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 below is a little bonus one just for the mailing list.
My bandmate Erin Barth-Dwyer and Overheard collaborator Grace Moore have their first NYC gig as the duo The Grackles on the last Sunday of this month (February 23rd). Flyer below by David Grollman. DM him on instagram or reply to this email for address!
Overheard has our first NYC gig of the year at Union Pool on Saturday March 8th, with our friends Ben Seretan and Fraternal Twin! Link to buy tickets coming soon.
Flyer by me!
I made a January recap playlist. Funny month it was. You can listen to it on Apple Music. Meant to be listened to in order.
I have signed up to join/receive updates from The New York State Tenant Bloc, and I recommend you do too!
Misc. stuff I’m loving:
Music:
Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show (RIP Drake…again); The Weeknd’s new album Hurry Up Tomorrow; & Beach Bunny, Lady Gaga, and Deafheaven’s new singles;
Games:
The ROM hack Pokémon: Emerald Seaglass and playing it on my Anbernic RG 35XX H, gifted to me by noted handheld maniac Brendon Bigley; Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth; & watching Em play Kingdom Hearts II;
Reading:
Bell Hooks’s All About Love; Anne Lamott’s Bird By Bird; Dandadan; the independent news orgs Hell Gate (NYC/S news), 4o4 Media (tech news) & Hearing Things (music journo); & finally, More Than Two (2nd Edition) by Eve Rickert & Andrea Zanin.
Check in on your trans friends, possibly also give them cash. Throw sand in the gears of fascism in any way you can. Do not comply in advance. Congestion pricing rocks, pass it on.
You can keep in touch with me on bluesky or via my website. Come say hey.
See you in two weeks!
- Will