Nostalgia is a collective memory, apparently. Annual visits home now always remind me to check in on the awesome work of composer and fellow-Ohioan Brian Harnetty. I’m a fan.
This then also usually leads me pretty quickly back to my stash of Bonnie “Prince” Billy records, and albums like The Letting Go with string arrangements courtesy of–can it truly be?–Nico Muhly.
Yes, forget six degrees. The world is a very crazy game of Twister, and we are all pretty much touching at this point.