrane - Blue Train

SIDE B
Dave Brubeck - Someday My Prince Will Come
The Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care
Tom Waits - Tango Till They're Sore
Chesterfield Broadcast Sample - The Cigarette That Satisfies
Duke Ellington - Perdido
Movie Sample 3 - Gilda
Mamas Cass - Dream A Little Dream
Movie Sample 4 - Green Mansions
Nina Simone - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
Arthur Lyman - Love For Sale
The Andrew Sisters - Rum & Coca Cola
Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) - edit
John Coltrane - Blue Train

Think this movie will be fun

The Son of Flynn - Daft Punk
Solar Sailor - Daft Punk

Straight Arrows

Nietzsche vs. Nietzsche (A story of decadence)

Photo: 'Tomorrow in a year', Hotel Pro Forma

In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche wrote about two types of selfishness (A 'healthy' form and a 'sick' form). I paraphrase him now because its my lay-opinion that much of what he has written can be happier and more chilled out (a bit more 'easy campese' if you will).

Nietzsche wrote about a 'healthy' form of selfishness which appropriates and gives according to a 'desire to bestow'. Beneath this idea is really nice acorn: That it feels good and can actually be good for you to give things away in honesty and silence (and if one is particularly skilled, in a harmonious way to the recipient of one's potential gifts). It is at this point that I feel Nietzsche reached one of the highest apex's in his trajectory as a thinker.

Its a shame (but also a blessing for us whom are lucky enough to inherit his works), that he poorly grasped Buddhist thought. He is not to blame however, as at the point of his writings, Buddhist practice (that is to say, Vipassana) had not entered Europe. It was still geographically land-locked in Myanmar at the time. Speaking figuratively but also somewhat literally, it was an 'underground' discipline throughout Nietzsche's whole lifetime. The history and historiography of Vipassana are deeply complex and I look forward to learning more about them (It is important to scrutinize the academic legitimacy of a gorgeous story, even when one believes it instinctively).

Nietzsche's mishandling of Buddhist thought and practice can be seen in his attack on Karma. In Nietzsche view, Karma was a tool designed for social repression and a reflection of psychic repression. This was due to the fact that in his view it rewarded 'good' behavior and punished 'bad' behavior based upon a 'value system', and critically, while not questioning or valuing the ethical integrity of the system itself (Nietzsche was the first Western thinker I know of to really explore the finer nuances of the 'value of values' problem, which is to say, the psychologically fine nuances of it).

What Nietzsche misunderstood about Karma (especially in his later works like Ecce Homo when he started becoming sad and egocentric, but also quietly more interesting) is that the integrity and coherence of Karma cannot be intellectualized or conceptualized. Its empirical reality lies in its practice and as such has to be sensed by oneself. We can only understand Karma by experiencing and feeling it. It is a really tough thing to do well however. The great challenge once one begins to realize its importance (even if only to one's own happiness and harmony), is discovering how to do it at the practical level; How does one ensure that one's gifts are harmonious to ones recipients?

This is a timely question (with all sorts of public holidays approaching). But it is also an untimely question in the sense that it is one of the oldest and time-honored questions of them all (A question with a far deeper intellectual and historical heritage than our dear 'canon of western thought'). Feeling the joy of giving is cool, but knowing how to do it well is an art. Nietzsche called this art 'healthy selfishness'. Thankfully, there are other fields of thought that are elegant enough to incorporate practice into their epistemology with far greater coherence.

Now for some 90s Aussie Synth Pop, a bath and a :-)

ps. Updated: I lied (about the bath). I can't stop reading and re-reading this recent paper by the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, 'The rule of law beyond the law of rules'. It is profound. It is like a more eloquent and experientially grounded version of chapter 9 of 'A Thousand Plateaus' (and with more juridic intelligence too of course!)

Richard Branson

It goes without saying that this dude is fundamental. The backstory alone is enough.
I bet he loves space yoga from really gifted practitioners.

