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Absorb the Poison

James A. Reeves Episode 34

An ode to Michael Clayton and the giddy renewal before death. Read the full post.

"I took a deep, cleansing breath and I put that notion aside. I tabled it. I said to myself, As clear as this may be, as potent a feeling as this is, as true a thing as I believe I have witnessed today, it must wait. It must stand the test of time. And Michael, the time is now."

So the hour has come for some Tom Wilkinson and George Clooney interlaced with five pieces of profound bass and machine grind. And plenty of amniotic, embryonic reverb.

  • Try to make believe this is not just madness because this is not just madness.
  • Richie Hawtin + Thomas Brinkmann - 96:12/24:00 VR
    Concept | 1998 | Bandcamp
  • As potent a feeling as this is, as true a thing as I believe I witnessed today, it must wait. It must stand the test of time.
  • HTRK - Poison (Mika Vainio Remix)
    Ghostly International, 2013 | Bandcamp
  • Yes, the nudity in the parking lot was a mistake, I admit it. It was wrong. It was lame. It was obvious. And therapeutically, it was completely useless.
  • TM404 - 202/303/303/303/606/606
    Kontra, 2013 | Bandcamp
  • Is that the correct answer to the multiple choice of me?
  • Tropic of Cancer - Stop Suffering
    Blackest Ever Black, 2015 | Boomkat
  • What makes this feel good is that I don’t know where this goes.
  • µ-Ziq - Peppermint Aero
    Manzana | Balmat, 2025 | Bandcamp
  • You think you got the horses for that? Well good luck and god bless.

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