This line is a refrain throughout one of my favorite novels of all time, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. You’ve probably never heard of this book. Most people haven’t. My exposure to it is one of the greatest bits of luck I’ve had — it was required reading in an…

That was my personal mantra while I drove down the highway. Several yards in front of me, a man had his hand out the window as he flipped off the Volvo in the other lane. Couldn’t blame him. The Volvo was driving 10 mph under the speed limit and kept…

There. I said it. Why is everyone obsessed with the extinction of the album? People say listeners don’t want it. That kids in their twenties just want that sweet, sweet hit of dopamine and be on their merry way. Maybe I’m just unromantic. “Don’t you believe in love at first…

Six months is a lifetime. Longer than that. Eons. I realized this last week when I was going through some old film last week that I shot back February. …

Welcome to a (very) belated special Labor Day-themed episode of Well Versed. There’s something ironic about Labor Day. We live in a country that has historically had the most disorganized labor organizations out of any modern industrialized nation. It’s a day better known for the slashed prices at Kohl’s and…

With the COVID crisis/the disassembling of NYC as we know it, I’ve been living back in my hometown since March now. When I’m not singing my little heart out until my moms tells me to shut up, or baking sourdough pizzas with a kind of fervor that critics have described…

“Billy Joel… …in his prime, was he ever cool?” someone recently asked me. “Billy Joel? Not cool?” I said/screamed, spitting out my (hypothetical) coffee. I was shocked — shocked to find there were Billy Joel-haters here. So I’m going to let you guys all in on a little-known secret. …

If you’re not familiar with Pinegrove, they’re the band you dreamt about starting when you were sixteen. Not only do they sound fucking great, but you get this sense of camaraderie when you see them perform. If you don’t know them, stop listening to this podcast right now and go…

Right now, you’re probably consuming more art than you ever have before. What else are you going to do? You’re stuck in your house all day, you can’t go get a drink, you can barely buy groceries, and New York is telling you to stop fucking. You might as well…