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May
06
Yeah Yeah (Yeah), Cool Cool (Cool): Fever To Tell at 20

Yeah Yeah (Yeah), Cool Cool (Cool): Fever To Tell at 20

The Personal Stuff Regarding Fever To Tell, the debut long player released by New York City’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs
22 min read
Apr
28
Abundant Living Notes: Two upcoming albums I'm excited about, a bit of complaining, and an obituary

Abundant Living Notes: Two upcoming albums I'm excited about, a bit of complaining, and an obituary

I was in Palm Springs a week ago for a local music festival. (I’m not being cute. Shit was
11 min read
Apr
07
A Bandcamp Friday Playlist and a Poem for the Drummer of Leatherface

A Bandcamp Friday Playlist and a Poem for the Drummer of Leatherface

Hey! Here's a Bandcamp Friday Mix! (tracklist below) https://bndcmpr.co/f58aebfb And here's a poem
5 min read
Mar
23
Not Your Danzig

Not Your Danzig

Even within the niche sphere of this newsletter’s concerns, today’s topic is probably not super important. By the
11 min read
Mar
14
Oi! Gevalt!

Oi! Gevalt!

Notes On the New Boots and (social) Contracts When George Orwell wrote, “If you want a picture of the future,
21 min read
Feb
28
Shook Some Action: thoughts on new records by Algiers + Death Valley Girls. (plus February playlist)

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
9 min read
Feb
22
21st Century Bad Seed

21st Century Bad Seed

And clenching your fist for the ones like us Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty You fixed yourself,
20 min read
Feb
07
Eight Unfinished Essays on Marquee Moon

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
15 min read
Dec
24
An Abundant Living Salute to the Arts: Fifty Five Real Good Albums from 2022

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
12 min read
Dec
01
Hair Metal Micky: Notes on Suede, Hard Rock Band

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
15 min read