HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ JOE KAPLOW + SMALLSONGS SESSION

September 14, 2023 LONG PULLS

* Providing the A's to the 5 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q's today is Joe Kaplow, a music-maker out of California whose 2021 album ‘Sending Money And Stems’ is still in rotation in these headphones — AND/BUT — providing the Q’s this time, via a ‘High Five For Mountowns’ collaboration thing, is Cole Mitchek from smallsongs, who also happens to live a mountain town and who also happens to have recently recorded a lovely live session with Joe Kaplow at a Denver cafe that you should check out over on the You Tubes… BUT, first, some recommendations from off Joe’s top shelf:

#1 - WHAT IS THE ONE ALBUM (OR EP OR SONG) THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE VERY NEXT MUSICAL THING THAT EVERYONE PRESSES PLAY ON THE NEXT TIME THEY FIND THEMSELVES THINKING “WHAT SHOULD I LISTEN TO NOW”?

This psychadelic cumbia compilation called ‘Cumbias Chicadelicas’ . It has the power to transport, and to make you dance!

#2 - WHAT IS THE ONE MOVIE OR TV SHOW THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE NEXT IN EVERYBODY’S NETFLIX QUEUE (OK, DOESN’T HAVE TO BE NETFLIX, WE’RE ALL INTERNET ADULTS HERE AND KNOW HOW TO FIND ANYTHING ONLINE, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER)?

Burn your TV, read a book! You could watch the the Brian Jonestown Massacre vs Dandy Warhols documentary on youtube called Dig! Maybe its just for music nerds but.....

#3. I (AND BY “I” I MEAN “THE PERSON THAT IS READING THIS”) AM GOING TO THE LOCAL BOOK STORE (OK, MAYBE THE LOCAL LIBRARY FIRST) TO FIND THE VERY NEXT BOOK THAT I WILL BE PUTTING SOME EXTREMELY VALUABLE ‘ME-TIME' ASIDE FOR. WHICH BOOK WOULD YOU GET, IF YOU WERE ME (AND, I SUPPOSE, YOU HADN’T ALREADY READ WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO SUGGEST)?

Defintiely been reading a lot of Cormac McCarthy lately. I think The Crossing is incredible. It gives you a lot to think about.

#4 - WHAT IS THE ONE WEBSITE (OR JUST ANY OLD INTERNET THING: APP, GIF, SERVICE, WHATEVER) THAT YOU WOULD GET REALLY DOWN IN THE DUMPS ABOUT IF IT WERE TO SUDDENLY GO AWAY?

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#5 - AND FINALLY… PLEASE GIVE ONE COMPLETELY UNAIDED RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU THINK EVERYONE SHOULD START DOING / USING / WATCHING / EATING / THINKING / QUITTING / ETC-ING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER AND/OR BEARABLE.

Meditate! 15 mins, 2x a day.

OK folks, there you have it. Things that Joe Kaplow thinks you should consider incorporating into your day/life. Before you log off and go meditate for 15 minutes, make sure to follow Joe Kaplow on the Facebook / Instagram / Twitter and then also give a gander to the session Joe recently recorded with smallsongs in Denver…

…and if you’re liking what you’re hearing, go do some further joe-kaplow-flavoured exploring over on the Bandcamp / Spotify AND THEN definitely also go give smallsongs a follow on the Youtube and Instagram, as this lovely session is just one of many, MANY, more lovely live sessions captured on film (including more & more to come… so definitely deserving of a follow/subscribe)!

And High Five For… cross-continent/country/county collaborations!

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JEREMY / @HI54LOFI

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#1 - WHAT IS THE ONE ALBUM (OR EP OR SONG) THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE VERY NEXT MUSICAL THING THAT EVERYONE PRESSES PLAY ON THE NEXT TIME THEY FIND THEMSELVES THINKING “WHAT SHOULD I LISTEN TO NOW”?

#2 - WHAT IS THE ONE MOVIE OR TV SHOW THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE NEXT IN EVERYBODY’S NETFLIX QUEUE (OK, DOESN’T HAVE TO BE NETFLIX, WE’RE ALL INTERNET ADULTS HERE AND KNOW HOW TO FIND ANYTHING ONLINE, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER)?

#4 - WHAT IS THE ONE WEBSITE (OR JUST ANY OLD INTERNET THING: APP, GIF, SERVICE, WHATEVER) THAT YOU WOULD GET REALLY DOWN IN THE DUMPS ABOUT IF IT WERE TO SUDDENLY GO AWAY?

#5 - AND FINALLY… PLEASE GIVE ONE COMPLETELY UNAIDED RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU THINK EVERYONE SHOULD START DOING / USING / WATCHING / EATING / THINKING / QUITTING / ETC-ING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER AND/OR BEARABLE.

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