Love the Tom T. Hall reference and accurate. "Homecoming" slays me every time I hear it. Congrats on the Dylan panel and move to Substack only. That move is absolutely the correct call. In my view, there are two main reasons for content creators to spend a lot of effort on X: 1) as a forum to easily exchange views and information with peers (looking at your comments section on X, while some great info added, also a lot of hassle) and 2) build an audience to promote your non-X platform. After so many free tweets, it was time for you to move the considerable effort you put into these notes to a platform that also provides some economic rewards to you.
The first paragraph made me laugh. I became acquainted with Cohen's music in 2003-- straightaway amidst a final stand basting within the bitter succulences of furthered methamphetamine frenzy. Shot to the stars looking for SOMETHING, I won't say i didn't find some quite assistive insights I can still hearken to 20 years later, but, being tossed in a cage for two years definitely made me take notice of certain powers( legal) i wanted nothing more to do with. Cohen's gluey but crisp baritone voice, at those moments in time, most probably embraced somewhere around 4 AM, could surely solidify the spook element I was probably courting well enough anyway. Damn. Was this something to glorify or to fear? .....Both!
Love the Tom T. Hall reference and accurate. "Homecoming" slays me every time I hear it. Congrats on the Dylan panel and move to Substack only. That move is absolutely the correct call. In my view, there are two main reasons for content creators to spend a lot of effort on X: 1) as a forum to easily exchange views and information with peers (looking at your comments section on X, while some great info added, also a lot of hassle) and 2) build an audience to promote your non-X platform. After so many free tweets, it was time for you to move the considerable effort you put into these notes to a platform that also provides some economic rewards to you.
Another insightful and nicely written piece!
Tom T. was a cosmopolitan, country, chanteur for sure.
The first paragraph made me laugh. I became acquainted with Cohen's music in 2003-- straightaway amidst a final stand basting within the bitter succulences of furthered methamphetamine frenzy. Shot to the stars looking for SOMETHING, I won't say i didn't find some quite assistive insights I can still hearken to 20 years later, but, being tossed in a cage for two years definitely made me take notice of certain powers( legal) i wanted nothing more to do with. Cohen's gluey but crisp baritone voice, at those moments in time, most probably embraced somewhere around 4 AM, could surely solidify the spook element I was probably courting well enough anyway. Damn. Was this something to glorify or to fear? .....Both!