Levels of the Game is an all-timer. I have another Racket to recommend, "The Racket: On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation – and the other 99%" by Conor Niland. Niland is Ireland's most successful tennis player, and its an account of him trying to climb the rankings. Grim, intense, but funny like Agassi's Open.
I for one, appreciate the inclusion of tennis in the post. This is the first year I haven’t gone in person to Indian Wells. And I’m too cheap to pay for the tennis channel. So I’ve been listening to play-by-play on YouTube. And watching the highlights later. Like the epic match between Djokovic and Draper.
Also, if you hadn’t mentioned tennis, I might not know about the book that Jared recommended in the comments.
I’ll check out the music recommendations later today, but wanted to encourage more tennis tidbits in the future.
I will second Jared's recommendation of Niland's The Racket. I will humbly request you keep talking about tennis, though. As someone who spends all his time either listening to indie rock or watching and playing tennis, I would love my niche interest catered to
Great that you're shedding light on Doll Spirit. We great to see Kati here in Philly hop on stage w/ Florry when they played a couple weeks ago. And Natalie Jane Hill is a new-to-me-stunner (and great to see Scott of Dr. Dog's hands a bit in the mix).
A belated thank you for introducing me to Pileup. Although I laughed when I read "RIYL: Shoegaze that doesn’t suck [...]," it's true! This is shoegaze that does not suck.
Levels of the Game is an all-timer. I have another Racket to recommend, "The Racket: On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation – and the other 99%" by Conor Niland. Niland is Ireland's most successful tennis player, and its an account of him trying to climb the rankings. Grim, intense, but funny like Agassi's Open.
I for one, appreciate the inclusion of tennis in the post. This is the first year I haven’t gone in person to Indian Wells. And I’m too cheap to pay for the tennis channel. So I’ve been listening to play-by-play on YouTube. And watching the highlights later. Like the epic match between Djokovic and Draper.
Also, if you hadn’t mentioned tennis, I might not know about the book that Jared recommended in the comments.
I’ll check out the music recommendations later today, but wanted to encourage more tennis tidbits in the future.
I will second Jared's recommendation of Niland's The Racket. I will humbly request you keep talking about tennis, though. As someone who spends all his time either listening to indie rock or watching and playing tennis, I would love my niche interest catered to
"While I promise there will be less of that in this newsletter going forward, sometimes it’s nice to fully dive into a totally different rabbit hole."
I appreciate the diversion(s)! All part of the No expectations ride. We contain multitudes. :)
Great that you're shedding light on Doll Spirit. We great to see Kati here in Philly hop on stage w/ Florry when they played a couple weeks ago. And Natalie Jane Hill is a new-to-me-stunner (and great to see Scott of Dr. Dog's hands a bit in the mix).
I, for one, can’t wait until this is a weekly tennis write up with a side of indie music recommendations.
A belated thank you for introducing me to Pileup. Although I laughed when I read "RIYL: Shoegaze that doesn’t suck [...]," it's true! This is shoegaze that does not suck.