Aging, childless digital nomads face the outcome of their life choices as friends move on to families or abandon the expat lifestyle and they find themselves growing bored. “Wherever they go, ‘the brand of oat milk in their flat whites was the same.’”
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Aging, childless digital nomads face the outcome of their life choices as friends move on to families or abandon the expat lifestyle and they find themselves growing bored. “Wherever they go, ‘the brand of oat milk in their flat whites was the same.’”
Muriel Spark to read, Coil to listen to, the makings of a perfect evening
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Muriel Spark to read, Coil to listen to, the makings of a perfect evening
I mean it’s one cup of coffee Daniel, how much could it cost
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I mean it’s one cup of coffee Daniel, how much could it cost
Have had a string of so-sos, will this break the streak and blow my mind?
A man receives dozens of letters from his mother who lives in an isolated, deteriorating seaside villa, and soon their own psychological deterioration takes focus…
A man receives dozens of letters from his mother who lives in an isolated, deteriorating seaside villa, and soon their own psychological deterioration takes focus…
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Have had a string of so-sos, will this break the streak and blow my mind?
A man receives dozens of letters from his mother who lives in an isolated, deteriorating seaside villa, and soon their own psychological deterioration takes focus…
A man receives dozens of letters from his mother who lives in an isolated, deteriorating seaside villa, and soon their own psychological deterioration takes focus…
Well, I DID say I’d be crushing novellas post-Schattenfroh. Probably not getting through a third today, though starting this - “forecasts Bataille’s theories of ecstasy, death, and transgression”, his first novel under a pseudonym. Parallels to Sade and Nietzsche, apparently.
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Well, I DID say I’d be crushing novellas post-Schattenfroh. Probably not getting through a third today, though starting this - “forecasts Bataille’s theories of ecstasy, death, and transgression”, his first novel under a pseudonym. Parallels to Sade and Nietzsche, apparently.
Gensho - two double albums. Each double album is meant to be played as one - two albums played at the same time. Not sure how I’ll pull that off but they’re meant to be good separately as well, and I can at least confirm that that is true.
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Gensho - two double albums. Each double album is meant to be played as one - two albums played at the same time. Not sure how I’ll pull that off but they’re meant to be good separately as well, and I can at least confirm that that is true.
This is next… I’ve read Novel to Read on the Train but don’t remember it well. But this one in particular was praised by Emil Cioran… should be interesting.
A man lies sleepless in a foul- smelling room while raucous noises come from next door…
Considered an important post-communist writer.
A man lies sleepless in a foul- smelling room while raucous noises come from next door…
Considered an important post-communist writer.
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is next… I’ve read Novel to Read on the Train but don’t remember it well. But this one in particular was praised by Emil Cioran… should be interesting.
A man lies sleepless in a foul- smelling room while raucous noises come from next door…
Considered an important post-communist writer.
A man lies sleepless in a foul- smelling room while raucous noises come from next door…
Considered an important post-communist writer.
A woman trues to readjust to a life in rural Japan, meets a creature which she follows to a river, and falls into a hole that seems made specifically for her. In the hole, she questions her role in the world as well as her own sanity.
Unfamiliar with the author, but sounds good. Next up.
Unfamiliar with the author, but sounds good. Next up.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A woman trues to readjust to a life in rural Japan, meets a creature which she follows to a river, and falls into a hole that seems made specifically for her. In the hole, she questions her role in the world as well as her own sanity.
Unfamiliar with the author, but sounds good. Next up.
Unfamiliar with the author, but sounds good. Next up.
Now that I’ve had time to recover from Schattenfroh and the resultant hangover…. Time to move on. Olga Ravn’s The Wax Child is next.
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Now that I’ve had time to recover from Schattenfroh and the resultant hangover…. Time to move on. Olga Ravn’s The Wax Child is next.
In the last hundred or so pages, the discussion of the soul, death, immortality, rebirth…. Shattering. Just an amazing feat.
A perfect album to complete this masterpiece to, a meditative electronic womb placing you in that holy liminal space that Lentz strived for - and found.
A perfect album to complete this masterpiece to, a meditative electronic womb placing you in that holy liminal space that Lentz strived for - and found.
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
In the last hundred or so pages, the discussion of the soul, death, immortality, rebirth…. Shattering. Just an amazing feat.
A perfect album to complete this masterpiece to, a meditative electronic womb placing you in that holy liminal space that Lentz strived for - and found.
A perfect album to complete this masterpiece to, a meditative electronic womb placing you in that holy liminal space that Lentz strived for - and found.
I’m done. What an utterly astonishing book.
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I’m done. What an utterly astonishing book.
New plan: im going to turn this woofer all the way up and stick my head it in til it explodes
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
New plan: im going to turn this woofer all the way up and stick my head it in til it explodes
Reading comments from China about a stock I'm interested in
Is this good
Is this good
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Reading comments from China about a stock I'm interested in
Is this good
Is this good
First fire of the season always gotta be a dramatic one
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
First fire of the season always gotta be a dramatic one
Because American literature has largely been co-opted by MFA programs that train people more deeply in marketing and networking than substance next question
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Because American literature has largely been co-opted by MFA programs that train people more deeply in marketing and networking than substance next question
Hangover rainy day
Never drinking again
Never drinking again
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Hangover rainy day
Never drinking again
Never drinking again
At a pitch black Autechre concert, no one can see you vape
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
At a pitch black Autechre concert, no one can see you vape
Grey autumn day
I’m going to be posting this a lot this winter I think
I’m going to be posting this a lot this winter I think
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Grey autumn day
I’m going to be posting this a lot this winter I think
I’m going to be posting this a lot this winter I think
These will be good for insomniac nights where I can’t read anything too heavy
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
These will be good for insomniac nights where I can’t read anything too heavy
Where the f can I find this Krasznahorkai / Tarr Music & Literature
If a thing exists in the world I can usually find it SOMEWHERE but I’m tapped out on this one
If a thing exists in the world I can usually find it SOMEWHERE but I’m tapped out on this one
October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Where the f can I find this Krasznahorkai / Tarr Music & Literature
If a thing exists in the world I can usually find it SOMEWHERE but I’m tapped out on this one
If a thing exists in the world I can usually find it SOMEWHERE but I’m tapped out on this one
Roth is a bit of a blind spot for me. Very different than what I usually read I think. Can’t say I’ll be rushing to read more but this is going down easily.
October 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Roth is a bit of a blind spot for me. Very different than what I usually read I think. Can’t say I’ll be rushing to read more but this is going down easily.
The thing about slop is that it sells like hotcakes
Look at Facebook
Also I hate the word “slop” and its overuse by all the parrots thinking they’re dropping hot zingers
Look at Facebook
Also I hate the word “slop” and its overuse by all the parrots thinking they’re dropping hot zingers
October 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The thing about slop is that it sells like hotcakes
Look at Facebook
Also I hate the word “slop” and its overuse by all the parrots thinking they’re dropping hot zingers
Look at Facebook
Also I hate the word “slop” and its overuse by all the parrots thinking they’re dropping hot zingers