Just Kids, Patti Smith
Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids is touching and well-written. The account of her life with the visual artist Robert Mapplethorpe is a glimpse into a very isolated and very culturally…
Mishka Shubaly’s “Beat the Devil” and Amazon Singles
Mishka Shubaly seems to do a bunch of diverse shit. I’d heard him on a podcast a few times before hearing about his whole relationship with Amazon.com as a popular…
Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ and the Inspiration of Aspiration
Full disclosure: A) Lolita is one of my favorite books of all time B) This is a re-read -I have know read Lolita 2.6 times (I started and for some…
Best New Music Releases of 2015 (So Far)
Music of 2015 (so far): I’ve been listening to a lot more new albums lately. I’m a bit tired of the driving focus placed on singles in our iTunes era,…
Reading Log: John Cavanagh’s Piper at the Gates of Dawn (A 33 1/3 Book)
Yup, more rock journalism. I’m not tired of it yet. Cavanagh sights in perfectly here, focusing on the album itself and only touching on the tumultuous events that followed (the…
Reading Log: Kim Cooper’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (a 33⅓ book)
Kim Cooper’s 33⅓ entry on Neutral Milk Hotel’s magnum opus In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a good read for fans of the album, the band, or the alternative…
Why I Write This Blog, and What It Is
This blog is intended primarily to serve as a personal reading log, where I record my initial, raw thoughts on the books I have read. These are thoughts that may…
Reading Log: John Darnielle’s Master of Reality (A 33⅓ Book)
I received three books from Bloomsbury's 33⅓ series for Christmas, and since Master of Reality is the only other published book written by extraordinary human being John Darnielle, it…
Books for Christmas
Books make good presents. These are what I got this year (Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and The French Lieutenant's Woman are first editions). Thanks!
Selling some guitar pickups
I'm cleaning out my parts closet and these need to go to a good home. These are small enough to ship easily, unlike some of the gear I'm selling locally…