It's Carl's birthday, and I was going to write about him, but then he came and sat next to me, and then I found this music.

There is this instrument and a man who plays said instrument that I have been bringing up in conversations for months now, the problem being that I can never remember the name of the instrument or the musician. Today, however, I was reminded as to why I am grateful to have like-minded friends, even if they are across the country; I found both answers that have lived on the tip of my tongue for nearly a year. ASTOR PIAZOLLA AND THE BANDEON!!!! I could not be more elated to be reunited, not only have I brought up nameless person and mystery instrument countless times, with nothing to actually say, except that, "there's this incredible musician from Argentina, who plays this box-like thing with buttons, surely you've heard of

him?", which interactions ended up awkwardly nowhere, but I have been wanting to hear the music. I'd even forgot what the music sounded like, only that I had to hear it, that it was along the lines of one of the more sexy things of life. I leave it for you here: