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Sep
19
I Love a Mans in a Uniform: Reviews of new albums by Uniform, Weak Signal, Liberty & Justice, Tenue, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Faucheuse, and more!

I Love a Mans in a Uniform: Reviews of new albums by Uniform, Weak Signal, Liberty & Justice, Tenue, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Faucheuse, and more!

Actually, not "and more." But, trust me, what's here is plenty. Welcome to a new Abundant
10 min read
Sep
12
A Brief, 100% Accurate, History of the 21st Century, Starring Panthers

A Brief, 100% Accurate, History of the 21st Century, Starring Panthers

Newsletter Business/warning: This edition of Abundant Living is about Panthers, indie sleaze, NYC in the aughts, nostalgia, and how
27 min read
Aug
13
Kitsch The Anus of the Black Cat (plus: reviews of new albums by Shrapknel, Julie Christmas, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, and J.R.C.G.)

Kitsch The Anus of the Black Cat (plus: reviews of new albums by Shrapknel, Julie Christmas, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, and J.R.C.G.)

We’re not living in a golden age of much. But at least the kitsch renaissance—which started too-clever-ly (by
16 min read
Jun
29
Laugh In The Dark: Aimee Mann & Ted Leo's The Both at 10

Laugh In The Dark: Aimee Mann & Ted Leo's The Both at 10

For those of us raised on the gospel of “The Velvet Underground & Nico's debut album only sold
24 min read
Jun
09
Endtime Buddies: Notes on Lungfish and Bonnie Prince Billy, In the Approximate Spirit of One of The Longer Lungfish or Bonnie Prince Billy Songs

Endtime Buddies: Notes on Lungfish and Bonnie Prince Billy, In the Approximate Spirit of One of The Longer Lungfish or Bonnie Prince Billy Songs

Hello all, Today is my birthday and I'm taking full advantage of it by being as wildly self
17 min read
May
15
Crisis On Swiftinite Earths: Notes On Tortured Poets Dept.

Crisis On Swiftinite Earths: Notes On Tortured Poets Dept.

As far as subsisting in a simulated reality goes, there are worse matrices to toil under than this one built
16 min read
Apr
20
Demonstrating Their Paranoid Style: Notes on The Interrogator

Demonstrating Their Paranoid Style: Notes on The Interrogator

The Paranoid Style is the title of a 1964 essay I haven’t read but have read enough tweets about
9 min read
Feb
22
The Goop Hits The Grinch: Music Journalism May Have to Write Its Own Obituary For Free

The Goop Hits The Grinch: Music Journalism May Have to Write Its Own Obituary For Free

At the end of January, overnight, with only eight years of buildup, Pitchfork went from being “The Most Trusted Voice
22 min read
Dec
20
Risk Is Art: 50 Good Albums from 2023

Risk Is Art: 50 Good Albums from 2023

So, I couldn’t make it through the boygenius album, but thought they were absolutely fab on SNL. I love
25 min read
Nov
29
The Next Big Thing: Notes on Punk, Pop Punk, Garage Punk, the Riverboat Gamblers, What's What, and Something To Crow About at 20

The Next Big Thing: Notes on Punk, Pop Punk, Garage Punk, the Riverboat Gamblers, What's What, and Something To Crow About at 20

In a perfect world, Riverboat Gamblers would have been bigger than Blink-182. Failing that, they’d have settled for being
18 min read