Uplifting?

Malvina Reynolds (ya know the lady who sings “Little Boxes”?) reminds us, “There’s a Bottom Below”

This is what I listen to when I’m biking to work. It calms the temptation to steer into traffic. Did I not tell you about the power of lounge? “Calcutta” by Les Baxter

And since I’ve been sharing in groups of threes lately, here is “Work” by Ubyk. Definitely a more dismal view, but a fairly apt description of the daily drudgery of going to a job you hate.

i’m not sure what this says about me

but i’ve gotten really into lounge music lately.
as in:

i like exotica lounge music (music made by white dudes that sounds like it comes from a place with palm trees) a lot
and i’m not sure whether i like it in an ironic way – for it’s ridiculous cultural stereotyping through sound and general kitchiness
or i actually like it.
i kind of think the latter is closer to the truth even though i know lounge music is what people in the 60s listened to in their identical suburban homes when they wanted to escape their monotonous 9-5 / homemaking lives. am i one of them now? i know the answer is technically no, but as i drink white wine alone, i wonder a bit why i need exotica in my life. i’m IN exotica! i’m in freaking asia! i think winter has to end. it’s messing with my head.