Interviewed the guy behind one of the best-designed aggregation-style newsletters out there for this week's Spotlight. Give it a read, give it a listen, give it a gander —

Glad to see "Happy" by Pharrell listed here. As hollow, depressing, and delusional a song as I know.

Bob Dylan hearing “Diamonds and Rust”

Just finished, now starting

Tasteland Episode #5 Moodboard 👂👉 dirrrt.fyi/tasteland5

TODAY IN TASTELAND: Daisy Alioto and I discuss "cozytech," tiny smartphones that aren't phones, $35 lobster rolls, car crash music, kid football journalists imitating the 123rd-most-followed Twitter user, and we guess each other's height. tasteland.fyi/ep-5-mainely-o…

a16z? Oh, this must be a cafe. Yeah, you have that nice crushed ice, right? Lemme get a16oz iced chai, dirty, whole milk. Great, thanks. Ah, what's that — finish up on the screen? No, thank you.

Spoke to Theo Lloyd-Hughes this week and wrote about his path into soccer journalism, money in the women's game vs. the men's game, the not-quite-there line between creator and journalist, and dying DIY or going pro — creatorspotlight.com/p/squad-depth-…

A little disappointed with how few angry replies this subject line inspired

ICYMI: Ty Francis Zierer for their creator spotlight last week. ❤️‍🔥 the journey is the journey. shout out all the makers out there. espesh in footy. creatorspotlight.com/p/squad-depth-…

TODAY IN TASTELAND: Daisy Alioto and I are joined by Charles Broskoski to talk life-changing nodal points, building a slow, sustainable business in Are.na, the platform's culture, and a profound piece of bathroom graffiti. tasteland.fyi/ep-6-here-for-…

Cheers,

I'm a simple man; I see a photo of Bob Dylan on the timeline, I say "That's nice" out loud and like it

Wednesdays are better listening to Tasteland :)

doxxing myself to talk about the newsletter with Francis Zierer for Creator Spotlight 🔴

Spoke to Michelle Curb of women's lifestyle media brand Gloria for this week's Creator Spotlight 🔴. Besides growing Gloria into a thriving business (revenue doubling yearly), we talked about from her time running ad sales for pubs including Eater and Curbed: creatorspotlight.com/p/michelle-cur…

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Today on TASTELAND Daisy Alioto and I are joined by Konrad Kay and Mickey Down, creators of white-hot TV show INDUSTRY. 🎧 The intersection of tech and energy, Americans and the British class system, cruelty and hope, defying categorization, and more: open.spotify.com/episode/5zmQX1…

In Creator Spotlight 🔴 this week: Rachel Karten, creator of arguably the best social media trade outlet there is, the Link in Bio newsletter. Your favorite social media manager's favorite social media manager. 🎧 Pod out now, newsletter out tomorrow. open.spotify.com/episode/7ayN3z…