Conrad Life Report

Topics: Neighborhood report, Caputo's Bake Shop closing, Dad Rock game release, hanging out with Jonathan Richman, Jalopy Theatre gala, Yo La Tengo at Parish Hall at St. Ann's, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings 'Acoustic Reckoning' at the Capitol Theatre, Scooter Clifton at Littlefield, trip to Paris and Toulouse, Eiffel Tower, Paris metro, Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace at Le Bourget, Aeroscopia museum at Airbus, Odette, La Robe et la Mousse, French deadheads.

Topics: Bowling, Melody Lanes, Madison Bowl, Midtown Bowl, trip to Cincinnati, St. Francis Apizza, TWA Hotel, trip to Atlanta, Renaissance Concourse Hotel, Delta Flight Museum, The Varsity, hotel bars, Silicon Alley 30 'party,' Wall Street Hotel bar, Fresh Salt, Brooklyn Social, Bob Weir.

Topics: Neighborhood Report, new Court Street traffic flow, Big Tiny, Poetica Coffee, As For The Future at The Good Fork, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Queens Museum, Panorama of the City of New York, planespotting, Planeview Park, Hermon MacNeil Park, Paulie Gee's Slice Shop in Greenpoint, Andrew Bellucci's Pizza in Astoria, Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet at Littlefield, DJEAD NIGHT at Threes Brewing, No Kings march in Brooklyn, I GET WILD Fall Foliage 2025 Tour, Lizard Lounge in Cambridge MA, Cape Cod, West Dennis Beach, Lighthouse Inn, The Red Cottage restaurant, Myrtle in East Providence RI, Wickenden Street, Round Again Records, Colony in Woodstock, Small Talk, sitting in with Thank God For Science, Listener of the Week.

Topics: Neighborhood report, plane spotting, Planeview Park, LaGuardia Landing Lights, Hermon MacNeil Park, The Mounds, Idlewild Kayak Launch, North Woodmere Park, L&B Spumoni Gardens, Chrissy's Pizza, Andrew Bellucci's Pizza, Eric Bachmann in Chad's basement, Kimchee Kooks Kate's Kitchen, block party honky tonk stoop jams, Chappell Roan at Forest Hills Stadium.

Topics: Neighborhood report, trip to Korea.

Topics: Summertime, stoops hangs, roofs, backyards, beaches, pizza, L&B Spumoni Gardens, Brooklyn DOP Pizza, Rome to Brooklyn Pizza, Modern Apizza, Gui Steakhouse, Coney Island, Mr. Beet, Yerba Buena, Brooklyn Social, Dolce Brooklyn, tape night at Bar Great Harry, It's All Gonna Break at Nitehawk Cinema, The Invisible Dog on Bergen Street, 2A, Wussy at the Mercury Lounge, No Kings protest in Manhattan, trips to New Haven, 4th of July, Loose Lemons at King Tai Bar.

Topics: Neighborhood report, warmer weather, stoop hangs, Gowanus Yacht Club, running, Coney Island, Junior's Restaurant, Talea Brewing, the Red Caboose, Brado Pizza, Joe + Pat Pizzeria, Staten Island Railway, trip to Cincinnati, Reds vs Pirates, Badges Drum Shop, Cabinet of Wonders at City Winery, I Get Wild + Moral Kiosk at Littlefield, The Colorado Kid by Stephen King.

Topics: lost wedding ring, new subway map, The Airplane Shop in Fairfield, NJ, Colombo's Pharmacy in Middle Village, Queens, Oliver's first visit to Madison Square Garden, Knicks vs. Wizards, walks in Prospect Park and Central Park, subway adventures, New World Mall food court in Flushing, new open gangway G train cars, Great Jones Distilling, Rossi's Lounge, Insa, IT Adventures Ropes Course/Jordan's Furniture, Modern Apizza, Atticus Bookstore Cafe, Dogfish Head/Grateful Dead event, Bushwick's Dead at Brooklyn Bowl, Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy at Brooklyn Steel, The Bevis Frond at Baby's All Right and Night Club 101, +/- + Mark Robinson + Girl Scout Handbook at Littlefield, Father John Misty + Destroyer at Kings Theatre, I Get Wild at The Falcon, Royal American Social Aid and Pleasure Club at Mama Tried.

