mx. self destruct
For this week, I selected and wrote about six frames from SpongeBob Squarepants. I’m surprised it took ten months of biweekly blog updates for me to think of...
it's my birthday and i have an album
In place of your standard Ghost Down newsletter, I'm doing a track-by-track breakdown of my debut album, Mr. Mist, that is out today, Tuesday August 26th....
pre-birthday melancholia and a dead bird
For this week, a poem about songwriting. i only chew coinsthe sun can see.dimes and thinnerslide beneathmy fingernails andspin nail beds redto coax out the...
the times square of new york city
For this week, a poem about a lady i met in the subway. joan,joan from atlanta,most trafficked airport on earthfly me away via screenshospitals and...
are you writing from the heart?
For this week, here’s an excerpt from a personal essay about my experiences with Sufjan Stevens and his music. I wanted to share this on his birthday two...
happy birthday, sufjan
Today, July 1st, is Sufjan Steven’s birthday. My original plan was to release a big essay today about my experiences with that madman over the last 13 years...
Is Burned
For this week, I released a nine-minute electronic dance track. Click on the image below to listen. All proceeds from the track will be split between United...
teleporting very slowly
For this week, here’s an excerpt from a poem. This piece was inspired by an experience I had last summer at one of those ‘pitch back playback’ events for Jon...
I played a show
For this week, here are some photos of TV Sleep from a show I played with them. Love those guys. Here’s a bonus photo of me performing as Ghost Down, caught...
Parking Lot Milky Way
For this week, here are two songs I released this past Friday, “Parking Lot Milky Way” and “Fun Dip”. Click on the cover art below to listen to them on...
O, OBLITERATOR
For this week, here’s an excerpt from a poem. After James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, the myth of Cronus, and years of disasters enabled by the ruling...
I DON'T SPEAK LIKE A POET
For this week, here’s an excerpt from a poem I’ve been working on for a while. I read an unfinished version at a Tiny Slices last year (with weird spacey...
Mixtapes, Mood Machine, Memory, and Me
Here’s an excerpt from a piece I wrote about the book Mood Machine by Liz Pelly, my love of making mixes, and some music-related memories from the past five...
El Problema
Today, I’m sharing a selection of photos from my recent trip to PR! You can see them here, and here’s a bonus one just for the newsletter. kitty Nothing big...
fka will
For this week, here’s an excerpt from a personal essay I wrote about my past decade of experiences listening to the music of FKA twigs. I'm sitting at my...
Please Touch Gently
For this week, I’m sharing some favorites from a roll of film taken during a weekend trip to MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA. You can see the pictures here, and...
SEE SOMETHING?
Hello! If you’re reading this, either you signed up for Will LaPorte’s newsletter of your own volition or you are a friend of mine and I just kinda put your...