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
21st Century Bad Seed
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty
You fixed yourself,
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
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
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
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
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
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–
Analogies In Chains
I’ve been an Alice In Chains fan for less than a decade. I’m willing to admit that because
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
