new place(s)

posting more often here these days-> http://sophistiphunk.tumblr.com/

& @sophistiphunk

& http://sophistiphunk.podomatic.com/

love,

s.s.

*the hope episode*

the hope episode.

there is nothing naive about holding hope close.

love, s.s.

out my mind (just in time)

i.

ii.


s.s.

*the shades of grey episode*

the shades of grey episode

there is nothing achromatic about the way we love.

s.s.

dénouement

a mixette for the ones who feel the most.

wanting things - astrud gilberto

mreyte ya mreyte - racha rizk

atomic peace - alice coltrane

hold heart - emiliana torrini

the song of the sea - emahoy tsegue-maryam guebrou

draw the stars - andreya triana

atlantique nord - yann tiersen

clair de lune - isao tomita

love, s.s.

lunar love(r)

your face carries moon
lineage
floats above shoulders
above houses
above cloud
eyes like two
secrets
veiled and bright
lips waning
waxing
dust song

s.s.

the sun is in your hands

a freewrite using the lyric the sun is in your hands, player from bilal's sometimes

the sun is in your hands, player.

yellow
ripe
full.
sometimes bashful
sometimes brazen

long fingers
orbiting sphere

ushering dusk
with the tilt
of a palm

i am the light you hold

s.s.

*the spring episode*

it's a new dawn, it's a new day.

love, s.s.

*the sumptuous feast episode*

http://sophistiphunk.podomatic.com/

s.s.

the lost tapes (preview)

more lost footage to come

s.s.

kahlil

i love the work of director kahlil joseph.

simple & inspiring.

belhaven meridian - shabazz palaces

i need a dollar - aloe blacc

cheeba - shafiq husayn feat. bilal

s.s.

shedding skins

shedding skins. flying high. evolution. love you badu.s.s.

the heart.ache episode

http://sophistiphunk.podomatic.com/

s.s.

who's gonna save my soul?

an amazing video/short film by chris milk for gnarls barkley.
s.s.

falling

alicia keys with oumou sangaré!
boom.

s.s.

no longer at ease

Nneka. wow.

s.s.

face to the wall

llorando

de cara a la pared

se apaga la ciudad llorando y no hay màs muero quizas adonde estàs? soñando de cara a la pared se quema la ciudad soñando sin respirar te quiero amar te quiero amar rezando de cara a la pared se hunde la ciudad

rezando santa maria santa maria santa maria

s.s.

ils auront allongé

the air between them thick 

& sweet

humid heavy

eyelids bow dutifully

tangled in each others musk 

whose knife 

will pierce the smoke first

s.s.

sabali

amadou & mariam.
i had the opportunity to see this beautiful couple
perform at the harbor last summer.
snuggled up close to one another, they somehow made the massive stage that looms over toronto's waterfront
feel like a small cozy kitchen. warm and good.
they would pause every few songs, perhaps perplexed by the stunned silences,
and ask: "aaaaaay! toronto! eeeeest- ce que ça va?" "are you alright?"
to which thunderous cheers would erupt.
an instantaneous group realization that these blind musicians where partly
counting on their ears to hear if we were feeling them.
it was on that humid dusky night that toronto let go of it's
trademark self consciousnesses and for once
screamed: ouuuuuuuuuuuuuui! ça va!
amadou et mariam;
merci, merci pour votre music. c'est tellement beau.



s.s.

dear science

dear tv on the radio,
you had me at 'ambulance'.
& your new album is just magical.
thank you for making your cover art and liner notes so beautiful.
people who still buy cd's (like me!) appreciate the attention to detail.
keep doing your thing.
love,
s.s.

post.script:
lover's day!