mix of covid commercials that was as pyscho to make as it is to listen to.

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6 Skin Like Ghosts

I grew up in Philadelphia, and with the exception of a few negligible stretches, I’ve lived here my whole life. I have often thought that I could understand the feeling of Nationalism if I could shrink it down in size to encompass only the city of Philadelphia. There are countless instances where I have felt utterly connected to this place: screaming at a man for cutting in line at the post office with the full and vocal support of the entire rest of the line, walking around in the woods in the Wissahickon in the dead of night, riding the 23 all the way from South Philly to Mt Airy at 5 in the morning watching the sun come up over the whole entire city.

I was never interested in watching sports as a kid (think this was pretty correlated to my loathing of P.E. class and my parent’s lack of interest in anything athletic), but as I’ve gotten older I’ve become utterly compelled by Philadelphia sports. Last year, the Eagles won the Superbowl and the feeling of complete elation lasted for months. Embracing people on Broad Street who I hadn’t seen in over a decade, and people I’d never met at all. Obviously winning feels good, but losing with your city weirdly also feels good, as everyone who joined me in following the process-era Sixers can tell you. It all connects us. There’s this constant thing about being from Philadelphia where we imagine that the whole city is David, or Rocky, or any classic underdog, coming up from behind. This tape is about that feeling.

Morning On Broad

Convinced It Will All Add Up

the model of punitive justice that my generation has adopted does not suit me.

this tape is about me refusing to be angry.

last passover, i was drugged and raped in houston, texas.

this compelled me to finish recordings i had been working on for over two years.

ethically and ideologically, i believe it is better to use the full weight of your experiences to create, rather than to exact meaningless vengeance.

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