There's no question this ever-morphing poet-trickster is the artist I return to most. In what can feel like the waning days of human creativity, his life feels like a retort to the doubters — proof that creativity will always win, however rough it is on those who use art to bring form to chaos.
We aimed to select music that captures The Good Eye's vibe: spooky but playful, sensual but complicated, polished on the surface but messy and human if you crack open the façade.
Book info & ordering details for at jessgibson.ca
We aimed to select music that captures The Good Eye's vibe: spooky but playful, sensual but complicated, polished on the surface but messy and human if you crack open the façade.
Book info & ordering details for at jessgibson.ca
#ThankYouSteveAlbini — an eternal reminder that music and the music business can be done in an idiosyncratic yet successful way.
My memories of, and tribute to, Steve Albini, along with a playlist summarizing his work, are here:
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/steve-albini
an early Shellac show at Thread Waxing Space in NYC #ThankYouSteveAlbini
🌐 alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/bob-dylan-concisely 🌐
Today is Bob Dylan's 85th birthday. About a year ago, I published a few playlists honoring him on my mixtape delivery service.
I'm doing that social media thing where you share an old post on a day it has renewed relevance for the algorithms…
My spouse Jess Gibson just published The Good Eye, her debut short story collection.
We made a playlist inspired by it—her description was "a mixtape about rats, ghosts, and death."
👁️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/the-good-eye 👁️