I couldn’t find the energy to write about every individual music video but I still wanted to share some of my favorites from this year. I watched a lot of them and here’s a small handful, in no particular order. Scroll through the mayhem and maybe you’ll find something new. A mesh of hip-hop and sleepy time piano. Rap and ambient. Animation and reality. I love all of these videos. Music keep me company, keeps me bouncing. It’s always been about the music.
And lastly, I know it’s not a music video, but it’s worth mentioning this 100-minute improv music-making session between Flying Lotus, Reggie Watts, and Marc Rebillet. I’ve had it on in the background for the last few weeks and it continues to inspire the hell out of me. A kind reminder to not overthink it and keep going.
Speaking with the author of the debut poetry collection Reveille (Flood Editions, 2025).
Speaking with the author of Easy Tiger & Holy Smokes
Speaking with the author and illustrator about his new book and more
Speaking with the author of Black Swan Theory.
Speaking with the poet, novelist, and educator.
So many damn books (complimentary)
Every year, it’s always so difficult to narrow it to 50.
I watched more movies than every this year. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing.
Speaking with the Chicago-based poet.
Speaking with the NYC-based poet & co-host of Straight Girls reading series.
Speaking with the Asheville-based novelist & short story writer.
Speaking with writer and translator Hedgie Choi, who recently released her debut poetry collection.
An interview with the highly prolific prose poet and collage artist.
Too much good music to truly narrow it down to 50. I tried.
I watched more movies this year than ever before. Only covering films from 2020 onward, here are some of the more memorable ones.
I watched a lot of trash television this year, but fell in love with a handful of shows as well.
I read (a lot) more novels this year than ever before.
An animated short film by Asher McShane, inspired by one of my poems.
Speaking with the poet, curator, and visual artist.
Speaking with the novelist and short fiction writer.
A headphone-friendly new mix of hip-hop, phonk, bass, trap, and more.
An interview with the Indianapolis-based prose poet & board game enthusiast.
The books that held me to together in 2023.
Too much music! Never enough music!
A movie a week keeps the doctor asleep.
Many of my favorite shows ended this year, while a few new ones were added to the rotation.
Speaking with the poet, short story author, and screenwriter.
Another outstanding year for reading poetry, short fiction, novels, and more.
The first year I kept track of everything I watched.