Rewatched this one with Sean tonight on his recommendation and it was only the second time I’ve seen it. While I enjoyed the first time around, the second time was better because I had already found the edges. It recalled for me numerous scenes from my twenties: road trips with strangers, sleeping on couches, andContinue reading “Revisited”
Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
If You Do Not Believe Things Are Already Good, You Do Not Actually Believe Things Will Get Better
It’s one thing to see this billboard in the middle of a pandemic (and to take heart), but another thing to realize the billboard went up before the pandemic began and that this is the brighter future. This– the pandemic, the lockdown, the election, the year that “WAP” dominated the charts– this is the “betterContinue reading “If You Do Not Believe Things Are Already Good, You Do Not Actually Believe Things Will Get Better”
Harold Budd: In Memoriam
My latest for CiRCE is a brief retrospective (and appreciation) of Harold Budd, who died this week at the age of 84.
How To Write The Perfect Novel
“The perfect novel has three parts. In the first part, you describe everything you have ever learned about people. In the second part, you describe everything that has happened since the French Revolution began. In the third part, you offer readers a little perspective.” -advice given to me on writing the perfect novel from MichaelContinue reading “How To Write The Perfect Novel”
Harold Budd, My Favorite Living Musician, Has Gone On To His Eternal Reward
At the age of 84, my favorite living musician, Harold Budd, has died. I was listening to his record The Plateaux of Mirror when I received a text from a friend informing me of his repose. For the last several years of my life, Harold Budd has been a regular fixture of my days. HisContinue reading “Harold Budd, My Favorite Living Musician, Has Gone On To His Eternal Reward”
Hypocrisy Will Sneak Up On You Like That
My latest for CiRCE is about the strange, circuitous, and self-defeating path many private school kids take away from hypocrisy that just lands them squarely in the lap of hypocrisy.
Why Do People Who Do Not Want A Classical Education For Their Children Send Their Children To A Classical School Anyway?
My latest for CiRCE answers this very question. While I believe such scenarios often involve honest misunderstandings, those misunderstandings can and should be cleared up early on. How? Why? Read on.
I Don’t Mean To Brag, I Don’t Mean To Boast
But my most played song of the year is 32 minutes and 14 seconds long.
Together In Spirit, Etc
For what it’s worth, I’m making my annual viewing of The Life Aquatic this Friday night. If you would like to watch the film at this time and on this date, as well, wherever you hail from, we could be together in spirit, etc.
Christmas Wish List
Chronicles I by The 7th Plain 1995 by Kruder & Dorfmeister A very decent pair of headphones A Westerley (probably in xxl) The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 