#uncertainfate

Carpenters Let me start by saying that I have no memory of how I ended up with this record in my collection. I tossed all of my jewel cases not long ago in favor of thin plastic sleeves, so there are no price…

When I sat down to write about the Carpenters I didn’t expect to end up referencing “Apocalypse Now,” but they do contain some odd multitudes. #uncertainfate

Vehicle Flips This one is gonna be a long walk, so let’s get started: Back in the ’80s and ’90s, I loved zines. I loved reading them, I loved making them, I loved talking about how they were th…

Zines, thermostats, and dams: a story of Vehicle Flips and me. (And Paul Lukas, indirectly.) #uncertainfate

Hazeldine For most of the bands in my music collection, I have a clear memory of the first time I heard them, or heard of them, or decided they were someone I needed to know more about. Hazeldine is not one …

I got distracted from #uncertainfate for a while, but it now returns with Hazeldine, appropriately a band that I got distracted from for a while.

The Trypes We’ve already covered the Feelies and how I fell in love with them following their return from a 16-year hiatus. But as I soon discovered, the Feelies’ road has been long and wandering,…

I still can't definitively say what The Trypes were, but I can say what they almost were, which might be just as good. #uncertainfate

Jeffrey Lewis It’s December 2018, and I’m waiting, as I have for the seven previous nights, for the doors to the Bowery Ballroom to open. After 12 years at Hoboken’s beloved Maxwell’s, Yo…

This week in #uncertainfate: How Jeffrey Lewis found me, and how I found him back.