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Mix Annotations - Choke City

July 16, 2025

Hi Friends! 2025 is wild, of course, but so far my wildest personal development is becoming a History Guy. Specifically, right now I’m being a Trudeau-Era-...

Mix Annotations - The Greater Relief

April 19, 2025

Hi Friends! The title for this mix is from Accented Cinema’s video, How to Swear in Chinese | April Fools' Essay. They say that “The Greater Relief” is a...

Mix Annotations - The Universe Peoples

January 5, 2025

Hi Friends! As 2024 closes and 2025 opens, so too does the annual Draiser fundraiser campaign. (Don’t worry, I’m also getting sick of the name.) In 2024 we...

Mix Annotations - Back on Track

November 8, 2024

Hi Friends! Today’s my birthday. Here’s how I know I’m getting older: I think it’s insane that anyone dresses like the Joker for Halloween. This summer my...

Mix Annotations - Different Fuels for Different Engines

August 27, 2024

Hi Friends! There are two houses in my neighbourhood with giant twelve-foot skeletons in their front yard. One of the skeletons was recently decapitated and...

Mix Annotations - Arm Toner

April 1, 2024

Hi Friends! It's Good Friday as I'm writing this (tbd when I'm sending this out), which means that Lent is over. Lent, for heathen readers, is the time...

Mix Annotations - My Body Has a Little Heat

February 9, 2024

Hi Friends! As always, lots going on. Here's a taste: Last week I bought a ~15-20lb bag of pineapple rinds off the Too Good To Go app and had to store it in...

Mix Annotations - Why is it still this day?

November 28, 2023

Hi Friends! Happy Giving Tuesday. If you're like me, then your inbox has been filling up over the past week with emails from non-profits trying to get...

Mix Annotations - Feral Sperm

August 19, 2023

Hi Friends! Boy oh boy oh boy. Not a lot to say with this one. We can't decide right now in this moment to go and put out wildfires, but there are other...

Mix Annotations - Have the Whole Burger

July 1, 2023

Hi Friends, Paul requested that I share some more dreams in this newsletter, so here are a few. They have been edited for spelling and clarity, as most of...

Mix Annotations - Quelle Bummeur

March 17, 2023

Hi Friends, There's a celebrity out there who reminds me so much of an ex-girlfriend (the very same ex-girlfriend who recently unsubscribed from this...

Mix Annotations - Between a Head and the Guillotine

December 16, 2022

Hi Friends, I don't know whyyyyyy, but once again I'm gonna take this space to talk about My Fantasy Jobs. This time the job that's been resonating with me a...

Mix Annotations - Spine of Mush

September 27, 2022

Hi Friends, This was my first summer in 10 years of not working at The Beguiling, which means it was my first summer in 10 years of not being completely...

Mix Annotations - An Old Old Party

July 3, 2022

Hi Friends! Last weekend I finally secured (thanks to Caleb) the last outstanding volume of Sue Grafton's Alphabet series. True fans will remember that I...

Mix Annotations - An Okay Me To Be

March 6, 2022

Hi Friends, My "Insight from the Dalai Lama"-a-Day calendar has been pretty hit or miss so far, but last week we had a doozy: To be aware of a single...

Mix Annotations - The Best and Worst Horses

December 18, 2021

Hi Friends, As the year winds down and people start posting Best of 2021 lists, I'm having a great time not really caring about any of them and instead...

Mix Annotations - Not This Way Down

September 24, 2021

Hi Friends, The only thing I can think about sharing in this edition is how I had to convince Lis that I did indeed have surgery when I was 11 years old. The...

Mix Annotations - Long Loose Thoughts

June 6, 2021

Hi Friends, Since I last sent out on of these I’ve been feeling pretty nostalgic. Part of that has to do with moving to a new place, since saying goodbye to...

Mix Annotations - Pleasure is the Law

March 13, 2021

Hi Friends, My latest New Career Fantasy is Professional DJ. Right now I think my music tastes are in a place where I could DJ a lot of fun, dancey songs....

Mix Annotations - Vaccine Orgy

January 18, 2021

Hi Friends, Many years ago there used to be a website called Boner Party. It was like a tumblr or something where this guy would post different celebs,...

Mix Annotations - Heathen Mule

November 30, 2020

Hi Friends, Here's the link to the latest mix: soundcloud.com/generosity2020/heathen-mule ANNOTATIONS Tomorrowland (2015) If my guy Brad is directing, you...

Mix Annotations - Newer Boulders In Your Chest

October 11, 2020

Hi Friends, Here's the link to the latest mix: soundcloud.com/generosity2020/newer-boulders-in-your-chest ANNOTATIONS The Shakespearean Frog - Oh my darling...