Dusty Henry

4 weeks ago | anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com | Dusty Henry

“Sometimes I get these feelings and I don't know what to say” - WipersAnother downpour. Par for the course. My corduroy Levi’s jacket is soggy as I step in the car, smelling like a wet dog from years of this weather. As I turn on the car, my toddler in the backseat chirps up, “turn on the wipers, daddy!” She always loves the swish-swish sound against the windshield. But, being the dad that I am, it gives me an idea.

1 month ago | anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com | Ken Kesey |Dusty Henry

It was a last-second call to go. That should’ve been my sign that it was a good idea. When I’m feeling a certain listlessness, a blasé feeling, forcing myself to get out and see a show I’m on the fence about going to usually does the trick. Now here I was, standing in awe in a sea of strangers, hypnotized by a performer I’d only just heard of a couple days before. Cindy Lee swiveled on their chair wearing a gold sequin dress and white knee-high boots.

1 month ago | anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com | Samir Chopra |Dusty Henry

There’s a thought put forth by Brian Eno that I’ve become obsessed with. In a statement he shared ahead of his 2017 album Reflection – and that I’ve heard him repeat a few other times in interviews – he talks about this idea of artists being “farmers” or “cowboys.” He states:"Perhaps you can divide artists into two categories: farmers and cowboys. The farmers settle a piece of land and cultivate it carefully, finding more and more value in it.

1 month ago | anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com | Dusty Henry

All day, I’m consuming. And so are you. Our lives are built around it. We’re constantly taking in “media.” Music, videos, social media, more music, more videos, music in the background while watching a video, short videos, long videos, a long video about the problem of all of us watching too many short videos, a short video about why it’s bad to watch short videos, and then short videos are banned. And then they’re not? What a time to be alive and experience it all.

Nov 14, 2023 | kexp.org | Dusty Henry

Dusty Henry revisits 1996 with the album 3 'n the Mornin' (Part Two) by DJ Screw. The record was a culmination of a movement Screw started from his bedroom: his trademark “chopped and screwed” sound and a unifying moment for Houston’s then-emerging hip-hop scene. Written by Dusty Henry. Audio production by Roddy Nikpour. Podcast managed by Isabel Khalili. Support the podcast: kexp.org/50hiphop