Nathan Pyritz

The teachings of Don Juan: a Yaqui way of knowledge — by Carlos Castaneda | "An extraordinary spiritual and psychological document . . . destined for fame." —New York Times | $1.25 | Ballantine Books 02656•X•125 [illustration by Wilson McLean | mass market paperback front cover]

A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan — by Carlos Castaneda | 78170 | $1.25 [illustration by Roger Hane | mass market paperback front cover]

Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan — by Carlos Castaneda | By the author of A Separate Reality | $2.95 [illustration by Roger Hane | paperback front cover]

[illustration by Wilson McLean | front cover detail from The teachings of Don Juan — by Carlos Castaneda mass market paperback]

Good morning. It's Friday!

I read at least a couple of these when I was in high school. I think they may have been part of a stack of books my dad gave me in an attempt to expand my reading repertoire beyond sci-fi.

Keep trying.
Be loud.
Always keep an open mind. Always beware the bullshit.

I've never been more happy that I don't drink coffee.

Black Star — by Morton Cooper | The author of The King does it again! | "If sex sells books, Black Star will be a bestseller!" | A Signet Novel • Y4333 • $1.25 [mass market paperback front cover]

The Samuel Goldwyn Motion Picture Production of Porgy and Bess | A Random House Book [unjacketed hardcover book front cover]

The Black Panthers — by Gene Marine | A Ramparts Book | Eldridge Cleaver, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale | A Compelling Study of the Angry Young Revolutionaries Who Have Shaken a Black Fist at White America | Signet Non-Fiction • Q3834 • 95¢ [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

AMERI... TALK BACK... ELDRIDGE... AUTH... CANDID... THE ... HUEY N... ORGANIZER, COL... PRISON C... WHITE POLICE... BOBBY... RADI... ORGAN... BO... [back cover detail from The Black Panthers — by Gene Marine | illustrator unknown]

Good morning. It's Friday!

I have not read these three books, but if you want to learn more about the Black Panthers, I highly recommend Revolution in Our Time, by @keklamagoon.bsky.social, one of the books I'm most proud of designing.

Be loud. Keep trying. Read books.

I wore my this morning.

Summer Pierre — Far From Here [album cover]

Summer Pierre — Far From Here | TPS004 [CD and case]

Summer Pierre — Far From Here | 2004 | *CD *Download *Streaming | www.thatpromising.com | thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

Fantastic 2004 acoustic/rock debut album by artist/cartoonist Summer Pierre.

Give it a listen for free, download it, or order it on CD, illustrated by Summer herself.

thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

Eddy Dyer — Explosion Alone | Remastered 25th Anniversary Edition of a Quiet Masterpiece [album cover]

Eddy Dyer — Explosion Alone | Side A: I've Been Here for You / Found Myself by the River / Eddy's Letter to God / 1, 2, 3, 4 / Dysfunctional Crowd / Now That I Know / She | Side B: Ballad of Busta Clustaphuck / Here Must I Go? (28 Bridge St.) / Birth of Color / Leaving White Trashed City [12" orange vinyl record]

Eddy Dyer — Explosion Alone | Remastered 25th Anniversary Edition | 2024 | *12" Vinyl *Download *Streaming | www.thatpromising.com | thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

Bandcamp Friday | February 6

Lowell, Mass. native Eddy Dyer's brilliant acoustic debut from 1999, remastered and available on limited edition vinyl.

Give it a listen for free, download it, or pick up one of these gorgeous 12" records with photos by Kevin Mertens and art by Summer Pierre.

thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

Nathan Pyritz — Rough Cuts on the Way to Poetry, Vol. 1 [album cover]

Nathan Pyritz — Rough Cuts on the Way to Poetry, Vol. 2 [album cover]

Nathan Pyritz — Rough Cuts on the Way to Poetry, Volumes 1 & 2 | 1998 / 1999 | *Download *Streaming | www.thatpromising.com | thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

Bandcamp Friday | February 6 [2026]

Good morning. It's Friday!

Vol. 1 and 2 of my demos from 1998/9. The first recorded live, and the second recorded in studio. Give them a listen for free or download them to keep for cheap.

