Mystery of Love Mystery of Love is the principle song from Call me By Your Name, an academy award nominated film by Luca Guadagnino. In addition to Mystery of Love, indie-folk songwriter, Sufjan Stevens, has two more songs on the soundtrack: Futile Devices and (my […]

Brokeback Mountain 1 Gustavo Santaolalla’s Brokeback Mountain 1 is my favorite piece of music ever. It informs, literally, all of my guitar playing. It’s the sole reason for this blog, and serves as a grounding principle for my musicality: minimalism. When in doubt, play less. […]

Jeff Nichols is my favorite director right now. I can’t think of another director whose movies I look forward to quite like his. At the time of this writing I’m 39, almost 40, and Jeff Nichols is right around my age. His heartfelt stories resonate […]