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Joe Pernice builds his boat

Notes on craft, songwriting, generational change. Plus: Polls, policy, Phoebe, Tony, Blood

21 hrs ago • Carl Wilson

Au revoir, Culture Gabfest

Slate's flagship arts podcast sets sail for the horizon. Plus: lots of bonus tracks

Jun 3 • Carl Wilson

Lust for Live, June-July 2026

Toronto-area show listings from now to early July

Jun 1 • Carl Wilson

Live is Short, June-July 2026

Just the highlights, ma'am, for Toronto shows in the next month

May 31 • Carl Wilson

Sex, death, and phones, in real time

The best of Toronto in a performance and two documentaries. Plus: Goodnight, sweet Sonny Rollins

May 28 • Carl Wilson

Recent posts

Two sad farewells: Colbert's Late Show, and RIP cellist-composer Cris Derksen

One of the best and weirdest things that ever happened to me was getting to make an author appearance in March, 2009, on The Colbert Report, one of the…

May 22 • Carl Wilson

My attempted murder of rock music: a confession

I'm sorry, but I had to do it. For Hillary

May 8 • Carl Wilson

Live is Short, May 2026

Just the highlights of the next month in Toronto-area shows, according to me

May 2 • Carl Wilson

Lust for Live, May 2026

Selected Toronto-area shows now to the end of the month

May 1 • Carl Wilson

They am the greatest?

On the Times' Great American Songwriters list, plus problematic men at home and on screen, revisiting Mile End Kicks, and me on the late great Greg Tate

Apr 28 • Carl Wilson

Into the labyrinth of Robert Christgau

On the new doc about the Dean. Plus: Cornfield, Harriet Tubman, Haghighi, Kluge, and more on the (renamed) Crrit! List

Apr 15 • Carl Wilson

John Darnielle, day by day

Feasting and dancing and annotating the Mountain Goats songwriter's book of annotated lyrics, with 33 footnotes

Apr 6 • Carl Wilson

Just the highlights, ma'am, for Toronto-area shows in April

Mar 31 • Carl Wilson