Substacks recommended by Trouble Man: Musings of David Yaffe

Recommended by Trouble Man: Musings of David Yaffe

Sydnication

By Sydney Mayfield

Playing it all out

CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN'S DIARY

By Christian Lorentzen

Criticism, essays, etc.

Out of It

By Mary Gaitskill

Notes from outside the consternation machine

Lail Arad's Foggy Notions

music & musings to cheer up your inbox

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

Loose Connections

By Lo Carmen

Stories, insights and recommendations from singer-songwriter/podcaster/author Lo Carmen on music, creativity, culture, death, life, style, cosmic dust and other fascinations. Weekly posts.

Patti Smith

The reader is my notebook

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Novalis

By Matthew Gasda

"The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are." -- Karl Kraus

Flagging Down the Double E's

By Ray Padgett

Bob Dylan concerts throughout history

And It Don't Stop

By Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau's weekly newsletter. Music. Books. Politics. Old Age.

S/FJ

By Sasha Frere-Jones

photographs enthusiasms essays speculation interviews conjecture