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Robert Rackley

Christian, aspiring minimalist, inveterate notetaker, paper airplane mechanic.

Babyland General

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, we celebrated Pascha a few weeks ago. I wondered how many of the parish faithful would be drawn to our middle-of-the-night celebration. It turns out, pretty much all of them. Even my friend, whose wife had twins earlier in the day, came to the Pascha

Notes From A Quiet Life

A new Washed Out video uses AI to promote the first single from a forthcoming album.

Into The Realm

I have mixed feelings about a band that does doom metal with this much conviction.

Into The Realm

Love Child (Never Meant To Be)

Bandcamp has a feature on Sonic Youth and Beat Happening contemporaries, Love Child. John Morrison, writing about the short-lived group, notes that their sound, while not pop-punk as we think of it, nevertheless was both pop and punk. Particularly on their early 7” singles, they have a shambling, amateurish sound

Love Child (Never Meant To Be)

Issue No. 4 — Pascha Protocol

Luxury beliefs, Pablo Neruda's influence, the danger of phone usage among teens, Ghost is building ActivityPub integration, the culture of distraction and the origin of 90s band names.

Your Analyst Was A Placekicker For The Falcons

Examining the attempts to replace religious observances with secular equivalents.

Music Media Mayhem

What is the best way to buy and consume music in 2024?

Music Media Mayhem

A La Sala

A band that has spawned many imitators keeps adding to the quality of their catalog.

A La Sala

The City We Forgot To Name

More evidence of bias in mainstream journalism.

The City We Forgot To Name

Substack Lock-In

Will the latest Substack controversy have legs?

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