We’ve Seen These Pictures Before

Catastrophe Porn, Race, and Refugees

Hank Kalet Mar 8

We’ve seen photos like this before. More times than we can count, more times than we even remember. Buildings turned to rubble. Men and women wandering among the debris. This photo from The New York Times was shot in Kyiv in February. It could be Yemen. Aleppo. Or Mosul. I see them. Write about them. Shake my head. //

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Monday Music: What I’m Listening To

Some Brief Thoughts on New Records

Hank Kalet Mar 7

If you have been reading this newsletter, you know I try to write about music on Mondays — for paying subscribers.

Today, I offer a brief overview of what I’ve been listening to of late: Ray Wylie Hubbard, Sarah Shook, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Spoon, and some others.

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