Topics: Toxic 2025 cont., Saturn Road, Record Shop, Cafe Volkan, Brooklyn Strategist, Bar Great Harry, Viva Mexico Tire Shop, Union Pizza Works, Relix Magazine 50th at Brooklyn Bowl, Taper's Choice, I Get Wild at Brooklyn Made, ENO, Burns Night, subway adventures, Boston, Pino's Pizza in Brookline, Green Line T, Stuart Murdoch at the Bell House, Dog Man.

Topics: social media, toxic 2025, optimism, trip to Hawaii, Zippy's, Hungry Ear Records, Kailua, Ko Olina, Yanagi Sushi, Million Restaurant, Ala Moana, Windward Mall, freeways, HNL airport gardens, Yo La Tengo at the Bowery Ballroom, New Year's Eve, A Complete Unknown.

Topics: Holiday season in New York City, visiting old haunts, Old Town Bar, Barcade, Tom and Jerry's, Jimmy's Corner, The Quays, Floyd, neighborhood closures, subway adventures, Holiday Nostalgia train, Mark Guiliana at Village Vanguard, Johnny Marr + JAMES at Brooklyn Paramount, Iron Maiden at Barclays Center, Stuart Bogie and Buck McDaniel at Church of Our Saviour, SML at Public Records, Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Vanderbeekers Ever After by Karina Yan Glaser, Conclave by Robert Harris, Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins, ed. Sam V.H. Reese.

Topics: Neighborhood report, back to school, Nate's Detroit Pizza on Court St, Tarrytown House Estate, Goosefeather, Bar Bete, Strong Rope Brewery, Gowanus Waterfront Park, Keen's Steakhouse, Doobie Brothers and Steve Winwood at Madison Square Garden, Trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Eric Bachmann at Le Poisson Rouge, Jeff Rosenstock at Warsaw, Hamburger America, trip to Maine, Freeport, Old Orchard Beach, Biddeford, Yo La Tengo at Chad's house, Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr at Madison Square Garden, The National and the War on Drugs at Forest Hills, I Get Wild at the Falcon, the Mets.

Topics: Catching up, City Hall abandoned subway station tour, trip to Saratoga Springs, heatwaves, Bon Bon, One Girl Cookies, Cafe Volkan, Ace's Pizza, Daryl Hall + Elvis Costello and the Imposters at Radio City Music Hall, R-Cade/Barcade, Olympics watching, New Haven, Modern Apizza, IT! Adventures at Jordans Furniture, subway adventures, trip to St. Catharines/Niagara Falls, Beechwood Doughnuts, Oast Brewers, Wayne Gretzky Estates, Neil Peart Pavilion, Lakeside Park, Sunny's in Red Hook, There Was Nothing You Could Do by Steven Hyden, The Unreality of Memory by Elisa Gabbert, A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold.

Topics: Catching up, The Meat Hook, Automattic office, Lambchop and Sloppy Heads at Mama Tried, The Cyclone, Totonno's Pizzeria, Liam Gallagher John Squire at Brooklyn Paramount, Fastball at the Mercury Lounge, Neil Young and Crazy Horse at Forest Hills Stadium, Justin Vivian Bond at St. Ann's Warehouse, The Helm Family Midnight Ramble at Levon Helm Studios, Pixies and Modest Mouse at Forest Hills Stadium, Trans Canada Highwaymen at City Winery, Bonny Light Horseman at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Wilco at the Beacon Theater, The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow, Extremely Hardcore by Zoe Schiffer, Burn Book by Kara Swisher, Feel Free by Zadie Smith, The Vanderbeekers series, Filterworld by Kyle Chayka, Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

Topics: Neighborhood report, Harold Ickes Playground, running, subway adventures, Mardi Gras gig at Mama Tried, DJEAD Night at Broken Land, trip to Cincinnati, World Peace Bell in Newport, KY, trip to Austin, Diana Ross at ACL Moody Theater, Vikingur Olafsson at Carnegie Hall, Jonathan Richman at the Bell House, Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem, My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee, Sonic Life by Thurston Moore, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser.

