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sibilants hissing in the speakers

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(click the link / deconstruction site to listen)

My Big Breaksibilants hissing in the speakers

album art for a track called "sibilants hissing in the speakers" - across a lane of a freeway two cranes appear to be demolishing a building

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February 2, 2023
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heaven is a void between load screens (my big break 2020 - 2022)

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today's email

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#150
January 26, 2023
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full of knives and ready to pop

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(click the link / chair swing ride to listen)

My Big Breakfull of knives and ready to pop

a blurry image of a chair swing ride at a winter market in Germany

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#149
January 19, 2023
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i felt the cool wind of a million doors opening

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(click the link / rainbow oil stain to listen)

My Big Breaki felt the cool wind of a million doors opening

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#148
January 12, 2023
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they beamed tremendous ease

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(click the link / plane vista to listen)

My Big Breakthey beamed tremendous ease

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#147
December 29, 2022
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low risk and high delight

guten morgen ~

(click the link / prague winter market to listen)

My Big Breaklow risk and high delight

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#146
December 15, 2022
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I am simply riding the faders

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(click the link / video feedback screen to listen)

My Big BreakI am simply riding the faders

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#145
December 8, 2022
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perhaps my party boy days are truly over

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(click the link / vinyl graveyard flowers to listen)

My Big Breakperhaps my party boy days are truly over

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#144
December 1, 2022
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spending time with other people together in the dark

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(click the link / rave pic to listen)

My Big Breakspending time with other people together in the dark

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#143
November 10, 2022
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boy do I have the spirit

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(click the link / farm at dusk to listen)

My Big Breakboy do I have the spirit

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#142
November 3, 2022
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sound of ice, sound of crows, sound of toads, delightful

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(click the link / shimmer lake rocks to listen)

My Big Breaksound of ice, sound of crows, sound of toads, delightful

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#141
October 27, 2022
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clean and alive and shivering

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(click the link / faux brick wall to listen)

My Big Breakclean and alive and shivering

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#140
October 19, 2022
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beer pong into your 30s

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(click the link / open east gate to listen)

My Big Breakbeer pong into your 30s

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#139
October 13, 2022
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the peel of their citrus in the sink

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(click the link / flying south V to listen)

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My Big Breakthe peel of their citrus in the sink
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#138
September 29, 2022
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this song is helping me feel a little bit good

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(click the link / sunset pool party to listen)

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My Big Breakthis song is helping me feel a little bit good
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#137
September 22, 2022
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jolly bobber

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(click the link / grey sky tugboat to listen)

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My Big Breakjolly bobber
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#136
September 15, 2022
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as soon as you carve a spark

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(click the link / Vermont sky to listen)

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My Big Breakas soon as you carve a spark
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#135
September 8, 2022
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pedal steel warping in the mph

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(click the baby grand to listen)



Stream pedal steel warping in the mph by benjaminseretan | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

birds of various unidentified types singing between weather events / cars rushing by at all hours, ATVs and motorcycles, too from the cars there is the occasional muffled kick drum or if the windows

today's track + writing is the final installment of "sandhills music," which is now available via Tiny Showcase, on Bandcamp, or wherever you stream music - - thank you for listening!

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#134
September 1, 2022
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sandhills music - out now!

good morning ~

just a quick note to let you know that "sandhills music" - the multi-part project we've been publishing here this month - is now available via the Tiny Showcase website, Bandcamp, or wherever you find music ~ I do hope you enjoy:

Ben Seretansandhills music

if you like it, please consider sharing it with someone you love :)

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#133
August 30, 2022
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a clear and common miracle

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(click the orb of pond to listen)



Stream a clear and common miracle by benjaminseretan | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

A clear and common miracle that alloyed metal, formed into hollow tubes, can be then cut into various pythagorean lengths, ratios and measurements, then suspended from a shared frame with a wooden dis

today's email is the 4th installment of "sandhills music," commissioned by Tiny Showcase. the whole project - including another 28 minutes of music - comes out on Tuesday in a beautiful cassette tape edition and streaming online ~ stay tuned ~ ~ ~

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#132
August 25, 2022
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bench full of yellowing hymns

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(click the sunset baby grand to listen)



Stream bench full of yellowing hymns by benjaminseretan | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

One tether after another snapped and upward you ascended, a set-free hot air balloon, smoke curling airborne from a pyre, an angel returning to heaven. These were the places, the people, and the anima

today's email is part three of "sandhills music," a series commissioned by Tiny Showcase. This project will be available in a wildly beautiful cassette tape edition soon, stay tuned.

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#131
August 18, 2022
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in colors just a little too vibrant to be naturally occurring

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(click the kaleidoscope waves to listen)



Stream in colors just a little too vibrant to be naturally occurring by benjaminseretan | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

We don’t mark the time since in calendar years gone by. We don’t actively keep track of days without or however many months it’s been. What really makes it real is the summer breaking through, that’s

today's email is part 2 of "sandhills music," a series commissioned by tiny showcase ~ enjoy ~

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#130
August 11, 2022
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head in the water, child

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(click the kaleidoscope flowers to listen)



Stream head in the water, child by benjaminseretan | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

You’d spend three months riding the bus, crinkling the printer paper with your clammy fingers, route map downloaded ahead of time and inkjetted out. Late era sony discman held parallel to the bus floo

want to mention right off the bat that i'm playing with legendary sweaty DIY prog band Oneida this Saturday at No Fun in Troy, NY - - I included this last week but I neglected to include the correct link for info on the show, giving that another try now. i'll be doing a new set of music with the violinist Connor Armbruster, an extended drone that's somehow both very loud and very quiet.