A nice film

MOTOR HOTEL from VIZIONEER on Vimeo.

My perfect song of the day

My favourite sense of the word 'perfect' = perfectus, ptp. of perficere to finish, bring to completion (or: Harmony between two bodies. In this case, listener and song)

I like these senses of the word because the existence of 'time' means that everything 'perfect' will become imperfect again unless a new type harmony is attained (This can also reveal the importance and beauty of imperfection too).

These guys are very good at lyrics

I feel an honest bona fide substance behind them .. Just a feeling ..

My only reservation is that I can smell the traces of Ressentiment ..

But perhaps this is just for artistic purposes .. I don't know ..

Epictitus nailed some really peace-loving sentiments in any case ..

(ps. This word 'evil' is really boring in my opinion .. See 'Genealogy of Morals')

Fairly good song ...

And I bet would be somewhat fun to fuck with too ..

lets find out ..

Welcome to the weekend ...

A real nice song !

Holonic

Question 27: What is the difference between a clip and a clop?

Answer: A clip is a syphon waiting for distribution to the jar of souls, whereas a clop is a night owl.

Correct. You have received full marks. The award ceremony will commence at 3am.

Fucked-Up Pendulum
Freestyle 2
AM3:00TYD

The Soapbox Mafia

This dude invented the camera.

"Muybridge's skills as a photographer came to the attention of Leland Stanford, a railroad baron and former Governor of California. Stanford hired Muybridge to help him settle a bet -- that when a horse gallops all four of its feet leave the ground at least once. In early 1872, Muybridge arranged a series of cameras along a path, with each camera shutter attached to a trip wire laid across the path; as the horse galloped down the path it broke each trip wire in turn, thus producing a series of still pictures. By May of 1872 Muybridge had succeeded in creating a reasonably good silhouette that indeed showed all four of the horse's feet off the ground at one time, but the photograph's quality was mediocre at best. Stanford wanted a photograph that would settle the bet once and for all, so he agreed to provide the funds necessary for Muybridge to improve his methods."

I like this story.

Amateur perspectives 101

When one admires someone (I mean really honestly admires them), its never the person that they admire but the characteristics and skills that the person that they admire has demonstrated.

We are sophisticated monkeys and lets be honest, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If one eventually moves beyond imitation and discovers their own voice, then fucking kudos to them. Show me how. This is called a really major success in my opinion. Congratulations to genuinely successful people. I love it when people demonstrate something really impressive (that we can all learn from).

Who cares about 'the dude'. That is only an image of what you are looking for. Steal what resources you can from what they have learned, do it yourself and go beyond. Regardless of weather you get there, I reckon its better giving that a shot than letting whatever it is that you do get ossified in any particular person(s).

:-)

(Also I suspect that the art of a really crafty reading of ones heroes is to know what to leave behind as well .. its fun to do justice to one's heroes .. to take their legacy seriously .. that means pushing on in the thick snow .. and having fun)

Black Grease

Drake is a bit talented ...

These lyrics are really clever. I totally don't get them but am very curious to learn more about them. Seriously.

I only came across this 'Drake' character last night (quite by accident haha). But I reckon he is very very good !

(p.s.. These Hype Williams cats (whomever they are) are really cheeky and very talented too)

Have a lovely day whoever reads this.

Drake is apparently famous but there are deffo elements of the eternal in his work (See Syphilitic works of Freddy neats .. Skip to 'Fame and Eternity' but feel to look around; the whole thing is pretty funny; I would add that HW are not (too) famous but equally flirt with the eternal)

:-)

(NB: Regarding reading this stuff of Nietzsche above, keep in mind he was literally insane when writing these works and that also these are really imperfect translations : . if you can translate the words out of their insanity and into something that will brighten your day, fucking kudos to you dude)

Woubeshet Feseha

Every track on this cassette is bliss. These are my top three.

Woubeshet Feseha -Unknown 1
Woubeshet Feseha -Unknown 2
Woubeshet Feseha -Unknown 3

Sounds Like Ariel

These two remind me a little of Menopause Man off Ariel Pinks Latest album. Beautiful.

