There's a heaven, and there's a star for you.

Got to see an intimate performance by Daniel Johnston yesterday at Primary Wave's offices.
(Thanks Ryan).
20 or so people crammed into a little studio with Daniel, who played four songs,
including "Hey Joe" from his album "Hi, How Are You".
One of my all-time favorites.
Broke my little heart and saved my little soul.

Plus, Polaroid is going to be back in action.
Here's to all the good things staying alive.
Huzzah.

http://www.hihowareyou.com/
http://www.primarywavemusic.com/
http://www.polapremium.com/news?date=2009-10-13
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10375910-1.html

Holy Grail of the Unconscious.

What does Carl Jung, Deborah Marquit lingerie, an americano
and sitting in Bryant Park on a lovely autumn afternoon in New York have in common?
Me.

Took a long lunch today to go see Carl Jung's Red Book at the Rubin Museum (http://www.rmanyc.org/theredbook)
Absolutely amazing.
Ended up even being interviewed for an article about the book.
Then after the heaviness of something like this and luckily enough, being close to Deborah Marquit,
I stopped by to pick up a gift for Bailey and got to hang out with Deborah for awhile.
Always really lovely to chat with her.
Plus, it was a actually a good counterpoint to seeing the Red Book.
Analytical psychology could always use a little lingerie to balance things out.
Then it was off to Bryant Park for a short coffee break before heading back to work.

I'd highly recommend seeing the Red Book exhibit.
It's impressive and inspiring.
For a little backstory, check out this great article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/magazine/20jung-t.html
If the book was to have a soundtrack, I think this beautiful song from my dear friend, Marc, would be part of it:

http://www.marchellner.com
http://www.deborahmarquit.com

What do you want to see, what did you want to be, when you grew up?

Seeing my friend Hallie, among many things, makes me think of happy, somewhat-tinged-with-melancholy, dreamy music.
The new Atlas Sound album is full of that, in spades.
Especially this track featuring Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear.

One of my favorite records of the year. Easily.
Big fan of Bradford Cox's music.
And have a listen to his Micromixes.
http://deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com/
I get lost in them on subway rides all the time.

http://www.4ad.com/releases/logos-0/
http://www.myspace.com/bradfordcox
http://www.kranky.net/artists/atlas.html

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

For me, this is the most beautiful album of the year: 
Riceboy Sleeps - Jónsi from Sigur Rós and his partner, Alex.
This track features the only know recording of the last castrato singer.