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Archive for July 2026

a whale tusk with carvings on it

Marketing things that need to stop: In true diary spirit, here are some things I have done since we last spoke: Went to the Colleen Green show at the Beat Kitchen. She is one of my favorite artists but occupies a weird live space. Her performances are universally beloved but she has not really released […]

german tangerine

I have been watching more horror movies and consuming more horror books lately. It just seems like a summer thing to do. I probably read every giant Stephen King from his booze-and-cocaine era lying down in a chair made of plastic tubing, a Snoopy beach towel my skin’s only defense from a vinyl-stripe cattle brand. […]

surely there was no one to guide us

Here is a coaster. It is from the distant past (and also from the antique mall on Lincoln). I like art. I get pretty quiet in front of art that I like. I got pretty quiet in front of this but not for art reasons, but because I just didn’t get it for a bit. […]