James A. Reeves
@jamesreeves.co
Midnight mixes from the Middle West.
Public notebook, oftentimes unintelligible.
jamesreeves.co
Public notebook, oftentimes unintelligible.
jamesreeves.co
You can’t even see the streets so it’s finally time to fire up my favorite winter music: boomkat.com/products/the...
January 25, 2026 at 4:04 PM
You can’t even see the streets so it’s finally time to fire up my favorite winter music: boomkat.com/products/the...
Just clocked the fax number on an old Chain Reaction record and now I'm nostlagic. Email was a mistake.
January 23, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Just clocked the fax number on an old Chain Reaction record and now I'm nostlagic. Email was a mistake.
And here's what the first draft of this episode looked like.
January 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
And here's what the first draft of this episode looked like.
Special guest @mikeburnlab.bsky.social delivers the midnight gospel: jamesreeves.co/38
1. Liars - No 1 Against the Rush
2. Cold Cave - Double Lives in Single Beds
3. Telefon Tel Aviv - You are the Worst Thing in the World
4. The Horrors - Sea Within a Sea
5. ERAAS - Fang
6. Adult. - Tonight We Fall
1. Liars - No 1 Against the Rush
2. Cold Cave - Double Lives in Single Beds
3. Telefon Tel Aviv - You are the Worst Thing in the World
4. The Horrors - Sea Within a Sea
5. ERAAS - Fang
6. Adult. - Tonight We Fall
January 17, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Special guest @mikeburnlab.bsky.social delivers the midnight gospel: jamesreeves.co/38
1. Liars - No 1 Against the Rush
2. Cold Cave - Double Lives in Single Beds
3. Telefon Tel Aviv - You are the Worst Thing in the World
4. The Horrors - Sea Within a Sea
5. ERAAS - Fang
6. Adult. - Tonight We Fall
1. Liars - No 1 Against the Rush
2. Cold Cave - Double Lives in Single Beds
3. Telefon Tel Aviv - You are the Worst Thing in the World
4. The Horrors - Sea Within a Sea
5. ERAAS - Fang
6. Adult. - Tonight We Fall
Enjoying Tacita Dean’s Sunset at the Columbus Museum of Art.
January 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Enjoying Tacita Dean’s Sunset at the Columbus Museum of Art.
Just pressed play on Tony Scott’s The Hunger (1983) and I’m already smitten by the first minutes of Bela Lugosi’s Dead cut with ponderous brooding, cigarette lighting, and . . . an exploded monkey.
Anyway: David Bowie! Catherine Deneuve!
Anyway: David Bowie! Catherine Deneuve!
January 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Just pressed play on Tony Scott’s The Hunger (1983) and I’m already smitten by the first minutes of Bela Lugosi’s Dead cut with ponderous brooding, cigarette lighting, and . . . an exploded monkey.
Anyway: David Bowie! Catherine Deneuve!
Anyway: David Bowie! Catherine Deneuve!
Here's what the first draft of this episode looked like.
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Here's what the first draft of this episode looked like.
The most exciting but also insane email I've received in a while:
January 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The most exciting but also insane email I've received in a while:
Scenes from the elaborate six-month plan I taped to my wall. We'll see how long it remains it relevant.
January 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Scenes from the elaborate six-month plan I taped to my wall. We'll see how long it remains it relevant.
I looked into Plex last year and it seemed like overkill for me. It wanted me to set up my own server, although maybe that's different than Plexamp.
But I also have tasteful album-accent colors to sweeten the pot! (Basic Channel probably wasn't the best example, even if it's the best-sounding.)
But I also have tasteful album-accent colors to sweeten the pot! (Basic Channel probably wasn't the best example, even if it's the best-sounding.)
January 3, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I looked into Plex last year and it seemed like overkill for me. It wanted me to set up my own server, although maybe that's different than Plexamp.
But I also have tasteful album-accent colors to sweeten the pot! (Basic Channel probably wasn't the best example, even if it's the best-sounding.)
