I wonder how the new Menu is going down… Under “Roundups” there you’ll also see Playlists. I’ve never even noticed that I have a YouTube channel, but now—with the stimulus of publishing my new film on Gaoluo there—I’ve begun the long process of creating new content.

In due course I’ll upload my other documentaries on Chinese ritual cultures. Meanwhile I’m gradually adding playlists to reflect some main topics of this site, so far including

• An unsurpassable playlist of songs!!! (here)
• China: ritual and soundscape
• Tibet, and Uyghur culture
• Chinese movie classics, and independent flms
• Folk traditions of Europe and Asia; fiddles, shawms, flamenco…
• Jazz
• Western Art Music: Bach, Mahler, Ravel, Messiaen…

This exercise might seem a tad nerdy, but I naively imagine the selection in the playlists may lead the listener [singular—Ed.] to the numerous posts in which I expand on them—hmm, I spend all my time going on about how silent immobile text isn’t enough, and I now find myself pointing out that film isn’t enough—No Pleasing Some People…