January 29: He left his mortality back on the bench
Big news.
Sports are good.
I mean there are things about sports that are good. Of course, there are things
January 22: Comprehensive identity dogmas
We are all of us always becoming something else, whether we want to be or not. Better, I think, to see where our own changing affections might take us than to hold out, rigid and eroded, against our own possibilities.
January 15: Well I'm not moving to f****** Seattle
At the heart of most good things lies a tiny kernel that, if heated to just the
wrong temperature, if
January 8: You have been okay and you will be okay again
We looked forward at we didn't know what, but we knew we weren't looking at what we'd left behind, and in that way we carried each other forward.
2021: The Albums
I’m excited to present this final end of the year list from The Crossover Appeal - the 25 best albums of the year.
Year's End: 100 Songs
Here it is. The Crossover Appeal's one hundred favorite tracks in 2021.
Year's End: The Recommendations
December, week two, it's time for another year end review. This time I wanted to highlight my ten favorite recommendations from 2021.
Year's End: The Writing
Here are my Five Favorite Essays from The Crossover Appeal this year, presented in perfect tear-and-share format, perfect for passing around at your leisure.
Gratitude and What's Ahead
Hello all.
Two quick things in place of a full suite of recommendations this week.
First:
Gratitude. This little newsletter
The Cross Section: Noah Gundersen
It's a deep catalog of songs from a long, rambling career, and with his recent release of A Pillar of Salt, now's as good a time as any to get to know Noah Gundersen.