summer won't let me rest 🌞
nothing says summer like being over a month late on sending out a newsletter 🙈✌️
in the rock tumbler of my mind
articles
Patrick Clarke’s fascinating interview with Lola De La Mata about the art and audiology research her hearing damage has inspired read
Tadhg Hoey’s essay “Several Attempts at Understanding Percival Everett” read
a tumblr user’s epiphany that the quality of art shouldn’t be judged by a lack of criticism read
a testable theory about qualia (the critique in the comments says this is actually about “the Easy Problem”, if this is a special interest area for you) read
a divertingly facetious write-up about using the free feature of editing your account on a pay-for-wifi portal to create a messaging app read
suggestions for tackling the US police system, from an ex-cop read (or download PDF)
Vincent Tolentino’s moving essay “On Killing A Pigeon in New York City” read
a rant about the field of landscaping read
a proposal for creating a carbon offsets program, but for industrial sabotage read
this guy who (apparently not inspired specifically by The Ministry for the Future) is just out there releasing sulfur aerosols into the stratosphere read
television
The Bear continues to astound me - nobody is making television like they are
books
my mind has been spending more time tumbling over potholes on a bike than words on a page, but these two have stuck with me:
Cadillac Desert (and The Water Knife, the fiction that finally got me to pull Cadillac Desert off of my to-read list) - I cannot recommend this enough
All the Beauty in the World - a beautiful moment of respite, a quiet sitting-with of grief, and an invitation to look at art anew
upcoming plans
scheduled
[tonight] Tuesday 8/6: Taylor Pearlstein, Captain Tallen @ CASSETTE (fka Sundown) tix
Tuesday 8/13: Lyncs @ Mercury Lounge tix
Sunday 8/18: Unpretty @ The Chain Theater tix
end of September: Seattle
end of October: Hawaii (as a layover for a few days)
Please send suggestions!
November: Australia
Aus pals, I’d love to see you :)
unscheduled (let’s make a plan!)
The Tenement Museum’s food tour (runs on Saturdays)
where does the time go?
aka why is this newsletter 6 weeks late?
I photographed my first play! the incredible The One With Violets In Her Lap from Patrice Bell + Olivia Ragan
Dan and I took a class on identifying trees and have become 10x more obnoxious ever since
we visited Illinois, putting me at 48/50 states!
gallivanting around on the trains (to Albany, Philly, Boston, you name it!); I’m trying quite hard not to catch a plane this summer
I got my HAM radio technician license (and call-sign)! Next up: buying a radio and getting on air.
any HAM pals on here? I’d love to chat!
checking the noise level with the CDC’s free noise dosimeter app and encouraging folks to wear ear plugs
recommendations
if you find yourself in Boston, please visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Isabella lives the dream, getting to show off her beautiful art, garden, and furniture from beyond the grave.
for a dose of whimsy, buy/make yourself a disco ball planter. when the sun’s out in the evening we walk into the bedroom and enjoy disco hour and it is unparalleled.
photo diary
catch you in the fall 🍂
let me know if anything resonates, or if our paths cross. i love nothing more than a book/song recommendation, and i’d be delighted to hear what you’re up to :)
much love,
beth