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David Lynch in AMP

Matt Marble put out a call for contributions to a special issue of the AMP journal on the sounds of David Lynch, so I wrote a score. It’s included in this special release chock full of information and tributes. If you don’t know about the American Museum of Paramusicology, you probably should so check it... Read More

Tarot at the Warburg

Can’t get to the Warburg Institute for the amazing Tarot: Origins & Afterlives exhibit? Or you went and you want to relive the fun? I can help: I made a video of some photos so you can at least get a feel for it. Expect the usual caveats about photos of things in cases (odd... Read More

#WriterWednesday @ Claverack Free Library

#WriterWednesday at Claverack Free Library begins next week, March 5 from 6-7pm and continues the first Wednesday of each month. A seasoned writer will give a brief talk and then we’ll have time to share opinions and experiences. The first topic: “Can you really edit yourself?” What are the perils and pluses of editing your... Read More

Out Friday: MEANS Magazine

Out this Friday! MEANS MAGAZINE: Power. Privilege. Politics. issue. A multimedia extravaganza! It’s not just words and pictures but music too! Hop over to Bandcamp to pre-order the compilation. OR buy the physical form of the magazine and get it as a bonus! MEANS is a magazine dedicated to underground, experimental, and intermedial arts and... Read More

Medieval Women @ BL

I managed to plan my short jaunt to the south so well that I had time to catch Oracles, Omens, and Answers in Oxford, head down to London, check into my hotel, and then pop over to the British Library to see Medieval Women in Their Own Words. I didn’t take nearly as many photos... Read More

Oracles, Omens & Answers

Take a journey with me through time and space — no, not that one! — but to the city of aquatint last month. I made a quick jaunt to London for the tarot exhibit I decided I could not miss and a few other things (more to come…) and because I flew into Luton I... Read More

Is It Funny? Ep 4 on YT – Beyond the Fringe

Episode 4 is up! This one mostly covers Beyond the Fringe, especially the records. I don’t even mention getting my program signed by Jonathan Miller when he spoke at Skidmore! Original airdate Sep 2020. Now with added images but no Ken Burns effect because I am trying not to add to my workload (and yet…another... Read More

Hate Valentines? Blame Chaucer!

Valentine romance is a scam -- a medieval scam!

TODAY! Ethical Hexing Workshop

I’m delighted to be giving a workshop on Ethical Hexing at Ami’s fabulous Star + Splendor in Troy NY. We may be adding an online component, so be sure to click the link for the event if you’re interested. What’s it all about? ETHICAL HEXING – Thursday 2/13, 7-8:30pm Is hexing ethical? Why wouldn’t it... Read More

The Umpteenth Dog

The Umpteenth Dog I lost hope yesterday, briefly. I have been raging with an incandescent fire for some time now over [waves hands helplessly] all the things, but especially lately the dismantling of the federal government. For all its many [many many] faults, there are so many who depend on it, on the distribution of... Read More