Alem Kebede - Tew Lebe Tesebseb
Alem Kebede - Yefeker Amelu

Silly Love Songs

AOR DISCO EXCLUSIVE #29: Silly Love Songs by Sci-Fi Pogo by AOR DISCO

Cupidean intelligence; Hymn to Dionysus shit

A little and lovable thing just send me this texto:

"Yo funny (and still not African American)"

This is my reply ……

I dislike (but also admire) those spiritual jokers that get lost in the bla bla; I mean the ‘Orientalists’ .. Thankfully sometimes they make really cool Art ..

So here are some crucibles of Western thought that are as hard as stone. And soft as any pillow. Take a nap on them and wake up feeling refreshed.

> Freddy Neats: Hymn to Dionysus (check out origin and history of 'Thriambos' if you curious enough ... )
> Cupid and Psyche (from ‘The Golden Ass’; Cupid finds a way to love Psyche while chilling in heaven with the Gods, he does that shit with total detachment .. Cool)
> The outrageous line: “ When ye despise pleasant things, and the effeminate couch, and cannot couch far enough from the effeminate: there is the origin of your virtue.” (From the really classic chapter of a (very) bizarro book)
> Have lunch ~ This is some really hastily thrown together potpourri of the words/tunes of Mr Leonard Cohen and other peeps that clearly respect what he does (Aural sophistation is obviously not the point in this psudo-mix ..; the poetic contents of this bla bla is the crucible, not how shoddily its been taped together)

SO~

I would say that its cool to go anywhere you wish but never forget where you come from. Whoever you are. Hold with a delicate grip both directions of whatever road you rolling on. And don’t forget to strut occasionally (haha). But we don’t like show–offs either (yes, contrary to intuition, (I hope this is your counter-intuition too), peace and joy can for whatever fucked up reason sometimes be deeply offensive to some dispositions; More about that later .. that shit is too terrifying to think/write about right now .. but I give you a puppy glimpse: (see second paragraph (and feel free to go beyond if that's ya bag); Another glimpse in any case is from Jay Z in this track).

So cloak yer grin from time to time .. No dawn without dusk .. Sometimes the mask that comes between these two things has value etc ..

As shit steepens, ya loins become stronger, eventually it gets easier (but only if you are working hard enough haha ! :-)

If there is one thing to really recommend in all of the bla bla above .. it’s the 44minute Leonard Cohen documentary

(its surprising that Cohen's french accent is so amateur tho ;-)

Don't look down .. Or do ..

Don't look down - Kanye West (feat. Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco and Big Sean)
~ From the brilliant "Good Twisted Fantasy" mixtape .. which isn't here .. Have fun trying to open the secret files .. haha .. But seriously .. try ..

Eagles play sport too. But I reckon they do look down (haha).

From the Daily Mail. (I recommend reading the whole article .. like most beautiful things, the devil is in the detail(s)

This National Geographic viddy can't be watched in Australia due to copyright licensing stuff, but Aussies can enjoy the cheesy but tasty PBS video. The champagne of Eagle watching is BBC though. You should probably buy that one.

I wonder if there are any eagles that are indigenous to Australia ? Where is a bloody orthinologist when you need one !? haha .. I also wonder if some gangsta ass eagles have just free flown here, accidentally, teaching themselves how to live off the high seas on their way … Has such a bird ever existed ? That would be one cool bird. (And I wonder what type of pseudo 'orthinologist' could answer that question haha)

But hey~ listen carefully to that song. Its really good.

(p.s.. I'd love to get a hi res file of that track and listen to a longer dirtier version of it .. a bit more 'meditative', in the style of theo parrish for example .. let the crest of the loop rise and swell a bit longer .. try out a subtle and foul bassy undercurrent .. after some well placed silence(s), give the string arrangements a bit more presence perhaps .. chuck in a rick ross sample ..? maybe a bit of ennio morricone .. full of flavour but not too cluttered .. like a 36minute version ? well, "wish I had a guitar" as they say haha)

Off to the pool ;-)

El Pueblo Unido

Joy in Discord

The thorn in yer foot that makes your sprint

Love is the Best; Make/Do some today !

