Hitting The Links: 11/24/24
Thoughts on laziness, open-ended projects & getting some perspective to recharge, + plenty of links, some coffee-beefcake, and a followup on losing Benny.
Good Boy
A new episode with Frances Jetter, thoughts on losing our dog-boy Bendico, a couple of Instax, rollerball art, & more
Hitting The Links: 11/17/24
We've got some strange resonances & travel dominoes, lots of links, a bourbon tasting, a dog who can flex, & more!
Bourbon and A Cigarette
We've got a new episode about notebooks & consciousness, an epiphany up on a rocky ledge, a classic Instax, and more
Hitting The Links: 11/10/24
We've got plenty of links, this week's episode, a couple of forest fires, my live podcast this Thursday in Princeton, another in my series of transformations, & more (incl. some abs)
Vigilance and Apprehension
This one's got my new episode w/Eric Drooker about the importance of on-the-ground activism, some thoughts from Calvino, a little art, & more
Hitting The Links: 11/3/24
I've got a whole ton of great links to (maybe) take your mind off of things, + my quick trip to the Hill, current books, workout-cycle, and whether I should offer some "Gil-curated guidance"
Stranger, On A Train
This one's got a great new podcast with Simon Critchley, my reflections on yet another train trip, an Instax dilemma, art that I forgot, and more
Hitting The Links: 10/27/24
My fake persona got shattered, but I still bring you plenty of great links to check out, some workout craziness, some books I need to get to, and one that I've read a half-dozen times already
Ghost in the Machine
A new episode about Anton LaVey, reflections on an autumn hike, an Instax breakthrough, some art, & more!
Hitting The Links: 10/20/24
This one’s got book-culling anxiety, workout validation at my oncology check-in, Al Roker’s cookbook, a ton of great links, hot yoga, what lies beneath (my beard), & more
The Ring of Validation
This one's got my new podcast, a couple amazing emails I got during my Italy trip, the USPS' tacit condemnation of my emotional life, a Tolkien-comparison, some art, more!
Hitting The Links: 10/13/24
Catskills Fire Tower Challenge: Complete! Plus thoughts on atonement vs. communion, a bunch of great links, the benefits of zero exercise, and more
Americano
Some ruminations from Milan, a couple of Instax, some art, no new podcast (sob!); it's all part of The Gil Show!
Hitting The Links: 10/06/24
Some thoughts & drawings on the Boxer At Rest statue, occasioned by my visit to Rome, plus a ton of links
Party Like It’s 5785
A new podcast with Christopher Brown, some thoughts on resolutions & Rosh Hashanah, a genuine smile, & more
Hitting The Links: 9/29/24
Lots of links, my traipse through the minefield, some workout-craziness, whether I should be worried about not feeling bad, & more
Mainliner & Redeye
This one's got a new podcast, a crazy work-travel schedule, MOAR DEERLINQUENTS, and a steady stream of my drug of choice
Hitting The Links: 9/22/24
Two Towers, Three Sisters, The Empire of Defiance, and a whole passel of links for you
That Trembling Sun
This one's got my new podcast about JD Salinger & faith, some deerlinquents, my annual conference-frenzy, & more!
Hitting The Links: 9/15/24
This one's got a ton of great links, my thoughts on last Sunday's memorial and what community means, some fitness-craziness, and the end of My Struggle
Virtual Memoirs
This one's got my new conversation with Benjamin Dreyer, MOAR INSTAX, and a shocking question from a reporter that has me thinking of Another Big Project
Hitting The Links: 9/8/24
All aboard the Undiscovered Country Regional! This one's got some good links for your reading pleasure, a little art, the 30th anniversary of MUTTS, the Hunger Artist gone overboard, a Boxer At Rest, and making time to listen to the music.
Vanity and Obscurity
A new episode, some risqué art, my backyard neighbor, thoughts on vanity and Why I Do This To Myself, and more
Hitting The Links: 9/1/24
A question of influence, a whole ton of great links for your reading pleasure, an old drawing of Nick Cave, my pod-guest-turn, + some fitness-mania & a pic of me in a nice suit
Anime Bystander
New podcast! Lots of Instax! Some art! Some shelf-porn! A ferry ride into Anime-land!
