Letter #59

Good morning / afternoon / evening,

I hope you’ve had a cracking week! It’s been the hottest week I think I’ve ever known in London, and it doesn’t look like it’s cooling down for a while. With that in mind, I thought I’d theme this week’s mixtape around sleazy funk, soul, and synths. ‘Hot town, summer in the city’ indeed.

There is a distinctly 80s vibe to it, which now I’m writing it down, I’m not sure why I equate high temperatures and the 80s. Or sleazy music, for that matter. I’m not usually big on a lot of 80s music, but I’ve dug deep this week, pulled in some classics (Prince, INXS, New Order), and found some great new new music (The Internet, Gambino, Pional). I think you’re going to love it ❤️.

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The huge work project that’s been keeping me busy finishes today, so the letters will be back to normal length again next week. For this week, though, you’ll have to put up with something a lot more laconic.

Stuff to do:

Join this protest against the major threat to Hackney nightlife tonight at Hackney town hall
Learn about why Ryuichi Sakamoto has been making secret playlists for his favourite restaurant in New York
Read this long feature on Elvis in the New Yorker (I’m halfway through and it’s fascinating)
S ign this petition to save Strongroom (one of the most influential creative spaces in London)
Watch this film from Saul Bass on creativity
Read this piece on whether psychedelics are more theology than science
Watch some of Hunter S. Thompson’s best appearances on Letterman.

As always, if you’ve read to here, thanks for indulging me (kind of) ♥️.

See you on the dance floor.
Love Will Save the Day

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