19 Wednesday Dec 2018
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Is it already mid-December?!
Reading: I’m in the middle of Edwidge Danticat’s remarkable novel The Dew Breaker, from a recent Boxwalla “book box.”
Audio: After hearing a recent interview with Dolly Parton on NPR, I’m finally digging deeper into her impressive musical output. Better late than never!
Art: I need to get tickets to the Andy Warhol show at the Whitney.
Video: “The Kindergarten Teacher” with Maggie Gyllenhaal
16 Friday Nov 2018
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Time for a mid-month check-in!
Reading: Just about to finish Kurban Said’s Ali and Nino, from a recent Boxwalla “book box.”
Audio: I’m hooked on Slicing Up Eyeballs’ 1980s playlists on Spotify. The “100 Best of Songs of 1980” may be my favorite one.
Art: Jewelry: The Body Transformed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
17 Wednesday Oct 2018
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Reading: Catching up on my New Yorkers, and just starting Ali and Nino by Kurban Said.
Audio: The soundtrack from “A Star is Born” (with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper) on Spotify. No shame.
Art: “It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200“ at the Morgan Library
Video: Inspired by the above, planning to re-watch Ken Russell’s Gothic (1986)
Eats & Treats: Everything pumpkin spice!!!! Yes, I’m kidding. I’m not really a fan.
20 Thursday Sep 2018
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Reading: Megan Abbott, Give Me Your Hand
Audio: Reviving my early love for The Police
Art: Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power at the Brooklyn Museum
Video: The documentary film “Basquiat: Rage to Riches”
16 Thursday Aug 2018
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Reading: Marta McDowell, The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books (a gift from Mr. Professor; highly recommended!)
Audio: Went to see my longtime musical love Lloyd Cole at City Winery; now I’m playing and replaying lots of his albums in the aftermath
Art: A recent visit to the Whitney
Video: “McQueen,” the documentary film about designer Alexander McQueen
18 Wednesday Jul 2018
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Reading: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Audio: U2, Songs of Experience
Video: New episodes of “Endeavour” on PBS
18 Monday Jun 2018
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Reading: Simon Critchley, On Bowie.
Audio: Going through a U2 phase right now, revisiting some old favorites.
Video: Season 2 of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Art: “History Refused to Die” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
18 Friday May 2018
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Reading: Graham Greene, Brighton Rock
Audio: A Spotify playlist called “The 80s All Lined Up.” Springsteen’s “The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle.”
Video: Mr. PP and I recently watched “Dunkirk” on TV.
Art: Thinking about the American Watercolor movement lately at work.
Drink: Kobrick’s coffee in a French press
16 Monday Apr 2018
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It’s finally spring!
Reading: Abby Denson’s Cool Tokyo Guide. I’m not planning any travel to Japan, but I’ve met Abby and I’m just really enjoying her illustrations and Tokyo tips anyway!
Audio: Lorde
Video: Better Call Saul, Season 3
