Llanoland

There are so many good ambient video channels on YouTube you could probably make a whole blog dedicated to them, reviewing them, saying which ones are best for what kind of tasks, etc. 

There are so many good artists and thinkers and creators - it's really a boggling time to try to figure out what is best. But I think it's great to have a rubric of what you like.

This one is my favorite. I even considered giving them some money through a subscription which I never thought I would do on YouTube. I think that being a premium YouTuber is really enough to be honest. However, this is so great, and so handy when reading or writing that I am still considering it. 

Spotify is great, but more often than not these days when I am working I click on something like this. 

https://www.last.fm/user/Professor_Steve/listening-report/year/2025/week/6

Looking good! I've gone down one track per day average to beat 2024 already. If I maintain an average of 35 tracks a day (so it says) I will out listen 2024. I guess that's a cool goal, but I'm also just weirded out about what I want to hear and when. The question always on my mind is: Why do I stop listening to a song?

I'm hoping some time space coordinates and frequency can help me figure this out. Still cranking on Oklou and hardly listening to new Linkin Park at all now which is SAD. I love that new album, but hardly ever put it on. 

Peter Gabriel still fire though. Why? 

So much good music and so many ways to examine what I am listening to and when and how. I do love last.fm. 

pov: You are arriving at Penn Station and see the official ambassador and welcome sign to New York City.

The Port Jefferson LIRR is one of the few lines left if not the only line that relies on diesel locomotives to operate. There are a lot of reasons why the line can't be electrified, which means service is very slow and pretty cumbersome. 

Here's the Port Jefferson train arriving at Hicksville station to pick us up to take us off the electrified rails to Port Jeff. Once I arrive there, it's still a 20 minute drive out to where I live. 

I think within the next few years we will move closer to NYC but until then this is one of the lifelines I depend on to get to and from the city. Luckily I just drive to my work in Queens, but for some people this train is an everyday necessity. 

This album sounds so good to me it's difficult to describe it. The phrase "so good" isn't really enough because the album isn't exactly pleasurable or comfortable to hear, it's just a good thing to hear although it's rather uncanny all over the place.

I find it to be really amazing and will probably obsess over it for a lot this year. I fully expect it to dominate my listening charts on last.fm when December rolls around and I'm looking at my annual stats. 

I think it's just hitting at a perfect time when I'm getting a little tired at some of the repetitive harmonies of trance and dance music, and listening to a lot more atmospheric and minimal stuff.

This album is really, really short too. Which I typically don't like. But it doesn't feel short at all.