May
19
Let Patrick Bateman Enjoy Things!
The following is an essay I wrote for the book release party, held at the Bushwick Country Club, in honor
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May
06
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
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Apr
28
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
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Apr
07
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
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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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