Guest Essayist for Norman W. Long’s “Calumet in Dub” Solo Exhibit

As some of you may know, one of my career goals is to adjunct college without ever stepping a single foot inside of graduate school. So, I am pleased to announce what could only be the beginning of my journey to being a Guest Lecturer, with the arrival of an incredible solo exhibit from Norman… Continue reading Guest Essayist for Norman W. Long’s “Calumet in Dub” Solo Exhibit

Winter 2022//recorded syntax

This mixtape was crafted for my friend and elder whom I am very grateful for in the field of music journalism, Marc Masters. It was interesting to make a winter mixtape for Marc, because he had just officially graduated from winter and moved to Arizona. I was really excited to make a tape for him,… Continue reading Winter 2022//recorded syntax

Norman W. Long Lifetime Achievement

It was an honor to write about where Norman W. Long is from and his journey into sound art and back to Chicago. It's a great story about the twin deaths of the American Dream and effective unionism, classism and racism, and possibilities he is creating and recording for both personal and environmental healing in… Continue reading Norman W. Long Lifetime Achievement

Winter 2021//on my hill, I wait for wind

This mix was crafted for my friend, Glenna Jean Fitch, who I have not seen in years. This is a mixtape for a pandemic winter! It contains themes about the new year, windows, play with ideas of inside and outside, loss, loneliness, isolation, grief, death, civilization being at a crossroads, nature, seeing people you haven't… Continue reading Winter 2021//on my hill, I wait for wind