Dec
18
Year's End: 100 Songs
Here it is. The Crossover Appeal's one hundred favorite tracks in 2021.
16 min read
Jordan Wood
Dec
11
Year's End: The Recommendations
December, week two, it's time for another year end review. This time I wanted to highlight my ten favorite recommendations from 2021.
7 min read
Dec
04
Year's End: The Writing
Here are my Five Favorite Essays from The Crossover Appeal this year, presented in perfect tear-and-share format, perfect for passing around at your leisure.
5 min read
Nov
27
Gratitude and What's Ahead
Hello all.
Two quick things in place of a full suite of recommendations this week.
First:
Gratitude. This little newsletter
1 min read
Nov
23
The Cross Section: Noah Gundersen
It's a deep catalog of songs from a long, rambling career, and with his recent release of A Pillar of Salt, now's as good a time as any to get to know Noah Gundersen.
7 min read
Nov
20
November 20: A flurry of labor for a moment of tasting
This week’s recommendations hover around themes of quiet meditation while others brace for difficult conversations and chaotic jumbles of noise.
6 min read
Nov
15
The Cross-Section: TWICE
While the likes of BTS and Blackpink have quickly become the face of Korean pop
music, 9-person girl group, TWICE
4 min read
Nov
13
November 13: Stuttering in bleach and lights
I think about how good it suddenly is to race with ghosts.
7 min read
Nov
09
Lowlight - a playlist of this year's best neo soul and r&b
Lowlight - a playlist of this year's best neo soul and r&b. Every track on this playlist is from an album released in 2021, and every album behind these tracks is worth a listen.
1 min read
Oct
30
October 30 - I cut my teeth on weaker men
I'll be honest, I've never been a Halloween guy. Nothing against it, at least
not conceptually.
6 min read