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According to The Global Story , enough people don’t read that we may very well be out of the ‘literate society’ that took off in the 18th century and Neil Postman described as revolutionary in Amusing Ourselves to Death .    As a person who distrusts popular things, being an outlier on this particularly disturbing trend is just fine.  I love reading, and love books.  If it’s subversive and difficult now (once AGAIN, thank you history) to hold and read a book, I’m there for it

There's so much music in the world, and a lot to choose from on streaming platforms. As if it was 1998 and we were trading cassettes again, this post shares some favourite music from a big year. Listen to my 2025 Mix Tape on YouTube Music and find more detail below. Best... Album About Grief Cover the Mirrors, by Ben Kweller Written in the wake of the death of his fifteen year old son, heavy and beautiful.    Nostalgia Acts Pulp and Superchunk, both putting out new albums in