Image: Eric Shaw

1. Popol Vuh - Morgengruss II
   Hosianna Mantra (spv recordings / 1972)
   
2. Secos e Molhados – Prece Cosmica
   Secos e Molhados (1973)
3. Docteur Nico & L’orchestre African Fiesta – Zadio
   African Fiesta sous la direction du Docteur Nico (Sonafric / 1967)
4. J.J. Cale – Cherry
   Troubador (1976)
5. Tony Joe White – Thing about you baby
   Train I’m On (1972)
6. Caetano Veloso – Maria Bethania
   Caetano Veloso (Lilith / 1971)
7. Kurt Vile – Freeway
   Constant Hitmaker (Gulcher / 2008)
8. The Kinks – Strangers
   Lola vs Powerman and the Money-Go-Round (1970)

I know that all we really want for christmas is to hop together into the car and drive south, following the sun.
Maybe tomorrow morning I’ll come knocking on your office door and you’ll give me the biggest smile I’ve seen you do in all the years we’ve been together because you don’t believe I’m the sort of person who does this sort of things. And  you’re right, I am not that sort of person and I’m not really here to visit you. I want you to get inside the car and drive with me across hemispheres where it’s warm and our lips wont be dry or chappy ever again. I have been daydreaming about it my whole life. I even created the mixtape for our trip. I will show it to you if you want.
Of course, you will laugh in disbelief. You will tell me you have work to do but if I want to stay around until noon we could go get some coffee or something. I will say coffee would be nice, before mindlessly touching my dry and chappy lips and we’ll sigh.