Soon I will start to release the first new music I've recorded in 25 years.

thatpromisingseadog.bandcamp.com

Stardreamer | Eight stories of time, space, and the human — and inhuman — heart . . . the unique visions of Cordwainer Smith | bb | A Beagle BOXER Science Fiction Story Collection 95¢ | 95127 | Kinigstein [cover illustration by Jonah Kinigstein | mass market paperback front cover]

A Heritage of Stars — An Adventure of the Far Future by Clifford D. Simak, Grand Master of Science Fiction | While Earth sleeps her thousand years, the City looks starward . . . | SFiction | 0-425-03773-8 • $1.75 • A Berkley Book [cover illustration by Paul Lehr | mass market paperback front cover]

Nine by Laumer — by Keith Laumer | SF by the author of Assignment in Nowhere and Galactic Odyssey | BERKLEY | X1659 * 60¢ * A Berkley Medallion Book [cover illustration by Richard Powers | mass market paperback front cover]

[front cover detail from Stardreamer — by Cordwainer Smith | illustration by Jonah Kinigstein]

Good morning. It's Friday!

I've been working on some new music. What have you been doing to keep yourselves semi-sane?

Keep trying.
Be loud.
Stay as safe as you can.

@berkleypub.bsky.social

2025 Reads | 9 of 9 [hardcover book front cover]

Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson | Grove Atlantic | 2016 | jeanettewinterson.com | groveatlantic.com [hardcover book front cover]

Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days | Jeanette Winterson [hardcover book front cover]

What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]

Wonderful December read. A collection of fiction, personal stories, and recipes. My favorite was the story about the talking dog that accidentally got bundled up into a Christmas cracker.

What did you read last year? What are you reading now?

@groveatlantic.bsky.social

Le Morte d'Arthur — by [Thomas] Malory | in Two Volumes | Volume One | Everyman's Library | 45 [cover illustration by ef | hardcover book front cover]

Lord Jim — by Joseph Conrad | A Signet Classic•451-CJ 1195•$1.95 | Lambert [cover illustration by Saul Lambert | mass market paperback front cover]

Looking Backward — by Edward Bellamy | A Signet Classic•451-CW870•$1.50 [cover illustrator(s) unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

[front cover detail from Le Morte d'Arthur — by (Thomas) Malory | illustration by ef | hardcover book front cover]

Good morning. It's Friday! Another ice-cold day, I'm afraid.

Looking backward is important, but going backward will only lead to misery. Those insisting on driving in reverse are also trying to stop everyone from looking in their rearview mirror.

Have a good morning.
Keep trying.
Be loud.

Oh, they have an explanation, I’m sure. Probably several unrelated and/or contradictory explanations. And the same flat-earthers that used one explanation last month will use a different one next month.

2025 Reads | 8 of 9 [paperback book front cover]

I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson | Backbeat Books | 2021 | davethompsonbooks.wordpress.com | bloomsbury.com

I Feel Love: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, and How They Reinvented Music | Dave Thompson [paperback book front cover]

What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]

A fascinating history of the careers of Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, and the rise of electronic instruments in dance music.

What did you read last year? What are you reading now?

2025 Reads | 7 of 9 [hardcover front cover design]

The Plaza — by Julie Satow | Twelve | 2019 | juliesatow.com | twelvebooks.com | The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel | Julie Satow | The Plaza

The Plaza — by Julie Satow | The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel | Julie Satow [hardcover book front cover]

What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]

I have a fascination w/ stories set in hotels and motels. Like a lot of fiction in the "genre", The Plaza tells a lot of stories — about NY, money and power, writers, artists, architecture, famous classless bigots, and those at the top & bottom of social hierarchy.

What have you been reading?

2025 Reads | 6 of 9 [hardcover book front cover]

The God of the Woods — by Liz Moore | Riverhead Books | 2025 | lizmoore.net | penguin.com/riverhead-overview/

The God of the Woods | A Novel — by Liz Moore | New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright River [hardcover book front cover]

What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]

A fun thriller set in multiple decades, told from the perspective of multiple characters.

@lizmoorebooks.bsky.social
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social

2025 Reads | 5 of 9 [mass market paperback front cover]

Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell | Archway Pocket Books | 1997 [mass market paperback front cover]

Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell | A prank phone call leads to terror | ARCH | 29708 • 95¢ | 19813 86 9/27/91 [handwritten in pencil] [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]

What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]

A wild YA read about a time when the "Couple of the Year" award at the high school is the most important event of the year, and the fact that a 14-year-old is dating a grown man is met with mild disapproval from her guardian, but mostly just because he is a hippie.

What did you read last year?

Do you recommend either?

