The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

  • This Week In Posivibes: Kishi Bashi

    Kishi Bashi recently announced his third studio album, Sonderlust, due out September 16 via Joyful Noise Recordings. Check out the undeniably catchy “Hey Big Star,” which Stereogum calls “‘perfect pop’: exquisitely crafted and achingly beautiful,” after the jump.

  • The Art of Dwelling on the Past

    Maybe we should think of memory itself as an art form … and remember that a work of art is never finished, only abandoned. Brevity’s nonfiction blog has posted an overview of John Koenig’s exquisite The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.…

  • Obscure Sorrows

    Do you have this? “Ecidivism: n. the habit of closing a browser tab to go do something else, only to absentmindedly return to the website you just left, which is your brain’s way of stress-testing your attention span under a…