Lifting the veil always reveals another.
Visited Saratoga this weekend and spent time with Tucker rolling in the snow.
Reading the final two volumes of Y: The Last Man. Pretty excited - I’ve been really impressed with this series so far.
Poe - Haunted
Poe’s Haunted plays as one solid track, and listening to this album is like walking through a haunted house. It’s an intentional effect, as the whole thing corresponds with her brother’s novel House of Leaves. In the opening track - “Exploration B” - Poe takes you into the mysterious room of the Navidson’s house (Tom’s first trip into the room is titled “Exploration A”). In Poe’s case, the room becomes a mechanism for dealing with the grief of her somewhat-estranged father’s death. Haunted is littered with tape recordings of his voice. It’s by far and away the creepiest pop album I have ever encountered, and right at the top of my list of all-time favorites.
Blair and I last January at the West Palm Beach Poetry Festival. Really missing him this week.
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
This has been an important part of my music collection ever since I stole the cassette tape from my sister after seeing Michael Jackson perform magic at the Superbowl ‘93 Halftime Show. I don’t even know what teams played that year, but Michael’s set changed my life. It’s what made me want to start writing. Dangerous in particular has some of my favorite work he’s done. It’s go some of his grittiest, and some of his most epic. I don’t love every track on it, but I don’t really hate any either. Of all of his albums that will probably make this list, I think this one is his most solid and interesting work.
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY
