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Freelance writer and editor in Maine. Music. Film. Non-profits. Heads. Visual arts sometimes. https://linktr.ee/bobbker
Performative reading
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Performative reading
At the Gary Numan concert.
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
At the Gary Numan concert.
I don’t know I always thought Trey looked like he was having a lot of fun in the (nsfw) post show photos.
September 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I don’t know I always thought Trey looked like he was having a lot of fun in the (nsfw) post show photos.
At the Stereolab show.
September 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
At the Stereolab show.
Kaleb is trending in my interests.
September 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Kaleb is trending in my interests.
How could I forget? This is what I saw even at the grocery store yesterday.
September 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How could I forget? This is what I saw even at the grocery store yesterday.
Recently read: Kanako Inuki's "Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki." I was not familiar with this pioneering woman of horror manga, and found this comp delightful--sweet and creepy, laced through with a Disney influence; it keeps the reader perpetually off balance and guessing where the tales lead.
September 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Recently read: Kanako Inuki's "Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki." I was not familiar with this pioneering woman of horror manga, and found this comp delightful--sweet and creepy, laced through with a Disney influence; it keeps the reader perpetually off balance and guessing where the tales lead.
At the Lightning Bolt show.
September 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
At the Lightning Bolt show.
At the Mary Halvorson Sextet show.
September 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
At the Mary Halvorson Sextet show.
Recently read: Richard Blake's "Hexagon Bridge" (2023). A somewhat thin story elevated by exquisite art, Jonathan Hickman-like in concept if not quite execution, I still enjoyed the inter-dimensional eye candy.
August 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Recently read: Richard Blake's "Hexagon Bridge" (2023). A somewhat thin story elevated by exquisite art, Jonathan Hickman-like in concept if not quite execution, I still enjoyed the inter-dimensional eye candy.
I just brought this one up to my bedroom turntable today so I’ll go with this, why not.
August 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I just brought this one up to my bedroom turntable today so I’ll go with this, why not.
Didn’t do a bad job in the $0.50 bin today
August 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Didn’t do a bad job in the $0.50 bin today
The last great B&S album or do we think "Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance" has enough going for it?
August 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The last great B&S album or do we think "Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance" has enough going for it?
I'm not ashamed to share my ballot.
August 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'm not ashamed to share my ballot.
Recently read: Elisa Gabbert's "The Unreality of Memory" (2020). Essays on the how we cope with the end of the world, how we process truth and reality, the nature of empathy, and more. My first Gabbert book and I found it met me right where my mind has been at.
August 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Recently read: Elisa Gabbert's "The Unreality of Memory" (2020). Essays on the how we cope with the end of the world, how we process truth and reality, the nature of empathy, and more. My first Gabbert book and I found it met me right where my mind has been at.
Hall and Oates didn't age well huh?
August 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hall and Oates didn't age well huh?
At the Jack White concert.
August 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
At the Jack White concert.
At the Madi Diaz afternoon show
August 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
At the Madi Diaz afternoon show
Recently read: Sigrid Nunez's The Vulnerables (2023). Making my way through some recently celebrated books and very much enjoyed this. A thoughtful look at Covid-era lockdown life, full of small, clever asides that enhance the experience.
August 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Recently read: Sigrid Nunez's The Vulnerables (2023). Making my way through some recently celebrated books and very much enjoyed this. A thoughtful look at Covid-era lockdown life, full of small, clever asides that enhance the experience.
At the Roots show. The first time seeing them since…2001?
August 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
At the Roots show. The first time seeing them since…2001?
Recently read: Max Frisch's "An Answer from the Silence: A Story from the Mountains" (1937). As a big reader with proud Swiss heritage I'm surprised I've never come across Frisch before, but this was lovely, lyrical, and very contemporary feeling, and won't be my last book by him.
July 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Recently read: Max Frisch's "An Answer from the Silence: A Story from the Mountains" (1937). As a big reader with proud Swiss heritage I'm surprised I've never come across Frisch before, but this was lovely, lyrical, and very contemporary feeling, and won't be my last book by him.
Recently read: Leonora Carrington's "The Hearing Trumpet" (1974). I've read two other Carrington books and found them too surreal/whimsical for me. This satire is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, but I think I like Carrington as an art-historical figure more than I like her actual art.
July 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Recently read: Leonora Carrington's "The Hearing Trumpet" (1974). I've read two other Carrington books and found them too surreal/whimsical for me. This satire is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, but I think I like Carrington as an art-historical figure more than I like her actual art.
What’s the oldest CD you own?
I assume this question means the oldest one you acquired and still have, and this is definitely one of the first ones I bought.
I assume this question means the oldest one you acquired and still have, and this is definitely one of the first ones I bought.
July 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
What’s the oldest CD you own?
I assume this question means the oldest one you acquired and still have, and this is definitely one of the first ones I bought.
I assume this question means the oldest one you acquired and still have, and this is definitely one of the first ones I bought.