Sitemap - 2024 - Meditations in an Emergency

A Q&A with Michael Williams, some old, old holiday music, and great nonfiction and semi-fiction reads

Primal screaming

An incredible way to make music with AI, favorite recipes for the holidays, best of the week online

Not going to church

An evil gift guide, albums of the year in all (of my) genres, good things to read in bed

Sixty minutes at Dodger Stadium

Winter running gear and indie gorpcore, lost mk.gee, the year's best works of fiction, and more

Car essentials, new documentaries (new to me), and favorite music from the week

Touching grass

Sixty minutes at a high desert breakfast

Affordable photography on your walls, new music (trip-hop + classical), and a rave for a recent history book

Taking pictures

A novel for Lonesome Dove fans, a short film about interesting parenting, new things to watch

Sixty minutes in a McDonald's

Style advice from a 12-year-old, great new pop and classical, and the best of the week online

Sixty minutes on a street corner

A camera app to avoid the "iPhone look," new music, and strangers' moments of joy

Sixty minutes in a coffeeshop

Humans being humans: Solo edition

Nature documentaries, new classical for waking up, new rock for cooking, and online reads from the week

Glücksmoment(s)

More indie folk, how to get around paywalls, and the three best things I read online this week

The word "okay"

New folk music, recent works of nonfiction, a racy Italian novel about the 1930s

Doing one thing slowly

How to find poetry, apps that are better than Apple's defaults, new minimalist music

Poetry before coffee

A custom playlist for fall, a cartoon nerd's favorite movies, and the week in good reads

Animation today

New clothes for fall, artist-driven white noise, and trailers for new thriller/horror films

When people pop up

The best socks for running and travel, new classical and disco—and a new ringtone!—plus the best from the week online

Things said by Gen Z

Nepo-baby pop (that's good) + raunchy rap, toys for adults, August tomato recipes

Pomodoro, pomodoro 🍅

Humans being humans: Paris Olympics edition

A private trivia league, new singles, and some new things to stream (that don't suck)

Tattoos

Humans being humans: British seaside edition

Crooning for flying, techno for chill, two new films, and the article my writer friends are all texting about

Grace

Anne Carson redux, alternative phone maps for travel, new music, and more

Bumper stickers

Weather forecasting meets astrology, a new magazine for sports fans, new music that's not new at all

Europeans

Humans being humans: Tuscany edition

New carry-on luggage, the return of DJ Anonymous Teenage DJ, how to opt out of Meta's AI crawl, and more

Talking to yourself

A camping device for mosquitoes, new and old music to love, the week in online discoveries

Bricolage

A new backpack for everything, a Japanese laptop sleeve, the week in online discoveries

Doing things by hand

Favorite mountain-running sneakers, incredible nonfiction, new pop

Getting up early, kinda

Games for non-gamers, ambient for weightlifting, a new mix for dinner, books to buy

Errors

Humans being humans: New York City aggro edition

Beethoven to bring the house down, cool indie apps, a favorite new album

Smoothness

A new app for discovering art, "chaos magic," and a favorite new short story (new to me)

Obsession

How to hack your clothes, new releases in three genres, and favorite ways to make eggs

Spice

When kids like the Dead, new art in person and online, and the week in online discoveries

Bus stops

Steaks in Manhattan, risqué habits of people on Reddit, and the week in online discoveries

Weirdos

A history podcast for people who hated history class, music if you liked the new André 3000, and a favorite new book

One album a day

A grab-bag of beauty

New releases (for different musical tastes), the best pizza in Los Angeles, and more

Stillness

Humans being humans, vol. 10

Vintage clothes meet Vampire Weekend, a playlist for a ‘90s sound, and a fun, foreign romance series

Comparing one book to another

Hardcore coffee gear, new trip-hop, and a travel hack to help the gut

Reading with a coffee

The Sunday supplement: #93

Putting things out into the world

The Sunday supplement: #92

Humans being humans, vol. 9

The Sunday supplement: #92

"God" lol

The Sunday supplement: #91

Honda Accords

"Perhaps Africa's most dazzling hotel"

The Sunday supplement: #91

Being alone in the woods

The Sunday supplement: #90

The power of beauty

The Sunday supplement: #89

Humans being humans, vol. 8