started with Escape from Pluto by William Oberfield… a short sci-fi story, liked it more than expected.

one thing led to another. searched the author, found his other stories, stumbled on the golden age of science fiction… and then kept digging.

then I found this thing called podcast theater. there are a bunch of science fiction audio drama shows on Apple Podcasts.

this is what I’m doing this week.

also excited about the possibilities of this new thing, audio drama podcasts… sound design, music, story, cover art, … so many interests in one place. these kind of things get me excited. a lot.

This morning, I felt this amazing excitement, inspiration, energy… The music I’m listening to felt different, the things I read felt different, the things I’m doing felt different. Why? Don’t know… But here’s, as far as I can tell, what was unique about it:

• Sunday calmness… Even though I work all the time, the optionality of Sunday, is a bit different I guess
• From yesterday, I forgot to close the window in my office at night and the AC was not working from the day before… When I jumped in to the office early in the morning, it was cold, very cold… I immediately turned on the AC and closed the window but it took 2-3 hours until I was warm inside… I had my hands in my pockets as much as I can…
• Amazing new music discovery
• I was multi-tasking, the great sin… yes, I’m a sinner…
• I was in the mood of “whatever I can do today, it’s all good and a plus” — the optionality, again

I discovered this album in my Apple Music homepage. There was a section named “Modern Classical”… I didn’t know what it meant and still don’t… I started listening to this album, and started writing imprisoned by the formula… it was good… felt good. I can’t say whether it was this album that put me into the flow or not but I can say it was one of the factors, for sure…

I’m not sure what this genre is… It was listed under modern classical but the album’s genre is also labeled as electronic… Not sure how to label it, but listening to this and seeing it listed under modern classical makes me want to go deeper into modern classical…

The track Two Pages is something… Hits hard and somehow makes it feel like having fireworks exploding in my brain… It’s an amazing track…

Bruce Brubaker and Max Cooper… Who are these guys? Definitely worth a research.

Another one from my high-school years… My last two years in high-school passed with this album in the background… It also introduced me to the book itself, The Mind’s I by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett… Time to time, skimmed through the book but never able to stick with it… Maybe this time it’s the right time?

Not sure though if Dark Tranquillity was inspired by this book when making the album or not… Still one of the top best albums I’ve ever listened, that’s for sure!

Side-note; Niklas Sundin, credited with guitars, music, lyrics and cover art, is definitely a source of inspiration and a gem for me…