The Secret of Kells is a wonderful film. Try to find The Secret of Roan Inish...not animated, but a fabulous Irish movie. Thanks for the books recommendations. You always send me down the best rabbit holes!
2) In the "too cute cool dad" department, check out this clip from a Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) interview where he fanboys about freeform radio station WFMU and his family's Sunday tradition (think you have something similar Austin?)
The idea that the writer and the reader both have a part to play in a book is so juicy to me. I play dnd, and there’s a phrase I learned from that world - ‘collaborative storytelling’ - that really rings true for me, in all kinds of creator/audience relationships- even as something seemingly one-sided as reading a book.
Ides of March: a favorite of mine because it is my birthday, and the day after Pi Day, but this year it is poignant because it is the third anniversary of the announcement of quarantine for Covid. Right--that's 156 weeks ago. So do we celebrate it is over as so many are doing-- or acknowledge--hey, it ain't really over . . . and ask how has it changed me, you, the world?
In re conversational shortcuts: I always fantasized about numbering the standard arguments I had with my kids because we all said the same things every time. So why go through all the trouble and emotional distress of actually having the argument? instead say something like “I’m invoking #4!” which is obviously patently ridiculous and I never did it, but also, do we need to have the same argument over and over? (I’m sure there’s a world where I would have had better communication/parenting skills and so we could have actually stopped having the same argument, but it’s all in the past now)
+1! That album is such a favourite of mine, looking forward to the movie
Love the To do list 😆😆
This is one of my favourite winding down rituals of the week. It’s Friday evening when this newsletter lands up and a good reason to stop working for the week and curl up with a glass of wine and this newsletter. Today I have ginger tea & a bad cold though 😆
Despite having read Steal a couple times, and Keep Going at least four, I first thought re: the audio trilogy, “Nah, I’ve read these a lot…how could this help?” Reality: hearing lands so much differently than reading. After listening to the sample, that mental “light bulb” suddenly came on and realized how perfect these are to listen while walking, to let the words plus Austin’s comforting, reassuring voice - no bro crush intended - soak into one’s subconscious. That’s gotta be a good thing. At $5, ‘tis a no-brainer, as they say.
Would like to have been a fly on the wall listening to you and Kevin Kelly. Any chance you could interview him--maybe when his Wisdom book comes out in May?
I read this John Cooper Clarke quote and thought of you:
“Inspiration is for amateurs – I’ve got a living to make! It’s an actual nine-to-five job, though obviously it spills over into the evening if you’re on one. You’ve got to put the hours in.”
The Secret of Kells is a wonderful film. Try to find The Secret of Roan Inish...not animated, but a fabulous Irish movie. Thanks for the books recommendations. You always send me down the best rabbit holes!
Thanks for adding so much more to my to-read list!!! 🤣 and I love the alternatives to ‘how are you’? My favourite is ‘what’s the vibe today’.
Secret of the Kells and Song of the Sea are two of my favorite movies! Enjoy!
1) Really hoping that STOP MAKING SENSE makes a return to our Milwaukee Film Festival where it's been a yearly dance party
https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/movies/2018/10/26/milwaukee-films-talking-heads-screening-turns-into-big-dance-party/1763261002/
2) In the "too cute cool dad" department, check out this clip from a Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) interview where he fanboys about freeform radio station WFMU and his family's Sunday tradition (think you have something similar Austin?)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CpWFrfajwl1/
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/125232 (full show, interview about an hour in)
The idea that the writer and the reader both have a part to play in a book is so juicy to me. I play dnd, and there’s a phrase I learned from that world - ‘collaborative storytelling’ - that really rings true for me, in all kinds of creator/audience relationships- even as something seemingly one-sided as reading a book.
Thanks for the Talking Heads movie alert!
Ides of March: a favorite of mine because it is my birthday, and the day after Pi Day, but this year it is poignant because it is the third anniversary of the announcement of quarantine for Covid. Right--that's 156 weeks ago. So do we celebrate it is over as so many are doing-- or acknowledge--hey, it ain't really over . . . and ask how has it changed me, you, the world?
In re conversational shortcuts: I always fantasized about numbering the standard arguments I had with my kids because we all said the same things every time. So why go through all the trouble and emotional distress of actually having the argument? instead say something like “I’m invoking #4!” which is obviously patently ridiculous and I never did it, but also, do we need to have the same argument over and over? (I’m sure there’s a world where I would have had better communication/parenting skills and so we could have actually stopped having the same argument, but it’s all in the past now)
+1! That album is such a favourite of mine, looking forward to the movie
Love the To do list 😆😆
This is one of my favourite winding down rituals of the week. It’s Friday evening when this newsletter lands up and a good reason to stop working for the week and curl up with a glass of wine and this newsletter. Today I have ginger tea & a bad cold though 😆
Thank you for sharing your amazing mind with the world.
Despite having read Steal a couple times, and Keep Going at least four, I first thought re: the audio trilogy, “Nah, I’ve read these a lot…how could this help?” Reality: hearing lands so much differently than reading. After listening to the sample, that mental “light bulb” suddenly came on and realized how perfect these are to listen while walking, to let the words plus Austin’s comforting, reassuring voice - no bro crush intended - soak into one’s subconscious. That’s gotta be a good thing. At $5, ‘tis a no-brainer, as they say.
Would like to have been a fly on the wall listening to you and Kevin Kelly. Any chance you could interview him--maybe when his Wisdom book comes out in May?
I read this John Cooper Clarke quote and thought of you:
“Inspiration is for amateurs – I’ve got a living to make! It’s an actual nine-to-five job, though obviously it spills over into the evening if you’re on one. You’ve got to put the hours in.”
It's from a Guardian interview this week: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/20/john-cooper-clarke-arctic-monkeys-worlds-favourite-poem-i-wanna-be-yours-ford-cortina