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43 Favorite Albums

This is the stuff my sanity has been preserved by. In no particular order.

1. Psychocandy Jesus and Mary Chain
2. In a Silent Way Miles Davis
3. Loveless My Bloody valentine
4. Astral Weeks Van Morrison
5. Arular M.I.A.
6. The Smiths The Smiths
6. Catch a Fire Bob Marley
7. Slanted and Enchanted Pavement
8. Closer Joy Division
9. Music has a right to Children Boards of Canada
10.Post Bjork
11.Entroducing DJ Shadow
12.Inner Mounting Flame Mahavishnu Orchestra
13.Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me The Cure
14.White Album The Beatles
15.Sign of the Times Prince
16.Fear of a Black Planet Public Enemy
17.To Bring you my Love PJ Harvey
18.New Forms Roni Size
19.Fear of Music Talking Heads
20.Daydream Nation Sonic Youth
21.War U2
22.UFOrb The Orb
23.Laser Guided Melodies Spiritualized
24.Blue Joni Mitchell
25.Snivilization Orbital
26.A Love Supreme John Coltrane
27.IV Led Zeppelin
28.Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix
29.Check Your Head The Beastie Boys
30.Doolittle The Pixies
31.Raise Your Skinny Fists… Godspeed You Black Emperor
32.Station to Station David Bowie
33.The Clash The Clash
34.Funeral The Arcade Fire
35.Star Rise Nusrat Ali Khan
36.Wild Gift X
37.Margarine Eclipse Stereolab
38.Smash the System Saint Etienne
39.Road to Ruin The Ramones
40.Folsom Prison Johnny Cash
41.Byzantine Chant Sister Marie Keyrouz
42.Exile on Main Street The Rolling Stones
43.Live at Leeds The Who

Yes I could have spent more time with my son when he was younger but would it have been quality time? Kids can sense it when the time you spend with them is obligatory or unfocused. They want quality. Crazy kids.
Now that he’s an adult I’d like to hang out with him on a regular basis….but I forget…...he’s got a life and is establishing his identity and boundaries. I’m not going to be his first choice for socializing. Who said being a parent would be easy? Not me.

Billions of dollars are going to be spent over the next few years trying to capture the essence of reality. I want to visit one or more of the facilities where this work is being done. Is there a risk that one of these grand experiments will rip a hole in the fabric of space and time? Maybe. It’s not going to stop our searching though is it? We’re using tools that our ancestors could only guess at and if we vaporise ourselves in the process of discovery…..will the cosmos care? I don’t think so. Party on.