RetroWave chill neon city | Synthpop nostalgic | Cyberpunk electro arcad...

This is my most favorite of Retro-Wave playlists. I don't know how I first discovered this genre, but I love how it is reminiscent of 80s style music. It's all new stuff, but with a familiar sound and vibe, and it's great! If you haven't heard it, give it a try - it's like going back to the past, but enjoying something that is like the first time. Hope you're having a great morning. Power-on!

Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love (Official Music Video)

My eldest daughter introduced me to Tokyo City Pop music. It is funny how something that has a nostalgic sound for me can be something new, fresh, and "cool" for someone else. I wonder how someone feels, who hasn't lived through an era. Can it be new yet familiar at the same time?

【COVER】上野優華「First Love」（Original：宇多田ヒカル）

From 2000 to 2004, so many changes happened in my life. At times, I was lost yet hopeful. At the time, I thought I had lost the one whom I thought was the love of my life, yet by God's grace, I found the one I would be with forevermore. The movie inspired by this song was very good. Long live the romantics of this world.

Arash & Helena - One Day ( Remix )

I'm enjoying this remix this morning. Shrouded in a mysterious melody, I love its taste of deep house rhythms, and the vocals are equally beautiful. How is your day today? Almost on the home stretch to the weekend. What are your plans? As always, I'm digging deep for more homework time as the semester end draws close. Something special about time is that whether you're wealthy or destitute poor, every person has the same number of seconds, minutes, and hours in the day. Nobody has more, nobody has less. The challenge is to make the most of their time, given everything else they have going in their life. Make your day today the best ever. Peace.

Positive Lo-Fi Radio

I'm cruising into the afternoon with some Lo-Fi tunes. It's only recently that I "discovered" Lo-Fi. Where has this been all my life? What a wonderful reflective vibe. I could listen to this forever! As crowded and populated as Japan is, I have seen the other side: empty, lonely, isolated. Not that being lonely is a good thing, but being alone is a different story—there's a chance to reflect and retreat into one's thoughts. At the tail end of my lunch, there's time enough to pray and meditate before engaging the last moments of the work day.

Where are you at this moment? Curled up with a book? Inspired at the keyboard? Hanging with the friends? Wherever that may be, and whatever you may be doing, I wish you well. May you enjoy a mindful moment while listening to this video. Let it be a brief aside to recap your day, or look ahead from where you're starting. Peace and love to you.

A Promise of Spring

 It comes around every year, that moment of anticipation of emancipation from the dreary, dark, frigid days of winter. I love the places in the world where seasons change the most noticeably. Witnessing the transition is an epiphany, an inspiration that captivates the senses and the imagination. What will this newest phase of life bring? What will it remind us of the years past and gone this cycle? What hope do we have for the new coming era of our life?

I love this picture from Japan; the vibrant color and misty air evoke a sense of dreaminess. It's been a while since I traveled there as a single young man. Now that the years have passed, the land calls me to come back, bring my life treasures, my wife and children, and experience the landscape and the hidden beauty of the Japanese countryside. Perhaps sometime soon.

Photo Credit: Uploaded to Flickr by Blossom Tomorrow, Photo Taken 2/18/2024, All Rights Reserved

NIGHT RUN - A SYNTHWAVE | RETROWAVE MIX

What's on the tape deck today? I'm working to some synth-wave music, which is really awesome. Interestingly, while my mind daydreams of the landscapes painted by this audio, I'm in the zone with the rest of my focus for the day. I can remember scouring the shelves of Tower Records, blindly sampling CDs for a sound like this. Now it's easy. Instead of a shelf of flops, I have targeted searches and most excellent results. How cool is that? Drive on, folks. Have a great Tuesday!