charlie kubal·Nov 6, 2023liner notes for ‘bigmatic’ (a notorious b.i.g. AI performing nas’s illmatic)putting together a sample-based album inherently means creating the bounds within which to play — choosing the artists, figuring out which…
charlie kubal·Jan 7, 2022The Best Music of 2021 🎵My favorite 12 albums and 50 songs of pandemic year, the sequel
charlie kubal·Jun 3, 2021How to Read Books 📚Five recommendations to get the most out of readingA response icon1A response icon1
charlie kubal·Jan 29, 2021a prologue and liner notes for ‘folklore circles’ (mac miller vs. taylor swift)these are liner notes for a 16-track album, ‘folklore circles’, that pairs taylor swift’s folklore with mac miller’s circles and swimming…
charlie kubal·Jan 17, 2021The Best Music of 2020The top 12 albums and 50 songs of a very strange year
charlie kubal·Dec 30, 2019My Favorite 50 Songs of 2019My 2019 began with waking up in LA and will end falling asleep in Tokyo. In between, so much happened that it doesn’t feel like it’s only…
charlie kubal·Jan 16, 2019The Value of Weird Little Projects…and five things I was proud to put out into the world in 2018 😎
charlie kubal·Dec 31, 2018My Favorite 25 Songs of 2018prefaced by a brief rrequisite self[-indulgent]-reflection that accompanies lots of writing around this time of year 🎶😜
charlie kubal·Aug 13, 2018Run These Towns 👟🌆The secret to understanding a city’s energy and essence lies in exploring it via sneakers on the ground