Hello! I usually put my recommendations lists behind a paywall, but this week, hell, you all get ‘em. (If you like them, maybe you’ll chip in with a paid subscription? These take a long time to put together, I say with love.) This is on the short-ish side. I’m normally teeming with ideas, but I’ve got visitors coming this weekend, I’ve been running errands, and I’m feeling a bit run down. I’ve been sleeping an alarming amount. This has been true for the past few weeks. Like, two-hour naps plus ten hours a night. (My friends who can’t sleep — and they are legion — have instructed me to “shut up about my sleeping,” but they can’t control my newsletter! You’re not my boss, Abby!) Also I’m not particularly, what’s the word, awake even after a marathon night of what I thought was genuine quality snoozing. My doctor wants me to go for a sleep study because also, according to Scott, I snore. Me! A delicate lady! I refuse to believe this but he calls it “worrying” and “keeping me up at night” and “I don’t think it’s healthy.” Anyway.

On to this week’s recommendations!

Not exactly a deep cut, but I’ve been enjoying The National’s new album First Two Pages of Frankenstein, especially “Tropic Morning News.”