The Signal: EP119

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The Signal: EP119 – Exactly 45 minutes of songs for medical use only, precisely calculated to improve spinal alignment in modern primates and most models of robots. In this installment, we’ve got danceable pop from Canada, an LA artist incorporating sounds from Ethiopia and East Africa, UK hip hop, southern California pop punk, cool sounds from France, Russian surf and a Spanish language a capella cover. Lots of variety for you.

The file will be available only for a limited time so if you’re curious at all, click the links above and download away. The track list of artists is in the file’s id3 tags and notes are below.

The Signal: EP118

TheSignalEP118

The Signal: EP118 – Exactly 45 minutes of of synchronized brain-bopping for your listening pleasure. Don’t worry. Brains are more resilient than we tend to give them credit for.

This time out, we’ve got bass-heavy grime and indie rock from the UK, some beats from California, a track that combines Ethiopian jazz with reggae production, cumbia from Colombia, and lots of other good stuff. The file is only available for a limited time, so grab it while you can. The track-list can be found in the id3 tags of the mp3 and I’ve added a few notes below.

Rural Decay

IM with work colleague who was asking about my upcoming vacation plans

Work Colleague: goin somewhere exotic?

M Van Vleet: The exact opposite. Indiana.

Work Colleague: hey watch it…i was born there

M Van Vleet: And you got out.

Work Colleague: there are exotic parts

M Van Vleet: If you say so.
M Van Vleet: Does “rural decay” count as exotic?

Work Colleague: nah, i don’t really know. i was 1 yr old when we left

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M Van Vleet: A photo from downtown Princeton where my wife is from.
M Van Vleet: Taken during a visit 2 years back.

Work Colleague: lovely

M Van Vleet: Closed 2-screen theater just 1 block from the downtown square, which is usually 1/4 to 1/3 empty storefronts.

Work Colleague: i see the decay now

M Van Vleet: There’s abandoned gas stations. Briefly, it looked like one of them was being used for a guy to sell meat out of, once a week. Had posted hours.
M Van Vleet: Didn’t work out, though.

Work Colleague: yeah, i hear meat coming out of a pump tastes really bad….worse than the canned cheese

M Van Vleet: Thin line between “entrepreneur” and “maniac with underground meat storage tanks”