What makes for a favorite artist? One measure for me is whether I return to that artist’s work and am again rewarded with a life-altering exchange of spirit. This happened when I recently re-encountered Don McCullin via a 2019 self-titled book … Read more
Last night, on a random walk in Hollywood, I came across Pavement’s first concert in 12 years. After pausing at the ticket price,[1]I was told there were “two tickets left” (have they said that before?) at $105 per. That’s a bit … Read more
There are moments in the film Sancity of Space, rare for me while seated, that induce both terror and verve. The documentary centers on climbers and filmmakers Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson as they ascend the treacherous Moose’s Tooth massif … Read more
I keep some habits, some of them constructive. One of them is ignoring hype. The world these days is a hype machine, feeding on itself. If media can hype a thing it can sell articles, clicks, ads, plus the product … Read more