Topics: Poconos, Kalahari Water Park, Station Bar in Woodstock, Phish at Madison Square Garden NYE, dduk guk New Year's Day, University of Michigan football, NOTEM planners, Humbled by the Void practice, MTA adventures, birthday parties, upcoming Mardi Gras 2/10 gig at Mama Tried, Maine Beer Co., Oh Me Oh My by Lonnie Holley, The Hypos S/T, Little Rope by Sleater-Kinney, Hometown to Come by Minwhee Lee, Selected Jambient Works, Vol. 1 by Country Sadness, Explosive Hits Vol. 1 by Trans-Canada Highwaymen, Orange Head by Black Grape, Saviors by Green Day, Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, Ramona and her Father by Beverly Cleary, The Gospel of the Hold Steady by Michael Hann, The Six Day War by Michael B. Oren.

Topics: holiday parties, Christmas carol singing, Cobble Hill Ballet's The Nutcracker at Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Serafina Tribeca, Mates of State + Versus + Girl Scout Handbook + The Aislers Set at Littlefield, Yo La Tengo + The Aislers Set at the Bowery Ballroom, Madonna + Honey Dijon at Barclays Center, Jon Langford + Sally Timms at the Good Fork Pub, I Get Wild shows at Reservoir Studios, Littlefield, Colony Woodstock, John and Peter's New Hope, Gutenberg! The Musical at the James Earl Jones Theatre, birthday parties, Garcia Peoples at Bacaro, Bob Dylan at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Baltimore, Untable, Le Rock, Five Acres, Good Night in Woodstock, Gus's Chop House, Depeche Mode at Madison Square Garden.

Topics: Neighborhood report, Tacos El Brother 3 truck, new places, Travel Bar, alternate side parking, living in NYC, Pavement at Brooklyn Steel, trip to Cincinnati, Zip's Cafe, Madtree Brewing, Rhinegeist, The National: Homecoming, Bartees Strange, The Walkmen, Patti Smith, Weyes Blood, Pavement, The National, making new friends, Peter Gabriel at Madison Square Garden, I Get Wild at the Falcon in Marlboro + The Cutting Room NYC, Velocity Girl at the Bowery Ballroom, Thai Diner, Epistrophy, Antler, Stop Making Sense at Cobble Hill Cinemas, 68 Jay Street Bar, Brooklyn Social, out of town friends, Manet/Degas at Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Walkmen at Kings Theatre, Rockefeller Center concourse, Goldberg Variations by Vikingur Olafsson, Mellencamp by Paul Rees, Bit Rot by Douglas Coupland, All That Man Is by David Szalay.

Topics: I Get Wild at Positive Jam in Accord, NY, The Hold Steady, Guided By Voices, New Paltz, tech offices, Automattic, friends in from out of town, The National + Patti Smith at Madison Square Garden, vacation, Montreal, Sutton, Quebec, Schilling Beer Co., New Hampshire, Maine, Old Orchard Beach, Maine Mall, Eventide, Boston, first day of school.

Topics: summer stoop and roof hangs, Shipwrecked Golf in Red Hook, lunchtime walks in Central Park, Silverball Retro Arcade in Asbury Park, Jon Bon Jovi rest stop, Savak at Mama Tried, Balthazar, Milady's, Rose City Band at Union Pool, Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, CT, Phish at Madison Square Garden, Evenings at the Village Gate by John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy, The Ballad of Darren by Blur, Welshpool Frillies by Guided By Voices, I Inside the Old I Dying by PJ Harvey, My Back Was a Bridge For You to Cross by ANOHNI and the Johnsons, Lost Son - An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars by Brett Forrest.

Topics: Memorial Day, I Get Wild at Littlefield, Humbled by the Void gig, Luna Park/Coney Island, out of town friends, school happy hour, Black Mountain Wine House, Bryan Adams + Joan Jett at Madison Square Garden, end of school, Dolce Brooklyn, Keens Steakhouse, Barcade, The Cure at Madison Square Garden, Dead and Company at Citi Field, birthday party, Tears For Fears at Madison Square Garden, last day of school, Henry Public, The Disappearance of Josef Mengele by Olivier Guez, Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy by James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams, The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J. Crew by Maggie Bullock, Judy Blume books.

