tired of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season? need to get away, even for just a minute? the quiet american web site has a series of “one-minute vacations”, which are one minute ambient recordings of a certain place, a certain time. the quality of some of the recordings, which anyone can submit, vary in quality, but sometimes i prefer the imperfect recordings, which can really amplify the nostaglic feelings that some of these recordings invoke.

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