Magic Tuber Jam with Elkhorn, Powers/Rolin Duo, Liam Grant, and almost every other musician present at Fly Around Festival in Lansing, NC.
August 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Magic Tuber Jam with Elkhorn, Powers/Rolin Duo, Liam Grant, and almost every other musician present at Fly Around Festival in Lansing, NC.
Spending the last few days of summer up in the NC mountains, seeing a host of favorites at the inaugural Fly Around Festival.
August 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Spending the last few days of summer up in the NC mountains, seeing a host of favorites at the inaugural Fly Around Festival.
Reading Inherent Vice at the local swimming hole
July 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Reading Inherent Vice at the local swimming hole
#NowWatching
One of our local venues runs a film series throughout the year, which is the only chance around Chattanooga to see some classic movies in a theater. Seeing this for the first time tonight.
One of our local venues runs a film series throughout the year, which is the only chance around Chattanooga to see some classic movies in a theater. Seeing this for the first time tonight.
July 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
#NowWatching
One of our local venues runs a film series throughout the year, which is the only chance around Chattanooga to see some classic movies in a theater. Seeing this for the first time tonight.
One of our local venues runs a film series throughout the year, which is the only chance around Chattanooga to see some classic movies in a theater. Seeing this for the first time tonight.
Keep thinking about this Alan Shapiro poem that A.E. Stallings discussed in her talk on rhyme at the Sewanee Writers Conference yesterday. Never heard of Shapiro but immediately ordered one of his books when we got out.
July 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Keep thinking about this Alan Shapiro poem that A.E. Stallings discussed in her talk on rhyme at the Sewanee Writers Conference yesterday. Never heard of Shapiro but immediately ordered one of his books when we got out.
#NowWatching
In honor of Stanwyck’s birthday, my first King Vidor film
In honor of Stanwyck’s birthday, my first King Vidor film
July 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#NowWatching
In honor of Stanwyck’s birthday, my first King Vidor film
In honor of Stanwyck’s birthday, my first King Vidor film
Went into this with low expectations, given its reputation, but I ended up knocked out by it. Extremely funny, of course, but also mournful and angry. Has a sentence (or several) every couple of pages that I would just marvel at. I used to hate Pynchon but now I see how wrong I was.
July 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Went into this with low expectations, given its reputation, but I ended up knocked out by it. Extremely funny, of course, but also mournful and angry. Has a sentence (or several) every couple of pages that I would just marvel at. I used to hate Pynchon but now I see how wrong I was.
Sat down this morning and made a list of my favorite albums this year. Hard to pick a singular favorite: maybe the caroline record, maybe The Tubs (certainly my most-listened this year), maybe the John Cage recordings, which sparked a small obsession with his music (the piece "Dream" most of all).
July 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sat down this morning and made a list of my favorite albums this year. Hard to pick a singular favorite: maybe the caroline record, maybe The Tubs (certainly my most-listened this year), maybe the John Cage recordings, which sparked a small obsession with his music (the piece "Dream" most of all).
July reading plans, to keep me company while continuing to slowly work through Vineland.
July 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
July reading plans, to keep me company while continuing to slowly work through Vineland.
In Atlanta for AP training this week and ended up at The Bug Club show tonight with four dear friends.
I liked The Bug Club, now I love The Bug Club.
I liked The Bug Club, now I love The Bug Club.
June 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
In Atlanta for AP training this week and ended up at The Bug Club show tonight with four dear friends.
I liked The Bug Club, now I love The Bug Club.
I liked The Bug Club, now I love The Bug Club.
Nels Cline at Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga, TN
May 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Nels Cline at Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga, TN
Etran de L’Aïr at JJ’s Bohemia in Chattanooga, TN
May 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Etran de L’Aïr at JJ’s Bohemia in Chattanooga, TN
Rich Ruth at JJ’s Bohemia in Chattanooga, TN
May 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Rich Ruth at JJ’s Bohemia in Chattanooga, TN
My reading spot for the afternoon. Hope to finish Solstad’s Shyness & Dignity this weekend.
April 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My reading spot for the afternoon. Hope to finish Solstad’s Shyness & Dignity this weekend.
