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There’s a moment when a familiar song stops sounding familiar. A chorus that once passed as entertainment acquires an uncomfortable edge. The rhythm still moves [...] Source

A leaf catches against a bicycle wheel. Afternoon sunlight reaches between buildings, illuminating a wall that will soon be in shadow. Somewhere beyond the street, [...] Source

There is an afternoon in autumn when the light seems to belong to two seasons at once. The sun still carries something of summer, warming [...] Source

A journey can begin long before we have decided where we are going. There is a particular pleasure in stepping out into a city without a [...] Source

There are times when the world seems to have settled into a familiar pattern. The same journeys, the same conversations, the same expectations. We follow [...] Source

The change arrives in small intervals. Rain settles on a railing. A leaf rests against the edge of a step. Between passing trains, the sound [...] Source

Autumn often announces itself through a change in the light. A familiar street looks different on the way home. Shadows settle earlier beneath the trees. [...] Source

Music rarely travels in a straight line. Ideas move between people, places and generations. A rhythm developed in one studio appears years later in another form. This edition of the Distraction Therapy Podcast Mixtape follows some of those transmissions through Japanese music. Source

There is a particular moment in popular music when the machine stops sounding like an imitation of musicians and begins to suggest an entirely different way of experiencing time. This edition of the Distraction Therapy Podcast Mixtape moves through that moment. Source