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I’m moving to another blogging platform going forward

Hi, everyone who reads my posts here on Medium. Just a brief social media housekeeping note for everyone who follows me here.

1 min readNov 30, 2023

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I’m moving to another blogging platform going forward

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On Cuddlecore, Religion, the Israel-Hamas War, and How Death and Social Media Can Really Ruin A…

The ethereal harmonies of The Softies (a two-woman duo, 1994 — present, with significant gaps between then and now; from, where else, the…

7 min readOct 19, 2023

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On Cuddlecore, Religion, the Israel-Hamas War, and How Death and Social Media Can Really Ruin A…

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The Unspeakable Horror of Time Moving Inexorably Forward in the Way It’s Supposed To, When Things…

So here’s the thing. I have it in my head that everything I bother to post on this site has to be a Big Statement that has to mean…

8 min readFeb 17, 2023

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The Unspeakable Horror of Time Moving Inexorably Forward in the Way It’s Supposed To, When Things…

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The Fair Passaic Seeks the Sea

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8 min readJun 10, 2021

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The Fair Passaic Seeks the Sea

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Wes Eichenwald

The Persistent Lure of the Hypothetical Grandchild

The much-anticidreaded step into grandparenthood: Is it really the final phase of adulthood, or just generational wish fulfillment…

5 min readNov 24, 2023

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The Persistent Lure of the Hypothetical Grandchild

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Wes Eichenwald

Michael Edward Anthony Pistone

Note: This is a revised version of a post I originally made to my Wordpress site, Pogoer 2.0, in 2012. I’ve been thinking about Mike…

6 min readOct 17, 2023

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Michael Edward Anthony Pistone

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Wes Eichenwald

The Most Overrated Play of All Time

Many of you will be familiar with the play Love Letters by A.R. Gurney. Since its emergence from the primordial ooze in the late 1980s…

2 min readSep 28, 2023

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The Most Overrated Play of All Time

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Wes Eichenwald

My Day at GalaxyCon

Communing with America’s beloved celebrities on a busman’s holiday

10 min readSep 4, 2023

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My Day at GalaxyCon

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Wes Eichenwald

Uncuffing Season, or (Very) Senior Year Photo Day

Since around the middle of May, it seems nearly everyone I know has been either traipsing around Europe (in the case of my musician…

4 min readJun 29, 2023

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Uncuffing Season, or (Very) Senior Year Photo Day

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Wes Eichenwald

My Back Pages, Part 2 (a very late rewrite)

I’m not too happy with my 1980s writing persona.

6 min readJun 22, 2023

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My Back Pages, Part 2 (a very late rewrite)

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Wes Eichenwald

Wes Eichenwald

Journalist/writer; ex-expat; vaudeville, punk & cabaret aficionado; father of 2; remarried widower. I ask questions, tell stories, rinse & repeat.

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