Continuing my Car Mix, the next tune that came up was this, Gordon Lightfoot's "Carefree Highway." My dad had the album when I was a kid but years later when I actually looked into Lightfoot's work, I realized that I only had vague memories of "Sundown," and not the rest of the album.

This came today, or rather late yesterday. I'd heard of Pahinui from a friend's father in high school but didn't actually hear his music until about 10 years ago. Absolutely first rate, with that kind of loose but tight feeling real players have.

So the first one up on the Car Mix (on shuffle) could not be better for a drive: Earth, Wind and Fire's "September." This is one of those tunes that is simultaneously pure pop and pure art. Everything in it is perfect, but more than anything it's the response in me that is so wonderful.

I recently restarted using a streaming platform, Qobuz, which really does sound good and as far as I know pays more per stream to the rights holder than any other service. If I'm wrong, I'd want to know. I have a long list of companies I'll never patronize again, and S**tify is at or near the top.

Today, however, I'll talk about @campofwolves.bsky.social and particularly "Bear Creek," which I picked up and have been going back to again and again. Here's the link, worth your purchase: lunar-module.bandcamp.com/album/bear-c...

I notice that the @vinylsanta.bsky.social thing is happening and it's a great ritual. But it says that a participant should look at a person's feed to see their tastes and that means I need to put some things up here. Starting tomorrow I'll go through my Car Mix as it plays randomly, song by song.

Very good news: I have a new tape that is out as of now, called "Sketches," Shipping from either the UK or California: Shipping from the UK: prestoncapes1.bandcamp.com/album/pct-24... Shipping from California: bizarrestatue.bandcamp.com/album/sketches