It’s 80 degrees in the Bronx and the fall colors are poppin

Target's profit increased 49% to $4.1B in FY2023. Its CEO received $19M in compensation — 719x Target's average worker. Translation: Target (and many other major corporations) could have kept their prices lower all along. They chose not to.

The snare drum played on Pearl Jam’s TEN could be yours ebay.com/itm/1766439969…

My advice, for what it’s worth: try not to be distracted by the faintly discourteous, the mildly incompetent, the harmlessly obnoxious. Roll with the delayed trains, dropped litter and misused apostrophes. Save your powder for the truly malevolent creatures now stalking the land.

They’re eating the Kits, they’re eating the Kats, they’re eating the treats of the people that live there

Happy birthday to my friend, Joe Biden!

For those dismayed by the Biden pardon, remember that voters themselves effectively pardoned a convicted felon last month by indefinitely insulating him from prosecution. I wrote about this sort of thing a while back. propublica.org/article/presid…

The watch inscription reads: (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER LOVE YOKO 10·9·1980 N.Y.C. search.app/KznBqsX8HQt7vq…

This Jimmy Carter radio story has been in the can for nearly two years. Part of me had hoped it would never have to air. In 1979, Hyannis students flooded the White House with requests for President Carter to visit their school. Something way cooler happened.

This is wild. Both Ford and Mondale wrote eulogies that will be read at Jimmy Carter’s funeral nytimes.com/2024/12/30/us/…

One cannot overstate the magnificence and brilliance of the great David Lynch. Five years ago, I spoke to him by phone at 2:00 in the morning about meditation and making lamps in quarantine. It could have been its own little twisted film. RIP. vulture.com/2020/04/david-…

This is so good nytimes.com/2025/01/21/nyr…

The last member of The Band has left us. nytimes.com/2025/01/21/art…

Former Appalachian State University chancellor Frank Borkowski died on Sunday. He always dug our radio station. today.appstate.edu/2025/01/23/bor…

I just supported John Caudrey with £4 on Buy Me a Coffee! 🎉 You can support them here — buymeacoffee.com/JohnCaudrey

“The power of the mallets is in your expression.” Revisiting a 2018 conversation with the great Roy Ayers. RIP. thebeijinger.com/blog/2018/09/3…

It’s been one year since my last drink.  I’m not a crusader, and I had no real plan. Stopping just felt right at that moment, and still does.  Not looking for congratulations or validation—just looking ahead.

My first Timeleft date went horribly wrong open.substack.com/pub/pflanary/p…

Don't expect. Just exist. open.substack.com/pub/pflanary/p…

Here's Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," as covered by my son, Jazz. He made this gorgeous epic his own last night. youtube.com/watch?v=AKHYLp…