Study
Study is an important (maybe the most important) aspect of growth. I enjoy keeping lists of things I’ve been checking out: music, books, art, podcasts, etc. This log is really more for myself than anything or anyone else. It’s interesting to look back and track a line of discovery through things I’ve been listening to, watching, and reading. It’s like leaving/following a trail of breadcrumbs through a dense dark forest; looking back through the months and years to see how how my tastes have shifted and drifted over time, influencing and “pushing” my creative direction.
CURRENT LISTENING / Apple Music
DECEMBER 2020
MUSIC
RAINBOW SIGN /
Ron Miles
FORWARD /
Chad McCullough
ON THE TENDER SPOT OF EVERY CALLOUSED MOMENT /
Ambrose Akinmusire
THANKSGIVING AT THE VANGUARD /
Jason Moran
MIXING COLORS /
Roger and Brian Eno
READING
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME /
Ta-nehisi Coates
TO BE OR NOT TO BOP /
Dizzy Gillespie
GO AHEAD IN THE RAIN: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest /
Hanif Abdurraqib
CULTURE IS NOT ALWAYS POPULAR /
Michael Bierut & Jessica Helfand
ARTWORK /
Virgil Abloh
ART & DESIGN
Dechazier Pykel
Richard Neutra
Pierre Soulages
Julian Montague
APRIL 2022
MUSIC
I,I /
Bon Iver
MR. HOOD /
KMD
FORFOLKS /
Jeff Parker
EVERY NOTE IS TRUE /
Ethan Iverson
LIVE AT THE 1963 MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL /
Miles Davis
PODCASTS
BY EVERY MEASURE /
Tarik Moody & Radio Milwaukee
QUESTLOVE SUPREME
SMARTLESS
READING
THE COLOR OF LAW /
Richard Rothstein
DILLA TIME /
Dan Charnas
ORGANIC MUSIC SOCIETIES /
Blank Forms Editions
CHARLES IVES: MEMOS /
John Kirkpatrick
THE MILWAUKEEAN /
Joey Grihalva
ART & DESIGN
Frank Stella
Eero Saarinen
Charles & Ray Eames
TV & FILM
SEVERANCE (Apple+)
ATLANTA (FX)
ALL THE STREETS ARE SILENT
Jeremy Elkin
ROGER & ME
Michael Moore
100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS (BBC)
SEPTEMBER 2022
MUSIC
CHICAGO ODENSE ENSEMBLE /
Rob Mazurek
NOT TIGHT /
DOMi & JD BECK
PINK DOLPHINS /
Anteloper
NIGHT DREAMER /
Wayne Shorter
COMMON PRACTICE /
Ethan Iverson feat. Tom Harrell
SING ME A SONG OF SONGMY /
Freddie Hubbard
PODCASTS
THIRD STORY with Leo Sidran
FLY ON THE WALL
READING
STATION ELEVEN /
Emily St John Mandel
SPRING 2022 TETRAGON /
We Jazz
BOUNDLESS MINDS & MOVING BODIES IN 80’s NEW YORK /
Carlo McCormick
ART & DESIGN
Yunhee Min
Alvin Lustig
Michael Cutlip
TV & FILM
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING S2 (Hulu)
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (HBO)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
NOPE
APRIL 2023
MUSIC
DAUGHTER OF EXPERIENCE /
Dave Miller
INTERPLAY /
Bill Evans
COMPOSER /
Cedar Walton
INSEN /
Ryiuchi Sakamoto & Alva Noto
DEAF DUMB BLIND /
Pharoah Sanders
podcasts /
THIS PAST WEEKEND /
Theo Von
WTF /
Marc Maron
EXTRAMUSICAL /
Stephen Harvey
reading /
THE CREATIVE ACT: A WAY OF BEING / Rick Rubin
WAX POETICS / Issue 4, Vol. 2
SUN RA: ART ON SATURN /
Irwin Chusid & Chris Reisman
art & design /
Michael Cutlip
John Lautner
Ellsworth Kelly
Yunhee Min
TV & film /
THE LAST OF US (HBO)
SUCCESSION (HBO)
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA
I WAS THERE (Jean Michel Basquiat) (Vice)
DECEMBER 2023
MUSIC
REFRACT /
Jason Moran, Marcus Gilmore, and Blankfor.ms
ANDREW HILL /
Smoke Stack
GEMINI RIGHTS /
Steve Lacy
Y-OTIS 2 /
Otis Sandsjö
OWL SONG /
Ambrose Akinmusire
NEW SOUNDS IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC /
Steve Reich
PODCASTS
THIS PAST WEEKEND /
Theo Von
BROKEN RECORD /
Rick Rubin
READING
A DESIGNER’S ART /
Paul Rand
A LOOK AT ARCHITECTURE: COLUMBUS, INDIANA /
Paul Rand
CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART /
Wassily Kandinsky
ART & DESIGN
Paul Rand
TV & FILM
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND (Netflix)
THE FIRM
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
CHANNEL 5 NEWS (YouTube)
NOVEMBER 2024
MUSIC
THE THING TO DO /
Blue Mitchell
THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT /
Alice Coltrane
OPUS /
Ryuichi Sakamoto
PRACTICE TAPES VOL. 1 /
Bill Evans
LIVE AT THE ADLER PLANETARIUM /
Exploding Star Orchestra
READING
POP ART: OBJECT AND IMAGE / Christopher Finch
THE VIGNELLI CANNON /
Massimo Vignelli
LUSH LIFE: A BIOGRAPHY OF BILLY STRAYHORN /
David Hajdu
WAX POETICS: THE JAZZ ISSUE /
No. 34
PODCASTS
CRIME TOWN, SEASON 2 /
Detroit
LINER NOTES /
David Bixler
WTF /
Marc Maron
ART & DESIGN
Jimmy Turrell
Rob Mazurek
TV & FILM
HELVETICA (Vimeo)
PRESUMED INNOCENT (Apple+)
SCAVENGERS REIGN (Netflix/Max)
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, S4 (Hulu)