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Exploring the intersection of the ATA Enneagram and filmed entertainment with TJ Dawe and Mario Sikora.

Off the cuff MJ writing/videos/picts/audio for paid subscribers and an ongoing All Fours Group Chat for everyone (not a book club! A place to talk about your own life.)

B Stings

Captain B or Tio El Sileb or Nate B writes poetry and prose and dances too.

HereNow

By Ethan Lipsitz

Living with love, expression, dis-ease & grief. Hosted by Social Practice Artist - Ethan Lipsitz.

New Bands for Old Heads

By Gabbie

New music recommendations for people who don't keep up with new music.

emma withers says new music!

By Emma Withers

always saying things, mostly about music.

Untold Stories with Adam Philips

Comics • Marketing • Life

Both/And with Jay Michaelson

Politics and the Human Mind. Law and Spirituality. The News and How to Survive It. By a journalist/lawyer/rabbi/meditation teacher/professor.

The Forbidden Library of Daniel Warren Johnson

Welcome!

Evan Nathaniel Grim

Evan Nathaniel Grim delivers strategic advice on how each zodiac sign can navigate the upcoming planetary configurations and offers world predictions.

Thought Enthusiast

Thought Enthusiast is an AdHoc Project where we chat with fascinating thought leaders across various facets of music, tech, and culture whose work we admire, simply asking “what’s on your mind?” and “why do you care?” 💭

VIRAPÁGINA

By Érico Assis

Escrevendo. Traduzindo. Esquadrinhando. Virando página.

Hey Pop

By Dan Stone

About the intersection of family life, work, and creativity. Hey Pop includes a podcast and written posts by me and a wonderful cast of contributors.

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

By Ben Katchor

A weekly lecture series about comics, picture-stories, animation and other text-image work.

SerioComics

By Dave Cowen

Enthusiasms for the best in graphic literature & Q&As with their makers + now you can read SHOULD WE BUY A GUN? on Substack.

notes on shapeshifting

By gabi abrão

a series of lists and notes

The Thoughtful Dispatch

By Hanna McElroy

thinking about tarot, enneagram, books, philosophy, and what I don't yet know

The Grudge Report

By Bess Kalb

Scribbling into the void!

Gary’s Journey Through Hell

By Gary Shteyngart

Nine Circles +

russian-american satire, never more necessary

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Publisher Guide

By Daniel Lisi

Entries on the art and business of publishing by Daniel Lisi, publisher of Not a Cult and Network Press.

the other one of the big five ;)

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In My Life by Luigi Cappel

A journey through my life experiences with 500 songs

a musical memoir from another land

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Chaos Land with EJW

By Erin Jean Warde (she/her)

Welcome to Chaos Land: where we love you *for* your chaos, not despite it.

Sluggish

By Jesse Meadows

Re-politicizing mental illness and embracing the weird

essential mental health industry criticism and rest studies

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Greil Marcus / Letter in the Ether

Everyday culture and found objects

wait, greil is here?!

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Mixtape by Jackson Bliss | ジャクソンのミクステープ

By Jackson Bliss

Adventures of a mouthy, mixed-race, Gen X author living in LA who is always in love

"the kendrick lamar of his form" i didn't say that but it's true :)

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Earworms and Song Loops

By Steve Goldberg

The songs and bit-o'-songs that gets stuck in my head, worming to the digital surface, and inspiring a host of personal stories along the way.

LOL (lots of links)

By annie rauwerda

internet rabbit holes

the queen of wikipedia enthusiastically explores even more of the world

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Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

the buddha of american letters

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Cancel Comics

By Mike Cancel (Cancel Comics)

I review comic books each week and write about the world of comics, old and new.

Every Tom Waits Song

By Ray Padgett

Going alphabetically through the entire Waits catalog, one song at a time

Ray Padgett is back to chronicle the catalogue of another canonical troubadour

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The Comics Syllabus by Paul Lai

By paul lai

graphic novels and comics in the classroom and the world beyond. a crossroads of comics cultures and culturally sustaining arts and literacy learning, critical civics, and climate concern.

In The Telling

By Molly Knox Ostertag

comics + thoughts from molly knox ostertag

come for the graphic novel class, stay for the one unfolding before our eyes

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I'm Fine I'm Fine Just Understand

By ND Stevenson

Quiet comics about gender, mental health, and getting older.

beautiful respites

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Observables

By Rebecca Davey

I'm better when I'm processing what I'm living in words. My worldview is: badass and tender.

she really does observe everything!

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feral masochism

By melanie zoey

quaking pink lobster without a shell; wild & well-crafted

out of control controller of narratives ;)

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Berkana

By Swarnali Mukherjee

Built with a soft burning passion for obscure places, people, folklores, and cultural epiphanies

a mystic and a reformer

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The World According To von Roy

By Christopher von Roy

Life, science, music, politics, health, books, philosophy - learn to read minds, starting with mine. Researched and curated on a weekly basis. With a subscription you gain access to my weekly newsletter The World and my fortnightly podcast The Word.

somehow knows as much about culture as he does about science

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Robert Reich

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

clear, concise understanding of our 🌐

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Critical Conditions by Wayne Robins

Storytelling about rock pop music and culture through decades of interviews, reviews, and feature stories, shaken in a blender. Might be Steely Dan, Dylan, Springsteen, Stevie Wonder. Might be Laura Nyro, Tori Amos, the Ramones.

a music critic elder who has lived through it all

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God's Music Is My Life

By Tim Dillinger

Dedicated to exploring the histories of gospel and soul, contemporary Christian and Women’s music(s)—forms that contribute to the blurring of the lines between the sacred and the secular.

true for 'my' life too ;)

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Peter Pan Man Dan Newsletter

By Dan Marshall

A journey from Peter Pan to parent.

one of the funniest man-children alive

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Trauma Spice

By Cecilia Corrigan

Femmebot Materialism

it's like she's a hyper-pop writer

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Dylanology

By Eyolf Østrem

The in-depth newsletter about Bob Dylan's music and lyrics

Record Store

By amaya lim

mixtapes for the modern world

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Black Music and Black Muses

By Harmony Holiday

Music writing that is not restricted by the demands, wishes, and timelines of the music industry. Writing, not advertising. Love, not a battle of the brands.

as deeply researched as it's deeply felt, essential

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Made From What's Not Real

By David Perlmutter

The writings and musings of Canadian historian and speculative fiction writer David Perlmutter

NOW IS GOOD

By James Francis

if it's not personal, I'm not sharing it :)

now is a good time to be on team james

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Liana’s Newsletter

By Liana Finck

A weekly selection of drawings by New Yorker cartoonist and matador Liana Finck, sent out on Wednesdays. Paid subscribers will also get a Sunday email of autobiographical comics, process drawings, and other behind-the-scenes things. www.lianafinck.com

otherworldly, avant-garde gag cartoons

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Fluxblog: Music Blog

By Matthew Perpetua

The longest-running music blog in the game! This newsletter is focused on music curation - reviews of new music, playlists for Spotify/Apple/YouTube covering a wide range of genres and moments in history, and links to other cool things.