Revert You to Papyrus

Tribulations
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
Capitol : 2005
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IZ-US
Aphex Twin
Come To Daddy [EP]
Warp : 1997
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Dimotane Co.
Squarepusher
Feed Me Weird Things
Rephlex : 1998
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The Private Psychedelic Reel
The Chemical Brothers
Dig Your Own Hole
Astralwerks : 1997
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If you were a Pledge commercial, you might call whatever I caught this past weekend an unexpected holiday guest. You forget what it's like to come down with something until a 24-hour bug (and its 48 hours' worth of residual pain) forces you to realize that you're much more than an exemplary human being - you're a damn attractive host.

To feel lived in - passed-through - is an experience afforded to the devoted listener and the ill-stricken alike. It's true: viewed under the microscope, music and viruses are not so different after all. Sometimes, a strain begins slowly, insignificant at the start of the season but gradually accumulating power as it jumps from soul to soul until you can barely turn on your television without becoming infected - walking around with a lab-engineered biological weapon of a pop song wreaking havoc until you can come up with a couple of antibodies. If they try that shit next year, your body will be ready. You've adapted - they'll have to follow suit.

This is what I listen to when it's time to drive the fever out. Take each in order - as many times as you like.

Maybe you've caught this year's supervirus? - "Tribulations" is waiting-room anxiety done disco. Hang in there!

"IZ-US" is life stirring about you while you sleep until you're full and go back for seconds. This is a necessary phase.

You have no idea, the paperwork you've got to file around here to spotlight a song from Feed Me Weird Things. The factory-grade percussion and steady BPM of "Dimotane Co." is my personal prescription for lazy circulation.

If you still can't fall asleep, try the full nine minutes of "The Private Psychedelic Reel" - I've been using it since middle school with no signs of long-term addiction. It's better than warm milk, and the title is perfect.

When you're ready, sync your heart to the drumline and take that triumphant first step out the door.
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EtherbOx hits another home run. Tell him how good it was.