But I also have tasteful album-accent colors to sweeten the pot! (Basic Channel probably wasn't the best example, even if it's the best-sounding.)
A blank grey January day happily spent fine-tuning my Platonic music player that puts album artwork front-and-center.
(If you might be interested in alpha-testing it for macOS, let me know!)
(If you might be interested in alpha-testing it for macOS, let me know!)
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM
A blank grey January day happily spent fine-tuning my Platonic music player that puts album artwork front-and-center.
(If you might be interested in alpha-testing it for macOS, let me know!)
(If you might be interested in alpha-testing it for macOS, let me know!)
Three songs that possess the spiritualized energy I fantasize about cultivating in the first minutes of a new year: www.jamesreeves.co/first-things/
1. Kali Malone - Spectacle of Ritual
2. Abul Mogard - Desires Are Reminiscences By Now
3. Autechre - VLetrmx21 (65% slower)
1. Kali Malone - Spectacle of Ritual
2. Abul Mogard - Desires Are Reminiscences By Now
3. Autechre - VLetrmx21 (65% slower)
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Three songs that possess the spiritualized energy I fantasize about cultivating in the first minutes of a new year: www.jamesreeves.co/first-things/
1. Kali Malone - Spectacle of Ritual
2. Abul Mogard - Desires Are Reminiscences By Now
3. Autechre - VLetrmx21 (65% slower)
1. Kali Malone - Spectacle of Ritual
2. Abul Mogard - Desires Are Reminiscences By Now
3. Autechre - VLetrmx21 (65% slower)
I accidentally shaved off my beard this morning and now my head looks too small. But that’s okay because we welcomed 2026 with Black Mirror and a Dream Zine session.
M brought over a breakfast casserole and C made a wild carbonara.
M brought over a breakfast casserole and C made a wild carbonara.
January 2, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I accidentally shaved off my beard this morning and now my head looks too small. But that’s okay because we welcomed 2026 with Black Mirror and a Dream Zine session.
M brought over a breakfast casserole and C made a wild carbonara.
M brought over a breakfast casserole and C made a wild carbonara.
My new year's resolution—from the best fortune cookie I've ever opened.
January 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM
My new year's resolution—from the best fortune cookie I've ever opened.
Midwestern holiday scene.
December 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Midwestern holiday scene.
This Christmas, C. gave me the most wondrous gift I’ve ever received: a plaster replica of the Fragmented Head of Colossal Boy (Hellenistic Greek, 2nd century B.C).
Over the past few years, this figure has become my avatar and website icon because it captures the psychic shred of the 21st century.
Over the past few years, this figure has become my avatar and website icon because it captures the psychic shred of the 21st century.
December 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This Christmas, C. gave me the most wondrous gift I’ve ever received: a plaster replica of the Fragmented Head of Colossal Boy (Hellenistic Greek, 2nd century B.C).
Over the past few years, this figure has become my avatar and website icon because it captures the psychic shred of the 21st century.
Over the past few years, this figure has become my avatar and website icon because it captures the psychic shred of the 21st century.
But if there's room to dance, see also: www.jamesreeves.co/professional...
1. Mike Dunn - God Made Me Phunky
2. SoleTech - Sole Waves
3. Detroit Grand Pubahs - If Snow Was Black
4. Quarks - I Walk (Superpitcher Schaffel Mix)
5. Basic Channel - Phylyps Trak II
1. Mike Dunn - God Made Me Phunky
2. SoleTech - Sole Waves
3. Detroit Grand Pubahs - If Snow Was Black
4. Quarks - I Walk (Superpitcher Schaffel Mix)
5. Basic Channel - Phylyps Trak II
December 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
But if there's room to dance, see also: www.jamesreeves.co/professional...
1. Mike Dunn - God Made Me Phunky
2. SoleTech - Sole Waves
3. Detroit Grand Pubahs - If Snow Was Black
4. Quarks - I Walk (Superpitcher Schaffel Mix)
5. Basic Channel - Phylyps Trak II
1. Mike Dunn - God Made Me Phunky
2. SoleTech - Sole Waves
3. Detroit Grand Pubahs - If Snow Was Black
4. Quarks - I Walk (Superpitcher Schaffel Mix)
5. Basic Channel - Phylyps Trak II
I was put on this planet to destroy Spotify and Apple Music.
