Vaccination Nation New playlist! Songs from Bobby Lewis, Warren Zevon, Josiah and the Bonnevilles, The Hold Steady, Nick Cave, Sam Cook, Lana Del Rey and more.
Essays Here's to a Great Reset Here's a couple thoughts on the transition back to real life, and some thoughts on the next year of this blog.
Playlists A Long Winter's Playlist New Holiday Playlist featuring Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Pulp, Dolly Parton, Sufjan Stevens, The Smiths, The Staple Singers, The War on Drugs, and more!
Playlists Fall Forward New playlist featuring: Al Green, The Mountain Goats, Jeremy Ivey, Margo Price, S.G. Goodman, Bill Withers and more!
Essays The Road Goes On Forever My solo road trip through Utah's National Parks during the 2020 COVID Pandemic.
Playlists The Long Way Home New playlist featuring, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Yola, Tyler Childer, Sturgill Simpson, etc.
Essays Ten Years In Thai Town This month is my tenth anniversary in Los Angeles (Thai Town). Here are a few things I could have done better, and a few I think I did right.
Playlists Signal to Noise Check out the new playlist with Fantastic Negrito, Yola, Tre Burt, Valerie June, Black Pumas, Brittany Howard and more.
Books, Movies & TV Scumbag Double-Feature Since, at least in California, movies theaters will probably be closed awhile longer, here are two streaming movies from the 50s that make for a good double feature:
Playlists Quarantime of our Lives New playlist featuring Margo Price, Warren Zevon, Bobbie Gentry, Angel Olson, John Prine, Stevie Wonder, Father John Misty, and others!
Books, Movies & TV Ma, Ma, Ma, My Corona. I'm sure I'm not the first one to that joke. Just wanted to make sure the most vulnerable demographic was paying attention. Here's some things I've been reading and thinking
Playlists Retrograde Again New playlist in honor of Mercury's last few days in retrograde. Featuring The Rolling Stones, Tyler Childers, Kevin Morby, Lana Del Ray, Future Islands, Bruce Springsteen, etc.
Playlists Promenade in Green New playlists with Yola, Nathaniel Rateliff, Marcus King, Tom Waits, Andy Shauf, etc.
Essays Pershing Square, Get Off My Lawn Pershing Square sits atop a parking garage between 5th and 6th street in downtown Los Angeles... And it sucks.
Playlists In Search of a War New playlist with Rufus Wainwright, Steve Earle, Terry Allen, Bonnie Light Horseman, etc.
Essays William James, Grant at Galena, and the American Shadow In 1906 American psychologist and philosopher Williams James gave a speech at Stanford praising the “higher military virtues “ of discipline, self-sacrifice, and hardihood. The speech became a well-known essay titled “The Moral Equivalent of War.”
Playlists Yeezus Wept, For There Were No More Worlds To Conquer. New playlist inspired by whatever's going on with Kanye West.
Essays Promise Land Callin' The man was in rough shape. His hair was unkempt. His skin was tanned and covered in dirt. He wore generic track pants and a ratty, sweat yellowed t-shirt.
Playlists The First Playlist Here's the first playlist. It's mostly new stuff with a small 60s-70s blues interlude in the middle.
Essays Ten West Interstate 10, or I-10, or “the 10” as it’s known colloquially, is a trans-continental highway that travels east from the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica (assuming you’re on the west coast) through Los Angeles and on towards Phoenix.
