The world mistakes plainness for blasphemy. John Lennon said things plainly, maybe too plainly. The Beatles said they were “bigger than Jesus,” which was not asserting divinity, just interpreting sickness. […]

Reading Coleman Hughes’s tweets about Candace Owens. I like his podcast very much. Says what he thinks all the while not sounding like a sermon. I liked his rap songs […]

At a party two weeks ago, I heard an American in his eighties, a retired teacher talk about murder. A moment earlier the conversation was about food, about school, ordinary […]

I wasn’t expecting congratulations when I mentioned handing in my PhD writing yesterday, all I really did was hit submit. People replied as if I’ve suddenly become Dr. Wiseman, but […]

Lately, I’ve been in conversations about platforms like Patreon or Locals, and how they differ from traditional blogging. I will try one of them, but I’m drawn more to Locals […]

Quillette magazine keeps making the most amusing music stories to me: HIS SATANIC MAJESTY RETIRES. “Ozzy Osbourne really was popular culture’s Prince of fucking Darkness. His songs have scored so many black-laced […]

At one point, an older man in the audience, clearly moved by the music, got up and began to dance. The venue was packed, but he found a small pocket […]

I talked to a musician friend who confided his anxiety about social media. The fear of speaking his mind. He freezes when he thinks about sharing them. “What if I […]