Peter's Essays

Life Exploding in Every Direction

Sam Cooke: 'Blowin in the Wind' (Live at the Copacabana) + Swagger + Freedom + The End of One Movie + The Start of Another

Nov 20 •

Silhouettes, So Far And Close

The Clientele: 'I Dreamed of You, Maria' + The haze of early parenting + The old becoming new + The new becoming old + Steamrollers + Meat-grinders

Sep 12 •

The Vampire Diaries

Vampire Weekend: ‘I Stand Corrected’ + Standing corrected + NYC dreaming + Magazine scheming + Jews on horses

Aug 6 •

The World Is Ours

The Walkmen: 'We Can't Be Beat' + Spending eight years writing one novel + Gang vocals + Fancy wine and cheese + Tambourine

Jun 25 •

jesse's fav tunz

Whitney: 'Strange Overtones'

May 30 •

Maybe It's Unbearable

Broken Social Scene: 'Superconnected'

May 21 •

The History Train

Paul Simon: 'Peace Like a River'

May 14 •

That Isn't What I Meant To Say At All

Belle and Sebastian: 'Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying'

May 3 •

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