Monday Music – 25 May 2026 – lunch by the water feature
the list I'm lucky enough to live less than a half city block from one of my city's main parks. Today, I ate a lunch of onigiri and kimbap by the water feature near the Lion's Hall, and this was on my earbuds as I contemplated the best area in the entire Dark Souls trilogy.
SIAMÉS — Mr. FEAR Like all animated SIAMÉS videos, the comments are filled with interpretations and deep thoughts and folks insisting it's not that deep. It's a damn good song, the second single from Bounce into the Music.
Caravan Palace – Lone Digger I love me a bit of electroswing. This is the song that introduced me to the rather simple idea of swing music but electric.
Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity Okay, look, I hear you. The video? Wonderful. Excellent. Iconic. But I was eating, my phone was in my pocket, and the album cut is better.
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out The Anthem for third wheels that just need a ride. Yes, I know PLENTY about that.
Madeon – The City I want a cover of this on acoustics— piano, drums, maybe brass. There's an album of house music covers by a brass ensemble I need to dig up again...
Dirty Vegas – Days Go By I think I shared the acoustic version of this before. The original is still top form, meditative yet driving.
STARS-Take Me to the Riot From 'In Our Bedroom After The War'. Sauce, what an album. I feel this one, in my bones. Taking the train into Toronto from York Region and just... walking Yonge Street, visiting Kensington Market, going to Sam the Record Man's and the second floor comic shop and meeting people— some for the day, some to this day. Good times.
Daft Punk – Touch ft. Paul Williams A soulful number from our favourite French Robots' (I'll say it) Best Album, Random Access Memories. Paul Williams' vocals and the Punk's production make the eight plus minute track a wondrous listen.
Black City Lights — Black City Lights This is the remastered version of a glorious track. I think I first heard this as weather on Welcome to Night Vale.
Astronautalis — The River, the Woods I love the chorus on this one, the way he just belts it.
Robbie Robertson — Take Your Partner By The Hand (Red Alert Mix)(DJ Premier Remix) Contact From The Underworld Of Redboy is one of the first albums I ever bought for myself, and GFSM... I'd heard the late Robertson with The Band, but these soundscapes were not that. Another favourite from this is The Sound is Fading.
SIAMÉS — The Wolf I wanted more SIAMÉS.
The answer, by the way, is Eleum Loyce, home of the Burnt Ivory King, from Dark Souls 2.
Bye.