Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 1d

“I am standing on my quiet balcony, against the city that unfurls like a big sonic carpet. There is a betrayal to being alive because it means to have outlived.”

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 1d

Now listening to the new album from Lebanese composer Yara Asmar. It’s oblique and highly experimental ambient music. I definitely recommend it, and I recommend reading her account of the making of the album on the Bandcamp page.

everyone I love is sleeping and I love them so so much, by Yara Asmar

11 track album

yaraasmar.bandcamp.com

1 9

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 1d

Now listening to the new album from Lebanese composer Yara Asmar. It’s oblique and highly experimental ambient music. I definitely recommend it, and I recommend reading her account of the making of the album on the Bandcamp page.

everyone I love is sleeping and I love them so so much, by Yara Asmar

11 track album

yaraasmar.bandcamp.com

2 7 33

Reposted by E.A.

Tom Cosgrove @cosgrovetc.bsky.social · 1d

A rope tree hangs from an old oak tree in the forest.

2 23

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 1d

I really enjoyed listening to this new album from Portland, Maine band Weakened Friends. It has a very 90s-Alternative vibe (including a cover of Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn”) and I love a girl who can wail her vocals.

Feels Like Hell, by Weakened Friends

12 track album

weakenedfriends.bandcamp.com

6

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 2d

This is a beautiful album. I’m listening now and it really gets the “fleeting” part of “fleeting beauty”. Spare and poignant.

scereale.bsky.social @scereale.bsky.social · 2d

'each scene becomes a world of fleeting beauty'

stanfordcheung.bandcamp.com/album/p-o-l-...

P O L A R O I D S, by Stanford Cheung

7 track album

stanfordcheung.bandcamp.com

3

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 2d

I feel this way about a lot of the music reviews and interviews I wrote in the 2010s. It’s almost all gone now. I don’t blame the small publishers for running out of money to keep their server space, but it’s sad to know that all that work just went away.

1

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 2d

Now listening to a new album from London artist feeo. Goodness is experimental electronica that sounds like a slightly-unsettling dream. It’s sad, spooky, challenging and beautiful.

Goodness, by feeo

11 track album

feeo.bandcamp.com

1

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I think “post-punk” could definitely apply too. I sometimes find the labels helpful just for giving people a very general idea of what sandbox you’re playing in, but they become silly pretty fast.

1

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like genre labels can be pretty subjective and goofy, but if I had to pick for this clip alone, I’d say indie rock or art rock.

1 1

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve finished the rough sketches for all 32 frames. I sort of like it loose like this, but I hope to keep working on some details.

2 4 19

Reposted by E.A.

Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 3d

Be a ruthless, pragmatic extremist when it comes to curating your social media, podcast, & video feeds so they give you resources supportive to your recovery.

Life is too short for the stupid rage bait dopamine hamster wheel the algorithm is trying to feed you.

Recovery first.

22 120

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 3d

My first new release this week is Figure In Blue from the 87-year-old jazz saxophonist and flautist Charles Lloyd. So far, it’s deeply resonant. I love jazz that really makes you feel something and this is that.

Charles Lloyd "Figure In Blue"

Listen to content by Charles Lloyd.

charleslloyd.lnk.to

2 4

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 3d

I really appreciate that, and definitely same to you.

2

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 3d

Another Friday, another grid of the twelve albums I listened to the most last week. That Upchuck record was a thrill and there were a few other great new ones. Music is good! #LastFM #LastFMFriday

A four by three grid of album covers. Artist followed by album tile:
Upchuck - I'm Nice Now
Leon Vynehall - In Daytona Yellow
S. Carey - Watercres
Snooper - Worldwide
Klein - Sleep with a Cane
Sebastian Mullaert - Solar Paint EP
Benjamin Booker - LOWER
Peel Dream Magazine - Taurus
Amine - 13 Months of Sunshine
Alfa Mist - Roulette
Rocket - R is for Rocket
Delivery - Force Majeure

2 7

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight’s animated drawing: mandala, time-lapsed.

2 9 22

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful.

1

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 3d

I appreciate your presence and I hope you can get a little rest!

1 1

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 3d

I hope it clears up for you.

2

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 3d

They do go into the neurobiological basis, including the evolutionary/survival basis. I believe the book came out pre-covid, which is kind of a shame, because I’d be interested to read their take on the ongoing impact of the pandemic.

1 2

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been reading this book pretty slowly, but I’m finding it really interesting. I haven’t gotten to any suggestions for how we remedy loneliness, or what to say to people who are experiencing it, but Cacioppo & Patrick’s theories are a great framework for understanding why it afflicts us.

Book cover. loneliness
Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
John T. Cacioppo & William Patrick
"One of the most important books about the human condition to appear in a decade." —Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness

The title “loneliness” has the dot of the “I” removed from the rest of the word and off on its own.

1 2 10

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 4d

Now listening to a new album from London producer/composer Leon Vynehall. It’s categorized as House music, but it’s really something unique. Not quite EDM, not quite R&B. It’s moody and a little heavy, but then the beat drops.

In Daytona Yellow, by LEON VYNEHALL

10 track album

leonvynehall.bandcamp.com

5 11

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 4d

This is actually the view from my deck, which still seems unreal, even after living up here for over a decade. It requires a vehicle with four-wheel drive, or a few hours of hiking from the main road to get here.

1

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 4d

I’m ready for the leaves to turn, but enjoying this deep green while it lasts. (North Georgia, USA, October 2025)

Green trees frame a long view of distant blue mountains.

2 4 15

E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 4d

I love Bud Powell. Peter’s description below is apt.

Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 10d

"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 26)

TIME (not x...) - SET B

B5: Time Waits (usu known as: "Time Was" - comp: Miguel Prado)

Earl "Bud" Powell: p
Sam Jones: db
"Philly" Joe Jones: d

Hackensack, NJ, 24 May 1958

Bud, as often, on the edge of tragedy, with soul & romance. A poignant mixture.

Time Waits (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

YouTube video by Bud Powell - Topic

www.youtube.com

2 8