What Are You Listening To?

Morcheeba - Escape The Chaos (The Instrumental)

not that this is a surprise but Sky's vocal float on top of some solid really trippy psychedelic beats

I like Chet Bakers participation on a few tunes from these recordings from 1985 but not sure why liner notes say these were his last recordings as he kept playing and recording til the end three years later. Probably just to hype….

Cool record though…

Guitarricadelafuente

The Cure - Mixes Of A Lost World

not sure what is about The Cure/Robert's vocals/lyrics but they can lead to great source material for remixers with tasty results

I had a good time holding the American flag my dad bought me…at the corner of Langston and Lexington. Been thinking a lot about my dad lately. Since he passed 18 months ago I do that. The kids were a disgrace of course. People generally are so upbeat about my children and about autism….instead of people being so upbeat about it I wish they listened to me and said man I understand, that’s got to suck sometimes…. But they never empathize they just say positive shit about what I often think is a negative thing..Autism makes everything so difficult. My older son for example will absolutely not go to a concert no matter what or even if it’s an artist he likes such as David Byrne. He won’t read a book to save his life and he could not care less about school. The things other parents delight in are difficult if not impossible. Halfway through the No Kings event I crossed the street to get my kids a drink at 7-11. As we enter parking lot a young girl says hi and waves at my kid. A classmate I am guessing. My son does nothing. I wave at girl and say hi. I ask my kid WTF. He replies I don’t even know that person. Truth is he doesn’t focus on other people at all. He is in his own world. So sad. He will likely never know love or friendship.

Sorry to hear hutch… parenting is hard as hell and I'm sure that's a very difficult additional layer to deal with.

My assumption is that's probably a subject many of your friends/acquaintances don't know how to navigate, so they stay on the positive side of the conversation vs. Calling out what a fuckin bitch it must be to deal with, but ymmv.

My best friend's son died a few years ago and went through fuckin hell and no one sugar coated shit, nor did he and I think he appreciated that. On the other hand,  I have a friend who's daughter has severe dyslexia and can hardly read at age 12. Unfortunately, Just even mentioning the subject to my friend can turn things sour immediately.  :-\

Happy father's day

Yada wrote:
parenting is hard as hell

Can confirm

Hutch, you are doing the right things. While that may be cold comfort, it's true. Lead by example and create opportunities for engagement. Build an environment that enables curiosity, and then you have to let go and let them carve their own path based on what they want.  And if that's being a introvert who isn't interested in social engagement (yes, I know it's more than that)…Then be okay with that path and support it.

It's hard to say how love and friendship will evolve and it might be too early to make that call.  You may be right and I can see how that weighs heavy. I'm sure a hard pill to swallow as a loving parent.  The future is unwritten and I think HR was right about the PMA

Yada does bring up a good point about how well meaning people are doing what they think you'd want to hear.  I'm sure I'm one of those positive voices from time to time.  So my apologies for trying to be positive, when I just should have said, "man that sucks". 

with that said, it sounds like it's been a hard time in the republic of Hutchistan and I'm sorry to hear that. 
Just know that we see how hard you're trying and at least to me, that matters a lot.

not sure how this ended up in to the 'what are you listening' thread and if it wasn't such a serious topic, I might ask for a penalty, but for now…we are going to let it slide this fathers day.

FWIW I’m in the pit at MPP listening to the moes from Chrysalis and my kids don’t know I’m here.

grateful wrote:
FWIW I’m in the pit at MPP listening to the moes from Chrysalis and my kids don’t know I’m here.

i have no idea who "the moes from Chrysalis" are (i'm assuming something from the school?), but regardless:

dad of the year.

sweetcell wrote:

grateful wrote:
FWIW I’m in the pit at MPP listening to the moes from Chrysalis and my kids don’t know I’m here.

i have no idea who "the moes from Chrysalis" are (i'm assuming something from the school?), but regardless:

dad of the year.

Divorce is hard.

well, i feel like shit now.  sorry  :(

It’s ok. You never really know what people are going through. Start with grace and lean towards understanding.

Then judge the fuck out of people. I mean what the hell are they thinking with that bullshit?!?

Ahh, so sorry, man. Been there — it sucks.

Want to go see Joyce Manor with Hutch and myself on the 27th? My treat.

It’s a Dan Wilson kinda of day

Julian, wrote:
Ahh, so sorry, man. Been there — it sucks.

Want to go see Joyce Manor with Hutch and myself on the 27th? My treat.

That would be awesome! Thank you 😊

Great, I'll get you a ticket when I get back in town tomorrow. This is going to be a real motley crew rolling up in there to see some modern emo.

Am glad Grateful will be there to chaperone…