the loneliness of the downfield goalie
Case Study #15: The Case in Which Curves Ahead Means Look at What’s Going On in Our Heads
exquisite is a word that shouldn’t be used too often
at dusk in the alley behind your house
a flower drawn on paper
in twelfth grade I flunked my first attempt
say something that makes no sense that captures the spirit of the experience nonetheless
Case Study #14: The Case of the Two-Faced Cinematic City We Live in Wherever We Are
what this place with no crawl space
Case Study #13: The Case of the Essay Begun on Friday the 13th that Happens to Be the 13th in This Series, Because What’s Unlucky Is Equally Lucky When We See Things Right
the greatest plague is the futile escapism we engage in every day
Case Study #12: The Case of the Twist at the End That's Right Outside Your Window
the first barbed, bass offset, guitar chords
what if instead of new technologies
Case Study #10: The Case of the Half-Known Icon
Case Study #11: The Case of the Centuries-Old Heart Beating in the Zeitgeist of my Youth
raking my fingers through
Inspiration Case Study #9: The Case of Dad Music Going Back Centuries
Inspiration Case Study #8: The Case in which "Give Up the Thing You Love" Leads to Transcendent Release
EssayJim BurlingameElliot Smith, Francois Truffaut, Day for Night, Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale, The 400 Blows, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, La La Land, Jules and Jim, When the Cat's Away, Frances Ha, Rachel Getting Married, JoJo Rabbit, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Demme
an empty, cracked plastic planter