• Proposing “overwhelmth” (noun) as an addition to the English language.
  • Getting flirtatiously close to Inbox Zero.
  • Great Arthur Russell songs that I hadn’t heard: “Tell You Today,” “Instrumentals Volume 2,” “A Little Lost.” Like a dream.
  • From Our Band Could Be Your Life: “Mr. Ginn … was so proud of his son [Greg Ginn of Black Flag] that when he’d teach classes at Harbor College, he’d often have the Black Flag insignia painted on the pocket of his button-down shirts” (41).