the book of right-on

Well, not today today, but a couple days ago.

I was going through the mail at work, as is my prerogative. Moments like this one make me relish that prerogative.

I came across an unusually pristine bubble mailer — we get tons (not literally, because they are quite lightweight, so perhaps I should say VOLUMES) of bubble mailers, and few are as clean and unrumpled as this one. Perhaps Beth at Indoor Recess has some special bubble mailer powers?

Anyway, then I noticed the stamps. They were unusually relevant to my interests:

Outer space AND and dragonflies. (Specifically, the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and Aeshna canadensis.)

So, was there any question that I’d find something unbearably wonderful inside the envelope?

The wonderful, amazing, perfect, etc. Basia Bulat‘s second album, Heart of My Own. I fell in deep love with Basia’s debut record, Oh My Darling, in late 2007, and have been eagerly anticipating this new record. I haven’t listened to it enough to comment extensively on its contents, but I will say that a) I like it and b) it’s got an old-school folk feeling, with lots of autoharp, but also a modern context, with lots of strings and choral backing vocals.

If you’re curious, be sure to tune in to The Book of Right-On today at 3 p.m. CST on CKUW 95.9 FM (ckuw.ca to listen online) to hear a few tracks from this new album!

(Crossposted to paperandglue.net)