Within the second square, a slim compartment contained a disc of clear plastic with an incision spiraling inward from its outer circumference toward an opaque circle, perforated at its center. A relation between the box and the disc was soon established: When the disc was positioned on the rotating platform inside the box and the point placed inside the incision, various resistances became amplified by contact. Through this amplification The Singles revealed themselves to us, invisibly encoded within the structure of the cut, transformed into continuous sound through the simplest of mechanical means. Within the non-physical—or, like each of us as Carpenters, the not-merely-physical—lay the key to who we were to become.
“For All We Know”—my science fiction musical fantasia about people abandoned on the moon in the distant future with only a Carpenters greatest hits record—is in the newest issue of Ursula ( Issue 8, The Poetry Issue!) A big thank-you to the fabulous Randy Kennedy for publishing my first piece of fiction. Hang tight for news of a live performance version in late September…
16 June 2023, WOAHMONE Dance Party, Parkside Lounge — I’ll be guest DJing the next iteration of legendary WOAHMONE (alongside other shining treasures Nath Ann Carrera, Savannah Knoop, Experfundude and hosted by the love of my life Candystore!) 10pm, $10 at the door, 317 E. Houston St. New York, NY.
And now, it is my distinct pleasure to announce June’s Angel-of-the-Month: