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.
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James A. Reeves

James A. Reeves

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.
The Reassuring Cadence of Living in the Sprawl

The Reassuring Cadence of Living in the Sprawl

These are days of shooting down unidentifiable objects in the sky.
A Landscape that Functions Like Memory

A Landscape that Functions Like Memory

We hit the brakes and followed a dusty road past a gigantic fiberglass ice cream sundae.
The Games We Play in Museums

The Games We Play in Museums

After all these years, how well do I know her taste? How well does she know mine?
Landscapes Like Scenes from Tomorrow

Landscapes Like Scenes from Tomorrow

Messiness will be a crucial tool in the footrace against artificial intelligence.
Yet the Horizon Never Seems to Draw Closer

Yet the Horizon Never Seems to Draw Closer

Time and space get wobbly in the desert. I think I’m puttering along, but the speedometer says 98.
Ten Years Sober Today

Ten Years Sober Today

An old man in a church basement said, "Stick around long enough, and this becomes a life spent stepping over dead bodies."
And We Diligently Killed Zombies

And We Diligently Killed Zombies

A few hours later, we wandered into the desert and touched some cacti.
The Sensation of Slippage Continues

The Sensation of Slippage Continues

The desert is littered with bizarre facts, and I often think I invented them, like a fragment from a dream or a misremembered film.
Desert Run

Desert Run

Chugging electro reverb
60 minutes

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

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

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

Art

His spirit runs through nearly everything we hear today.

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