Algorithms have warped our senses of temporality so much that being the “first” to know about whatever likely feels as dislocated & fleeting as all the rest of it, but…

…Still, let it be known that you—subscribers to this newsletter for the reading/listening/conversation series formerly known as Liner Notes, relocated & renamed as Track Changes—are the first to see this announcement for the November edition, featuring stellar poets Gina Myers (Philly) & Ryan Skrabalak (Kingston, NY)!

If you missed the inaugural Track Changes, to quote Leonard Cohen completely out of context (as I do): “….but we have the music.”

Track Changes 001 playlist: Olga Mikolaivna & Niina Pollari

Non-exhaustive list of topics discussed: a legendary bar in Olympia called Le Voyeur; an ill-advised “suspenders era” in the early-aughts; jungle juice; Lou Reed’s beloved & inveterate crankiness; periods of unending rain; stoner metal (non-pejoratively); noise (general); noise (as related to filling space, & to poetry); friends & beloveds who left this world before us; weeping in front of Cy Twombly paintings; lyrics that don’t age well; punks whose politics also don’t age well; the musicality of translation; venn diagram overlaps between the Nordic & Slavic souls. I’ll leave you to mentally map what arose in relation to which song.

Thanks so much to everyone who came for being so attentive & supportive! You’re wonderful.

Speaking of, four wonderful people have (already!) donated pay-it-forward community tickets to any future Track Changes event. If you’re currently low on funds, or want to bring a poetry-curious +1, or whatever the case may be, just email me or say “community ticket” at the door.

Tell your offline friends about it, too! (Also, tell them I envy & admire their ability to be elsewhere.)

See you at the next one, I hope—

♡ Alina