Topics: Neighborhood report, Esposito's closing, electronic recycling event, trip to Philadelphia, Adventure Aquarium, Citizens Bank Park, Monk's Cafe, Ed Sheeran at Kings Theatre, O'Keefe's Bar on Court Street, trip to Baltimore, National Aquarium, Camden Yards, Baltimore Light RailLink, I Get Wild shows, John and Peter's in New Hope, The Falcon in Marlboro, Dream House Quartet at Town Hall, The Walkmen at Webster Hall, Bono at the Beacon Theatre, The Hold Steady, The New Pornographers, Scott McMicken and the Ever Expanding, Deerhoof, Kevin Rowland, Feist, Kara Jackson, Xylouris White, Dream House Quartet, Tim Hecker, William Tyler, Ed Sheeran, Gord Downie, Fred Again and Brian Eno, Rose City Band, The National, Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, Numbers Don't Lie by Vaclav Smil, Stay True by Hua Hsu.

100! Topics: 100 episodes, The National at Bearsville Theatre, Tinker Street Tavern, Bread Alone, The Mud Club, Best Pizza in New Paltz, I Get Wild at Littlefield 3/10, The Zolephants, Oliver 10th birthday, Titanic party, out of town guests, Orphan Guitars, Black Gold, Bar Great Harry, Ruthie's, Barely Disfigured, Brooklyn Social, non-alcoholic beer, 1973 Dead, Essays 1 by Lydia Davis, Screaming on the Inside by Jessica Grose, The Shortest History of the Soviet Union by Sheila Fitzpatrick.

99! Topics: I Get Wild upcoming shows at Littlefield (3/10) and John and Peter's New Hope (3/24), new Substack/newsletter, neighborhood report, Sal's closing, Salt's Cure opening, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, Metro North, Nick Paumgarten, Mardi Gras party at Mama Tried in Sunset Park, trip to Cincinnati, LaRosa's Pizza, Hyde Park hangs, Voice of America Museum, National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Flaggs USA in Oakley Square, King Arthur's Court, Aglamesis Brothers, Workin' On A World by Iris DeMent, This Stupid World by Yo La Tengo, The Vivian Line by Ron Sexsmith, A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre, Stepping Back From The Ledge by Laura Trujillo.

Topics: Neighborhood report, Ban Be Bakery, Cafe Cotton Bean, Threes Brewing, new Barnes & Noble, Edward Hopper's New York at the Whitney, Titanic: The Exhibition, Stout on East 41st St, Red Hook Tavern, Dry Cleaning at Pioneer Works, La La Land by Guided By Voices, Seafaring Strangers: Private Yacht by Various Artists, Patter Theme by Patter, 12 by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Prize by Rozi Plain, Complete Mountain Almanac S/T, Mercy by John Cale, One Day by Fucked Up, Turn the Car Around by Gaz Coombes, When We Disappear by the Mother Hips, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami.

Topics: holiday parties, Peter McManus in Chelsea, Bear Cafe in Bearsville, Cucina in Woodstock, 2022 running stats, COVID, Phish at Madison Square Garden, Yo La Tengo Hanukkah at Bowery Ballroom, Mali Obamsawin, Leyenda, Travel Bar, Skippy in town, Jeff Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy, My Life in the Sunshine by Nabil Ayers, This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.

Topics: days off, Bobbi's Italian Beef, Haven, The Dutch, Spring Lounge, Wingbar, L'Industrie Pizzeria, holiday parties, I Get Wild + Balthrop Alabama at Littlefield, Bonny Light Horseman + Cassandra Jenkins at Music Hall of Williamsburg, The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy, When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus, new glasses.

Topics: Neighborhood report, Wingbar on Smith Street, new smoke shops, Sociale, Shelsky's of Brooklyn, Black Gold, NYC Marathon, Election Day, Dhamaka, The Grand Delancey, ProductCon, S&P/Eisenberg's, Arturo's, 787 Coffee on East 10th Street, H-Mart on 2nd Avenue, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Suede + Manic Street Preachers at King's Theatre, Isomonstrosity s/t, Quiet By Your Side by Jude Flannery, Use Your Illusion (Super Deluxe) by Guns n' Roses, Rebels Without Applause by Morrissey, how/whether to separate art from the artist, Five Decembers by James Kestrel, Surrender by Bono.

