Once again, I’ve learned something I feel like I should have known about the experience of trans people — only this time, it wasn’t simple ignorance; it was at least partially the result of silence.
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The New Pynchon is Here!
Reasonably good timing: I just finished Brian Eno and Bette A.’s What Art Does, so I didn’t have to set anything aside to start Pynchon’s just-released Shadow Ticket.
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Liner Notes Follow-Up: “In the Right,” In the World
Since I published the liner notes for “In the Right,” I’ve somewhat surprisingly run into a couple things that seem related.
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Liner Notes: In the Right
Photo by Majestic Lukas on Unsplash “In the Right” was the first song I wrote after a years-long — possibly decades-long — hiatus.
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Liner Notes: Long Shadow
Photo by sErgio mOreira on Unsplash I’m happy with the new album, but there are four or five songs that I’m particularly pleased with. “Long Shadow” is one of them.
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Liner Notes: Strip
When Harold and Doug approached me about releasing and recording old songs from the band, I was torn about the idea. “Strip” illustrates the main reason for that.
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