2025 Reads | 4 of 9 [hardcover front cover]

Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt, illustrated by David Rubín | self-published 2022 | Image Comics 2023 | jefflemire.substack.com | mattkindtshop.com | imagecomics.com

Cosmic Detective | Jeff Lemire | Matt Kindt | David Rubín [hardcover front cover]Cosmic Detective | Jeff Lemire | Matt Kindt | David Rubín [hardcover front cover]

What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]

Wonderful and weird metaphysical sci-fi noir graphic novel. I read their self-published @kickstarter.com HC. It's now also available from @imagecomics.com.

What did you read last year? What are you reading now?

@jefflemire171.bsky.social
@mattkindt.bsky.social
@davidrubin.bsky.social

Amy's Dinosaur — Story and pictures by Syd Hoff [hardcover front cover]

And I Mean It, Stanley — by Crosby Bonsall | An EARLY I CAN READ Book [hardcover front cover]

Apes Find Shapes | A Book about Shapes | Magic Castle Readers [by Jane Belk Moncure | illustrated by Joy Friedman [hardcover front cover]

F HOF | Hoff, Sydney | Amy's dinosaur | DATE DUE [library pocket detail]

Good morning. It's cold. And this week we're seeing a lot of cold cold hearts. Stick by the warm ones.

Keep trying.
Be loud.
Keep your heart warm.

@duttonbooks.bsky.social
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social

2025 Reads | 3 of 9 [paperback front cover]

Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller | Princeton Architectural Press | 2024 | wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_D._Miller | papress.com

Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller | A Life in Advocacy [paperback front cover]

What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]

Part memoir, part design history, part social commentary. A must-read for all designers!

2025 Reads | 2 of 9 [hardcover front cover]

Devil House — by John Darnielle | MCD Books x FSG | 2022 | johndarnielle.com | mcdbooks.com [hardcover front cover]

Devil House — by John Darnielle | Author of Wolf in White Van and Universal Harvester | A Novel [hardcover front cover]

What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]

A fascinating and compelling novel weaving together multiple points of view in what is ultimately an examination of True Crime, urban lore, and the incomplete, misleading, or false narratives which come to define real people and real events.

@themountaingoats.bsky.social
@fsgbooks.bsky.social

2025 Reads | 1 of 9 [hardcover front cover]

Giant Days: Library Edition Vol. 1 — by John Allison / illustrated by Max Sarin, John Allison, and Lissa Treiman | Boom! Studios | 2023 | boom-studios.com | badmachinery.com | maxsarin.com

Giant Days: Library Edition | 1 | Allison + Treiman + Sarin + Cogar [hardcover front cover]

What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]

What did you read last year? First on my list (in no particular order) is the 1st volume of the Library Edition of the delightful comic Giant Days by John Allison, created with Max Sarin, Lissa Treiman, and Whitney Cogar.

@badmachinery.com
@boom-studios.com

Chris Connor — he loves me, he loves me not | atlantic 1240 [12" album front cover]

Tom Netherton — Just As I Am | Arranged and Conducted by Paul Johnson | WORD | WST•8690 [12" album front cover]

Bob Booker and Earle Doud present: The First Family | featuring Vaughn Meader with Earle Doud ~ Naomi Brossart ~ Bob Booker ~ Norma MacMillan | Cadence | CLP 3060 [12" album front cover]

[Tom Netherton — Just As I Am | 12" album back cover detail]

Good morning! It's Friday.

Wrap yourself in a warm blanket and put on your favorite records. It's really shitty outside.

And now, more than ever —
Be loud.
Keep trying.
Stick together.

Favorite Listens 2025 | 20 of 20 | Tears for Fears — The Seeds of Love [album cover]

Tears for Fears — The Seeds of Love | Fontana Records | 1989 | tearsforfears.com

Tears for Fears — The Seeds of Love [album cover]

What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers EP cover | Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second album cover | Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film album cover | STRFKR — Parallel Realms album cover | Tanika Charles — Reasons to Stay album cover | Tears for Fears — The Seeds of Love album cover]

I think I first bought this (on cassette) in 1989 or 1990 from Target. I listened to it a lot and then I kind of forgot about it as I discovered the Cure and the Smiths and punk rock. I've been rediscovering it this year. Strong recommend!

Tell me what you've been listening to this year!