Topics: Neighborhood report, Poetica Coffee on Smith Street, Black Mountain Wine House, Villager on Classon Avenue, I Get Wild at Colony in Woodstock, The Mud Club in Woodstock, Greenpoint Loft, stoop hangs, Bonnie Prince Billy at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Halloween, Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip by Various Artists, Reason In Decline by Archers of Loaf, Garcia Live Vol 19: October 31, 1992 by Jerry Garcia Band, In and Out of the Garden: MSG '81, '82, '83 by the Grateful Dead, The Frow Show on WFMU, Rolling Golden Holy by Bonny Light Horseman, Estella Jane by Steve Salett, Nothing Special by Will Sheff, Stumpwork by Dry Cleaning, Reality by Bill Callahan, Midnights by Taylor Swift, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE by Brian Eno, Stars At Noon (Soundtrack) by Tindersticks, Steady by Sloan, Live in Cuxhaven 1976 by Can, See You in the Stars by Lightning Seeds, Hysteria by Indigo Sparke, Kings Theatre 10/2/22 by Pavement, God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert, Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records by Jim Ruland, White Noise by Don DeLillo.

Topics: care package from British Columbia, Bee's Knees Provisions, Central Park, running, Ray Rizzo with Bridget St. John and Michael Shannon at Rockwood Music Hall, The National at Capitol Theatre, Pet Shop Boys and New Order at Madison Square Garden, Pavement and Horesegirl at Kings Theatre, trip to Baltimore, Camden Yards, trip to Ontario, high school reunion, Autofiction by Suede, In These Times by Makaya McCraven, Midnight Scorchers by Horace Andy, Gamelatron Bidadari by Zemi17, Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie by Gary Weiss, No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood.

Topics: neighborhood report, stoop hangs, watering the school garden, Dolce Brooklyn, Nicky's Unisex, Roger Waters at Madison Square Garden, trip to New Haven, Old Heidelberg, Ordinary, Modern Apizza, Norwalk Cove Mini Golf, first day of school, Sunny's, Strong Rope Red Hook, Live at Gilley's by Kris Kristofferson, Eight Freedoms by New Freedom Sound, How Do You Burn? by Afghan Whigs, I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos by Lou Reed, Back On The Road To You by Freedy Johnston, The Individualist: Digressions, Dreams, and Dissertations by Todd Rundgren.

Topics: Neighborhood report, Ruthie's, pizza at Lee's Tavern on Staten Island, F&F Pizza, Baby Luc's Pizza, Staten Island FunPark, Shipwrecked mini golf, Elvis Costello and the Imposters at Pier 17, Rage Against the Machine and Run the Jewels at Madison Square Garden, Jacob Riis Park/Rockaway Beach, Crown Heights Armory, Crown Heights Cafe, Bourbon Bros meetup, stoop hangs, Success by Oneida, Freakout/Release by Hot Chip, Heartmind by Cass McCombs, Chopper by Kiwi Jr, Saturday Night in San Francisco by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco de Lucia, The Music Never Stops by Peter Shapiro.

Topics: Smith Street Pizza, trip to Rhode Island, Fox Farm Brewery, Little Narragansett Bay boat ride, illness in house, I Get Wild + Stuart Bogie at Littlefield 7/29/22, trip to Maine, Marlborough, MA hotel, Biddeford Mills Museum, Back Cove Trail, The Holy Donut, Crescent Beach, Kennebunkport, Old Orchard Beach, Palace Playland, Bissell Brothers Brewing, spreading ashes, Maine Beer Company, LL Bean, Scales, Tree House Brewing, Barker Character, Comic, and Cartoon Museum in Cheshire, CT, Modern Apizza in New Haven, Holy Diver by DIO, Logger Hero by Wu-Lu, From the New World by Alan Parsons, The Other Side of Make-Believe by Interpol, Earl's Closet: The Lost Archive of Earl McGrath 1970-1980, Birds in the Ceiling by John Moreland, Waiting For Columbus by Little Feat, Into the Groove by Mickey Hart/Planet Drum, Old-Time Folks by Lee Bains and the Glory Fires, Build by Tony Fadell, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty, The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman.

Topics: Neighborhood report, backyard hangs, 33 1/3 The National: Boxer at Rough Trade, City Island, 239 Play, Turtle Cove Mini Golf, Rockaway Beach, Flower + Martha's Vineyard Ferries at Mama Tried, David Lemieux, Dead and Company at Citi Field, out of town visitors, dehydration, Bar Bruno, Bar Great Harry, stoop hangs, F&F Pizza, Voice of Chunk by the Lounge Lizards, Tremblers and Goggles By Rank by Guided By Voices, The Rules Have Changed by 3.2, Giant Palm by Naima Bock, Rachel@Fairyland by Rae Morris, Household Name by Momma, Toast by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The History of Bones by John Lurie, Build by Tony Fadell.

