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The Substance
Physical beauty must be the most bitter of gifts because it carries the seed of its own destruction, and its absence mortifies more than any. We all …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Soda Mill Studio
As the dog days struck in August, I declined a gig to record audiobooks. And I was so low that I didn’t stop thinking, not even when I did laps in th…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Pain and Sorrow
It’s been a while since I have sailed to Palamós, still a small fishing town in 1962, where Truman Capote sought refuge for three semesters—always es…
1 year ago
Egregious lunatics
The German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt told a friend, a Parisian doctor, that he wanted to meet a certifiable lunatic. He was invited to the do…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Boundless in a Reed
Last Monday, while monitoring and mixing this podcast at midday, a massive blackout plunged this beach town and the entire peninsula into a real-life…
1 year, 5 months ago
Progress through technology
I have news for you, my silent friend of many distances. Since I published last February a podcast about Bob Dylan, dealing with his recent biopic A …
1 year, 5 months ago
Pain and Sorrow
It's been a while since I have sailed to Palamós, still a small fishing town in 1962, where Truman Capote sought refuge for three semesters—always es…
1 year, 6 months ago
Wacky as Richard III
The plays of William Shakespeare serve as an encyclopedia of human nature, and their characters are complex and rich, portrayed always with contradic…
1 year, 6 months ago
Devil's Pen
Yesterday, I had a lovely spring morning. I had to take care of some paperwork in Barcelona, which left me at the doorstep of my favorite bookstore, …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Substance
Physical beauty must be the most bitter of gifts because it carries the seed of its own destruction, and its absence mortifies more than any. We all …
1 year, 7 months ago