I thought I could never give it up.

Untangling anxiety, autism, and that ever repetitive pacing habit.

Plus an article that took me years to write and some gigantic news.

These ten books are not a poptimist syllabus, but they represent some of the best music writing of the 21st century on pop music.

Two musicians and former enemies walked into a high school graduation ceremony. What happened next will shock you.

Josh Friedberg asks listeners to Just Say Yes to Ruthie Foster's joyful voice and lyrics in her latest album.

Five favorites embodying how I hear music.

Two musicians walk into a graduation ceremony, but it’s more healing than a joke.

Pretty cool things stirring up around here . . .

Philosopher George Yancy analyzes the contemporary expression of what W.E.B. Du Bois called the “entrails of whiteness.”…

With my top 5 proudest pieces of work from the last year . . .

An unusually productive summer? Hmmmm . . .

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And why the most challenging book I’ve read this year might be the most important for today.

And why the most challenging book I’ve read this year might be the most important for today.

Five favorites embodying how I hear music.

When should forgiveness come easily?

When should forgiveness come easily?

5 Truths I’ve Learned–and 5 Things That Help Me Stay in Reality

There is no genre with as rich a history of songs about many forms of death–by natural causes, murder, suicide, war, accidents, and so on–than country.

Tony Rice was an epochal guitarist, and his work with the likes of David Grisman, and Ricky Skaggs has long held a special place in the hearts of bluegrass lovers.

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Comfort amidst memories of the harsh and the triumphant.

Autism, music, writing, and life with Josh Friedberg. Click to read Spectrum Sounds, by Josh Friedberg, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

The song remembers when . . . Josh Friedberg gives us his top 10 '90s country songs brimming with queer longing

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A personal meditation on bucking--and reinforcing--stereotypes.

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The pleasures and perils of growth addiction as neurodivergent, with examples.

A personal meditation on bucking--and reinforcing--stereotypes.

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The pleasures and perils of growth addiction as neurodivergent, with examples.