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Yussef Dayes, DJ Harrison, and more of my favorite albums from February 2024
“That’s kind of what the whole vibe of the whole record is – being a producer, and being a beat maker, and being a songwriter but taking it to another level where I’m doing very intensive research. But also seeing if I can get it to sound like me.” DJ Harrison on Shades of Yesterday…
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Self 1 and Self 2
Everyone has probably talked to themselves before, and probably not in a nice way, but have you ever thought about just who you are talking to? You are talking to your other self.
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Murakami on fiction (and why you should read some)
I’m a big fan of Haruki Murakami and just finished reading Kafka on the Shore. Like all his fiction, I find it kind of impossible to describe. It’s everything, all at once, I guess?! I find it wonderful, but I realize it’s not for everyone. Do you know what it is, though? Fiction. If you…
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The GoPro is my new favorite toy
I received a GoPro as a Christmas gift, and it’s quickly become my favorite new toy. This past week, I’ve been experimenting with it on my runs and walks with our dog, Rubee, and have compiled some scintillating footage that is probably only interesting to me (unless you have a fetish for dark and dreary…
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Eddie Chacon, Butcher Brown, and more of my favorite albums from January 2024
The 59-year-old singer of Charles & Eddie fame is back with a second album of tightly written melodies and abstract tracks that draw you in to a rich, heady world Eddie Chacon: Sundown review by Alexis Petridis in The Guardian Here are the albums that inspired me this past month.
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Winter time
I started this on the winter solstice, and it took a few days to finish, but it feels like a fitting mood piece post-Christmas.
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Wishful thinking
I don’t know why, but this was my drawing for the day. I think that I unconsciously wish I was in a sunnier place.
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Living in a cave in Utah
I just started reading The Man Who Quit Money, the story of Daniel Suelo, and it seemed as good as any subject for today’s drawing. Per the description: “In 2000, Daniel Suelo left his life savings—all thirty dollars of it—in a phone booth. He has lived without money—and with a newfound sense of freedom and…