Topics: Dobbs, neighborhood report, backyard and stoop hangs, Oliver annual checkup, new Delta headhouse/terminal at LaGuardia, trip to Boulder, Dead and Company at Folsom Field, altitude effects, Uber/Lyft prices, last day of school, American Museum of Natural History, Hayden Planetarium, Woodstock, Saugerties Lighthouse, C'mon C'mon, The Kids in the Hall, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Steve Reich: Reich/Richter by Ensemble Contemporain, The Resurrection of Rust by Elvis Costello, Farm to Table by Bartees Strange, The Spur by Joan Shelley, 'Carolina' by Taylor Swift, Home Before and After by Regina Spektor.

Topics: Trip to Philadelphia, Franklin Institute, Liberty Bell, Princeton, Princeton Record Exchange, Golden Touch, stoop visits, roof hangs, Fragole on Court Street, Walter's in Fort Greene, The History of Bones by John Lurie, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, 'Flicted by Bruce Hornsby, Harry's House by Harry Styles, Sitting Off the Edge of the World by The Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Big Time by Angel Olsen, Versions of Modern Performance by Horse Girl, From Capelton Hill by Stars, We've Been Going About This All Wrong by Sharon Van Etten, Roscoe's Dream by Mapache, Old and in the Way, Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello.

Topics: Uvalde, friends in the hood, Threes Brewing, F&F Pizzeria, solo parenting weekend, stoop hangs, canceled I GET WILD shows, school fundraiser, Commonwealth, Other Half Rockefeller Center, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, Palomino by Miranda Lambert, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar, This is a Photograph by Kevin Morby, Blood Orange by Poster Paints, Cruel Country by Wilco, Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Topics: Neighborhood report, recital, Black Forest Brooklyn, Tacos Casamigas, Alamo Drafthouse, Golden Touch Car Wash, Coney Island, The Cyclone, twenty-five years in NYC, Swift Hibernian Lounge, B Bar, Morningside Heights, Finback Brewery, WingBar, Kentucky Derby, (watch my moves) by Kurt Vile, A Bit Of Previous by Belle & Sebastian, WE by Arcade Fire, 33 1/3: Boxer by Ryan Pinkard.

Topics: Liberty Science Center, Blue & Black on Court Street, Wilco at the United Palace Theater, Uptown Garrison, Le Cheile, West 181st Street, trip to Austin, running trails, Veracruz All Natural, Jo's Coffee, South Congress, pool party, The Meteor, Electric Six + Volk at the Continental Club, Guero's Taco Bar, Kalahari Resort in Round Rock, Lazarus Brewing, Zilker Brewing, Latchkey, Meanwhile Brewing, End of an Ear, The ABGB, Golden Goose, The Carpenter, masks at airports and on airplanes, Hot Tuna at Carnegie Hall, Phish at Madison Square Garden, Good and Green Again by Jake Xerxes Fussell, Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized.

Topics: Neighborhood report, COVID numbers, Commonwealth in Park Slope, Wingbar on Smith Street, Henry Public, out of town visitors, continued return to office, Rough Trade, Other Half Rockefeller Center, Savak at Littlefield, Bob Weir at Radio City Music Hall, Wet Leg by Wet Leg, Live In New York City February 8 1975 by Alan Braufman, Terror Twilight by Pavement, The Bear by Walter Martin.

Topics: I Get Wild shows at Littlefield and Colony, Balthrop Alabama, The Ukrainians, Lucky 13 Saloon, Kingston, Rough Draft Bar and Books, Rocket Number Nine Records, Woodstock Pub, Ultraam, Oliver birthday, return to office, Other Half Rockefeller Center, How Does One Begin by Mary Simich, It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads.

Topics: Neighborhood report, masks in schools, The Shimmies play Mardi Gras at Threes Brewing, upcoming 3/5 I Get Wild show at Littlefield, Cincinnati trip, LGA terminal construction, Cincinnati vs Temple Men's Basketball game, Esoteric Brewing, Mt. Echo Park, Hyde Park, Joseph Beth Booksellers, Oakley, old Rolling Stone magazines, Resist by Midnight Oil, The Tipping Point by Tears For Fears, Wild Loneliness by Superchunk, Garcia Songbook by Joe Craven and the Sometimers, Live in Colorado by Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros.

