Hey all, I started a newsletter a few weeks ago – it’s called Birds of a Feather if you want to check it out and / or sign up. It covers the same culture / subculture beat you might recognize from here and my Heddels column – as always, often through the lens of style […]
Read more "(drum roll…..) I started a newsletter!"Introduction These recipes come from Marcella Hazan, who meant everything to me and others who have written eloquently on the topic. It would be pithy to say that she’s the Julia Child of Italian cooking, but in that comparison lies the world of difference between the national identities of French and Italian cuisine. The idea […]
Read more "Recipe #2 – Italian Tomato Sauces for Pasta, Two Ways"Like everyone, I had plans for this spring- ways I’d spend my time, avenues of writing to explore, projects I’ve been putting off. Logistical issues aside, most of them don’t even seem relevant. As it turns out, I’ve spent the last month focusing on feeding my family – I’ve always said this is my one […]
Read more "Recipe #1 – Carrot and Red Lentil Soup with Persian Flavors"This is a continuation of records that meant the world to me in the 2010s; if you haven’t read part one, it will definitely help this make a lot more sense. But if you don’t want to right now, this is my version of a “best albums of the decade list” through a personal lens […]
Read more "The Music That Defined My Decade (Part Two)"Music has been my lifeblood, and it’s basically given me everything I value in life. Growing up in the middle of the country where I was the diversity, it allowed me to imagine future of endless possibilities. It gave me almost every meaningful friendship I have, brought Ms. Crossfire and me together, and trying to […]
Read more "The Music That Defined My Decade (Part One)"April’s WFMU Record Fair was a blast – thanks to all who provided feedback about this year’s broadsheet. For those of you who couldn’t make it, you can download it here. I print them on natural-colored cardstock if you have a thing for simulacra / exact reproduction. It features thoughts on the music of today […]
Read more "Broadsheet #5"As you may know, I like to publish a physical broadsheet every year (on the occasion of the WFMU Record Fair). This year’s will be posted here soon, but in the meantime here’s the playlist that goes along with it, on two different platforms: Tidal YouTube (note – some songs are alternate versions because Internet […]
Read more "The Playlist for Broadsheet #5"Interest in Tom Sachs’ NikeCraft Mars Yard shoe has gone into high orbit these days (see what I did there?). As you probably know, a 2.0 version was launched at a Sachs’ conceived “Space Camp” on Governor’s Island in New York. A lot has to do with how the original version (released in 2012 to […]
Read more "The NikeCraft Mars Yard Shoe from Tom Sachs – An OG vs 2.0 Comparison and Critique"I’ve been thinking a lot about how we present ourselves as a reflection of our identity, and how the means of doing so have changed in my lifetime. I wrote a piece for Heddels on how we do so through clothing. Music has always been a huge part of my life and identity since my teenage years; […]
Read more "Caught in the Crossfire – Printed Issue #4"Spring brings warm weather, dreams of summer and a new issue of the Caught in the Crossfire broadside. Topics this year include Robert Curgenven’s epic 2014 LP, Kim Gordon’s memoir and mall record stores circa 2015. As always, it was published for the WFMU Record Fair with the generous support of Forced Exposure Basketball. Thanks […]
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