Stuff to Share 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.
