Conrad Life Report

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.