Validation is for parking
10 things worth sharing: the great Lee Perry, wrong answers for right answers, solo walks, and more...
Hey y’all,
This week was a reminder that in Texas it is September that’s the cruelest month. Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing:
RIP producer Lee “Scratch” Perry. I wrote about the way he interacted with his machines. I love so much of his music, but if I had to recommend one album, it would be Heart of the Congos.
“The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.”
Cheryl Strayed and Alison Bechdel in conversation. (After reading that interview, I wrote about drawing as an embodied transmission.)
New books: my friend Alan Jacobs’ Breaking Bread With The Dead is coming out in paperback, and the 33 1/3 series announced their new lineup.
Poem: “Monday.”
Pencil: I love the thick stroke of these Prismacolor Ebony Graphites.
Documentary: I can’t wait for Todd Haynes’ film about The Velvet Underground.
TV: We gobbled up Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy on HBO Max. (And invented a drinking game for it.) I particularly liked the Florence episode.
I’ve been taking solo walks without my crew, which I sort of hate, but I do gawk around and notice more.
Remember: Validation is for parking.
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xoxo,
Austin