Bon Iver – Haven, MassBon Iver’s inaugural album, For Emma, Forever ago was a thing of enchanting beauty. The 2011 self-titled album was similarly beautiful, but didn’t quite have the same impact with me. Between those two records, Justin Vernon as Bon Iver released Blood Bank, one of my favorite songs of all time. Haven, …

Black Children Matter

I basically inhaled Toni Morrison’s new novel God Help the Child because it left me breathless. It’s a short novel, but it  is so rich in everything: Language, narrative perspectives, themes, settings, characters. The prose is poetic, not as in lovely-beautiful but as in dense with emotional and intellectual heft. Characters and themes are true …

http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/size=medium/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/notracklist=true/transparent=true/track=3302312478/ Just when I thought “this day needs something beautiful or fuck it” a link to Allison Weiss’ Remember When ep appeared. This version of Robyn’s hit Call Your Girlfriend is stunning. Get the ep with 4 other awesome songs at No Sleep Records’ bandcamp.