that's it; there's nothing new from me for this "'bandcamp friday' day", but you can and should always give money to other musicians and other people. thx

this more straight-ahead post-bop album from JJW is also incredible imo... nice sound from her group, Eddie Henderson in particular - JJW has a real good sense of registers - sometimes she plays real fast - out of nowhere she does a spoken word piece about christ's sexual energy - etc

it's sorta sad but also sorta nice to think about how Jessica Jennifer Williams just did the prepared piano thing for a couple years, did a couple performances and made a couple recordings (that weren't released until now, posthumously), and then moved on

new year's eve remains my favorite of holidays. i hope you all have a peaceful end to the year, and that next year will include some nice times.

it was a good year for me personally, and i'll try to accept that. released 2 albums (one of which is one of my fave things i've been part of); returned to reading books; [accomplishments not for sharing on 'social media']. yet in a grander sense, i accomplished nothing this year, and am proud of it

oh for sure, nothing like letting the sound of that opening with the trees wash over you as you realize how that sequence really is going to keep going

thanks Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰…! (though i just played through yours and realized that we left out the fox rescuing and evil eurozone mechas essential to any crossword puzzle, which explains why Will Shortz has not come calling)

I saw Evil Does Not Exist last year in a theater with 2 other silent strangers in it, and it was also a spiritual experience! now i wonder if it would've been even better if those others had not been there... but there is no way ever to know, and that's fine

act now and download and/or listen to “Puzzles of 2025”: the best-selling album of the 1920s AND of the 2020s!

don't like crosswords? that's ok! “Puzzles of 2025” isn't just a crossword, it's also an album of 40+ songs! it's been called "cute" and "a blast" by MULTIPLE people. it's been called "'camp'". it's been called "awful". ppl are singing the tunes everywhere.

Here it is, “Puzzles of 2025”. It's 40 tracks long!

Hopefully there's something to delight and annoy all sorts of music fans, especially fans of albums that are also crossword puzzles.

be well ! ! !

puzzlesof2025.bandcamp.com/album/puzzle...

(remember that you can listen to 3 tracks of "Puzzles of 2025", and follow us on "Band Camp", and listen to the whole farraginous thing when it comes out on Friday…)

puzzlesof2025.bandcamp.com/album/puzzle...

(it has been fun teaching myself to play the harp recently. i'm not very good at it yet but i think it still sounds nice on the songs that i use it for on the album. (in any case, there are certainly instruments we play on the album that sound worse (complimentary).))

anyway the books i've listened to have predominately been on the short and light side, a lot of mysteries. but that's okay, i've been having fun. anyway the point is that as the next logical step (bc i like the malloy musical) now before bed i'm going to try and start War and Peace…

i used to be something of a voracious reader, but over my 20s the pace fell to like 1 book every two years, if that. but now i've read two dozen books since June, and that feels good!

he's sooo good and the fact that his role in Wu-Tang is still "the goofy stoner one" and not "the greatest rapper ever who accidentally ended up friends with a bunch of weirdos" is an astounding display of being chill

we plan to have Puzzles of 2025 done by the end of November. will it be a success? will we beat TMBG to their next album? will the constant atrocities pile up so much as to make releasing a collection of silly songs seem impractical or in poor taste? will we release it anyway? stay tuned….