Aeroplane - Superstar

Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
The O'Jays - Backstabbers

HEPCAT

The man.

Hobo Blues

Yes.

"But trust me on the sunscreen.."

Next time you have a quiet 7 minutes and 14 seconds .. Try this on for size .. Its fantastic ..

Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) [2007 Mix] - Quindon Tarver

(the only sentence I disagree with in this song is the one about beauty magazines .. I enjoy them and I don't think they make you feel ugly .. haha)

Art: Weather #12, Rosemary Laing, (For the 2008 Sydney Biennale, Revolutions: Forms that Turn)

HIPGNOSIS

Legendary 70s art and design group, Hipgnosis.

Beginning in 1968 when Storm Thorgerson & Aubrey Powell were asked by Pink Floyd to do an album cover, the group are responsible for the greatest Rock covers of all time. To name a few; UFO, Pink Floyd, Yes, ACDC, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, 10CC, Electric Light Orchestra.

Pink Floyd- Meddle 1971

Argent-Ring of Hands 1970
The Alan Parsons Project- Eve 1979

Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here 1975

The Nice- Elegy 1971

Montrose- Jump On It 1976

Humble Pie-Thunderbox 1973

Electric Light Orchestra-Electric Light Orchestra 2 1973
Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy 1973

Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon 1973

Peter Gabriel-Peter Gabriel 1977

Pink Floyd-Obscured By Clouds 1972

Rainbow-Straight Between the Eyes 1982

Black Sabbath-Technical Ecstasy 1976

Bad Company-Desolation Angels 1979

Pink Floyd-Animals 1977

ACDC- Dirty Deeds Don Dirt Cheap 1976

Toe Fat-Toe Fat 1970

Toe Fat-Toe Fat II 1971

` 10cc-Sheet Music 1974

10cc-How Dare You! 1976

10cc-Deceptive Bends 1977

10cc-Bloody Tourists 1978

I guess its just a feeling

You know there's so many people living in this house
And I don't even know their names

Grab this mix. They say its good for road trips.

Kollektiv Turmstrasse

This website is a bit beautiful. I know we are all busy and that curiosity can sometimes be lacking, so the 'hidden track' you should download is on the white tree on the left (of the website.. durr). This LP will be pretty dope I reckon.

Hot Chip described Kollektiv Turmstrasse tracks as a 'secret weapon' belonging to many good DJ's. Now they are leaving the EP and remix world and coming out into their own. Good news !

Wowzers !

Ultimate Sensuous

No comment

I got techniques dripping out my buttcheeks
Sleep on my stomach so I don't fuck up my sheets

