I’ve become recently obsessed with the work of Brandon Taylor after reading his foreword in the new Fleet Foxes book Wading in Waist-High Water: The Lyrics of Fleet Foxes (2022). He also wrote a piece on Phantom Thread (2017), my all-time favorite movie—more obsessed. After some cursory googling, I found out that he used to be a biochemist, pivoted to writing in 2015, and almost immediately got into the most prestigious MFA program in the country—even more obsessed. He wrote his debut novel in five weeks—new favorite micro-celebrity. Brandon, if you’re reading this, you’re my hero.
This video of Ariana Grande arranging the vocals in “positions” lives rent free in my head. She’s so incredibly talented and precise and genius.
A friend of mine just introduced me to the JID Tiny Desk concert, which surely would make round two of my Tiny Desk party list.