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On Gently Crashing My Father’s Memorial
I never expected to be invited to Roy Ayers’ memorial.
May 24, 2025
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My 100 Best Shows of All Time
When I published my 99th Substack post a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the pressure I felt to do something big for number 100.
Feb 7
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Another Birthday, Another Substack Post
Four years ago, on January 20, 2022, I published a Substack post called It’s my 50th birthday / I wrote a book. Now that book has been out for…
Jan 24
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The Catalog Wasn’t Complete
Then Someone Sent Me a Childhood Photo From 1977
Jan 10
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A Year-end List I Didn’t Keep
If it doesn’t come to mind now, it probably didn’t need to.
Dec 27, 2025
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The Music You Inherit vs. the Music You Choose
Two musicians died this year who lived on opposite sides of an important divide for me: Jimmy Cliff, whose music filled my childhood home, and Ace…
Dec 13, 2025
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Texting My Way Through Thanksgiving
it’s not just for the pumpkin pie—it’s for the dozens of relatives I now text
Nov 27, 2025
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Did You Hear Hiro from Soundgarden’s Rock Hall Speech!?
When Soundgarden’s singer Chris Cornell passed away in May 2017, I was deep in my new habit of writing about everything that caught my attention—still…
Nov 15, 2025
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