I won't travel to all the places I want, or eat all the delicious food I could either. But I can consciously choose to partake in the best I have available and make sure the time I have is well spent.

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Put on your hedonist hat and celebrate devouring the endless stream of discovery and joy!

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I think the podcast is astonishingly good at communicating that thought: whatever I'd already felt of that baffling excess you've greatly increased. For Father's Day this year I asked my family to join me to hear the Arkestra in DC, eg: completely great and opened more vast vistas.

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I try to get the highlights. With Sun Ra, I went on Allmusic and used it as a guide to make a 14-hour playlist. Which, to be sure, was only 10% of his total recorded output. But I think I got the gist. Takeaway: Completism (which I used to operate by) only applies to a few artists.

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If it's any consolation, just think of the amount of absolute shite that you will never hear.

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