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Do you have a little bit more time today to sit down and read? Here are a few links for you… Blithe Denial: On Devyn Defoe’s "Burnside" and Douglas Coupland’s "Generation X", by Lara Treisman, Cleveland Review of Books On Radical...
No update for yesterday. I stayed in my room the whole day glued to my laptop. One of those doom scroll-y days. I ended up spending money on some digital item. After that I slept, end of day. Today, I haven’t spent anything but I’ve been...
I mentioned last month going to an old time music jam where Steve and Nancy Dickey were present. I went again tonight and recorded him playing. He’s about to turn 82.
Long doc, full of split-screens to fit as much rock action into the widescreen frame as possible, and still manages to miss major events (Creedence) in favor of a portrait of the guy who cleans the toilets (a highlight) and reporters...
Here's what Brian says about Bryan Ferry's "You Go To My Head"And here's another occasion on which he reviews the singles, for Sounds
Dressing the Queen: Two Hundred Years of Makers and Monarchyby Kate StrasdinGenres: Fashion, History, Non-fiction Pages: 328 Rating: Synopsis: The hidden story of the people who designed, sewed, stitched and steamed the clothes of...
New York NY The family was doing some clothes shopping near the Macy’s and Empire State Building so I stopped in here to kill some time. Pretty slow at 1100 on a Saturday, which was odd. They had roasters right up front and beautiful...
Anchored by the extraordinary star turn of visiting Broadway performer Will Swenson, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical provides Diamond’s legion Melbourne fans the chance to revisit and revel in his prolific catalogue of highly...
Well, these sure are some words in a (probably) coherent order. Today I was hoping I would stumble upon something to write an easy post about. But, as of 8pm, I haven't. The problem isn't really ideas, it's more that when I sit down at...
Today has turned out to be a lovely day to work outside. After feeding the yard cats, I gathered a small harvest before watering the garden beds. Just a few bush beans and some Golden Boy celery. Later this evening, while looking at the...
Modiphius’ Star Trek Adventures RPG celebrated its 10th anniversary recently, making it the longest-lasting Star Trek RPG by a comfortable margin (unless you count the weird little oddity which is Prime Directive), and with its...
he turned around to pick me up. two softcovered surfboards, two landry baskets lined with plasitc bags and a relaxed face fill the small car. i find place sitting in the trunk. actually two. my backpack resting on the wave riding...
Yes, I’m slowly working my way through the 80s on KROQ. This one is from Love & Rockets, a spin-off of Bauhaus, but a lot more commercially accessible. This is their biggest hit (it went to #3 in the US and #1 in some other countries)....
“Sit down and give this a proper listen!” So proclaims the booklet accompanying this obscure compilation from the Netherlands. Released in 1990 by ECM Records in collaboration with Hi-Five, its purpose is to draw from the label’s...
Bandanas now.