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

Dec 1, 2022

15 min read

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

Nov 4, 2022

6 min read

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

Oct 30, 2022

3 min read

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–

Sep 19, 2022

8 min read

Aug

19

Analogies In Chains

I’ve been an Alice In Chains fan for less than a decade. I’m willing to admit that because

Aug 19, 2022

16 min read

Jul

13

14 Haikus About New York City Hardcore

I wrote fourteen haikus about NYHC. 1. Supertouch More than just tracksuits The heart’s a tricky engine Light is

Jul 13, 2022

1 min read

Jun

17

New Music For You To Buy (and an apology/newsletter update)

Hey Abundant Lifer, So, I was trying to get the newsletter back (?) onto the somewhat regular schedule that we all

Jun 17, 2022

6 min read

May

24

Viva Dead Ponies: In Memory of Cathal Coughlan, 1960/61-2022

I was shocked to read that Cathal Coughlan died [https://thequietus.com/articles/31552-cathal-coughlan-has-died-aged-61], but not because he seemed young,

May 24, 2022

9 min read

May

18

Careers of Evil: Watain, the New Right, Hipsters in the Hellscape

1. I am currently, somewhat embarrassedly, fascinated by two recent modes of stylized proselytizing that are, despite some surface differences,

May 18, 2022

27 min read

May

06

Bandcamp Friday Fandango

I’d hoped that this week’s newsletter would be a deep dive into hipsters, hipster Curtis Yarvin stans, and

May 6, 2022

6 min read