Tag Archives: Mark E Smith

Discreet Music | “Letter for 2018,” Jan. 31

Posted on January 31, 2018 by

Jan. 31, 2018, Hi everyone, we’ve had a pretty good year here so far, we can’t complain. Mark Smith died (my favorite singer), and so did the wall clock in our den. I bought another one on Amazon but it’s … Continue reading →

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Who’s really sitting around crying now, getting drunk over Mark Smith?

Posted on January 25, 2018 by

When I moved to Philadelphia in 1995 there was a record store off South Street with an old speaker out front, and the first time I heard “The NWRA” (The North Will Rise Again) it was there, bleating out, getting … Continue reading →

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Discreet Music (MES edition) | Jan. 24, 18

Posted on January 24, 2018 by

I’ve lived out here since ’96 and always had a good attitude about the rain, that it’s just November and December which are hard, that by the time you get to January you’re over the hump. Not true! It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Trying on masks | Field notes from the Pacific Coast

Posted on July 1, 2017 by

It’s almost over! This is a series of posts I started in late May and have published daily for 35 days now. It’s inspired by a three-day solo trek on the Washington coast, with side-story memoir scenes wrapped by a few … Continue reading →

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