Archive - Beta’s Substack

Twofer Tuesday #12

Confessing to almost writing a book about a Rasta dentist out in Queens and a Paul Anka cover that slaps

Sep 30 •

In the early 2000s, it was more likely to know about Optimo parties (it was on a Sunday night, up in Scotland, the word “legendary” already affixed to…

Sep 22 •

50 years of playing young, living forever, being in the sun ten minutes, big deli brain slicers, and Topdown Dialectic

Sep 19 •

Jeff Parker for We Jazz Magazine

Just a quick head’s up that I wrote the cover story for the most recent issue of We Jazz Magazine, a nice loooong feature on guitarist Jeff Parker…

Sep 18 •

The Lot for September

The Upward Spiral of Enlightenment b/w Summer’s End Beneath the Sun

Sep 10 •

Interview with the mercurial Barcelona artist about sincere homages to Ryuichi Sakamoto, the limits of understanding another culture, an imaginary…

Sep 3 •

August 2025

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