It’s 10 p.m. on Monday. I thought about writing a post on the agony of chronic indecision, but couldn’t make up my mind (ba dum bum). Instead, I offer the following diversions and bemusements.
1. The Awareness Test.
I failed. Will you?
Do The Test.
2. Sidewalk art.
What does this chalk drawing depict?
Viewed from the opposite direction, it produces [...]
Part 1. Did anyone else see this piece in the NYRB a couple weeks ago? I thought it did a fantastic job parsing the Clintons’ double-tongued approach to Obama and race, the issue that more than anything has turned me from a one-time defender of the Clintons into someone who’d only be able to vote [...]
They say you are who you are by the age of three. My grooves were formed to a Martin four-string guitar. I fetched the case, set it down gently and lifted the top without touching the instrument inside. Only my father could pick it up and sling the strap across his shoulders, resting the cherry wood curves [...]
I’ve seen the band Samamidon perform twice in about as many weeks. The first show was at Mercury Lounge, where they shared a bill with a number of other acts, including Doveman, a sprawling chamber indie ensemble that also includes both of Samamidon’s principals — the childhood friends Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett — [...]
I started toying with an early version of this playlist several months ago when I was going through a breakup. Originally, it was a collection of tracks that I threw into an iTunes playlist - songs that either reminded me of the ‘good’ parts of the relationship that was ending, songs that fortified me [...]