November things

progress not perfection, trying to fold the fitted sheet, and more voice notes

dear good people,

My pre-New Year’s resolution is to hit send on newsletters (and on life things) before I overthink them. I’m applying the same spirit to doing nothing, trying to fold the fitted sheet, and responding to the boys group chat. Progress, not perfection, amiright?

So I decided to whip together this edition during one of my 25 minute “pomodoros.”

Growing up, I had a whole wall covered in corkboard so I could pin up and share mementos without wrecking the wall. This has become my grown-up, digital version of that bulletin board: a new playlist, stuff that caught my eye on the world wide web, and a bunch of shows worth considering.

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good music

This month’s playlist is live. Each one lands in a slightly different place based on what I’m hearing, seeing, and feeling, but the goal is to set the right vibe for whatever’s on tap.

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good stuff

1. If running ASMR and meditation ever collaborated, it would be this.

2. Here’s the ultimate guide to switching streaming services (promoted by a Spotify power user awaiting my Wrapped numbers).

3. Can’t decide whether to write the screenplay about train or art heists.

4. Might open a store that exclusively curates concert, hotel, tourist, and coffee shop merch. Bad Bunny might be my first customer.

5. Or maybe I’ll set my sights on starting my own private label oyster.

6. Celtics’ coach Joe Mazzulla’s leadership lessons are the perfect case study for business leaders trying to navigate change.

7. Here’s an easy act of love. Send more voice notes.

8. “The world is burning, but want to meet up for $34 cocktails?”

9. Would you have guessed that this year’s Booker Prize was written from a vintage style swivel chair in a makeshift office nook?

10. Shout out to the matcha farmers, purveyors, and enthusiasts for navigating the craze.

good shows

Catch these shows in NYC, and in many cases on tour in a city near you, this November and December.

NOVEMBER
15: The Faint / Hercules & Love Affair @ Webster Hall
18: Helado Negro @ Public Records
19: Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, and Rapsody @ Brooklyn Paramount 
20-21: Brandy and Monica @ Barclays Center
20-23: LCD Soundsystem @ Knockdown Center
20-23: Arooj Aftab @ Blue Note
21: The Juan Maclean @ Dead Letter No. 9
21: Cut Copy @ Brooklyn Steel
21: Geese @ Brooklyn Paramount
21: Ariel Pink @ Sony Hall 
21: The Bends @ Mercury Lounge
22: Jai Wolf @ Elsewhere
22: bar italia @ Brooklyn Paramount 
22: Anna of the North @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
28: Joe Kay with Gia Fu @ Knockdown Center 
29: Brazilian Girls @ Sultan Room 
29-Nov 5: Blood Orange @ Brooklyn Steel

DECEMBER
1-2/4: Dijon @ Brooklyn Paramount/Terminal 5
2: Earl Sweatshirt @ Terminal 5 
2-3: Portugal. The Man, La Luz @ Music Hall of Williamsburg/Terminal 5
2-3: Kota the Friend @ Blue Note 
3: Narduar @ S.O.B.’s
4: Myd @ Public Records
4-7: LCD Soundsystem @ Knockdown Center
5: Rejjie Snow @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
5-6: Chromeo @ Webster Hall
5-6: Erykah Badu performing Mama’s Gun @ Kings Theatre’
7: Phony Ppl @ City Winery
9: Xavier Omar @ Le Poisson Rouge
9: Tobi Lou @ Public Records
10: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones @ Beacon Theatre
10-13: LCD Soundsystem @ Knockdown Center
11: Jay Som @ Warsaw
12: Seb Wildwood @ Signal 
12: SML @ Sultan Room
13-14: Press Play 2025 @ Pioneerworks
15-16: JID and Young Nudy @ Brooklyn Paramount
16-17: Lorde @ Barclays Center
21: Ben Folds @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
30: Clipse @ Brooklyn Paramount

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✌️// 🙌 // 🌎