Mountain School—so called because it was founded in 2005 in a spare room of the now-defunct “Mountain Bar” in Chinatown—also has no campus and no set schedule. It boasts no paid faculty, grants no degrees, and costs nothing to attend. artillerymag.com/mountain-as-...

Stunning piece tying together the military-industrial complex in the desert southwest, AI / tech overlords, wars in Gaza and Ukraine, perpetual drought conditions, etc. A sobering and essential read by Melinda Matson Spina: Life, Recast open.substack.com/pub/sonorans...

Aux Meadows heading to southern California! Come see us... Fri 10/3 The Philosophical Research Society in LA www.eventbrite.com/e/aux-meadow... Sat 10/4 Vine Long Beach Sun 10/5 Mojave Gold in Yucca Valley calendar.mojavegolddesert.com/shows/aux-me... #livemusic #ambientcountry #cosmicamericana

The Tonearm: Requiem For Holy Mountain Records www.thetonearm.com/requiem-for-...

Kaleb Horton RIP open.substack.com/pub/sterlewi...

Very sad to hear of the passing of writer Kaleb Horton at the age of 37. Loved his writing from afar and his dedication to and complicated relationship with his home town of Bakersfield, CA. Nice remembrance here: mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-last-m... by @mattdpearce.com

Aux Meadows hitting the road! Come say hi – Sun 9/28 at Apple Jack’s in La Honda, CA Fri 10/3 at The Philosophical Research Society in LA Sat 10/4 at Vine in Long Beach Sun 10/5 at Mojave Gold in Yucca Valley Thu 10/16 at Ivy Room in Albany, CA Ticket links at auxmeadows.bandcamp.com

Del Monte Daniel Craig Popsicles (2009-2009): To celebrate National Ice Cream week in the UK, Del Monte decided to release cranberry, blueberry, and pomegranate "ice lollies" modeled after the shirtless torso and head of actor Daniel Craig