Archive - An Ordinary Disaster

Happy Music Makes Me Angry

...and angry music makes me happy

Jul 15, 2023

What I'm Reading — Jan 2023

Scott Britton, Brad Listi, Michael Mohr, Kim Stanley Robinson, Steven Pressfield, James Lee Burke, Charlie Engle, Amy Blackstone, Andy Johns, Liv…

Jan 29, 2023 •

I'm here to be myself as much as possible—and the absolute truth can only be...nothing.

A conversation about meaning, identity, physicality, and purpose with Bowen Dwelle and Andy Johns

Jun 10, 2023 •

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My entire book-length memoir, serialized right here on Substack

From “Who am I, and how could I not know?” to finding the voice of self, sanity and soul.

Dec 1, 2022 •

E15 / Behind the Mask with Ashanti Branch

Listen now (45 mins) | Discipline, adulthood, intimacy and the range of deep connection, giving room to explore someone’s thinking, the power of…

Feb 6, 2023

Doing my best to get my nose in it

Memoir and personal essay on identity, intuition, addiction and more.

Sep 18, 2022 •

"Writing yourself into existence" with Lyle McKeany

Writing yourself into existence, how writing is like music, whether men can say “sex”, writing memoir as a man, what we're afraid to write about…

May 20, 2023 •

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E09 / The Adventure of Young Fatherhood with Noah Rainey

Listen now (52 mins) | A commitment to joy and fun, the power of invitation, embodied virtues, exploring the territory of fear, unexpected fatherhood…

Oct 31, 2022

Still mostly asleep in the liminal dawn, I first hear the wind as it pours over the ridge, shaking the trees and wrapping the house in white, blowing…

Jul 21, 2022 •

What I've Learned from Ten Brothers and Teachers

Adam Gayner, Roddy McDowell, Lucas Krump, T Callahan, Bob Conlin, Anthony David Adams, Robert Ellis, Kenyon Phillips, Noah Rainey, and James Brown on…

Nov 17, 2022 •

Love as a place

a clutch of roses dropped in a Capp Street crosswalk

Nov 8, 2023 •

Chapter 8 — A guerrilla mission to scale San Francisco's most iconic landmark

An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 08 — The Golden Gate

Mar 17, 2023 •

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