In total I probably read more newsletters, and regrettably they are all Substacks. Read Max, Kneeling Bus, Steven Hyden. I hope they all get off the platform.

Unsure about books but Luke Medding’s “What They Heard” is the one that lives longest.

This is great, thank you. I just upgraded my subscription then listened to (and enjoyed) “Happy Woman Blues”, an album I likely wouldn’t have heard otherwise. “Car Wheels” has been somewhere on the metaphorical ‘to listen’ list for over 25 years!

Rønnenfelt’s follow-up, “Speak Daggers”, roams a fair bit wider and is every bit as brilliant. Equally overlooked! Two great albums in two years (plus the side projects) is the kind of run that deserves far more attention elias.lnk.to/speak

How sad and disappointing. Red made it work as much as (if not more than) any individual presenter or panel member. We’ve lost several of the NVC squad over the past few years and it only ever serves to make things weaker. Good luck to you all, you are excellent and I hope your great work is secure

Feel for you buddy!

No need for the soundtrack to go so hard but happy that it does youtu.be/BRlcqdwDT5M

I took a year off posting—and reading—everywhere and now I think I might not be able to do it again? Very strange. I miss people too.