Wednesday, January 5 2022
This newsletter has been a source of strength and happiness for the past three years and if we get twenty-one more paid subscribers, we’ll be good for a few...
the year of 2021 (not music + music)
No homework here—we are trying to catch some fizz and get light. I suggest you put on my playlist of good songs from 2021 and scroll. Not everything here is...
writing about 2021
Seventy-one reflections on 2021
Thursday, November 18 2021
A few months ago, I filmed 75 Dollar Bill playing in Columbus Park, which is in Chinatown right next to The Tombs. The clip is below: their big band opulence...
straight up
On September 5, 2021 several federal unemployment benefit programs expired across the country, per federal law. They were keeping me afloat. What does that...
Taja Cheek a.k.a. L'Rain
A photo taken the day Fatigue came out, in June of 2021. I no longer find it appealing to say things like “here is the albumest album of my year” or “this is...
Lee Perry, "Scratching The Surface"
from the August 19, 1997 issue of "The Village Voice"
Tuesday, August 24 2021
Reader Sarah Gale told me about the playlist Kieran Hebden has been assembling since 2016. He—Kieran, the Four Tet guy—adds five or six songs every couple of...
Monday, August 16 2021
Deborah would have turned 58 on July 31st, which came on a Saturday this year. That morning, before we held a celebratory Zoom, I made a playlist of the...
Monday, July 12 2021
Good morning, opulents. Drop something in the hat if you can—we need to meet our prudent reserve. If you’re new here, check out the hits. With social spaces...
Friday, June 18 2021
A small thank you to everyone reading and everyone subscribing—a mix for the weekend, more things I love from this year.Subscribe now
Wednesday, June 9 2021
Last week was good for Body Meπa. The fantastic people of Hausu Mountain issued our debut, The Work Is Slow, on CD, cassette, and digital download, while...
Tuesday, May 18 2021
I made the first mix of 2021 (dirty aqua, awkward, active), and then the second one (flat, composed, freaky), and then the third one (preposterous,...
Monday, April 19 2021
As if readers of this blogazine, Vice dropped a short film about Vanessa Carlton and “A Thousand Miles” two days after our last issue. I especially enjoy...
Friday April 9 2021
Giancarlo DiTrapano, the founder of Tyrant Books, seemed to care only about doing the thing right, no matter how many times the thing had previously been...
Wednesday, March 17 2021
Until April 6, The Kitchen will be hosting Carlota Schoolman’s 1976 video of Talking Heads playing as a trio. Scroll down a bit on that page, and enjoy...
Monday, March 8 2021
let's try that again
Thursday, February 25 2021
good golly we are back
Deborah K. Holmes (July 31 1963—January 4 2021)
I don’t know how to write about Deborah’s death, and it turns out I don’t need to. Chris Black and Jason Stewart invited me to be on their How Long Gone...
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