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.
Having some lovely leftover chicken wings for lunch today. My favorite. I wish I had some good blue cheese to go with it.
She loves it, but it's kinda cold out here.
Typically we'd see some wildlife but I think they are all hunkered down today!