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Ever since reading Andrew Weil’s The Marriage of the Sun and Moon, I have made a concerted effort to consciously mold my preferences and tastes. They are, after all, just patterns of reaction, and are completely under our control. Nothing about them makes them permanent or immutable.

So, when it comes to music (one of my true loves), I seek out new and strange music on a semi-regular basis and force myself to listen to it until either I’m certain I have no interest in exploring it further, or I become captivated by it.

Warp Record’s digital music service Bleep provides an exquisite means to this end. For about $10 an album you can sample some of the weirdest music currently being made. They’ve been expanding their library to include works from labels such as Ninja Tune and One Little Indian, so the breadth of styles available is really quite stunning.

Currently, my weird plate is filled with the new Beans, Björk’s score to Matthew Barney’s new film Drawing Restraint, and the new long player from The Books (as well as their recent collaboration with Scott Herren).

I’ll keep you posted (a likely story).

Posted at 7:08 pm.