Hitting The Links: 8/25/24
A 'poem' on relearning hunger, a ton of great links, my new episode, + a LONG drive, & some fitness-wackiness
Brutal(ist) Morning
This one's got my latest episode, a cute dog picture, and 40 days of craziness ahead, starting . . . now
Hitting The Links: 8/18/24
This one's got me going semi-analog and finding new writing spaces, + a ton of great links, one of my fave movies, running progress, various compulsions & more
Secret Library
This one's got my SIX-HUNDREDTH episode (!!!), feat. Joe Coleman, + my secret library, a postcard-Instax, & more
Hitting The Links: 8/11/24
This one's got Sunday thoughts on the Pope's letter about literature, an impromptu run, a TON of great links, and what it means to listen to someone
A Cobweb on the Soul
This one's got a new podcast about the Algonquin Round Table, some housekeeping, a couple pieces of art, one of my greatest Instax pix, the promise/menace of an Emily Dickinson poem, + more
Hitting The Links: 8/4/24
Books in the mail, lots of links, a green bear, Sunday unfunday, a new kitchen, & more!
Time and Towers
New episode with Anita Kunz, a bunch of art, a Catskills fire-tower hike with a friend, rumination on whether I'll listen to my past episodes when I'm old, + more!
Hitting The Links: 7/28/24
We've got a whole ton of links, new books by past guests, the weirdness of Heraclitus, my return to running, and more!
Self-Loathing Is A Choice
New episode feat. Shalom Auslander, a watercolor postcard, + what happens when I procrastinate for 5 minutes on a Saturday (it's a notepad massacre)
Hitting The Links: 7/21/24
Thoughts on losing a new old friend, but stick around for all the links (they make for lighter reading!), + a hike w/some turklets
Big Round Number Up Ahead!
This one's got a new episode with Maurice Vellekoop, a request for A Special Episode, some neat Instax pix, a quick self-portrait, & more!
Hitting The Links: 7/14/24
This one's got a passel of great links, my new audio engineers from Brindle & Brindle, some top 10s & my non-Readercon, returning to the scene of the crime, and more
Someone We'll Never Know
A new episode, omens and time-lapses, a bad postcard, some good Instax, and more
Hitting The Links: 7/7/24
This one's got our bug-out to Toronto & life on the islands, + a ton of links and some other ruminations.
Hotarugari
This one's got a new podcast about Pilobolus, a close encounter with fireflies, Tintinstax, a greyhound haunch, and more of my inscrutable life!
Hitting The Links: 6/30/24
Nothing beyond reality Yesterday I drove up to New Haven to record this week’s episode (coming Tuesday). I have a remote podcast to record this morning....
Silver Fox Edition
This one's got a new podcast feat. Bob Fingerman, my latest Boxer At Rest sketch, the best picture I could have taken on a hike, and more
Hitting The Links: 6/23/24
Lots of great links, an artistic breakthrough courtesy of Sharon Stone, the homestretch of Knausgaard, the Silver Surfer's Skeevy Longhair Cousin, & a lot more
Inertia and Ignorance
This one's got my latest podcast, a new friend in DC, the Saraswati Mantra, and more
Hitting The Links: 6/16/24
The Week That Wasn’t Sorry I’m late today. I had to get out at 8:30 a.m. to record a podcast in NYC — went great! coming late July! — got home and had to...
Less Than A Feeling
A new podcast at last!, + the Quiet Car to Boston, the upside of anxiety, the week ahead, a little art, and my vanishing point
Hitting The Links: 6/9/24
Lots of links, a minor update & a major banner, Kafka's 100th deathiversary, and Prelude To Part Two Of The Catskills Fire Tower Challenge
You Vicious Brut
This one's got some thoughts & visions from LA and San Diego, a 2-week podcast-hiatus, some awesome Instax prints, 7 moro