Sunday, again.

The first dispatch (99th in legacy numbering) of my relaunched newsletter, MacroParentheticals is in the ether. One newsletter in, and I’m already in love with Buttondown; why I didn’t make the switch sooner is beyond me - but better late than never, I suppose.

It only took seven years, but I just now realized that the titles of my first two books start with COMI. That the mythical, eventual third one starts with a D seems to indicate evolution. Go me.

Status.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… my new interview series launches with existential dread / EarthWindFire / solo accordion free jazz / MAD MEN and more: Disrupting the Sound: An Interview with Elizabeth Joan Kelly. (Thank you, Elizabeth!)

Mulch. So much mulch. So very, very much.

Dog-child status update.

EarBliss, 24apr2020: THE SPIRITUAL BONDING, by vidnaObmana.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Process Acceptance, (Re)Launchings, and Season Finales.

The Postal Service in the Days of the Virus, via Reading the Pictures.

‘Leverage’ Reboot Starring Noah Wyle Ordered By IMDb TV; Original Series’ Team, 4 Cast Members Set To Return, via Deadline.

Democracies Can’t Blame Putin for Their Disinformation Problem, via Foreign Policy.

The Thief Who Stole a Prized Van Gogh From a Dutch Museum Used a Sledgehammer to Break In. See Footage of the Brazen Heist Here,via artnet News.

Inside the conservative networks backing anti-quarantine protests, via The Washington Post.

Her majesty, and subjects.

EarBliss, 23apr2020: SHAMAL WIND, by Chip Wickham.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of BloodSugar Concatenations and Fragmentations.

EarBliss, 22apr2020: THE GIUSEPPE LOGAN QUARTET, by The Giuseppe Logan Quartet.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… I’d Like to Take My Back to THE REPAIR SHOP.

The coronavirus is devastating a uniquely American art form, via The Washington Post.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Bed Series: An Intimate Look Behind the Scenes at a Paris Brothel (1890s), via The Public Domain Review.

The Curious Case of the Maybe Dead Dictator, via Foreign Policy.

This website deletes itself if people stop posting, via The Verge.

The secrets, money, and spite behind history’s biggest superhero reboots, via Polygon.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Breaking News / Breaking Back.

False Prophet, via The Atlantic.

The Viral Coronavirus Protest Photo from Ohio, via Reading the Pictures.

Our Pandemic Summer, via The Atlantic.

Privacy and the Pandemic: Time for a Digital Bill of Rights, via Foreign Policy.

And, finally: Fiona Apple sets the stage ablaze with her rendition of Elvis Costello’s “I Want You,” accompanied by Costello - a performance for the ages.

UltraKoi taking some sun.

Dog-child status update.

Relieved that my wife’s - a sixth grade teacher - extended spring break has been extended into an extended summer break. Or as we’re calling it, a preview of retirement.

EarBliss, 20apr2020: KNIVE, by Svarte Greiner.