Blogreading
Notes about reading
22 posts that talk about the reading room. The playlist itself lives at /reading.
- 01
Notes on the reading room
Why the music has to lose so the book can win.
- 02
Music for the train
Trains are different from cars. Public, headphones on, more thinking time.
- 03
Music for rain
What works in a darker room when the weather has changed the light.
- 04
Music for a slow Sunday
Sundays have their own light. The room asks for music that matches.
- 05
Music for waiting
Airports, lobbies, doctor's offices — a brief for short, low-control time.
- 06
Music for the first cold day of autumn
The day the air changes. The music for it changes too.
- 07
Music for snow
Snow muffles a city. Music has to either match the muffling or sit clearly above it.
- 08
Music for a long flight
Engine noise eats the bottom end and the cabin is bright. What survives the trip.
- 09
Music for a quiet afternoon
Three in the afternoon on a Sunday — one of the most music-shaped hours of the week.
- 10
Music for an empty house
An empty house has a sound of its own. The trick is to add to that sound without replacing it.
- 11
Music for the last day of a holiday
You're not fully there anymore and not yet on the way back. Music for the tail of something.
- 12
Music for the in-between week
The days between Christmas and New Year have their own posture — slow, soft, mostly indoors.
- 13
Music for the morning before anyone wakes
The half hour where one person is up and the rest of the house isn't. The room is the same; it sounds different.
- 14
Music for a thunderstorm
The sound outside is already music. The trick is to play with it, not against it.
- 15
Music for sitting on the floor
The body has agreed to be in the room longer than it usually does. The music can match.
- 16
Music for a Sunday evening before Monday
The weekend is finishing; the week is announcing itself. The music can't decide which mood you're having.
- 17
Music for an evening alone after a busy day
The phone stops, the door closes, whatever the day was, it isn't anymore. The music can give some of the day back.
- 18
Music for an apartment with thin walls
You can hear the neighbours; they can hear you. The constraint turns out to be a teacher.
- 19
Music for housesitting
The room isn't yours, but you have to live in it like it is. The music shouldn't leave marks.
- 20
Music for someone else driving
The road isn't your responsibility; the playlist often is. The negotiation is part of the brief.
- 21
Music for arriving early
Fifteen minutes between being in the venue and being in the event. Familiar but disposable is the right pick.
- 22
Music for letter writing
A particular album played while writing to a particular person will, for years, carry that person in it.