Unincorporated

Altadena is a shabby, proudly unincorporated little town in a pretty part of LA. We moved here in 2015 because my wife sends things to other planets. 24 hours later, we received a single photo from one of our neighbors [below], taken by their daughter, a friend. The air is rancid. It’s not great in […]

Jump for Joy

Jump for Joy

Around 2020 I decide to make my birthday private on Facebook. For many years, it had felt special to hear from friends far-and-wide on FB, but as the years passed, it started to feel like a performative social duty and that I, past age 50, could not ask my pituitary to downshift for the once-a-year […]

Slim Gaillard

The legendary jazz musician Slim Gaillard also worked as a radio disc jockey, sharing his own distinctive vocal style with thousands of avid listeners

Shadow Dance, 1930, Martin Lewis

Shadow Dance

Shadow Dance, 1930, Martin Lewis Exhibition: ‘The Prints of Martin Lewis: From the Collection of Dr. Dorrance Kelly’ at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT

Dense

Dense

Dense (by pablo_obscura) Via torace