Right Now (March 2026)

Reading:

• Two very different books with the phrase "sinews of war" in their names: 
  • Sinews of War: Army Logistics, 1775-1953 by James Huston (1965)
  • Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula by Laleh Khalili (2021)

Listening:

• Head Full of Questions by Cistern (2024)
  
• "River Club 2" by Finney Mo and His West Dallas Boys (1976)
  • ...specifically because of the February 2014 edition of Greil Marcus' "Real Life Rock Top Ten" in The Believer.

Making:

• A boombox from a Toyota head unit and speakers, in imitation of the Lexus one in Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai (1999). 
• Cardboard inboxes exactly the size of the NY Review of Books (273mm x 371mm) and Times Literary Supplement (264mm x 338mm).
  •  Done with the NYRB one.