Zach Barocas / Brooklyn Diasporism

Notes 9/11/26 And New York is the most beautiful city in the world?

Queen of All Ears

Analog I deeply appreciate stationery and its constituent processes, accoutrements, and instruments.

There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the Lake Where the Movies Come From

Jon and Megan Brooklyn, NY ☀ / 103 ℉

New Post for the New Month It’s heatwave summer in the city.

“Sail On, Silver Girl”

Sail On, Silver Girl I’ve commenced my roughly quintennial reacquaintance with “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” a song I believe to be irrefutably and uniquely powerful, but I can never get my head around the mix in the last section.

The Weird Soul of Placeless America I can’t remember how I found “American Diner Gothic” but anything with a tagline like “In the 2020s, the weird soul of placeless America is being born on Discord servers” will at least tickle my attention, and this piec…

Guerrilla Girls in New York Review of Books I didn’t know there were active offshoots or versions of the Guerrilla Girls but the original efforts remain inspiring.

Photo Site Update The photo site continues to be a work-in-progress.

In Memoriam: Lieu I made a memorial page for our cat, Lieu, to whom we said goodbye yesterday.

New Photos Section I’ve added a new photos section to the site. it functions independently from the main site in some ways, e.g. the main site’s search function does not extend to the photos subsite.

Another Blue Chair Brooklyn, NY

Blue Chair Brooklyn, NY

Harmony > Unison Fugitive Recording, Brooklyn, NY

Life Notebooks Assembly

Corporate Bonuses Rise Like Smoke

Gowanus Canal Brooklyn, NY

The Way Things Are, It’s More Than Sin

Court Street Last Sunday Night Brooklyn, NY

Catherine Norris Or Kathy Norris,1 was a cellist here in New York for a few years in the mid- to late-1960s.

Noah Howard at Judson Hall

Favorite Spot Brooklyn, NY

Favorite Albums From 2025 You can find my favorite albums from 2025 at Album Whale.

However inclined one might be to consider Patti Smith simply a rock star who writes, a pass at the prelude of Bread of Angels should confirm that she is, rather, a poet who has made some records.

Jealous Guy, on the 45th Anniversary of John Lennon’s Death

Frank O’Hara, “Why I Am Not a Painter” I am not a painter, I am a poet.

Chevrolet Brooklyn, NY

The Librarians (via kottke.org)

Newsletter Newsletter went out last night.

Liam Neesons