Glacial ice will likely hold records of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say, via phys.org.
What Happened to Val Kilmer? He’s Just Starting to Figure It Out, via The New York Times.
Uzumaki’s Junji Ito: Anime Adaptation Process Like A “Dream”, via Bleeding Cool.
Joe Biden Is Planning an FDR-Size Presidency, via New York Magazine.
Fresh Air: Fashion Guru Tim Gunn, via NPR.
David Lynch Emerges From Quarantine to Give Weather Report, via IndieWire.
Just played Castlevania IV for the first time in +/- 25 years and the muscle memory is still there. And that music? So good.
EarBliss, 11may2020: IF YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY THE MUSIC IS YOURS, by Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra.
11 May and I’m still donning winter garb for the day’s run. That groundhog was full of shit.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… From Behind These Walls of Books and Sound.
‘Morning.
EarBliss, 10may2020: LIVE AT ROADBURN 2018, by Zola Jesus.
The newsletter is in the wild and the week is done. The day’s run awaits.
EarBliss, 09may2020: OBJECTLESS, by Osamu Sato.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse…Notes Upon a Chemex Weary / A PLAGUE TALE Concluded.
Good morning. The house is currently doubling as Morkie-Jorkie roller derby rink.
A hacker is trying to break Ohio’s tool for reporting workers who quit during the pandemic, via The Verge.
In Lansing COVID Protest, Hate in the Smaller Details, via Reading The Pictures.
The Pandemic Has Triggered Dramatic Shifts in the Global Criminal Underworld, via Foreign Policy.
In Some of Ohio’s Most Populous Areas, Black People Were at Least 4 Times as Likely to Be Charged With Stay-at-Home Violations as Whites, via ProPublica.
Dog-children, currently.
Welcome to my life, Lamy 2000… I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Weather report, 08may2020.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Words Forgotten / Public Service Announcement.
Coronavirus researcher killed in Pennsylvania murder-suicide, police say, via The Washington Post.
Want to Avoid the Next Pandemic? Hire a Devil’s Advocate, via Foreign Policy.
100 Days Into COVID-19, Where Do We Stand?, via Medscape.
SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 still holds the crown for me… Every Mario game, ranked, via The Washington Post.
While I’m still and forever tinkering with forms and formats to best integrate my newsletter, this space, and my main blog, I’ve reached the point where it’s little tweaks here and there — but those little tweaks make a world of difference.
Reading, 07may2020.
A hot water heater moved / flower boxes re-re-re-installed / a writing lesson taught: and so goes the afternoon.
EarBliss, 07may2020: CENIZAS, by Nicolas Jaar.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Here Among These Divergent Bildungsroman Timelines.
