A list of regards

Chip off the ol' block.

10 AM.

Regarding Father's Day....

When I was young, I never thought I'd be a dad. Now that I am, I can never imagine not being one.

The arrival of my son in '03 was the single most life-changing event in my [mumble-mumble] years.

It was, at the end of it, the reason I had to walk away from the music stuff for a bit. I still feel a pang of regret over those first few years I'll never get back with him because I was on the road for most of it.

But now, I follow him on tour during his drum corps seasons, going to every show I can because I know what it means to have support when the grind of tour gets him down. I know what it's like to be away, to be overstimulated on the daily, and I know what to help him pack (neck pillow, hand sanitizer, Dude wipes, Twizzlers and a box of Cosmic Brownies.)

Regarding the Brazil record...

We are at the stage where we're picking what color of swirl we want the vinyl to have and when and where we should have our release party. We seem to be better at decision-making these days, probably at least in part because I'm a lot less neurotic than I used to be.

Regarding Christmass...

The new EP is coming together in ways that are indescribably exciting. It's growing beyond the bounds of a traditional "doom" record, bordering on contemporary classical and sound collage in some points.

Tones are shaping, a story arc is materializing.

Trying to figure out if I want to release on another cassette, vinyl or CD or a combination of at least two. Thinking of shipping it with a dose of Baltic pine resin to burn for a fully immersive experience.

Regarding back catalogs...

I'm gathering masters from the old Young Tobacco and Nap Factory back catalogs and prepping them for a remaster and re-release within the new DL;BR catalog system.

Planning for a slow-drip release of physical formats in 2026 off the back of the Brazil release later this year. I have rationalized that I'd rather leave this world with a heap of unsold physical, non-fungible artifacts than a bunch of files in the cloud.

Kind regards,

JN

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What I’m reading: Faith, Hope and Carnage (Nick Cave and Sean O'Hagan)

What I'm listening to: Recordings from the Åland Islands (Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer)

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