Fall fund drive

I got some, shall we say, challenging news last month when one of my part-time gigs slashed my monthly pay — as in, several hundred dollars less. As you can imagine, it’s a big hit and I’m in no position to handle a full-time job until I’m feeling better.

I don’t know what you like about this site, but I have to assume it has some value to you, or you wouldn’t keep coming back. So if you can donate (or even better, sign up for a monthly subscription), it would be much appreciated during this difficult time. Thanks!

In November

I met the late Walter Hyatt the week before he died in a plane crash. He proudly showed me his old Stella guitar, which he’d had rebuilt top to bottom and it played like a dream. That’s a good word to describe his tunes: dreamy.

Flooding the zone

Now it’s RFK to head HHS. Trump is making outrageous nominations all at once to prevent opposition from centering one of them. Don’t fall for it. Call your senators and tell them to do their fucking jobs: