It’s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. Imagine: You bring out one of the good rocks glasses (or your favorite mug or a special occasion tea cup) and pour a couple fingers of amber liquid (or something dark and strong or just some whole milk). You drop the needle on the jazz platter (or pull up a blues album on your mp3 player or dig out that mixtape from college). Ensconcing yourself in the coziest seat in the house, you crack the spine on a classic (or find your place in that sci-fi paperback or pull up a biography on your e-book reader). And then, you go away for a while. Ah, bliss.
In this series, some of NTSIB’s friends share beloved albums, books and drinks to recommend or inspire.
Crisp, solid, mellow, at times a little jazzy: these are the beats of Benjamin Durazzo. His signature move is playing two MPCs at once. Here he is with Waterbed:
A couple of months ago he was out on tour with AF the Naysayer and so I got to quiz him about his favorite book, record and drink in person. Here is what he had to say:
A Good Read
My favorite book Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. It’s just perfectly in tune with my sense of humor. I like the satire of our country that Kurt Vonnegut writes so eloquently about.
A Good Listen
Favorite record is Fragile by Yes. Because I love prog rog and that’s like the quintessential prog rock record.
Favorite Drink
Water – San Pellegrino, light carbonation, let’s go, baby.
