Brad Barrish

Feb 1, 2026 ∞

Tom Morello plays First Avenue in Minneapolis.

Jan 9, 2026 ∞

Love the upcoming Bruce Lee Forever stamp from the USPS.

A postage stamp features a dynamic illustration of martial artist, Bruce Lee, performing a flying kick against a yellow brushstroke background, with the text Bruce Lee USA Forever on the side.

Jan 9, 2026 ∞

What did Bowie do at your age?

Image with the the text, He launched his own internet service provider, Bowienet. Bowienet included its own email accounts, forums, community blogs, interactive chat rooms and first dibs on all Bowie related content. Premium members could also pay to be first in line for tickets, and David Bowie himself engaged with fans in the chatrooms. Some high tech shit!

Jan 8, 2026 ∞

Saw Jeff Tweedy tonight at Largo. Such a great show, even though I wasn’t familiar with most of the songs. I haven’t spent much time with his solo stuff. Judd Apatow did some standup to open, but Jeff might have actually been funnier.

Jan 4, 2026 ∞

If you are a California resident, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. I’ll probably keep paying for Incogni as well. I’ve definitely noticed a difference.

Jan 3, 2026 ∞

Excited to dig into this beautiful new book from Stewart Brand. I can get enough of Stripe Press books. They’re always so lovely.

Jan 3, 2026 ∞

No international travel this year, which was a bummer, but I did get to spend some time in NYC, which I had not done in a while.

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Jan 3, 2026 ∞

I love my Oura ring, but for all the focus on making it feel smarter I still get notifications about stretching my legs when I’m on planes and driving, which feels pretty dumb.

Disclosure: I’m a former employee and shareholder.

Jan 3, 2026 ∞

I was sad to learn that James Grauerholz passed away on January 1. While it had been some time since I spoke to James, I was lucky enough to spend some time with him and William when I was going to school in Lawrence, Kansas in the 90s. James was visiting Los Angeles not long after I had moved there and we spent some time together. He was especially supportive of me when I started my short-lived record label. He was also encouraging of my writing, which meant a lot. Farewell, James.

A black & white portrait of James Grauerholz and William S. Burroughs. William is in the foreground, with his hand on his cane.

Jan 2, 2026 ∞

Speaking of RSS, I’m using it more than ever. Every newsletter I subscribe to goes into my feeds now and I made major progress unsubscribing from most newsletters that were coming into my email inbox. In 2025 I added 74 new feeds, bringing the total number of sites in Feedbin to 3,651.