Dolly’s Said It Before
Dolly Parton is eternally awesome, and lately I’ve been trying to learn from her about real authenticity
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Track Two’s Too Terrific
Digging through my iTunes library to find my favorite track twos and celebrate never being cool.
I Don’t Think You’re Ready For This Player
How the book Ready Player Two could be a teachable moment for the internet.
Tuesday Tune Two-fer: Jeremy Blake (Red Means Recording)
Two tunes from an artist who showed what you can do with synthesizers and gave me calm when I needed it
Walt Disney Imagin
Congratulations to Joe Rohde on his retirement, plus my thanks, and some speculation about the future of Disney parks
The Mandalorian Was Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience
Episode 12 of The Mandalorian, “The Siege,” was episodic TV Star Wars, and proved the rest of the series isn’t really that
Semi-New Song Sunday: First Aid Kit
Hearing First Aid Kit for the first time makes me wish I’d grown up in their version of the 1970s, instead of the real one
More to See Than Can Ever Be Seen
Breaking away from toxic social media by actively choosing to make better use of your time
My Possession
The latest Dirty Projectors song seems as close as 2020 is going to let us get to a collective exhale.
Weekend in Big Sur
Our long weekend in Big Sur for our anniversary, plus an accidental iPhone 12 review
M1 MacBook Pro: Cool Runnings
That photo isn’t one of me Totally Sidetalkin’, but it’s almost as amazing. I’m holding a running MacBook Pro up to my face. Without fear of scorching my delicate skin or torching all my white hair to blackened cinders. Today I got a 13″ MacBook Pro with the new M1 chip, and I’ve spent the…
The October Country
Ray Bradbury’s The October Country is something I should’ve read a long, long time ago.