Hitting The Links: 5/11/25
Lots of links, transcendence with Anselm Kiefer in Amsterdam, a run over The Swan, and maybe my last newsletter
Rotterdammerung
New episode with Vauhini Vara, new Instax pix, my biz-trip to Rotterdam, and flowers, bridges, self-loathing and a naked coffee machine
Hitting The Links: 5/4/25
Plenty of links, a visit to Joe Coleman's Carnival, maybe a new guest, more running, and BIRDY SIDE-EYE
Du mußt dein Leben ändern
A new podcast with Craig Thompson, a new translation of Rilke, some new Instax, and more
Hitting The Links: 4/27/25
Remembering Barry Malzberg, + a ton of links, Birdy on a cliff, my favorite Lucian Freud model, a Dior & I moment, what it's like to be a Photoshop doc, & more
Don't Look Back
A new show with Ari Richter, the tumult of my overnight trip to Boston/Burlington, some new Instax, I make for a pretty zombie-self, and more!
Hitting The Links: 4/20/25
Lots of links, finding art in a parking garage or two, new podcasts, the disease of writing, no-quit running, the seven faces of John O'Clocks, and more fragments of my dis-integrated self.
The Bird a Nest, the Spider a Web
This one's got TWO new podcasts, a busy day, an Instax rethink, the revised title of my book, & more
Hitting The Links: 4/13/25
Plenty of links to check out, + a new monologue, my Beckettian dad, the tease of running a marathon, BIRDY, & more!
Shadow Boxing
No new podcast, but yes new Pynchon novel, plus reflections at a cataract surgery, Experimental Humanities, & more!
Hitting The Links: 4/6/25
We've got lots of links, plus a missing podcast, some Heavy Work on my book, an orthogonal view of the world, some gorgeous BIRDY, and more
Technical Difficulties
A new podcast with Peter Trachtenberg, day-job issues that will affect all of you, some nice views, and the cage is a chair. It all makes sense in my head.
Hitting The Links: 3/30/25
This one's got a LOT of links, a listener's praise, my niece's wedding, the hyperactivity of Hans-Ulrich Obrist, why I keep doing this, Birdy on patrol, how to look good with a crappy head/chest cold, and more
Opening Day
This one's got a new podcast with David Shields, thoughts on Opening Day and old friends, a chatty Lyft, an Instax & some art
Hitting The Links: 3/23/25
This one's got lots of links, + My Trouble With Doors, more travel, a new mantra, where I put my keys, and more.
A Brand-New Life
You cannot start a brand-new life while participating in your own destruction
Hitting The Links: 3/16/25
We’ve got a ton of links, Charles Crumb’s Our Town moment, what we can love, my busy week, questions about Captain Ultra, and BIRDY! squinting for the camera
Hey Nineteen
This one's got a new ep. w/Elon Green, a bronze anniversary, an impulse book, a self-portrait, One More Goddamned writing project, & more
Hitting The Links: 3/9/25
This one's got an inscription to be remembered, a meditation on The Hanged Boy, a ton of great links, a new ep. feat. Vanda Krefft, an unhappy aussiedoodle, and more!
Reference Material For The Soul
This one's got a new podcast w/Vanda Krefft, a weird piece of art, an Instax Throwbax, a weird realization about my library/life, and of course: BIRDY
Hitting The Links: 3/2/25
This one's got a visit to the Uni-Mind, a ton of great links, a doggo-graduation, a doppelgänger or two, my very simple writing tip, & more!
Wheels Without Wheels
This one's got a new podcast w/Seth Lorinczi, my latest oncology check-in and A Moment in the parking lot, a little art, an Instax update, & more
Hitting The Links: 2/23/25
This one's got a ton of great links, + a 13th pod-iversary and an 88th birthday, the end of my Pessoa-reading, the invisible gift of a corpse-pose, & more
Astray
A new podcast about the Frankfurt School's roots in Naples, my swooniness over a chapter of Musil, some new Instax, a bad sketch, and BIRDY!
