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I Read Ezra Pound’s ‘Selected Poems of Ezra Pound’.

I used to somewhat consider myself a poet. Or rather, I considered myself capable of writing poetry. I believe, aside from historical or mathematical or educational text, it’s the worst of the writing forms. That’s not to say it’s incapable of encapsulating some of the rawest, primal and evocative emotion…

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I Read Ezra Pound’s ‘Selected Poems of Ezra Pound’.

Reading

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3 days ago

I Read Dai Griffiths’ ‘Radiohead’s OK Computer (33 1/3)’.

You can probably tell I can be a bit verbose. Single tracks of music became enormous landscapes. Don’t know the band? No problem. I can spin a yarn a mile long about how I came upon the song, where I was when I found it and where I am while…

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I Read Dai Griffiths’ ‘Radiohead’s OK Computer (33 1/3)’.

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Nov 18

I Read Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Kitchen Confidential’.

I’m not a chef. I’m not a cook. I’ve never worked in a restaurant. I’ve just barely done a year and a half in “food and bev”. None of this matters. I’ve worked my ass off for three different companies over 15 years, and it wasn’t until I really hit…

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I Read Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Kitchen Confidential’.

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Nov 15

I Read Brian Martinez’ ‘An Echo In the Bone’.

It’s difficult to read a friend’s work. There is an inherent bias at play, and in some sense (as long as this is a true FRIEND and not some FRIENEMY or acquaintance who you happen to have some common hobbies with) you are rooting for their work to be the…

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I Read Brian Martinez’ ‘An Echo In the Bone’.

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Oct 12

I Read Amor Towles’ ‘A Gentleman In Moscow’.

A man obliges himself his routine. For years, a man can wake at the same time, take the same coffee, the same personal allowances for leisure, the same walk, even allow the same things to annoy him in a way that hampers him, but is acceptable simply because it is…

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I Read Amor Towles’ ‘A Gentleman In Moscow’.

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Oct 1

Great Songs of Q3 2023.

|| ((Spotify)) || ((Apple Music)) || ((YouTube)) || Metric — Just the Once Metric was never a band I would look into for a song that was “fun”. I always considered them one of those ‘smart’ indie bands, ones who were looking to make something that was closer to…

New Music

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New Music

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Sep 23

I’m Playing Starfield.

I’ve spent 20 hours in the compromising tunnel of space and here’s how I feel (so far). — Bethesda I love Fallout 3. I love Skyrim. And when I look at those two bright and stunning entries on Bethesda’s resume, a vein of nostalgia glows in me like unmined mineral, tracing from my brain to my fingers and then to my dorky, gaming heart. There’s a love there for…

Starfield

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Starfield

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Jul 22

I Read Brian Burke’s ‘Burke’s Law: a Life In Hockey.’

One thing that’s great about the timing of this read is that it took place in the NHL offseason. All of the big free agency deals got done on the first of the month, Bedard was drafted and most of the major pieces were moved, so we are truly in…

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I Read Brian Burke’s ‘Burke’s Law: a Life In Hockey.’

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Jul 13

I Read Rick Rubin’s “The Creative Act: A Way of Being”.

I can’t remember the exact quote anymore because it was 20 years ago, but something that a friend said to me once about the things I was writing at the time went something like this: “I think you can work on letting things breathe a little bit more. It always…

Rick Rubin

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Rick Rubin

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Jun 30

Great Songs of Q2 2023.

|| ((Spotify)) || ((Apple Music)) || ((YouTube)) || Nyck Caution — JET-LAGGED What a cool song, man. Brings me back to what I loved about Kanye West’s original work with that classic sample looped forever and the smooth hip-hop flow centered on top of it. As ever, a big…

Music

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Music

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