December 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I was put on this planet to destroy Spotify and Apple Music.
My favorite encounters with music in 2025, including:
- the album that challenged me until I learned how to love it
- most transcendent experience while running
- the song that got stuck in my head the most
And so on: www.jamesreeves.co/2025-rotation/
- the album that challenged me until I learned how to love it
- most transcendent experience while running
- the song that got stuck in my head the most
And so on: www.jamesreeves.co/2025-rotation/
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My favorite encounters with music in 2025, including:
- the album that challenged me until I learned how to love it
- most transcendent experience while running
- the song that got stuck in my head the most
And so on: www.jamesreeves.co/2025-rotation/
- the album that challenged me until I learned how to love it
- most transcendent experience while running
- the song that got stuck in my head the most
And so on: www.jamesreeves.co/2025-rotation/
Robot love and the glory of reverb.
1. Julianna Barwick - Prizewinning
2. Matchess - Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes
3. Vril - Infinitum Eternis Anime
4. Air - Le Soleil Est Près de Moi (28% slower)
5. Eagles - I Can’t Tell You Why (20% slower)
6. Voices From the Lake - Max
7. Me-Sheen - Sonic Lullaby
1. Julianna Barwick - Prizewinning
2. Matchess - Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes
3. Vril - Infinitum Eternis Anime
4. Air - Le Soleil Est Près de Moi (28% slower)
5. Eagles - I Can’t Tell You Why (20% slower)
6. Voices From the Lake - Max
7. Me-Sheen - Sonic Lullaby
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Robot love and the glory of reverb.
1. Julianna Barwick - Prizewinning
2. Matchess - Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes
3. Vril - Infinitum Eternis Anime
4. Air - Le Soleil Est Près de Moi (28% slower)
5. Eagles - I Can’t Tell You Why (20% slower)
6. Voices From the Lake - Max
7. Me-Sheen - Sonic Lullaby
1. Julianna Barwick - Prizewinning
2. Matchess - Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes
3. Vril - Infinitum Eternis Anime
4. Air - Le Soleil Est Près de Moi (28% slower)
5. Eagles - I Can’t Tell You Why (20% slower)
6. Voices From the Lake - Max
7. Me-Sheen - Sonic Lullaby
Yay II! This winter rules.
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yay II! This winter rules.
Super fun-time Sympathy Tower Tokyo book club. Next up is Susanna Clarke's Piranesi.
December 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Super fun-time Sympathy Tower Tokyo book club. Next up is Susanna Clarke's Piranesi.
All the greatest hits at a slower speed—guaranteed. Plus some egg foo young.
1. Simple Minds - Don’t You Forget About Me
2. Will Web - Spacewalk
3. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
4. Vladislav Delay - Huone
5. Swans - Leaving Meaning
6. Pole - Hafen
7. Aphex Twin - #1
8. The Cars - Jacki
1. Simple Minds - Don’t You Forget About Me
2. Will Web - Spacewalk
3. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
4. Vladislav Delay - Huone
5. Swans - Leaving Meaning
6. Pole - Hafen
7. Aphex Twin - #1
8. The Cars - Jacki
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
All the greatest hits at a slower speed—guaranteed. Plus some egg foo young.
1. Simple Minds - Don’t You Forget About Me
2. Will Web - Spacewalk
3. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
4. Vladislav Delay - Huone
5. Swans - Leaving Meaning
6. Pole - Hafen
7. Aphex Twin - #1
8. The Cars - Jacki
1. Simple Minds - Don’t You Forget About Me
2. Will Web - Spacewalk
3. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
4. Vladislav Delay - Huone
5. Swans - Leaving Meaning
6. Pole - Hafen
7. Aphex Twin - #1
8. The Cars - Jacki