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Yes, the machine of capitalism is using your high-school friend’s brother as a prop for tourists in New York (not unlike the Jameson crates hanging from the rafters) however the beer is flowing and the flute is fluttering fitfully.
Apr 8, 2025
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Every Monday these fellas throw down. I don’t think ive heard real Irish music performed before so this is such a fun way to spend a Monday and celebrate my ancestors and what not. Grab a drink and catch up with a friend who doesn’t hate bagpipes.
Feb 17, 2024
The proud nation of Ireland has not only given the wonder of Cillian Murphy but also the Fontaines DC experience. The roughness of their early tracks cannot be beat — simply makes you want a pint and fight the British. Gian’s drawled line “You're not alive until you start kicking,” was my mantra this morning on the way to work. “Dublin City Sky” immediately put on afterwards. UP THE RA!
Mar 5, 2025
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No screen Sundays. If I want to listen to music its CDs or radio. If I want to watch a movie, no I don’t. If I want to see a friend, I will make plans with them on Friday or Saturday to meet up. As a result, I read more, write more, and sit with questions like “did Citizen Kane‘s 50 year winning streak in the Sight and Sound critics choice survey end in 2012 or 2022? When did Stephen Merritt come out? Whats the etymology of Whitsun?“
This is something that I have practiced off and on for many years but I’ve been doing it every week since December and I love the way that it just allows me one day of true freedom and rest.
Jan 22, 2025
Mar 3, 2025
My calendar this year has 52 of these week at a glance pages but I don’t think that way. So, I've been inspired by Ross Gay’s Book of Delighs to start recording the little moments and sensations that bring me joy throughout the day. An analog pi.fyi, if you will.
heres some of what I have so far:
- Waking up to the sound of my upstairs neighbor‘s footstep. It sounded nostalgic. Felt like company.
- Strawberry jam
- feeling tender for strangers: their lips, nail colors, their small wrists. Thinking of all the lives we hold gently.
- A young girl bought an LP at the bookstore just before I left. She stroked its cover with love
- Green tiles —the mint shade always makes me think of Jancie
- Charlie’s little bop and punch dancing to some German language punk
- lunch with Katherine, curry Brussels sprouts
- small talk at the photo studio. The photographer's brother was named after their dad, stole his identity, bought jet skis.
Jan 13, 2025