Month: March 2019
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Media of the moment
An ongoing series on books, movies, and music I’ve encountered recently. A Clockwork Orange. Had been putting this off based on what I’d heard of its disturbing content, but finally bit the bullet for the sake of the AFI 100. Typically impressive Kubrickian cinematography and dark satire. An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago…
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When we make our art
“When we make our art, we are also making our lives. And I’m sure that the reverse is equally true.” — Wendell Berry, in the beautiful documentary Look & See. Might have found my new life motto.
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Only dopes use drugs
I love everything about this book cover, which I encountered at the Frances Willard House Museum & Archives: See more from Frances Willard.
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Recent Views, not-recent edition
More photography here. With a photogenic infant at home, I need to make sure my photo backup situation is solid. I decided to start using iCloud since my Dropbox is maxed out and because it so seamlessly integrates with my iPhone. Digging through my photo archive has brought back some nice memories, including photos from a…
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My son, the audiobook
Just set a picture of the Boy as the wallpaper on my phone lock screen. The idea was to see him when I use my phone, but I chuckled when I realized what that looks like in practice:
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Media of the moment, post-baby edition
An ongoing series on books, movies, and music I’ve encountered recently. The Baby Book by William Sears. This has been helpful thus far. Though don’t think we haven’t also randomly Googled things at odd hours. The Cider House Rules. Filling in the gaps of my 1999 movie viewings. This gets less compelling once Homer leaves…
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What is utter sadness, Alex
Since coming home from the hospital with our baby boy, we’ve been alternating between several streaming shows to pass the hours that need passing. Current go-tos include The Office, The Great British Baking Show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and The Wire. As much as I like all of them, none give me as much joy…
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Love & Revelation
So excited to receive Over the Rhine’s gorgeous new album Love & Revelation in the mail. I don’t get many CDs these days, so it was a treat to admire the design and new-CD smell: This album was part of Over the Rhine’s fundraiser from a few years ago my wife and I contributed to.…