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.
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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

Goddammit, I Just Graded a Fucking Robot

Goddammit, I Just Graded a Fucking Robot

And it was about the goddamned work of art in the goddamned age of mechanical reproduction, of all things.
She Reminisced About the Cambrian Period

She Reminisced About the Cambrian Period

She said we were looking at the Bonanza King Formation, which sounds like a doomed band from the 1970s.
What Happens Here Happens Everywhere

What Happens Here Happens Everywhere

I had time to kill at the Las Vegas airport, where it feels like being returned to a pleasant memory of 1987.
Letting Go of the Maps in My Head

Letting Go of the Maps in My Head

The desert silence baffles my Midwestern mind.
Technology Might Have Peaked With Magnetic Tape

Technology Might Have Peaked With Magnetic Tape

A delightful sense of slippage occurs when you can’t decide if something is brilliant or awful.
Suddenly We Found Ourselves Hiking

Suddenly We Found Ourselves Hiking

If starvation was on the table, would you rather eat your own finger or a stranger's?
Church Attendance Is Lowest in Nevada

Church Attendance Is Lowest in Nevada

I had no idea there was so much weather in the desert.
We Searched for 10,000 Acres of Sand

We Searched for 10,000 Acres of Sand

Death Valley is a place where ten thousand acres of scenery can easily go missing.
My Dithering has Reached Its Vanishing Point

My Dithering has Reached Its Vanishing Point

We need to make robots and zombies fun again
And Entropy Makes Itself Known to Me

And Entropy Makes Itself Known to Me

It’s cold in Vegas, and strange material is falling from the sky.
Towers of Red Rock Loomed Over Us Like a Beautiful Threat

Towers of Red Rock Loomed Over Us Like a Beautiful Threat

Yesterday C. and I took a break from our screens and drove into the Valley of Fire.
So Much Civilization Where There Shouldn’t Be

So Much Civilization Where There Shouldn’t Be

I pondered the idea of a Vegas-themed casino until I gave myself a headache.

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.

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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
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