James A. Reeves
A writer and designer in the Middle West who makes midnight mix tapes and writes about faith in the digital age. More.
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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.
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

Altar

Altar

I share this because I'm fascinated by the totems and rituals of others.
Mysterium

Mysterium

As I left New York City, the driver played Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” several times and never said a word.
On a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe

On a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe

An inauspicious flight number. The sound of the door closing. The metal roar of the engines.
Instead of Disappearing Completely

Instead of Disappearing Completely

I’m learning to find pleasure in the ultramundane and routine.
Why Am I in Ohio?

Why Am I in Ohio?

At first, I did not want to leave Vegas. Not so soon.
A Craving for Polar Horror

A Craving for Polar Horror

Polar horror is one of my favorite genres.
Mirrors to Deflect Danger

Mirrors to Deflect Danger

Eleven years sober and another year older.
Why Does the Brain Torture Itself?

Why Does the Brain Torture Itself?

I loathe these brutal nerves of mine.
Starting a New Big Thing

Starting a New Big Thing

I have a knack for taking the longest, most taxing route to common knowledge.
Loss Response

Loss Response

I loathe the moments when the suffering of others reminds me to be grateful.
Hallucinations and Routines

Hallucinations and Routines

There will always be demands and obligations, but they do not need me before eleven o’clock.
C. Wall Architecture

C. Wall Architecture

A new visual identity and website for this architecture firm.

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

Midnight Radio

Anything worthwhile rests on a knife’s edge, balanced by a paradox that I can only compare to the delicate act of falling asleep.

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 Notebook

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 Influences

Maybe you’ve heard the stories, the baroque theories on late-night radio or the soliloquies of sunburnt men who mutter at the traffic.

Conspiracy Fiction Notebook

Art Notebook

His spirit runs through nearly everything we hear today.

Autobiography Influences Notebook
God 36
Art 31
Autobiography 28
Reading 26
Dreams 23
Midnight Radio 21
Influences 19
Weather 19
Grief 16
Fiction 12
Process 12
Movies 12
Midnight Radio
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