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Jazz. Books. Parenthood.
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Only Angels Have Wings
Shot from the 1939 film Only Angels Have Wings. A woman (Jean Arthur) sits at a table, with three men standing behind her. The table has numerous shot glasses scattered across it. A fourth man (Cary Grant) stands in front of Ms. Arthur, wearing a broad-brimmed hat.
December 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Finished @johnlangan.bsky.social’s excellent House of Windows! Here as with The Fisherman, Langan is an expert at melding figurative and literal, physical and metaphysical. Highly recommended for folks who like horror and metafiction.
A hand holding a copy of John Langan’s novel House of Windows. The book’s cover is a dark house, full of doors, windows, and stairs at impossible angles. The stairway and windows kind of look like a skull.
January 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Watched Klaus tonight. Delightful! Conveys both wonder and melancholy, the two emotions I most associate with Christmas.
Jesper (left) and Klaus (right) from the 2019 film Klaus. They are standing in a wintry forest, surrounded by letters. Jesper is dressed in a blue postman’s uniform, holding a satchel and a letter. Klaus wears a dark coat and carries a big bag of gifts over his shoulder.
December 9, 2024 at 3:26 AM
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Hitting my stride with Dad Hobbies (whiskey highball, political history).
Before the Storm by Rick Perlstein, sitting on a side table next to a mixed whiskey drink in a rocks glass.
September 29, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Really digging this new EP from Amy Gadiaga, All Black Everything. Highly recommend if you like jazz, neo-soul, and that current London sound.
Bassist/vocalist Amy Gadiaga leaning on her double bass.
September 25, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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A perfect album that came put when I was 21.
Transference by Spoon. Photograph of a man in the 1970s (?) slouching in an armchair.
September 16, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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The Morning Record: Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1954).
Album cover for Clifford Brown and Max Roach. Lists the other players (George Morrow/bass; Harold Land/tenor; Richie Powell/piano) as well as the song titles.
August 27, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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Here’s what I’m reading at the moment! Progress is slow; my toddler much prefers books with pictures.
3 books stacked on top of each other. Top to bottom: William Blake, Selected Poems; Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories; Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm.
August 24, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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Sunset over the Andaman Sea in Phuket. Was lucky enough to go for a conference this past spring.
August 18, 2024 at 3:53 AM