In late May, I had a new mixtape (and a tofu recipe!) all ready to go and then… well, I don't know if y'all have ever had to deal with DNS settings, but it's like trying to beat the dam level of Nintendo's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: maddening, painful and somewhat traumatic. I couldn't get the Viking's Choice website to work; therefore, I couldn't send newsletters. 

Blah blah blah life blah blah work blah blah death of democracy blah blah the military occupation of D.C. (where I live)... and now, here I am, three months later and Viking's Choice is finally back! (A massive thank you to Erin White, web designer and dear friend, for helping me fix the code.) Meanwhile, I've been making mixtapes, so I've got a handful in the queue, ready to publish. But let's get to one with recent faves first. —Lars Gotrich

P.S.: For now, newsletter.vikingschoice.org is the URL to point folks toward until the redirects click in.