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  • Insomnia

    July 19, 2026

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    Nothings

    Sunday, 19 July, slept, awoke, slept, awoke, miserable life. Read more

  • Quandariness

    July 17, 2026

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    Nothings

    It is 12:20 in New York a Fridaythree days after Bastille day, yesit is 1959 and I go get a shoeshinebecause I will get off the 4:19 in Easthampton   at 7:15 and then go straight to dinnerand I don’t know the people who will feed me Read more

  • Contrary to Common Sense

    July 16, 2026

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    Nothings

    Already the bugs were in it. In the hot summer of 1885, while Mr. Edison rested at home in Woodside Villa, New York, taking perhaps the only self-prescribed vacation of his life, as he was still somewhat debilitated after the death of his first wife, they came buzzing all over the house — for bugs,… Read more

  • Days and Ways

    July 14, 2026

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    Nothings

    Edward Strickland, in his book American Composers: Dialogues on Contemporary Music, gives the story: After abandoning the solo concerts in early 1984, Jarrett began releasing albums of jazz standards with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette, with whom he continues touring and recording. For a year and a half he devoted himself primarily to performing classical… Read more

  • An Abduction

    July 8, 2026

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    Hardcore History

    “Assück featuring members of Assück.” Read more

  • Coming Attractions

    June 24, 2026

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    Show

    Two weeks from now I’ll be playing saxophone for Shanghai punks Round Eye on their East Meets West tour with Fang and the Besmirchers. Read more

  • Memory Rehearsal

    June 7, 2026

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    Writing

    My report on last month’s launch party for Eleni Sikelianios’ new book Memory Rehearsal is now live at Zona Motel, where I’m talking Proust, dogs and ukuleles. Read more

  • Divination and Volition

    May 18, 2026

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    Nothings

    I got back to San Diego late last night, parked the rental car at Enterprise and threw the keys in the dropbox. The drive wasn’t bad, though I probably didn’t need to stop at both Pea Soup Andersen’s and Bravo Farms. Maybe it’s simply because I grew up in one, but I can never turn… Read more

  • Hotfoot @ Open Gate 5/3/25

    May 4, 2026

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    Show

    Hotfoot finally put out our album in January but I’d swear we had this show booked before it was even written. Nathan’s 50th birthday is in a couple weeks which means the end of his 12 Records Towards 50 project is nearly upon us. I should have gotten him a cake, but I guess a… Read more

  • Three Fragments Overheard in Tucson, AZ

    May 2, 2026

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    Nothings

    Scene: a Tiki Bar. Read more

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