What? You’ve never heard an electric harp? No? Time to fix that with Dorothy Ashby’s funky, soulful, underappreciated album Afro-HarpingThe Look of Love."

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Wow, look at him go

Japanese Funk and Soul That Will Brighten Up Your Day 🎵 My Analog Journal plays fantastic selections from enviable vinyl collections. The sound, video, and overall vibe on these videos makes for perfect summer listening.

Playing: American Truck Simulator while listening to Beck’s Midnite Vultures. “Sexx Laws” hits the spot while long-hauling imaginary freight from Seattle to Bakersfield.

Watching Orlando (1993). 📽️

Reading: The Once and Future King. 📚

Watched: It Comes at Night (2017), an incredibly well-written movie. 📽️ 

2024 is off to a promising start.

Reading My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones. Only about 125 pages in, but Jones’s prose is fantastic. 📚