Why It Matters

Deep Cuts: Thanksgiving Dinner Songs

I wrote an edible Thanksgiving playlist for a website a few years ago, but it’s not mine anymore.
From The Stacks: David Bowie, ‘Stage’ (blue vinyl)

Here’s a tasty slice of Bowie vinyl for you.
Deep Cuts: Songs For Togetherness

What if what’s tearing us apart isn’t complicated at all?
Ten Disruptions (or Goodbye Privacy, Goodbye Community)

“Disruption” is one of Silicon Valley’s favorite buzzwords. The word carries myriad connotations, but in the collective conscience I tend to think it conveys
From The Stacks: ‘Crazy Otto’s Back in Town’

It’s been a while since we’ve had one of these, so let’s do it.
Deep Cuts: Pain Songs

All of the good stuff shares a border with pain.
380 Steps

During my mid-twenties, I worked a cruddy job in a call center. The company was great and the people with whom I worked couldn’t have been nicer, but
From The Stacks: The Wind in the Willows (Self-Titled)

There’s one reason that this album is in my stacks, and it isn’t the music.
Deep Cuts: Songs For Mothers

That’s my mom up there holding the kid doing a Curly Howard impression.
Why I Write What I Write (and Why I Read What I Read)

My first attempt at literary writing occurred at nine years old.