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Jack
It bothers me that I can’t remember exactly when and where I met Jack. I’m usually pretty good about that. It was probably 2007-ish, probably at SXSW or An Event Apart. I was going to a lot of conferences back then, meeting all kinds of web people from all over the place, and Jack was a web person, though we didn’t talk about the web all that much once we found other things we had… See more →
Music League: Covers better than the originals
It was sick but it got better
- Low: Surfer Girl
Alan and Mimi from Low used to sing their daughter to sleep with this before they started playing it live, and it’s such a perfect lullaby. Mimi’s been gone almost three years and her voice still puts a lump in my throat. - Devo: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
I dunno, “I can’t get no girl reaction” (or “girly action” in the Devo version) just seems more believable coming from the bespectacled guy… See more →
That Was 2022
My year in review
Maude
Leah and I became dog parents early in 2022, adopting a 15-pound, two-year-old Jack Russell / Chihuahua mix. Knowing Roe v. Wade would soon be overturned, we named her Maude, after the Bea Arthur character, who in 1972 was the first sitcom character to have an abortion. Living with Maude has been a big adjustment, but after getting over the initial hump, I’m not sure how we ever lived without her. She loves belly… See more →
Mimi
Remembering Mimi Parker
On October 17, 2001, Low played a show in the sanctuary of the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. Underground bands had been playing the church’s basement for years, but this was the first time anyone had ascended to the main room, and even in a secular music scene, the milestone seemed to take on a sacred significance. I didn’t go to the show, but it put Low on my radar, and after listening to Things… See more →
Had a good cry reading this, from @Nina_Corcoran: pitchfork.com/features/after…
I was never going to be ready for this. I feel like a ghost, just emptied out.
And just like that, I’m not okay. Sending every ounce of love I have to Alan and Hollis and Cyrus. Rest well, Mimi. There will never be another like you. twitter.com/lowtheband/sta…
Low: You May Need a Murderer
Low
Not in the upper echelon of the many Low shows I’ve been to, mainly because I’m somewhat underwhelmed by the new record, Hey What, which I think they played in its entirety. And the rest of the setlist was a bit too familiar, made up mostly of songs they play at pretty much every show these days. Some are classics I’m always game to hear (“Sunflower”) and others not as much (“Monkey,” “Plastic Cup,” “No… See more →
Love @jesshopp’s concise and dead-on @lowtheband review here. I also really miss this format. twitter.com/rockwritpod/st…
Hey What
It’s Friday and there are new records from @lowtheband and @AndrewWk, so if I don’t manage to have a good day, consider this my DNR.
The coda to this live version of “July” with a choir destroys me every time. youtube.com/watch?v=YBpQNQ…
As a latecomer to @lowtheband, Things We Lost in the Fire was the first album I heard, and I was a huge fan instantly. Still hooked all these years later. 💙 twitter.com/brooklynvegan/…
That Was 2019
The highlights of what I took in and put out
My immune system didn’t do me many favors in 2019. I was sick on five or six separate occasions in the first half of the year, including an obnoxious bout of bronchitis that lasted the entire month of February. Luckily that didn’t stop me from having an adventurous and fulfilling year, and for the first time in my four years at ProPublica, I used every single one of my vacation days.
Projects
My first three… See more →
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This is about the zillionth time I’ve seen @lowtheband and I think the first time I’ve seen them play “Do You Know How to Waltz?” What a gift. My favorite moment of 2019 so far.
That Was 2018
The highlights of what I took in and put out
A lot happened in 2018. The ruinous Trump administration continued doing its ruinous thing. I finally deleted my Facebook account. I had a stressful couple of months caused by something that rhymes with “head hugs,” which I would gladly trade the life of any loved one to avoid going through again. I visited the UK for the first time. I published 33 blog posts, including several well-received posts on design and development.
Projects
Let’s check in… See more →
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Links: September 2018
Hello, dear reader!
September is gone, but its links remain.
It was a big month for me, as I finally finished the project I was preoccupied with for most of the summer: Incomplete Open Cubes Revisited, inspired by Sol LeWitt. I also wrote about why and how I did it.
This month’s newsletter is a few days late because I wanted to include Robtober 2018, my annual deep dive into horror films which always takes… See more →
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Double Negative
There is a new @lowtheband record out today. Therefore, I will be listening to the new @lowtheband record today. lowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/double-n…
I already have tickets to see @lowtheband three times this fall, but they just added another Brooklyn show… 🤔 nationalsawdust.org/event/adhoc-pr…
“If you were born today
We’d kill you by age 8
Never have the chance to say
Joy to the world
And peace on the earth”
youtu.be/OYn-FK-5wow