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings at The Walker Theatre in Chattanooga, TN
April 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings at The Walker Theatre in Chattanooga, TN
The full list of everyone I saw:
![Saturday:
Eiko Ishibashi - “GIFT” live-score
Steven Schick performs Sarah Hennies’ “Portrait” (partial)
Luke Stewart Silt Trio (partial)
Julia Holter
James McVinnie & Eliza McCarthy perform Jonny Greenwood’s “133 Years of Reverb” (30 minutes)
Steve Roach (partial)
Tyshawn Sorey Trio
[Ahmed]
Water Damage](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ikmyv5oyjsqvnpwkw6txoj45/bafkreiaz6pcy56l2dwj4kyyymxbpym43a4d2i7b5jbnc4dmovzw7c2nlny@jpeg)
April 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The full list of everyone I saw:
Spent the past weekend at Big Ears festival in Knoxville, TN, seeing about 25 different musical performances over four days. This was my 10th year attending, and it was one of the best times I’ve ever had there.
![A Notes app list of my favorite performances from the weekend:
Tyshawn Sorey Trio
Immanuel Wilkins’ Blues Blood
Amaro Freitas
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet
[Ahmed]
Beth Gibbons
Mabe Fratti
Still House Plants
Eiko Ishibashi
Julia Holter
Magic Tuber Stringband](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ikmyv5oyjsqvnpwkw6txoj45/bafkreiep6sd7zcpbkvp3vsszjewgl7xvkeypuaxlv36neylhjcy33kpph4@jpeg)
April 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Spent the past weekend at Big Ears festival in Knoxville, TN, seeing about 25 different musical performances over four days. This was my 10th year attending, and it was one of the best times I’ve ever had there.
Tonight’s the last night of Christmas Break for me, so I spent it watching Howard Hawks’ Ball of Fire. Had somehow never seen Barbara Stanwyck in anything until last year; one 2025 project of mine is to watch a lot more movies she’s in.
January 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tonight’s the last night of Christmas Break for me, so I spent it watching Howard Hawks’ Ball of Fire. Had somehow never seen Barbara Stanwyck in anything until last year; one 2025 project of mine is to watch a lot more movies she’s in.
Can only post a half-complete stack of my favorite books I read this year because I’ve made ample use of the library and interlibrary loan. Nonetheless:
December 30, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Can only post a half-complete stack of my favorite books I read this year because I’ve made ample use of the library and interlibrary loan. Nonetheless:
Enjoyed this little riff on “that lonesome distance proper to country music” from Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones, a late-breaking contender for one of the three or four best books I’ve read this year.
December 21, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Enjoyed this little riff on “that lonesome distance proper to country music” from Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones, a late-breaking contender for one of the three or four best books I’ve read this year.
Spent the weekend raving about the new Advance Base album to all my friends, only to discover around 4:00 yesterday that he was playing in Chattanooga last night. Two sets: one of songs that include the word “Christmas” (including John Prine and Bill Fox covers) and one of the new material.
December 10, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Spent the weekend raving about the new Advance Base album to all my friends, only to discover around 4:00 yesterday that he was playing in Chattanooga last night. Two sets: one of songs that include the word “Christmas” (including John Prine and Bill Fox covers) and one of the new material.
Finally on summer break as of today, which means I’m thinking up too many ambitious summer projects. One I’d like to stick to is finally exploring Fassbinder’s filmography, starting with this one today:
June 14, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Finally on summer break as of today, which means I’m thinking up too many ambitious summer projects. One I’d like to stick to is finally exploring Fassbinder’s filmography, starting with this one today:
My principal is a voracious reader and has been on a major Hardy kick. When he came to our department meeting in January, he seemed disappointed no one wanted to talk Hardy with him, so I started reading Madding Crowd. It’s become one of the longer reading experiences of my life.
April 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
My principal is a voracious reader and has been on a major Hardy kick. When he came to our department meeting in January, he seemed disappointed no one wanted to talk Hardy with him, so I started reading Madding Crowd. It’s become one of the longer reading experiences of my life.
In Nashville for the weekend. First stop, of course, is the Belcourt. We’re seeing Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera.
April 13, 2024 at 5:15 PM
In Nashville for the weekend. First stop, of course, is the Belcourt. We’re seeing Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera.
Here are some of my favorite reads from this year. I reread more than usual this year due to work and students, but every reread confirmed I still love those books. Excited for my long-term projects for next year: Dickens, Woolf, George Eliot, and Kate Briggs!
January 1, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Here are some of my favorite reads from this year. I reread more than usual this year due to work and students, but every reread confirmed I still love those books. Excited for my long-term projects for next year: Dickens, Woolf, George Eliot, and Kate Briggs!