“It’s good for the economy / only in America / making cancer every day / only in America” – Naked Raygun, “Only In America” Welcome to “Albums I Should Have […]
What Punk Rock Means (To Me Anyway)
“Punk often desired to convey a message or tell a story, like folk and blues.” – George Hurchalla, ‘Going Underground: American Punk 1979-1989’ Everyone wants to change the world, but […]
A Permanent State Of Rebellion
“[the band Death] created their own mythology and their own rules, rebelling against what the world (and the neighborhood) told them was acceptable for a band of Black men to […]
12 (Or So) Books I’m Stoked To Read In 2026
“Bro, you ain’t the only one who picks up the newspaper, knows where the library is, likes the big humbug in Beowulf, moving out on Grendel and whatnot, or fighting […]
Three Things I’m Excited For in 2026
“So much for comedy. So much for supposedly serious stuff.” – Kurt Vonnegut, ‘Galápagos’ Programming Note: there will be a Friday Links this Friday—gotta read Midwinter’s Day to end the […]
Ways My Thinking Changed In 2025
“In the long run, the survivors would still have been not the most ferocious strugglers but the most efficient fisherfolk.” – Kurt Vonnegut, ‘Galápagos’ As someone who likes the idea […]
2025 Year In Review
“The waiter whipped out a handkerchief and removed the feather. And that too was a horror: what have we lost when you can’t shake off your own jacket or wash […]
Clip Show 2025
“The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.” – Stephen King, ‘On Writing’ Apologies to my parents for the frank weed discussion […]
Shaving Noir
“I was neat, clean, shaved, and sober, and I didn’t care who knew it.” – Raymond Chandler, ‘The Big Sleep’ Real quick: new The Line Break this week! We talked […]
6 Things You Learn Fighting ICE
“Men go through life telling themselves a moment must come when they will show what they’re made of. And the moment comes, and they do show. And they spend the […]