<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:05:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@bucho/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[An Excerpt from a WIP: Untitled (A Dark, Magical Realism Piece)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes a story starts from a single image and I'll build the narrative around that image and see what comes of things. For this one, I saw two grieving parents on a porch out in the country under a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@bucho/an-excerpt-from-a-wip-untitled-a-dark-magical-realism-piece</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@bucho/an-excerpt-from-a-wip-untitled-a-dark-magical-realism-piece</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bucho]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:48:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81R7yzy68AorT26K8pqKRjFRT6Zaj73Ew4Z7jZEPAG7D1PGWCGQozs3UJ9dUoM3tNvT2aMU1A54LoWrPm9wTDwaN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[DJ Mix: Bourbon & Blunts: Breezin' (Instrumental Hip Hop/Trip Hop/Hip Hop)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I keep coming across some really great music, most recently (and the inspiration for this mix) from the Village Live label. Tracks from Remulak, Kuartz, Ded Tebiase, Benaddict, and Funkonami were artists]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dj/@bucho/dj-mix-bourbon-and-blunts-breezin-instrumental-hip-hop-trip-hop-hip-hop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dj/@bucho/dj-mix-bourbon-and-blunts-breezin-instrumental-hip-hop-trip-hop-hip-hop</guid><category><![CDATA[dj]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bucho]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:38:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5rUhfRSmVUa6M8cFk5rotb1eymfdnSPXKaBDAMU3TMDHrofyg66w9eL34HnSroRzfWcwSmujcTS8kxRUzTw2wkHURXN42QNkfxEuMaMG7FNrPfTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[DJ Mix: Love Letters (NeoSoul / RnB / Soul / Lovemakin')]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been turned on to a lot of really great RnB and new soul over the years. This is (finally) a decent mix of many of those newer artists that started with Niia's track "Hurt You First" being]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@bucho/dj-mix-love-letters-neosoul-rnb-soul-lovemakin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@bucho/dj-mix-love-letters-neosoul-rnb-soul-lovemakin</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bucho]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:43:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WP9ruy7C8PiagWhxVzvJjDM3CihSUsHFfbFfu6XWRQ6A785GGEZk2VQQvMTQhQrypzvr5yWhn8GM7ReN9kMc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthony Bourdain in Retrospect]]></title><description><![CDATA[*This was first published on my personal blog yesterday after this particular episode randomly came on tv. 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