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
21 Wednesday Mar 2018
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Reading: The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Audio: I’m on a Rasputina kick again, for some reason, and I’m already sorry I’m going to miss their upcoming April NYC show.
Video: Black Mirror, Season 4
Art: I need to see the Grant Wood show at the Whitney, but I probably won’t get there for a few more weeks…
21 Wednesday Feb 2018
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Reading: Peter Doggett, The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s
Audio: Fiona Apple
Video: Still waiting to watch the latest season of “Black Mirror.” Mr. PP is never in the right mood to see it.
Drink: Harney’s black tea with apricot flavoring
29 Monday Jan 2018
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Reading: The Nakano Thrift Shop (a Christmas gift)
Audio: Bowie’s “Station to Station”
Video: Recently re-watched Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. Still loved it.
26 Tuesday Dec 2017
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Reading: Nathan Hill, The Nix (a loan from my friend T)
Video: Season 2 of The Crown
Audio: David Bowie’s Young Americans
15 Wednesday Nov 2017
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Reading: Jeffrey Eugenides’s short story collection, Fresh Complaint
Video: The second season of Stranger Things and both seasons of The Good Place. I’m still basically housebound, and TV is my friend!
Audio: Lots of Spotify playlists, heavy on the 70s and 80s. Looking forward to Bjork’s new album.
16 Monday Oct 2017
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When it rains, it pours. I’m still grieving for our sweet cat M., but there have been a few additional and unfortunate distractions: debit card fraud, a bad cold, and then a stupid slip-and-fall at home that has left me with a broken ankle.
I’m moving in a very slow and small orbit lately, so my “currently” list isn’t very exciting. Nonetheless…
20 Wednesday Sep 2017
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Reading: Amerikanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Video: Ken Burns’s “The Vietnam War” on PBS
Audio: I’m having a Psychedelic Furs revival-moment
Art: Learning a little bit about the arts of Korea this fall
22 Tuesday Aug 2017
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Reading: Tana French’s Faithful Place
Video: “Game of Thrones”
Audio: Cocteau Twins
Art: “Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
