Newsletter


This isn’t the usual newsletter. It’s thoughtful, concise, and written by me, (not AI). We already get too much email, so I do my best to share thought provoking ideas and inspiration that are short and worthwhile. And if I have upcoming shows or listening events, I’ll share them here too.

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–– 2025

No. 51      YI-WO / Jeremy Sole & Travis Holcombe Farewell

No. 50      The State of Continual Welcoming / You Can Say No

No. 49      You’re Not Listening / James Murphy on Failure

No. 48      Art + Work / Things Become Other Things

No. 47      If You Want to Take Photos, Go to Disneyland / Tom Friedman

No. 46      RIP David Lynch / Adidas, The Wall

No. 45      Taking it Apart / OPUS


–– 2024

No. 44      New Yorking / Woodcarver Steiner

No. 43      Reentry / Boston: Boston

No. 42      Less Talking / Songs are too Short

No. 41      Treehugger / Monterey Pop

No. 40      Following Seeds / Katsushika Shusshin

–– 2023

No. 39      Opening: Mono / Echo

No. 38      Moving Sale

No. 37      The Peregrine / Akira

No. 36      To Struggle / Paul Pfeiffer

No. 35      Herbert Bayer x Aspen / The Price of Everything

No. 34      Down the Rhein II / Karel Martens

No. 33      Post Surf / Anselm Kiefer in LA

No. 32      Making of the Divide Gallery / Road Painting

No. 31      Seeing Shadows / Ryuichi Sakamoto

No. 30      F*ck Guns / The Yin & Yang of Gerry Lopez

No. 29      Holding on / Letting go / Ice Merchants

No. 28      Thoughts on Art and AI / Zach Lieberman

–– 2022

No. 27      The Broom / Art + Fatherhood

No. 26      “Quality” / Pursuit of Pleasure

No. 25      The Opening / Down to Nothing

No. 24      Looking at Looking / Life Between the Tides

No. 23      On Potboiling / Art and Mindfulness

No. 22      Rabbit Hole / Martijn Doolard

No. 21      Sagmeister / Song Exploder

No. 20      BC // 50 / Matthew Wong

No. 19      But is it Art? / The War on Drugs

No. 18      How to Become and Artist / Jean Jullien

No. 17      Happy Brithday, Gerhard / Blackbird Spyplane

No. 16      [All] Art Can Help / Wendy MacNaughton

–– 2021

No. 15      Back to Analog, The Global Sequencer

No. 14      Looking Longer, Seeing More / Ten Meter Tower

No. 13      Thinking New / The Truffle Hunters

No. 12      Spooniness / Cloud Appreciation Society

No. 11      Stay Curious / Julia Stoschek Foundation

No. 10      Icebergs / Rogier van der Zwaag

No. 09      Brian Eno / Christian Eriksen

No. 08      Masahisa Fukase / NOWNESS

No. 07      Les Choucas / Fall Line

No. 06      Remy Julienne / Walk Through Walls

No. 05      Ryuichi Sakamoto / Beginners

No. 04      The Parameters of Our Cage / Radio Garden

–– 2020

No. 03      Powder Magazine / My Octopus Teacher

No. 02      The Peregrine / David Lynch Weather Report

No. 01      Monoprinting / John Cage