HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ VERN MATZ
* Providing the A's to the 5 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q's today is Vern Matz — a music-maker out of the American east who dropped a lovely album called ‘A Treatise on the Rainbow’ back in 2022 (and you can still catch the track ‘Specters Don't Sleep’ on the HI54 Mix CD ‘YOUR WEEKLY 9(to)5 EH’ + in my eoy 20X22=440 TUNES FROM 2022 playlist)
#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)?
…or A Man Escaped by Robert Bresson (I am a sucker for the French)
#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)?
Shoplifting from American Apparel. Short sentences are good.
#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?
Pokémon Showdown, oh my glob I’d be devastated.
#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.
Bathing and reading Molly Young’s recommendation for bathing and Kneipp bath oils before bathing.
OK folks, there you have it. Things that Vern Matz think you should consider incorporating into your day/life. Before you log off and go get extra prepared for your next bath, make sure to follow Vern Matz on the Facebook / Instagram / Twitter and then also give ‘Specters Don't Sleep’ a listen below…
…and if you like what you’re hearing, go do some further vern-matz-flavoured audio exploring over on the Spotify / Soundcloud.
