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I read some poems in Russian. Selected a few dozen that my father sent me during the plague. 00:00— “New Year’s Eve” by Boris Ryzhy 01:00— two poems by Boris Ryzhy 02:51 —”A Winter Night” by Boris Pasternak 04:00—untitled poem by Sergey Gandlevsky 07:30—several by Lidia Zaozerskaya 12:00—”Neznakomka” by Alexander Blok 15:00—”Mirror” by Arseniy Tarkovsky 17:57—”From a Poet” by Arseniy Tarkovsky Tak...

Recorded readings (circa 2020) of rough drafts of chapters from my 2021 book,  Old Style . 00:52 —”Flyover” (music by the Dick Slessig Combo) 08:30—”Don Lived Upstairs from the Blue Light (music by Mute Duo) 11:34—”Dead Rae” (music by Arvo Part) 19:57—”Can’t Recall” (music by Ran Blake) 31:45—”Ask for Rose” (music by Thelonius Monk) 41:07—”Innocent When You Dream”

Four excerpts from Don DeLillo’s  Underworld , which I reread during plague lockdown in 2020. 00:00—”Waste” (music by Charles Mingus) 06:00—”An American Sort of Thing” (music by Miles Davis) 10:50—”Quotidian” (music by Ornette Coleman) 17:25—”Denizens” (music by Endless Boogie)

I talk to one of my oldest friends, Chicago painter Frank Spidale. We talk art, music, jobs, living in Chicago, and more. See Spidale’s work at his  site  and follow him on  Instagram .

A talk with writer Lucy Sante. We discuss immigration, her upcoming trip to her native Belgium, transitioning, and more. Learn about Sante at  her website and follow her on  Instagram . Read my reviews of  The Other Paris  and  Maybe the People Would Be the Times   and  a newsletter about a lunch we shared in May, 2021 .

I talk with Chicago writer Mallory Smart about writing, publishing, and a lot more sometime in 2021.

Ben Terrall talks with me about All Hack , Old Style , and more at The Green Arcade in San Francisco in December 2021.

I talk with collector Daniel X. O'Neil about street art, etc .

I talk with musician/artist John Vernon Forbes about Tijuana Hercules, art, music, and more.

I talk with Chicago musician Skyler Rowe about art, life, etc.

I talk collage, art, etc with Chicago artist Rebekka Federle .

Ben Terrall talks with me about Soviet Stamps and more at San Francisco's The Green Arcade in 2020.

Kyle Beachy talks to me about Soviet Stamps at City Lit Books in 2020.

Christian TeBordo talks to me about Soviet Stamps at the late lamented Dial Bookshop in 2020.

I talk with Alan Medina, Malia Haines-Stewart, and Ashley Cooper about their storefront cinema in Pilsen for a 2018 Chicago Reader article .

I talk to Chicago painter Brian Wells about his work for a Chicago Reader article in 2018.

I talk to Stan Klein about art, music, running a gallery, and more in 2018.

I talk to Christian TeBordo at the Rainbo Club about Ghost Engine and more.

Ben Terrall interviews me about Music to My Eyes at the Green Arcade in San Francisco in 2019.

Bill Savage interviews me at Firecat Projects about my show of CTA drawings there in September 2018.

I talk to filmmaker John McNaughton and photographer/musician Paul Petraitis about the 1970 student film they shot in their Roseland neighborhood and plans to make a documentary around that footage. (from 2018)

I read a few pages from Cormac McCarthy's Suttree . Music by Chris Brokaw.

Tim Kinsella interviews me about Music to My Eyes etc.

I talk to Peter Prescott about his time in Mission of Burma, Volcano Suns, and more. Read the article I wrote for Aquarium Drunkard and listen to Prescott's current band Minibeast .

In 2018, Don De Grazia and I attempted to start a movie podcast. We covered four films: Lowlife (2017), You Were Never Really Here (2017), First Reformed (2017), and The Other Side of the Wind (2018) , then threw in the towel.