End On End

🎧 Now listening: Igor by Tyler, the Creator

I’ve taken a little hiatus from writing One Last Wish posts (my music newsletter), so here are a few top notch new releases I’ve been digging:

• Careening by Hammered Hulls
• Malign Hex by Meat Wave
• Guitar Music by Courting
• Blending by High Vis

Enjoy!

Major milestone! 300 days complete in my song-a-day playlist journey. Grab it on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playli…

I just completed a re-watch of Mr. Robot and it stands up (and still very relevant) 7 years later… it’s probably one of my favorite TV series of all time. My favorite scene of the series is one of the last – Elliott’s realization that changing the world requires more than one-off, big interventions:

What if changing the world was just about being here, by showing up no matter how many times we get told we don’t belong, by staying true even when we’re shamed into being false, by believing in ourselves even when we’re told we’re too different? And if we all held on to that, if we refuse to budge and fall in line, if we stood our ground for long enough, just maybe… the world can’t help but change around us.

I can’t help but think of the impact of compounding – whether it’s financial or building habits or any social justice issue. Tiny improvements over a long period of time can equate to big changes on the macro scale. As much as the current state of the world makes me very worried, especially as a parent of two young ladies and a transgender son, I have to believe this is true – for their sake.

For me, it’s a good reminder to double down on that approach in my every day life:

• default to kindness, acceptance, and positivity
• small daily efforts toward my projects and goals
• small, better daily health choices

A little better, each and every day.

Beautiful fall day for a hike at Artpark

My assistant is being a little oppressive today. 🥰

Quicksand and Spotlights last night in Buffalo

Anxious, MAGS, and oso oso last night at Rec Room in Buffalo.

Amazon has gone full QVC.

264 days down. My song-a-day playlist on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playli…

Los Campesinos! at the Velvet Underground in Toronto. They’ve been on my bands to see bucket list and it was worth the wait. 🔥

What a show! Run the Jewels and Rage finally happened and it was glorious.

First Concert: Kenny G

Last Concert: Bon Iver

Best Concert: Fugazi

Worst Concert: Kenny G

Loudest Concert: The Pixies or Sleater-Kinney

Seen the most: Despair

Most Surprising: Idlewild

Next Concert: RATM/RTJ

Wish I could’ve seen: the Clash

H/t to @aspleenic

Finished reading: The Passageway by Jeff Lemire 📚

My hopes for Sabres draft night- three of these please: Savoie, Lambert, Nazar, Gauthier, Kulich, Kemell, Miroshnichenko, Havelid, Chesley. Would love a trade up for Cooley or Nemec/Jiricek too. #nhldraft

Summer Chet

Bon Iver and Bonny Light Horseman were amazing last night. I’ve seen hundreds of bands and it was a top 5 performance.

Finished reading: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV 📚

Finished reading: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV 📚

Retired the original vinyl storage unit with a larger 2x2 unit. Was kind of shocked how big the collection has grown in the last couple years. The overflow was in a few various locations, so this was the first time seeing it all in one spot!

Award season! High school high honors for these three. 🥰

IDLES Full Set | From The Basement - YouTube

An absolutely brilliant performance. Sound is so good.

Currently reading: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo 📚

Saw Iceage and Wiki at the Rec Room tonight. Crazy awesome show.