Mar
23
Not Your Danzig
Even within the niche sphere of this newsletter’s concerns, today’s topic is probably not super important. By the
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Mar
14
Oi! Gevalt!
Notes On the New Boots and (social) Contracts
When George Orwell wrote, “If you want a picture of the future,
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Feb
28
Shook Some Action: thoughts on new records by Algiers + Death Valley Girls. (plus February playlist)
Trying my best to get the newsletter out more than once a month. So. Two bands I dig. Two new
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Feb
22
21st Century Bad Seed
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty
You fixed yourself,
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Feb
07
Eight Unfinished Essays on Marquee Moon
You said, “Blah, blah, blah.”
-Tom Verlaine (1949-2023)
(Painting of Marquee Moon Album Cover by Nate Turbow)
See No Evil
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Dec
24
An Abundant Living Salute to the Arts: Fifty Five Real Good Albums from 2022
Dear Abundant Livers,
First of all, thanks for sticking around. For a variety of reasons, some less reasonable/traumatic than
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Dec
01
Hair Metal Micky: Notes on Suede, Hard Rock Band
The term for mishearing lyrics–in general, but with the implication being that the mishearing is something silly like “dirty
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Nov
04
Bandcamp Friday Suggestions From Your Good Friend at Abundant Living
It’s Bandcamp Friday! The most wonderful day, when the music industry is solved and I can whip out a
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Oct
30
Super Spooky Abundant Living Halloween Mix
It’s the spookiest slash ookiest time of the year. The holiday which comes only behind St.Patrick's Day and
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Sep
19
New Sickest Jams: Notes on Shrapknel, Ojo Por Ojo, teen suicide, Al-Quasar, and So Much More
So, the first issue of Creem Magazine is out, and I’m proud as a peacock, baby, while–of course–
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