Jordan Wood

Jordan Wood

Syracuse, NY
Nov
20
November 20: A flurry of labor for a moment of tasting

November 20: A flurry of labor for a moment of tasting

This week’s recommendations hover around themes of quiet meditation while others brace for difficult conversations and chaotic jumbles of noise.
6 min read
Nov
15
The Cross-Section: TWICE

The Cross-Section: TWICE

While the likes of BTS and Blackpink have quickly become the face of Korean pop music, 9-person girl group, TWICE
4 min read
Nov
13
November 13: Stuttering in bleach and lights

November 13: Stuttering in bleach and lights

I think about how good it suddenly is to race with ghosts.
7 min read
Nov
09
Cover image for the playlist, Lowlight

Lowlight - a playlist of this year's best neo soul and r&b

Lowlight - a playlist of this year's best neo soul and r&b. Every track on this playlist is from an album released in 2021, and every album behind these tracks is worth a listen.
1 min read
Oct
30
October 30 - I cut my teeth on weaker men

October 30 - I cut my teeth on weaker men

I'll be honest, I've never been a Halloween guy. Nothing against it, at least not conceptually.
6 min read
Oct
24
October 22: Your patterns are still in place.

October 22: Your patterns are still in place.

When you take a recommendation from someone else, you take a little bit of them into your own index and when you recognize your own tastes in the preferences that someone else has left behind, well, it’s a powerful gift.
6 min read
Oct
22
Sable: To glide, and perchance, to vibe

Sable: To glide, and perchance, to vibe

In literature, an ellipsis is a gap in the action of the story where the reader jumps in and fills
4 min read
Oct
16
October 16 - It’s such a funny thing, a mystery allure

October 16 - It’s such a funny thing, a mystery allure

When I started writing The Crossover Appeal I kept coming back to the word, dilletante. Generally speaking, dilletante is a
7 min read
Oct
09
October 9 - Never saw you coming but I saw the smoke

October 9 - Never saw you coming but I saw the smoke

It's been sort of a weird week, right? Maybe the Zuckerberg outages threw things out of whack more
6 min read
Oct
04
Cover image for "real pretty", a Spotify Playlist for the fall.

real pretty - a rotating playlist for the colder months

It's the first Monday of October baby and you know what that means. Sweaters, cider, and singer-songwriter shit.