7PS: Adventures in geofi 🌍

7PS: Adventures in geofi 🌍

Read time: 1 minute, 377 words. A few months ago, I released an album, stars and static 2026. And then I forgot to share it with you. It’s the second volume in my geofi series. The idea is simple: music rooted in place. Real field recordings. Captured on...
7PS: Before You’re Invited In πŸ“§

7PS: Before You’re Invited In πŸ“§

Read time: 1 minute, 410 words.​With America’s 250th upon us, a yarn for you. Benjamin Franklin didn’t begin by joining powerful rooms. He built one. In 1727, at just 21, he founded the Junto in Philadelphia. It was a mutual-improvement club for tradesmen...
7PS: 2 Minutes to Boredom πŸ˜’

7PS: 2 Minutes to Boredom πŸ˜’

Read time: 1 minute, 329 words. I read a line in the Financial Times that stuck with me. For first-time passengers in a driverless car, it takes ~2 mins to go from astonishment to boredom. Two minutes. No driver. The steering wheel moving on its own. A century of...
7PS: Before you assume the worst 😠

7PS: Before you assume the worst 😠

Read time: 1 minute, 322 words. Archbishop Desmond Tutu was in Florida, after a stop at Boston Rotisserie Chicken. His friend was driving. A car suddenly cut across the lanes. They nearly crashed. His friend was shaken and angry. But Archbishop Tutu didn’t assume the...
7PS: How to make an album with $0 πŸ’Ώ

7PS: How to make an album with $0 πŸ’Ώ

Read time: 1 minute, 327 words. Last year, I made a lo-fi holiday album. Total cost: $0. It took me about three months to compose, arrange, track, edit, mix, and master the whole thing myself. Marketing budget: also $0. No ads. No campaign. No industry machinery. The...
7PS: How not to be famous πŸ₯Έ

7PS: How not to be famous πŸ₯Έ

Read time: 1 minute, 387 words. I don’t want to be famous. I know that may sound odd or disingenuous. Given that I write a newsletter and post to social media every day. But that’s the price of having some relevancy in today’s attention economy.​So,...