A monthly pulse. What I'm listening to, reading, watching, and shipping.

July 2026

Listening

  • Jimmy Buffett trop-rock for a Gulf Coast stretch, the Fairhope trip in the background
  • Scientist dub engineering in the King Tubby line, Keith Hudson and the Soul Defenders in the same run
  • The Mothers of Invention Freak Out! at 60 this year, one of those records I keep going back to
  • R.L. Burnside north Mississippi hill-country blues, one riff turned hypnotic

Reading

  • Chesapeake (Michener) picked up for the Bay trip, not as background reading

Watching

  • 30 for 30: "Big Shot" the John Spano con, a fraud who talked his way into owning the Islanders
  • The World Cup on in the background all month, and Atlanta is one of the host cities

Shipping

  • TasteBud foundation work this cycle, building toward a public 1.0

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