Now that Phish has announced a New Year’s Eve broadcast show from “The Ninth Cube” with an obvious reference to the “Sci-Fi Soldier” Halloween show, it’s time for me to share some thoughts on what has been widely and wildly divisive show in the Phish fan base. Halloween is a…

My unintended prelude to Benjamin Rosenbaum’s “The Unraveling” started with the Orthodox Kosher fish monger. Our biennial gefilte fish purchase of several pounds is consummated with an asymmetric series of well-wishes: His in Yiddish, mine in Hebrew. …

The usual intro: I like to chronicle what I’ve read and how I’ve reacted, mostly to share my thinking about my thinking. Books are listed in the order in which I’ve finished them, which may not reflect my reading order — I sometimes have two books going at once if…

Monica Byrne, author of “The Girl In The Road,” conducted a virtual interview with me about her latest book, “The Actual Star.” Our Q&A session danced along for months, parallel to my thinking through and turning over the ideas in this wonderful, powerful and impactful book. This is simultaneously up…