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nice weekend companion

Great so far. Enthralling despite its length

Last section was on Allegheny County, PA— I see some striking similarities to how the low income are treated in my home county of Erie… lots to consider

Every time I read about los angeles i wanna cry

baby’s first Murakamj

Myles is the blueprint

good. Incredibly relevant

ed glaeser reference!

the concept of 17th century italian monk heist novel…

hopefully finishing this soon

crazy Jane Jacobs mention... had me pointing like "OMG I KNOW HERRR"

fantastic

MUDHONEY- doubles as the entire history of legendary underground label Sub Pop. Independent optimism at its finest!

this is gonna stick with me a long time I know it

genuinely throwing up in my mouth a little I hate neoliberalism

FUGAZI!! revolutionary in sound, timeless cool, strict ethos. Fave quote comes from here: "If Walden author Henry David Thoreau were to have managed a rock band, it probably would have been run a lot like Fugazi." p.405

progress. Slower parts and faster parts obviously

Dinosaur Jr- It's pretty funny that You're Living All Over Me is universally recognized as the best Dinosaur album.. vive la naissance du slacker rock!

Big Black- Steve Albini’s vessel for explosions and noise and piss and shit and opinions. Iconoclastic, feverish and cherished for their realness. hugely influential

been on a bit of a catholic theology kick recently so I thought this might be a good read

dnfing…

lowk gonna finish this today

Cannot believe I spent so long reading about a band called the Butthole Surfers

saga type shit… good pool read

research-as-a-mechanical-process remains really interesting to me. Abbot mentions this text shouldn't be read narratively and in order... whoops

LARGE chunk of this during my flight to hawaii :)))
First 75 or so pages were confusing exposition, but much like an epic fantasy novel of this length I’m throughly hooked

Sonic Youth- ETERNAL BAND. It’s clear Azerrad shares my admiration for SY and I think they should always be at the forefront of The Canon. Visionary capital “A” Artists w timeless cool

Hüsker Dü and the Replacements: here, stuck together by Midwestern romantic drunk ethos- I was much more familiar with the ‘Mats but I loved learning about their faster-paced indie darling frenemies