Tides of stare-downs and bleats and chants in the lobby. Tongue skunk murk. Another quarter goes in the slot machine, dying and sputtering its busted swan song. Around the corner, a crooner plays to a room full of wet eyes and tablecloths. Youth rages past with full force, puffed up chest and all. Behind the front desk, a clerk’s creased brow lightens as a small radio smoothly drifts in and out of stations, piano hits mingling with agitated ghost-strings and broken glass. The clerk checks her reflection in a gold-flaked mirror. A canvas-draped food cart sits out in the parking lot, the heat melting the raw materials inside. Out back, in the garden, there’s a funk in the air. Remainder of manure. Things are strange here. It’ll get easier. Now?
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[00:00] Pharmakon - “Body Betrays Itself”
[01:48] Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire - “Whirlwind Pyramid Freestyle”
[03:40] Adrian Rew - “Slot Machine Music Side A” (excerpt)
[04:12] c.180 - “slang guccie”
[04:48] Kid Owl - “Leave Me”
[07:28] BLUNTMAN 10 - “FOOLISH MUTHAFUCKERS AINT SHIT”
[08:02] akeedro - “ligh”
[08:54] Afrika Pseudobruitismus - “The Dreams_2 [TABULA RASA]” (excerpt)
[09:35] Shabazz Palaces - “They Come in Gold”
[12:57] Gem Jones - “Ectomorphic Love”
[18:15] gabonano - “Fucked Up Canvas”
[20:46] James Ridulfo - “Raw Cart”
[21:52] ALTERED GEE - “My Secret Hanging Garden” (excerpt)
[24:13] Big Sigh - “It Gets Easier”
[27:38] Jerry Paper - “Real. Now. Love.”
