PinnedMatt ThomasThe Band: A Press ReleaseAuthor’s Note: A few years ago I was working on some major events, and thinking a lot about “event theory.” I’m not even sure event theory…Dec 22, 2021Dec 22, 2021
PinnedMatt ThomasMason Anderson’s Seven-Step Method for Picking Up Women (Scenes from St. George’s, Part IV)Author’s Note: This is installment three of our scenes from St. George’s. Part I and Part II each had three scenes, and this one was…Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022
Matt ThomasScenes from St. George’s: The Whole StorySt. George’s (SGS), is the school I attended back in the 1980s and early 1990s. My tenure there lasted from 1st grade all the way through…May 8, 2022May 8, 2022
Matt ThomasScenes from St. George’s, Part VI: Teacher Quality/ Senior Year IDon’t get sued.May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
Matt ThomasOn the Between-Song Patter on the Bob Dylan Bootleg Record “Peco’s Blues”Behind any work of art, pretty much, there is some kind of “process.” The scope and complexity of this process differs across art forms, of…Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022
Matt ThomasThe Genius Razzlekhan and the Phony Nicholas Nassim TalebI went home with the waitress/ the way I always do/ how was I to know/ she was with the Russians too.Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022
Matt ThomasWhy It Is So Hard to Get Breakfast in Japan (with a dream cameo from the Gemini Donald Trump)live in Kyoto, Japan, and have over the years here traveled pretty widely, most especially in the greater Tokyo area. Traveling in Japan is…Apr 26, 2022Apr 26, 2022
Matt ThomasScenes from St. George’s, Part V: Free Range CultureThus far in this series I have alluded a number of times to what my high school classmate Dyche Alsaker has referred to as the “free range”…Apr 24, 2022Apr 24, 2022
Matt ThomasOn a Guy Called Whit (with a Cameo from Ambassador Rahm Emanuel)Author’s Note: This is a piece about a guy called Whit. Over the past little while I have run into this guy called Whit in a couple of…Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022
Matt ThomasKeeganisms in the Wild: An ExplorationAuthor’s Note: This piece is a re-write of my very first piece of linguistic ethnography. For a fuller explanation of linguistic…Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022