James RovirainRock n’ HeavyThe Playlists, Vol. 1: 1970s’ American RockI have a few dozen Apple Music playlists, enough that I don’t want to bother counting them. Playlists for me are like filters: they help me…Jun 20Jun 20
James RovirainRock n’ HeavyI’m Keeping Up With All of Taylor Swift’s Albums and I’m Still AliveIn February 2024 I published “I Listened to All of Taylor Swift’s Albums and Lived to Talk About It…” In it, I described my daughter…May 4May 4
James RovirainRock n’ HeavyThe Unbearable Degeneracy of Yup MetalI’ve been listening to metal since my high school years in the late 70s, but I’ve reconnected with metal’s fandom recently through reading…Apr 131Apr 131
James RoviraCancel Culture, Neotroglodytes, and Aesthetic TheoryOne of the current debates in mass culture regarding creative products has to do with the relationship between the artist or musician and…Mar 31Mar 31
James RovirainRock n’ HeavyI Listened to All of Taylor Swift’s Albums and Lived to Talk About It…I’m a middle-aged man who just finished listening to all of Taylor Swift’s studio albums.Feb 233Feb 233
James RoviraJonathan Carroll’s White ApplesJonathan Carroll’s White Apples and its follow up, Glass Soup, narrates a Viennese love affair between Vincent Ettrich and Isabelle Neukor…Jan 27Jan 27
James RoviraUpcoming Posts on BibliofeedStarting on (I think) January 8th, Bibliofeed on Instagram will be featuring my posts, one a day for a week, about books I recommend. It’s…Jan 3Jan 3
James RoviraZero Sum Thinking and Difficult WritingI recently came across social media discussion about difficult writing, and what struck me as I was reading the usual complaints was one…Jan 1Jan 1
James RoviraPart of being a writer is…Continually being confronted with brilliant stuff you wish you’d written yourself. Like this —Dec 20, 2023Dec 20, 2023