Slow Going Radio

An old song that seems to be about greeting the solitude of nighttime, or the nighttime of solitude. Time to think on all those little things that just happen the way they do and that's that.

Listening to this next one, I always imagine some kind of all-night romp through the city, with a dear friend or two. We're on some kind of mission. Looking for someone or something. The city shows us all of its wonderful strangeness as we sleepily move through the late night bars and clubs. We're exhausted but still alert to everything we see. There are some slow motion sequences through dimly lit places that are starting to get that forlorn feeling about them as the night drags on.

Some songs like this one are all about telling some truth and they have that kind of "please listen, this is really serious" tone about them. So you try to sit still and listen and if you're lucky, you succeed and then something gets in and connects and does what it was meant to do.

And a kind of response, here. Everything else around kind of fades when she's singing.

And then this, the particular weight of it. The way a song sits in your hand and just captivates you with its interlocking intricacies and mysteries.

But then I wanted a song like this one to end the night's listening--one of those songs that builds into some kind of, starfire--yes, that seems a fitting word for it....

Here's a song that takes its time to tell you something you really do need to hear. Are you listening?

And now a "passing the time" song. A song that just tries its best to convince you to go with the flow. Don't worry, or worry if you want. That's just how it goes.

Let's check in on Simon Joyner. Here's a kind of "letter song" - a song to some blue-eyed boy. A song to lure one into dream time. One of those melancholy songs to wind down the day with.