Four Corners included on Relapse Records 30-year anniversary sampler

December 23 Music

The seduction of conspiracy theories

"Suffering the distress of an illusion rather than the true distress of my life."

My favorite albums of 2020

A to-the-point list of some of my favorite released this year, in no particular order.

December 10 Music

The Eternal Resonance

2020 has been an awful year in many, many ways. One bright spot has been the release of some truly stellar albums—some expected and anticipated, others out of the blue (at least to me).

November 12 Music

Video calls in the uncanny valley

nVidia has figured out a clever way to dramatically reduce video call bandwidth, and it's pretty wild.

Thinking of Jim

Remembering my friend Jim Gilliam on what would be his 43rd birthday.

Blade Runner 2020, San Francisco edition

Futuristic science fiction dystopia meets reality.

Passion and perserverance

One of the purest pursuits of creative perseverance I've witnessed.

September 09 Music

The truth and privacy aren't free

An observation on the inequality of reliable information and data privacy.

Learn the lessons of history

Timely wisdom pouring forth in this posthumous op-ed from John Lewis.

Age of Aquarius

by Villages of Ioannina City

December 15 Listening

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

December 26 Reading