Greil Marcus / Letter in the Ether

"Among the pious I am a scoffer; among the musical I am religious." —George Bernard Shaw, 1890

Charles Taylor's Substack

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

On writing, living with cats, being a widow, movies, running, my current workshops & what we are reading, books, comedy, nature, gardening, friendship, more.

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 collection of stories and songs based on a list of Raymond Chandler's unused titles.

Bob Dylan concerts throughout history

Robert Christgau's weekly newsletter. Music. Books. Politics. Old Age.

I'm a climate reporter for The New York Times. Now: New York. Before: Taiwan, China, India, Europe.

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