What I'm listening to this afternoon.

BT's album "These Hopeful Machines." The playlist above has a lot of the songs, but not most of them, off of the 2-CD album. It's techno in its very best iteration - it's not the trite loops and incongruous sayings that litter the songs of other techno groups. It's a complete whole, and each song is an immersive emotional experience lasting for 5-10 minutes.

I was turned on to these guys by my friend Joel, one of my longest-standing internet friends. I wouldn't say BT's my favorite band, but it's definitely gonna help me get through this, my longest day of the week.