#english meadow

[dustedmagazine]

Listed: M. Sage

Colorado musician, artist and educator Matthew Sage produces a unique form of ambient music, one that focuses on personal experience rather than obscure intellectual objectives or new age mysticism. Through both his own sounds and those he curates via his Cached Media imprint his goal is to unearth the beauty within the seemingly mundane. With Paradise Crick, his latest and most fully formed release, he casts his gaze on the great outdoors, envisaging a camping excursion. In his review, Bryon Hayes found that the record was “his most visceral work, as he ornaments his typically ambient palette with an assortment of palpable shapes, colors, and textures.” In addition to making music, Sage also enjoys seeking it out, often from non-traditional sources. For this edition of Listed, he runs down some of the more interesting records that he picked up on recent thrift store diving excursions.

10 recent thrift store finds in no particular order — I hit the flea markets and thrift stores once or twice a month and get weird CDs and cassettes. I like buying stuff that I would otherwise listen to on streaming… or never listen to from these local companies. We have CD players in our vehicles and I listen to CDs a lot driving. Cassettes mainly happen in my office when I am writing or drawing. So… a lot of what I look for is sort of “functional music” that I can do stuff to. I also snag up favorites from bands I love… I found 3 Wilco CDs at one shop last week!

Anyway, here are some recent favs.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy — Master and Everyone

Found in Longmont at the thrift store with the curated CD selection. Long time BPB fan, and I especially like how subdued this one is. Maybe not my all-time fav Oldham out there, but it’s great and the CD is in great shape.

The New American Orchestra — Blade Runner Soundtrack

Found at one of the flea markets in Fort Collins. Maybe the one with the lavender? This is an orchestral adaptation of the original Vangelis score, and it is about as smooth jazz as it gets. Incredible sweeping melodies. This version of “Blade Runner Blues” feels like something hiding on “In a Silent Way.” Ambient jazz for sure.

Chet Baker — Let’s Get Lost

Another one from the Longmont spot. Been obsessed with Chet Baker for a while now in that when I don’t know what I want to listen to, I just throw on any Chet’s greatest hits album and feel content. I love the arrangement on “My Ideal” with the toy piano and Chet’s voice and trumpet.

John Coltrane — The Gentle Side of John Coltrane

Also from the Longmont spot. I, of course, love wailing Coltrane. But I also think his sweet songs are some of his best. “After the Rain” is especially informing some of the arrangement choices I’ve been making on some new Fuubutsushi songs.

Shanghai Film Symphony Orchestra — An Dun (Calming the Emotions)

I buy a lot of random CDs like this, and I can’t remember where exactly this one came from. But yeah, foreign/new age/private press, etc. weird CDs… and most of the time they aren’t great… but this one is very good. When I find something like this that I like I google it later. When I did that with this CD, I found it on YouTube and this is my favorite comment about it: “Whenever I play this on a construction site, at first the guys complain. Then later they thank me for playing it. Saying they've never felt better.” My toddler seems to enjoy it in the car… I do too.

Claude Debussy — Images pour Orchestre. Preludes: La Fille aux Cheveaux de Lin

70 minutes of Debussy from Longmont ARC. Lots of solo piano from Peter Schmalfuss. I like that these recordings feel soft. Sometimes classical piano feels really hard, lots of attack, almost like microscopic. These recordings are more spacious. Chris from Fuubutsushi swears by Ravel, but I am team-Debussy.

Georgia Kelly — Seapeace: Music for Harp

Can’t remember where but found this in Colorado in a stash of pretty heady new age tapes. Later found out it’s a cult classic. It is a self-released one — the album was later reissued on other formats by new age labels — so I love knowing Ms. Kelly herself released this copy into the world and it has since ended up in my possession. The whole thing is on YouTube!

English Meadow: Environments — Environments 1, 4, 12: Slow Ocean, English Meadow, Intonation

I have all the Environments titles on LP and have since started collecting cassettes when I see them in the wild. These 3 are specifically my favorite Environments, so finding them all in one go felt like a thrifting triumph. I feel like English Meadow specifically sounds nice on cassette.

[maureen2musings]

daniel_casson

[yorksnapshots]

Lush and green after the rain.

[kawaiibabeshop]

🌷 Kawaii Shop 🌷

Use code "TUMBLR" for a deal

[frostymossgoblin]

Sunrise on the Solstice, Gloucestershire

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[agelessphotography]

Temple Newsam Park, Leeds, Daniel Meadows, 1973

[myfairynuffstuff]

William Herbert Allen (1863 - 1943) - Sheep in the Meadow. Oil on canvas.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Arthur Hacker (English, 1858-1919) Innocence, 1899

[izzy-prizzy]

prompt 22: knew - @rosekillermicrofic - word count: 209 TW: Mention of Death

Barty knew something was wrong, he could practically feel it in his gut.

So when Dorcas - with whom they haven't talked since they left school and uhm became death eaters while she joined the order - came to meet him in the middle of the night, he got this uneasy feeling that he didn't dare spell out.

"Cas..?" Barty asked, as Dorcas stood outside his house' door.

"Won't you invite me in?, Crouch" Something was wrong. Barty knew Dorcas, he knew that this ask should have been like a snide remark with a raised brow from Dorcas, but it wasn't.

He managed a smile and stepped aside, letting her in. She walked in front, not looking back while Barty followed behind her.

"Is this some kind of mission to catch me, Meadows?" Barty tried to humor up the tension.

No Reply.

"Cas..?" Barty's voice cracked as Dorcas stopped in her steps.

The feeling in his stomach grew, he could feel the bile in his throat.

"Barty...," She choked out, turning to face him.

Her lips quivered 'No!'

Tears slipped down her face 'No!'

"Evan, he-he's...," No!, No!, No! "he's dead.."

[seasonalwonderment]

English Countryside Gateway

Photo Source:  https://www.thewildwoodmoth.co.uk/shop/p/english-countryside-gateway-view-print

[ruby-pink]

midsummer meadow meanderings x

[maureen2musings]

Peak District

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[yorksnapshots]

Mapping the Countryside.

North Yorkshire, England.

[incorrect-maraudersaandco-quotes]

Dorcas: How do I look?

Marlene: Tu eres magnífica.

Dorcas:

James: Mals, that spanish

Marlene, blushing: Du bist großartig

Peter: German, not even close.

Marlene: Fuck off!

James: and we are back to english!

Dorcas: Wait, how many languages you know?

Marlene: four, english, german, spanish and tagalog.

Dorcas: oh [starts mentally preparing the wedding venue]

[justaboymadeofhoneyandglass]

What german state the marauders would be from if they were german:

James: NRW. It just fits him perfectly

Remus: Somewhere north probably, Schleswig-Holstein or Niedersachsen I'd say

Sirius: Hamburg or Berlin. Point blank

Peter: Hessen or Bayern most probably, somewhere south tho always

Marlene: I'd also say NRW but maybe Berlin could also fit

Dorcas: Thüringen or NRW i think idk just vibes ig

Mary: Hessen or Rheinland-Pfalz

Pandora: either Sachsen, Bayern or Mecklenburg-Vorpommern idk

Evan: same as Pandora

Barty: NRW dude until HE FUCKING DIES

Regulus: Hm. He'd have to be the same as Sirius (cus siblings and all) but also I think he gives Hessen or Niedersachsen vibes idk

@here-am-i-sitting-in-a-tin-can any other ideas? (also do you agreeeeee)