It’s great, right? Did you manage to read the full colour edition?

Beautiful. I had a rat for a while. She was awesome.

Oh, it’s great. ‘I’m so happy that I found you, I can’t stand to be around you,’ and more lyrical genius. The album is called Send Aid, and it’s available on Bandcamp.

I wish I could see them live. Consider yourself lucky. And yeah, his death was a tragedy. ‘Swathes of noise,’ as Lisa Walker once put it. I’m really hoping for another album or something by them. But I must say, Chuck Cleaver’s solo effort is an absolute banger.

My mainstays at the moment are Ass Ponys and Wussy. Those guys just rock so hard.

Hell, yeah. Gimme some Josephus.

Thomas Jane, easily. If he was alive in the 40s and 50s, he would have surpassed Bogart as the king of noir.

I can’t believe you got away with that one.

Right? It just slaps so hard.

Sayles is great, especially his dialogue. He is a pretty compelling filmmaker as well.

If that’s your vibe, try Blindsight by Peter Watts. It’s a very technical examination of the phenomenon of consciousness which isn’t afraid to get into the weeds, but never quite gets lost in them.

I’m reading a book of short stories by John Sayles, called The Anarchists’ Convention. There have been some absolute bangers so far.

One of my favourite books of all time. Do you have the full colour edition?

Hi, I’m four babies in a trenchcoat. My interests include grown-up things like businessing and adulting. I am definitely an adult. Ignore the first sentence.

If you must.

All I can see is Joel Haver having fun.

Well done. Set yourself free.

I am so happy for you. Welcome to the club. I really hope you enjoy it.

That’s the one. I’ll see you over there. Good luck; I hope you find some good advice.

The Gospel Singer by Harry Crews. It’s a masterpiece of grit lit. If you’re not one to shy away from themes like religious obsession, violence and racism, I can highly recommend it.