Dec
27
2021: The Albums
I’m excited to present this final end of the year list from The Crossover Appeal - the 25 best albums of the year.
21 min read
The Newsletter
Dec
18
Year's End: 100 Songs
Here it is. The Crossover Appeal's one hundred favorite tracks in 2021.
16 min read
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
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
13
November 13: Stuttering in bleach and lights
I think about how good it suddenly is to race with ghosts.
7 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
Oct
24
October 22: Your patterns are still in place.
When you take a recommendation from someone else, you take a little bit of them into your own index and when you recognize your own tastes in the preferences that someone else has left behind, well, it’s a powerful gift.
6 min read
Oct
16
October 16 - It’s such a funny thing, a mystery allure
When I started writing The Crossover Appeal I kept coming back to the word,
dilletante. Generally speaking, dilletante is a
7 min read