Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

Taylor Swift and Wilco and songs with identical titles (plus Glenn Kotche on drums and Ethan Hawke in “Boyhood” and “Fortnight”)

Two concepts of “the reader” that aren’t necessarily compatible

Vieux Farka Touré at the Volkshaus Basel, 22 April 2024

Taylor Swift songs and Miss Havisham & Estella from Charles Dickens’s “Great Expectations” (1861)

Cassandra in Greek mythology, Christa Wolf, and Taylor Swift (plus a pinch of Friedrich Nietzsche)

First listening to Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” (2024)