Gabriel James Buban

French jazz, café chansons // « L’automne est un deuxième printemps où chaque feuille est une fleur. » — Albert Camus

Magic, mystery, and merry yuletide melodies 🎄☃️🧣

It's spooky season 🎃👻🍂

A rose is proud of her thorns… they’re part of who she is. 🌹

- beats to daydream/drink tea to 🌀🌹🌼// “I give myself very good advice… but I very seldom follow it~”

“Looking out into the universe at night... we make no comparisons between well and badly arranged constellations.”

C-Pop, ballad, R&B // 老子说 :「合抱之木， 生於毫末； 九層之臺， 起於累土； 千里之行， 始於足下。」

Latin pop, bolero, y mucho más // «Enamórate de ti mismo, de la vida, y luego de quien tu quieras». — Frida Kahlo

Arabic acoustic, pop, electronica // ﴾وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَانِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْعَالِمِينَ ٣٠:٢٢﴿

A "Jessica Jones" playlist.

Deutschrap, hip-hop, pop // „Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner Welt.“ — Ludwig Wittgenstein

K-Pop, R&B, indie // “이 세상에 태어난 사람은 모두 나그네요. 이 세계는 곧 여인숙과 같다.” =불경=

^ Trevor Mitchell, "Carnaby Street in the 60s".

Keep an eye on the sky.

Bollywood hits, Indian pop, classical fusion // श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता :“श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुण: परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् । स्वभावनियतं कर्म”॥ १८: ४७ ॥

^ Andy Warhol, "Marilyn Monroe" (1961).

P-Pop, OPM // “Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan, hindi makakarating sa paroroonan.” — Salawikain, Philippine proverb

« Jeanne, croyez-vous être en état de grâce ? — Si je n’y suis, Dieu veuille m’y mettre ; si j’y suis, Dieu veuille m’y tenir. »

« Le monde souffre beaucoup. Pas à cause de la violence des méchants. Mais à cause du silence des bonnes gens. »

surreal, sardonic, retro-futuristic.

opulent, ambitious, cold-blooded (from "Mr. Robot").

Golden age hip-hop and rap.

For contemplation and meditation ☯️ ^ 诗《減字木蘭花》蘇軾 宋代， 画家： 張水萍 己亥年立夏

love makes the world go 'round 💞🌈

You're a mid-20th century detective and you're on the case.

The soundtrack to my teen years.

i.e., Made man, an initiated member of the Italian-American or Sicilian Mafia.

Country, folk, roots rock and blues beats.

Sugar, spice, and everything nice! 🥰☀️🍭🌈✨

Swing on by 🎺

🛏 💤

^ Edward Hopper, "New York Movie" (1939).

^ Thelma Johnson Streat, "Medicine and Transportation" (1942-1944).

i.e. the fanaticism surrounding the English rock band “The Beatles” in the 1960s.