Favorite Listens 2025 | 19 of 20 | Tanika Charles — Reasons to Stay [album cover]

Tanika Charles — Reasons to Stay | Record Kicks | 2025 | tanikacharles.com | recordkicks.com

Tanika Charles — Reasons to Stay [album cover]

What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers EP cover | Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second album cover | Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film album cover | STRFKR — Parallel Realms album cover | Tanika Charles — Reasons to Stay album cover]

Fantastic record by Canadian soul artist Tanika Charles on @recordkicks.bsky.social . Strong recommend!

Favorite Listens 2025 | 18 of 20 [album cover]

STRFKR — Parallel Realms | Polyvinyl | 2024 | strfkr.com | polyvinylrecords.com

[STRFKR — Parallel Realms album cover]

What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers EP cover | Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second album cover | Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film album cover | STRFKR — Parallel Realms album cover

Wonderful lush and sparkly fun pop record. Strong recommend!

@strfkr-music.bsky.social
@polyvinyl.bsky.social

Favorite Listens 2025 | 17 of 20 | Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film [album cover]

Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film | Duophonic / Warp Records | 2025 | stereolab.co.uk | duophonic.ochre.store | warp.net

Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film [album cover]

What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers EP cover | Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second album cover | Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film album cover]

My wife is a long-time @stereolabgroop.bsky.social fan, but I never gave them a close listen myself until their latest album came out this year. I confess it was this beautiful album cover that caught my attention and I'm glad it did. Strong recommend!

Favorite Listens 2025 | 16 of 20 | A1.Last Minute Guitar A2.Piece 2 at 77BPM A3.Rhythmic Rhodes A4.#6 B1.Rasum112 B2.First Improv B3.New Prepared Guitar B4.Mrphgtrs1 | Stephen Vitiello with [album cover]

Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second | Balmat | 2025 | stephenvitiello.com | hahnrowe.com | balmat.bandcamp.com

Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second | A1.Last Minute Guitar A2.Piece 2 at 77BPM A3.Rhythmic Rhodes A4.#6 B1.Rasum112 B2.First Improv B3.New Prepared Guitar B4.Mrphgtrs1 [album cover]

What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers EP cover | Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second album cover]

Absolutely incredible instrumental collaboration by 3 great musicians. Brendan Canty's drums are what make this album, though. Strong recommend.

@hahn-rowe.bsky.social

Favorite Listens 2025 | 15 of 20 [album cover]

Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers | Ba Da Bing | 2022 | badabingrecords.com/sophia-hansen-knarhoi

[Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers album cover]

Nathan Pyritz ‪@npyritz.bsky.social‬ Home Explore Notifications Chat Feeds Lists Saved Profile Settings New Post Search Discover Following Mutuals Popular With Friends Blacksky OnlyPosts Architecture Photography More feeds Trending James Ransone Panthers Nicki Minaj James Cook Winter Solstice Caleb Williams Feedback • Privacy • Terms • Help What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover] What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Slowdive — Everything Is Alive album cover] What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | …

A splendid EP. Only 4 songs but really lovely. Strong recommend.

Favorite Listens 2025 | 14 of 20 [album cover]

Slowdive — Everything Is Alive | Dead Oceans | 2023 | slowdiveofficial.com | deadoceans.com

[Slowdive — Everything Is Alive album cover]

What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover] What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Slowdive — Everything Is Alive album cover]

A magnificent album by @slowdiveofficial.bsky.social . Strong recommend!

Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want — by Barbara Sher with Annie Gottlieb | A Unique, Step-by-Step Plan to Pinpoint Your Goals and Make Your Dreams Come True | "Comprehensive and inviting . . . Eminently practical." San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle | Ballantine / 31100 / $5.95 in USA / $7.75 in Canada [paperback front cover]

Harold Prince in association with Ruth Mitchell presents - Company: A Musical Comedy — Book by George Furth • Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim • Sets and Projections designed by Boris Aronson • Musical Numbers staged by Michael Bennett • Production directed by Harold Prince | A Random House Play | Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical [hardcover front cover]

Teamworks! — by Barbara Sher & Annie Gottlieb | From the authors of Wishcraft... the book that turns their bestselling dream machine into an action program that transforms wishes into real-life happiness! | Warner Books 39244-8 $12.95 U.S.A. ($16.25 CAN.) [paperback front cover]

* A Musical Comedy * | * | book by George Furth | music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim [Company title page detail]

Good morning. It's Friday!

May all your wishes be merry and bright! Or something like that.

Keep trying. Be loud. Do something for someone else today.