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: Bonnie Prince Billy - We Are Together Again (No Quarter 2026) Will Oldham has gifted us another BPB album; this one finds him accompanied by a large ensemble assembled in Kentucky to back up his distinctive …
: As a nonacademic, I was blown away by Adam Mastroianni’s deep dive into the corruption of the for-profit scientific journal industry which has a …
: Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Ever New (At Hotel2Tango 2026) I already loved the peaceful arpeggiating synths of the original version of Ever New, but now …
: Mike Pepi on Software Binaries I liked this short article from tech writer Mike Pepi which offers a critical perspective on organizing societies around software where the intangible …
: Messenger by Mary Oliver _My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird— equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums. …
: Market - Cleanliness 2: Gorgeous Technologies (2026 Western Vinyl) I absolutely love Nate Mendelsohn’s new record. I did a rare back to back listen to …
: The Inhuman Intelligence That Already Rules Us Last week I wrote an essay about how it is the process of an ecologically grounded, collaborative, human-scale art practice that makes it meaningful …
: Michael Cormier-O’Leary - Proof Enough (Dear Life 2026) I’ve been playing this EP a lot this week from the founder of a favorite label of mine, Dear …
: 🎵 Mirah - Dedication (2026) Mirah’s earnest songwriting and lushly intimate production have been a big influence on me for a couple decades now. I’ve enjoyed the first couple …
: 🍿 Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie directed by Matt Johnson (2025) I recently caught this ridiculous mockumentary style movie about a fictional group called Nirvanna The Band, a best friend duo who spend seventeen …
: Compost Modernity written by Yogi Hale Hendlin in Aeon This seems like a good entry point to learning about the solarpunk movement and it’s ethos of …
: 🎵 Spider Towns by Old Pup (2025) I found this midwestern cosmic country record through a favorite local label, Ruination Records, who is now …
: The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet by Bogna Konior (on the Hermitix podcast) I really enjoyed this insightful and far out conversation on the Hermitix podcast with the media theory scholar Bogna Konior, I’ll definitely be …
: 🎵 The Cosmic Tones Research Trio - s/t (Mississippi Records 2025) I recommend this CTRT album consisting of mostly instrumentals of varied, spiritual …
: 🍿 Un Poeta - Directed by Simón Mesa Soto (2025) Last week I wrote about the “creativity portal”, an open antenna-like state where ideas and connections flow easily. Many artists describe it as …
: Creativity Diary: Keeping The Portal Open One of my resolutions this year was to “keep the portal open”, a phrase borrowed from my friend and sometimes musical collaborator Matt Bachmann. I …
: Alice Does Computer Music - Bliss (2025) I’m excited to play a show with Alice in a couple weeks, their thoughtful performances draw from an …
: Agnes Chan - Circle Game (1971) I hadn’t heard of Agnes Chan until recently but I’ve been enjoying her versions of various anglophone songs from the …
: 🎵 The Seraphims - The Consciousness of Happening (1968) I found this oddly beautiful devotional folk song through the excellent Sky Girl compilation. …
: I was very much inspired by a profile on the Robida Collective in Are.na. Named after the brambles that come up first after a field is abandoned, the …
: 📚 On the Calculation of Volume (Book 1) by Solvej Balle (New Directions 2024) I just finished the first of seven books about an antique bookseller stuck in a single repeating day and her attempts to understand and escape her …
: Dialect - Full Serpent (RVNG / 2026) I really enjoyed the last Dialect album Atlas of Green and was pleasantly surprised to see a new EP announcement. …
: 🍿 Sound of Falling (2025) - Directed by Mascha Schilinski A small pleasure among the many indignities of freelancing in NYC is using my movie pass to see a free matinee movie in the middle of the week. Most …
: 🎵 Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover - to each their dot (2025) I had a hard time choosing a favorite from Haley and Max’s beautiful but searingly …
: 🎵 A Quick Dip into Spotify's Streaming Pool I haven’t had a chance to go over Luminate’s data from how music was listened to and monetized in 2025 but I always appreciate Damon Krukowski’s …
: 🎵 Flore Laurentienne - Soir (2022) I saw recently Flore has new music coming out and I was reminded how much I enjoyed his collection of compositions …
: 📚 The Abundance by Annie Dillard I’m glad I finally got around to reading Annie Dillard, starting with a collection of her narrative essays. I love the way she often starts with small …
: 🎵 Jenny Hval - Lay Down (2025) Jenny Hval makes artpop in the literal sense, with the deep intention of a conceptual artist but without fear of an …
: 🎵 0 Stars - World No. 2 (2025) Mikey’s new tape arrived in the mail recently and I love the short melancholic lo-fi pop songs delivered in his own …
: 🎵 Lisa O’Neill - Old Note (Rough Trade 2023) I’m procrastinating writing my college admission essay by listening to this stunning Irish folk album by …
: 🎵 Alick Nkhata - Kalindawlo Ni Mfumu (1952) Continuing from yesterday, I was checking out compilations from Mississippi Records and really enjoyed …
: Reimagining Country and Mississippi Records I’m finding part of the point of this blog is not only to share music I’ve been enjoying but to document how I found it to show all the …
: I have been moving all the newsletters I subscribe to over to a RSS feed with the hopes that it takes the feeling of “getting behind” on reading to …
: Eyvind Kang - Riparian Eyvind Kang - Riparian (2025) This record was a gift to my partner from Kou Records, a new and promising experimental record label. The album consists …
: Juana Molina - DOGA Juana Molina - caravanas (2025) Yesterday we held a rare party in our tiny apartment where we cooked pots of vegan soup to nourish our friends for the …
: Love Me Or Leave Me by Nina Simone Today’s song is Love Me Or Leave Me by Nina Simone (1965) I love our local radio here in NYC and one tradition that has become a big part of our …
: Big Resolution Energy Hello dear reader, welcome to this digital space! This microblog is an experiment in support of my new years intention to be creative each day and …