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#129
August 4, 2022
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held a hair's width from my cheek

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(click the link / drive-by berkshire sunset to listen)

My Big Breakheld a hair’s width from my cheek

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#128
July 28, 2022
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the generous body I've been blessed with

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(click the link / buggy sunset to listen)

My Big Breakthe generous body I’ve been blessed with

a row of trees stand sharp in silhouette against a darkening sky that fades top-down from deep blue to nearly white blue to a creamy orange

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#127
July 21, 2022
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criss cross applesauce right in the stream of the amp

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(click the link / disco ball to listen)

My Big Breakcriss cross applesauce, right in the stream of the amp

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#126
July 14, 2022
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born expanded and will one day die not ready

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(click the link / empire plaza fireworks to listen)

My Big Breakborn expanded and will one day die not ready

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#124
July 7, 2022
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hold hard the mop handle

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(click the link / Albany underpass to listen)

My Big Breakhold hard the mop handle

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#123
June 30, 2022
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i speak bodies of water into a deeper, more restorative power

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(click the link / rockaway takeoff to listen)

My Big BreakI speak bodies of water into a deeper, more restorative power

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#122
June 23, 2022
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the heft of something actual

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(click the link / solarium scene to listen)

My Big Breakthe heft of something actual

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#121
June 9, 2022
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the world ought to hear the racket

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(click the link to listen)

Ben Seretan & The EarlyIn Two

i don't have a new track for you today - ran outta time - but i do have something archival for you to hear. the record linked above - Ben Seretan & the Early's "In Two" - came out ten years and one day ago. we didn't necessarily mean for this to line up the way that it did, but I'm about to do a little run of shows with the current incarnation of the Early, so it feels appropriate to revisit this exuberant LP. you can check it out, and I wrote about it below.

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#120
June 2, 2022
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never do nothing twice

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(click the link / flash photo froggy to listen)

My Big Breaknever do nothing twice

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#119
May 26, 2022
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go, go, gone, poof

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(click the link / terrible picture of the moon to listen)

My Big Breakgo, go, gone, poof

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#118
May 19, 2022
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the steady push of new life, warm and heaving on the sidewalk

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(click the link / distorted piggly wiggly logo to listen)

Ben SeretanLive Waves

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#117
May 5, 2022
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paid post preview - just a helpless little invertebrate awash on the tides

good morning ~

today's edition of the newsletter is for paying subscribers only - it includes a big cloud of piano chords, lap steel whale calls, and writing about maritime law, being underwater, and running into the Pacific Ocean.

you, too, can sign up for a paid subscription via the "sign up for a premium subscription" link at the bottom of this email - you'll get every edition of this project, one tone zone a year, plus some other goodies. you'll also keep the work going - - every bit helps.

thanks for being here, regardless - - I truly appreciate it

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#116
April 21, 2022
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just a helpless little invertebrate awash on the tides

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(click the link / family of bears to listen)

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My Big Breakjust a helpless little invertebrate awash on the tides
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#115
April 21, 2022
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one cracked can at a time

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(click the link / bricks to listen)

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My Big Breakone cracked can at a time
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#114
April 7, 2022
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big breaths are coming in and in and in

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(click the link / statue in the fog to listen)

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My Big Breakbig breaths are coming in and in and in
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#113
March 24, 2022
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I put on little sunglasses to further signal that the vibe had shifted

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(click the link / dating show set to listen)

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My Big BreakI put on little sunglasses to further signal that the vibe had shifted
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#112
March 10, 2022
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sun bleached sites of my western youth

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(click the link / column of jerash to listen)

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My Big Breaksun bleached sites of my western youth
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#111
March 3, 2022
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2 Years of Youth Pastoral

What's up, MBB Premium Subscribers ~

Today marks two years since YOUTH PASTORAL came out, which is a very difficult fact for me to accept! It still feels like only yesterday I was shipping off the first copies and playing the songs for friends in a crowded room.

As the anniversary date approached, I found myself getting sad about it - where had the time gone? But instead of getting down about it and thinking about what could have been, I decided to do something fun instead. So I whipped up the below obnoxiously bright commemorative t-shirts - - they're up on Bandcamp now and you all get 30% off with the code "ypshirtdiscount" at checkout.

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#110
February 28, 2022
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we grind the bones of our leisure

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(click the link / swarming crows to listen)

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My Big Breakwe grind the bones of our leisure
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#109
February 24, 2022
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snag a flash of it

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(click the link / ice palace to listen)

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My Big Breaksnag a flash of it
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#108
February 17, 2022
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the faces in the throw

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(click the link / snowy crow hideout to listen)

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My Big Breakthe faces in the throw
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#107
February 10, 2022
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a holler from behind a door

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(click the link / frozen antenna topper to listen)

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My Big Breaka holler from behind a door
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#106
February 3, 2022
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secret dark art happening

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(click the link / swarming sunset crows to listen)

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My Big Breaksecret dark art happening
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#105
January 27, 2022
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like riotous chrysanthemum bulbs

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(click the curtain on the window / link to listen)

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My Big Breaklike riotous chrysanthemum bulbs
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#104
January 20, 2022
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(paid preview) squinting right into the lens

good morning ~

every few weeks this newsletter will be for premium subscribers only and today’s installment is one of those ~

paying mbb readers got a self-destructive slapper of a track and thoughts on why I love watching human faces speaking into cameras (but I won’t withhold my recommendations: “Where Are We? Our Trip Through America,” the films of Les Blank, “How to with John Wilson”).

i’m also going to try something ambitious - all paying readers will also be entitled to one personal tone zone per year

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#103
January 13, 2022
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squinting right into the lens

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(click the guinea feather / link to listen)

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My Big Breaksquinting right into the lens
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#102
January 13, 2022
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a little spear of night in their beak

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(click the link / fabulous sunset to listen)

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My Big Breaka little spear of night in their beak
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#101
January 6, 2022
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