Ready To Die (Original Beat Version)

~~~

This is (apparently) the original DAT tape before it got produced and mastered by the ever-talented Sean Combs

Chi Chi Che

Love Mother Sky

Bach was a Madman…

The 'Coffee Canata' was a piece written by Bach for the opening of a Café in Leipzig in 1732-4.

It was marketing. With a few sexy twists. At the time it was written, coffee had recently arrived in Europe and had received an unsavory reputation from the older folks for corrupting the youth. Bach acknowledged this in his work and redeployed this criticism to make coffee more attractive. Quelle classe.

The story is about a Father who laments his daughter’s crazy-ass coffee drankin' ways. He says stuff like this:

Don't one's children cause one endless trials & tribulations! What I say each day to my daughter Lieschen falls on stony ground!

The daughter being a duplicitous coffee drankin' badass though keeps going to the café. She doesn’t care. She’s a rockstar. Like all coffee drinkers. This movement is one of the final ones where she tells her father that she has quit (and then winks at the audience and tells them that she just lied to her father because coffee is just too damn good).

Bach was a pretty clever dude. Marketing has the potential, always, to be amazing.

Now Panic and Freak Out...

...is the name of a really good book filled with "bad advice for good people". apart from a really pretty design that will impress your peers (haha) the book has pearlers such as these:

"Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head" - Mignon McLaughlin

"I don't want to retire. I'm not good at crossword puzzles" - Norman Mailer

"I think that was a moment of cool panic there" - Ron Atkinson

Here is a some nice Panic Music to listen to as you madly run to amazon (or Berkelow paddo)

It comes from Jamie (from the XX) who did a mix for Colette last May. Full mix here. Its a pretty nice mix. Its dark. Got some surprises in there too. That work well.

Fuck Yeah

'030' by The Good The Bad (UNCUT) from 030 on Vimeo.

Wish I had a guitar.

Love Bites - Morning Glory

 

"Now I eat Quail..."

Jay Z is a hero of mine. He has courage and vision. And now he is telling his story.

This mix is awesome: The DNA of the Blueprint - DJ Neil Armstong X Jay Z.

Neil Armstrong is the tour DJ for Jay Z (I think). The mix is a real nice trip through the history of Jay Z, peppered with his musical influences and other fine lovely things. He's a real good DJ. Like fuck, this mix is real fun. And 'wise' I would say too.

Art: Rick Amor, The off ramp, 2007 .. Rick is an Aussie that loves New York .. Like Jay Z .. Except Jay Z is not an Australian unfortunately for him haha .. Thankfully he's genius anyhoo

(ps. I don't know if Jay Z intended this in his lyrics, but the second sense of the word Quail is to "feel or show fear or apprehension" (OED) .. well, intention is irrelevant I guess .. Jay Z is rich in instinct in any case)

(pps. I wonder what the backstory is to the Maison Martin Margiela reference in this mix .. I bet its fucking funny)

Ummm .. OK

What cruel piano speaks here ..

(Ken Done BMW of course..)

Micky Moonlight Mix Excerpt.

Get the full mix here.

Superstar

Yes.

Copy // Paste

Some random gems I've taken from people, books, toilet walls and 70s kung fu classics. they have been paraphrased, manipulated and distorted by the passage of time. so now they're just sentences.

1. one only hears those questions to which one is able to find an answer
2. a violin in the hands of the greatest virtuoso emits only a squeak if the hall is too big
3. our greatest moments are not our noisiest, but our stillest
4. don't let your ego swell too much. a bubble bursts with just a touch.
5. the greeks were superficial out of wisdom
6. a good writer possesses not merely his own mind, but also the mind of his friends
7. sometimes taking a step back is necessary to make a leap
8. willing beyond ones ability arouses mistrust of beautiful things
9. free for what is more important than free from what
10. the vanity of others only offends our taste when it offends our vanity

Tree Top Flyer - Steven Stills

(originally published 2007)

How do wild animals love each other ?

An intoxicating riddle . . .

Don't be light (Oizo remix)(The good part) - Air

"Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations - always darker, emptier, simpler"

- Freddy Neats

(For a nice head-fuck, check out Infinite Descent of a Shepard tone)

Quits

Palm up Brother; Way of the butterfly

Delight in Blindness - 'My thoughts', said the wanderer to his shadow, 'should show me where I stand, but they should not betray to me where I am going. I love ignorance of the future and do not want to perish of impatience and premature tasting of things promised.'

~~~

Song

My ex girlfriend spent thirty grand on a dream romantic wedding.

YA YA YA YA YA

A few months later she was having mistaken drunken sex with a colleague at a work christmas party.

YA YA YA YA YA

The husband was told and came to her work and had a feeble fight with Sean.

YA YA YA YA YA

You cannot buy a romantic lifestyle. It is free. You just have to be able to see it.

YA YA YA YA YA YA

You cannot buy a romantic lifestyle. Its free. You just got to be able to see it.

~~~

(unrelated but cheers to mike for this track and the brilliant 12AMMaternal vibe)