Topics: Neighborhood vibe report, COVID numbers, East One Coffee, Baby Luc's Pizza, Super Bowl, Grippo's potato chips, new running shoes, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief, Lucifer On The Sofa by Spoon, One Day by Cactus Blossoms, Pompeii by Cate le Bon, Time Skiffs by Animal Collective, Lighten Up by Erin Rae, Ants From Up There by Black Country New Road, Unstrung by Marc Ribot.

Topics: Neighborhood vibe report, snowstorm, parking the car, The War On Drugs at Madison Square Garden, Cincinnati Bengals, Bar Great Harry, fire pit, COVID numbers, new position at work, Hell On Church Street by Punch Brothers, Covers by Cat Power, The Zealot Gene by Jethro Tull, Anais Mitchell by Anais Mitchell, Strictly A One-Eyed Jack by John Mellencamp, Bloor Street by Kiefer Sutherland.

Welcome to Episode 78! Topics: Cold weather running gear, neighborhood vibe report, COVID testing, new prescription sunglasses, Duo Plus Coffee, Measure Twice, Gian Piero Bakery in Astoria, Oliver doctor visit, Vineapple in Brooklyn Heights, stoop hangs, listening to CDs, Dawn FM by The Weeknd, Radio KAOS by Roger Waters, The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello, How To With John Wilson, The Tragedy Of Macbeth, El Deafo.

Welcome to Episode 77! Topics: Back to school, canceled shows, going away parties, Circa Brewing, holidays, trip to Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Capitol Hill, Ben's Chili Bowl, Other Half DC, shoe lace shoes for Oliver, Federal Hill, Fell's Point, Hampden, Baltimore In A Box ice cream, Union Craft Brewing, stoop beers, Bar Great Harry, New Year's Eve, mild weather, rooftop hang, Phish free webcast, Unstrung by Marc Ribot, The Alpinist, Encanto.

Welcome to Episode 76! Topics: neighborhood report, friends in town, Hiss Golden Messenger at Webster Hall, McSorley's Ale House in the East Village, annual eye checkup, I GET WILD at with The Hold Steady at Brooklyn Bowl, Genesis at Madison Square Garden, Tom and Jerry's bar in Nolita, dentist visit, office visit, Bilt Bar in Prospect Heights, F&F Pizza, Taqueria Al Pastor in Brooklyn Heights, Drew's Fender P-bass, East One Coffee Shop, stoop find cassettes, No Medium by Rosali, Leftovers by Le Ren, Chart For The Solution by Writhing Squares, Windless Day by Scott Hirsch, Barn by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Live In Brighton 1975 by Can, Far In by Helado Negro, 3 by Mapache, Tiddly by Fox Farm Brewery.

Welcome to Episode 75! Topics: neighborhood report, Vekslers, Sociale, La Cigogne, Campbell Cheese and Grocery, Thanksgiving, Ashokan Reservoir, Inquiring Minds Books in Saugerties, Not Fade Away and Bread Alone in Woodstock, Michigan/Ohio State game, CityPoint NYC COVID hub, Barclays Center/Modells NYC pop-up, Wild East Brewing, 30 by Adele, The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts by Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles: Get Back.

Welcome to Episode 74! Topics: neighborhood report, CityPoint vaccine hub, NYC Marathon, Garden of the Ark practice, day off, F&F Pizza, Black Gold Brooklyn, cassettes, St. Gambrinus Beer Shoppe, Persian Style Lager by Back Home Beer, Pioneer V-7400 player, Bourbon Brothers meetup, Travel Bar, Things Take Time Take Time by Courtney Barnett, The Nearer The Fountain More Pure The Stream Flows by Damon Albarn, C'mon C'mon OST by Bryce and Aaron Dessner, upcoming I GET WILD shows in Brooklyn (12/17) and Woodstock (12/18).

Welcome to Episode 73! Topics: cool weather, The Shimmies at B61/Alma, trip to Baltimore, B.C. Brewery in Hunt Valley, Cinghiale in Inner Harbor, Halloween, Election Day, child vaccinations, iPhone acquisition, I Don't Live Here Anymore by The War On Drugs, The Million Things That Never Happened by Billy Bragg, Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert, Schilling Beer Co. Georg, Threes Brewing/Fox Farm Stasis.