In an age where teenage ambition often finds expression online, one young entrepreneur has taken a distinctly hands-on approach to building a business rooted in soil, patience, and community engagement. At just 14 years old, Jacob Mann has transformed a simple passion for growing vegetables into a flourishing enterprise that stretches far beyond his local surroundings. Operating from Norwich, he…

These have been pretty nice to listen to with my heart and you can't spell heart without ear.

I quit the job I was at, which was where I was listening to somewhere in the ballpark of 6 hours of music everyday. While I haven't been making the time to discover nearly as much music, I do have a few picks of things that have a big presence in my listening time. "Live for the Highest Bidder" by Jacob Mann and co. is very synthetic, but very much a love (and maybe hate) letter to jazz. I've listened to it a few times, and while I think there are a few standout hits, it's gotten me to dig a lot deeper into Jacob Mann's music. I feel like I should have been listening to him for years now, since one of his other albums was the definitive sound of 2023 for me, but regardless I'm a fan now.

The "Outside World" project has also really been forcing itself into my head and commute as well. I think the second album has been my favorite so far. The songs "Really Slow Fox" and "Passage" are such opposite ends of a spectrum, and crafting a project where they can coexist as peacefully as they do is really something to take note of.

In the process of writing this blog, I've also noticed that "Utopianisti II" has been blocked in my region, which is absurd. I hate region locking, and I will find a way to listen to the song "Bisphenol A" regardless of whether or not it falls within the capricious whims of a corporate hegemony.