Chapter 23
I kept my walking pace at brisk. Everhet, dope sick, keeps saying he has to piss. Which evolved into needing to take a shit after several refusals.
“Can’t we just stop and chew a little gum?” Everhet says, “I’ll share.”
I ignored him until the next phase—when he became silent, walking with an expressionless face, almost tired.
In our morning reading: looking back at the work of Matt Tullis, a documentary about a beloved record store, and more.
In our afternoon reading: new writing by Jim Ruland, revisiting the music of Arthur Russell, and more.
In our morning reading: new writing by Elif Batuman, thoughts on Broadcast’s music, and more.
In our afternoon reading: a remembrance of Audre Lorde, thoughts on music by Arooj Aftab and Jeff Parker, and more.
This year brought with it a new album from How to Dress Well — I Am Toward You, the first album from Tom Krell’s musical project since 2018’s The Anteroom. (In the meantime, Krell’s earned his doctorate in philosophy.) With the new album out in the world for about a month, I chatted with Krell about the visual side of things, the artwork by Joshua James Clancy, and his thoughts on AI and generative technology.
In our morning reading: new writing from David Leo Rice, revisiting Werner Herzog’s films, and more.
Pucker
by Kevin Lenaghan
“Well, that doesn’t look too bad!” John Fergus said, both hands resting proudly on his hips as he regarded his handiwork.
The small, blue tent was sitting in a mostly upright position, three metal rods still lying unused on the grass next to it. He picked them up, regarded them suspiciously, then shrugged and threw them back down. “Sure, they always give you a few spare parts!”
Just then the tent, already leaning slightly to one side, fell down flat. He stood staring for a moment, his heavily bearded mouth frowning, hands still on his hips.