James A. Reeves
A writer and designer in the Middle West who makes midnight mix tapes and writes about faith in the digital age. Read more.
Midnight Radio
Ruminations, reverberations, and a five-track mixtape delivered 'round midnight on the 1st and 15th of the month.
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James A. Reeves
A writer and designer in the Middle West who makes midnight mix tapes and writes about faith in the digital age. Read more.
Midnight Radio
Ruminations, reverberations, and a five-track mixtape delivered 'round midnight on the 1st and 15th of the month.
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James A. Reeves

James A. Reeves

Monster

Monster

Fireworks

Fireworks

Eastbound

Eastbound

Oryx and Crake

Oryx and Crake

Reboot

Reboot

A refreshed visual identity and bold new website for Reboot, an international consultancy that develops programs for systemic change.
We Were Distracted

We Were Distracted

The debris of a falling Chinese rocket.

The debris of a falling Chinese rocket.

Mahjong

Mahjong

May 7, 2021

May 7, 2021

"We’re smothered by words, images, and sounds that have no right to exist."

"We’re smothered by words, images, and sounds that have no right to exist."

Shadowbahn

Shadowbahn

In Steve Erickson’s Shadowbahn, the Twin Towers reappear in South Dakota, wholly intact and without explanation.
Nightcrawler / Bringing Out the Dead

Nightcrawler / Bringing Out the Dead

"If you’re seeing me, you’re having the worst day of your life."

At some point the screen became the world, and now we’re haunting it.

Midnight Radio

The ghosts of old standards, summoned for whatever comes next.

Midnight Radio

Broadcasting from somewhere between the bells of a temple and the heat of a night market.

Midnight Radio

A tribute to David Lynch that roams through the ruins of vintage ballads and slow-motion noir.

Midnight Radio

Anything worthwhile rests on a knife’s edge like the delicate art of falling asleep.

Midnight Radio

Slowing down my favorite songs has become a spiritual practice.

Midnight Radio

This man was the antichrist. Yes, he was what the end of civilization looked and sounded like.

Philosophy

It’s tempting to classify Death Prom as mere nostalgia, but it is a complicated haunting.

Midnight Radio

A few minutes after midnight in the Mojave desert, a preacher appears on a dead radio channel.

Albums

The artist’s obsession becomes the listener’s obsession.

Essays
God 39
Art 31
Autobiography 29
Reading 27
Midnight Radio 25
Dreams 24
Influences 20
Weather 19
Grief 16
Movies 14
Process 13
Fiction 12
Midnight Radio
Ruminations, reverberations, and a five-track mixtape delivered 'round midnight on the 1st and 15th of the month.
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