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Shuffle through: months of stubborn days escape their call to duty with failed preoccupation. Welcome to wherever you are.
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I've been brushing up on my social skills for an upcoming Zoom call. I haven’t been around anyone outside of the house for three years, so I binged on…
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Touring was, fundamentally, a way to cast a wider thrift net via the excuse of public performances.
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February 2023

There’s much flame imagery throughout the 1998 album Since. The final song, Once, alone mentions a fuse, a torch & a spray of lights. But, it was only…
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the temporary termination of a minor workweek
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I’ll begin this series with the last song on the tape, Believer, because it tail-ends with a few seconds of hubbub where I put the…
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Let’s drive up a mountain — one as physically real as the internal struggle to merely live — & meet the lot:
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January 2023

Open the windows & sit idle, reflecting on the definition of progress.
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Yes, an hour-wait for a hot dog sounds strange, but it’s true & here we both are, so let’s try to get through this.
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this recording features both "bad" & well-meaning "penguin" tambos
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. . . she begins asking the server questions about the various southwestern sauces in a voice conveying slight stress or anxious excitement . . .
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December 2022

While a smattering of my neighbors have gone snowballs-to-the-wall with led-flashing/inflatable holiday character live-action displays — which I’m free…
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