Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

My favorite pop concerts, my favorite Grateful Dead concert, my favorite recent jazz concert, and the best band I’ve ever seen

On hearing “Sultans of Swing”, by Dire Straits, in January 1979

A Japanese lantern lit by gas in Marcel Proust's "Du côté de chez Swann" (1913)

Songs about turning or being 64 or 22 or 18 or 16 – but none about turning or being 60?

Witchcraft in Thomas Hardy’s “The Return of the Native” (1878)

Steve Silberman (1957-2024): The Grateful Dead, journalism, the history of autism, and a lively presence on social media