Coffeeshop

As anyone who has been following for a while knows, I've lately been just putting the mp3 player on shuffle and letting it go.

There are a few "filler" things I've got in there that really add to a good shuffle.  A lot of them are compilations with an endless variety of songs I'd never otherwise listen to (and, since compilations are a dime a dozen, a shuffle mix is probably the best purpose for them).

The Coffeeshop compilations below provide a seemingly endless variety of good, frequently well known, downtempo tunes.  Every so often I'm surprised by a track that I've never heard before and am glad to know it's from these compilations.

There are many other compilations that could be added but the key is to make sure and add different genres and other weirdness you might not otherwise intentionally listen to.  In fact, the weirdness (Demdike Stare, Alan Lamb's wire music, etc.) is a key to keeping it interesting.

Even the audio book of Suzuki's "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" (broken into segments) fits in.  As you open yourself up to listening freely, you learn that this connects easily to the skits in The Art of War: Who Dares Wins) which are taken directly from Sunzi's "Art of War."

Like life, it all ties together.  

All but volume one are at 192 kbps so if anyone has better rip rates, please feel free to share.

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