Wait… It’s 2024?

I’m returning to the studio just days before beginning the marathon. I haven’t trained. I have no ideas. I don’t even know if the studio is functional after being neglected for a year.

A personally chaotic 2023, full of obligations, tragedies, surprises, and concerns, could be a source of inspiration, distraction, or maybe it’s just another year flowing by that will soon fade into the blur.

And fair warning from the future, I managed not to live blog any of 2024’s work, so the entries are likely to be sparse. On the other hand, I think it was a pretty competent month and there are a couple of standouts that have become favorites destined for that eventual “greatest hits” playlist I keep threatening to create.

Note: I will be attempting to backfill all of my 2024 entries as I go through 2025, so expect sparse pages to start and a bit of cross-pollination in the posts as I work through them.

Listen

  1. It Doesn't Have to be Good Ray Toler 3:01
  2. Grimecake Ray Toler 4:07
  3. The Match Went Out Ray Toler 5:18
  4. Juxtafried Ray Toler 4:02
  5. Mare Crisium Ray Toler 7:02
  6. Cape Disappointment Ray Toler 4:33
  7. Demitasse Ray Toler 2:26
  8. Mare Australe Ray Toler 5:30
  9. Raggedy Man Ray Toler 3:55
  10. Give It To Me Ray Toler 3:48
  11. Mare Anguis Ray Toler 7:34
  12. Saltblind Ray Toler 3:03
  13. Mare Orientale Ray Toler 7:14
  14. I Will Provide Ray Toler 3:27
  15. The Search for Tubbs Ray Toler 3:18
  16. A Songwriter's Lament Ray Toler 4:20
  17. Yar's Revenge Ray Toler 2:57
  18. Moxie's Meadow Ray Toler 3:15
  19. I Cook and Then I Chill Ray Toler 3:10
  20. We Use Power Ray Toler 6:41
  21. Narcissus Rising Ray Toler 4:43
  22. Sea Pap (Derek Greenberg Cover) Ray Toler 6:47
  23. Apert Ray Toler 3:30
  24. Blue Dog Ray Toler 3:44
  25. Heat Before Serving Ray Toler 2:06
  26. Mare Marginus Ray Toler 9:00
  27. Red Hill Zone Ray Toler 1:50
  28. Red Hill Danger Zone Ray Toler 4:45
  29. Those Who Crossed the Line Ray Toler 2:54

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