If you are awake at 11:50 pm local time tonight, as I will be…

And if you are not in some social setting that might impact what you are able to do, as I will be…

And if you are in that situation but not wanting to observe the lemming-like crowds in Times Square (or wherever) watch the “Ball” drop on 2025, as I will be…

Then put the YouTube or Spotify link below on and listen/watch the 15 minute analogue masterpiece entitled “Far Closes” by CRAVEN FAULTS 🇬🇧, as I will be…

Let the hypnotic repetition of the song build. Picture yourself walking backwards on a barren landscape thinking through your year that was.

When the track is over it will be 2026.

You will have been musically enriched, and hopefully enlightened about the power of music.

(You might possibly be confused about the style of music and why it an obsession of mine, but we can discuss that later.)

In any event, it will be a New Year’s “moment”unlike any you have experienced before.

Thank you for being a part of our Group. It means very much to me that I can share bits of my collection and try and connect the music

to life on what CHRIS KNOX 🇳🇿 calls “this gasping sod.”

All the best for the next rotation.

I am hopeful it will be the year of The Shinkansen.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V2zNtlR5ZdU&list=RDV2zNtlR5ZdU&start_radio=1&pp=ygUYY3JhdmVuIGZhdWx0cyBmYXIgY2xvc2VzoAcB

SPOTIFY-

https://open.spotify.com/track/5j2DhUX1YTjVuh2gZ2qByg?si=miBd-cf8Rsq2fengQ2-W8w

(SONG 1411)

Play Loud Or Perish

12/31/2025