music

  • On Throwback Thursday, I’m going to take the easy way out and post some content I covered before: why not? What I find fascinating about looking back at these posts is my growth as a writer and person. It’s…rough in this post. But I was listening to 24-straight hours of live Throbbing Gristle days before

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  • In spite of the fact that I’m an inveterate (some might even say compulsive) music listener, I’ve never been super into live shows. Only in my recent years have I seen such luminaries as Paul McCartney, King Crimson, Boris, The Residents, Belle and Sebastian, and The Melvins and felt myself more compelled to attend shows.

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  • Recently, I went to the beautiful “The Dawn Treader Book Shop” in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with my girlfriend Vanessa. The shop itself is an institution: opened in 1976 by Bill Gillmore (though recently sold to Africa Schaumann in 2022), the shop focuses on used books, in particular first-edition and rare titles. It might not be

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