Hitting The Links: 2/16/25
A mind-map covers the world, an intern reads The Secret History, a bunch of links blow your mind, a back flexes, and we learn how to get nowhere
Winter-Wall
A new podcast with Jonathan Ames, some winter doldrums, an Instax outtake, & BIRDY!
Hitting The Links: 2/9/25
Would you give me the time of day if you knew how much time you had left? (+ a ton of great links, some reading, some workout & meditation stuff & more)
You Recognized A Loss
This one's got my new podcast with Witold Rybczynski, a triggering moment at a tax appointment, an Instax outtake, & more
Hitting The Links: 2/2/25
This one's got the prosthesis that makes me complete, an unwitting Long Run, lots of links, and plenty more
The Analog Archipelago
The Analog Archipelago grows, and I post a new episode in between hospital visiting hours
Hitting The Links: 1/26/25
THE GODDAMNEDEST THING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT (+ a bunch of links, a flex, & a meditation on meditations)
JULES THA G.O.A.T.
We've got a new episode with Fred Kaplan, The Time I Met Jules Feiffer, and more!
Hitting The Links: 1/19/25
The Art Life, with Nick Cave (U.S.), KAWS, Aurel Schmidt, the Crumbs, David Lynch, Henry Darger, Bob Dylan, Alan Moore, and me. Also, a ton of links, some books I'm in the midst of, and fitness/meditation madness.
Automatic Undercutting Machine
This one's got a random postcard-draw that has me Feeling Seen, a new podcast feat. Mia Wolff, an Instax outtake, and more
Hitting The Links: 1/12/25
My birthday, my LA, my time-machine, my pizza, my doggo, my book, + a ton of links, some great reading & more
Inner Brooding & Over-Refined Sensibility
This one's got a new episode about the philosophy of translation, a kick in the pants from Hegel re your New Year's irresolution, + a little art, an Instax-outtake, and more!
Hitting The Links: 1/5/25
Planning 50 podcasts for 2025 after a mini-break, a whole ton of great links, some extracurricular reading and Musil's take on the mathematicization of the world, my workout craziness, & more
New Leash On Life
This one's got the year-end recap episode, the newest & fluffiest member of the Virtual Memories family, the final Instax pix for my book, and more
Hitting The Links: 12/29/24
A tarot tattoo brings about an epiphany, a scavenger hunt draws to a close, JFK meets MF Doom, and we hear a naive melody among the signs & portents, + a bunch of great links, a little fitness craziness, and a bunch of books I'm reading
Heaux-Heaux-Heaux
This one’s got holiday wishes from Cajun Country, the annual Guest List episode with LOTS of great book recommendations, some Instax from the weekend, and more
Hitting The Links: 12/22/24
Let's spend the longest shortest day of the year in the city of brotherly love, make virtual friends real, and celebrate summer hikes! Also, this one's got a whole ton of great links, my crumbling memory palace, and a little b/w beefcake
Taking a Breath
A new episode feat. Benjamin Swett, some great Instax, a Metropolitan Club photobomb, limping into 2025, finishing one reading project & starting another, and more
Hitting The Links: 12/15/24
This one's got a Brooklyn adventure with street parking, a whole bunch of great links for you to check out, my big ol' back, and more!
Station To Station
This one's got a new episode about Einstein in Prague, outtakes from Rome, MOAR INSTAX, a little daily art, & more
Hitting The Links: 12/8/24
This one's got unexpected joy on the NY Thruway, a kiss with a dog, a ton of links, some change-yer-life advice, a little workout-craziness & my Americana look, and more!
The Asterisk
A new episode with Eddie Campbell about Kate Carew, my thoughts on finishing Emily Dickinson's poems, a whole ton of Instax pix & the race to finish, an excuse for not drawing, + more
Hitting The Links: 12/1/24
A LOT of links, some post-Thanksgiving thoughts, the anxiety of influencers, the Cybertruck graveyard, some running-craziness, and good thoughts for the last month of 2024
Thanks, 2024 Edition
We've got a new episode, some things to be thankful for, including a gif I didn't embed, some gorgeous new Instax pix, & more
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