A weekly series, which kicked off in February 2026, exploring the media “input” of a group of people — HILOBROW’s friends and contributors — whose “output” we admire.
Photo courtesy of Matthew Battles
JOE ALTERIO
MATTHEW BATTLES on: La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc, Judee Sill, Scavengers Reign
BRIAN BERGER
VANESSA BERRY
ALICE BOONE
Photo courtesy of Adrienne Crew
DEB CHACHRA
ADRIENNE CREW on: the Thoth Tarot, Captain YAR, Murderbot
DREW DANIEL
GORDON DAHLQUIST
JENNY DAVIDSON
Photo courtesy of Flourish Klink
DAN FOX
MICHAEL GRASSO
HOLLY INTERLANDI on: Monocle, metal, horror stories
CAROLYN KELLOGG on: WFMU’s Wake ‘n Bake, history, Fitzcarraldo
MARK KINGWELL on: Sports clips, North by Northwest, Indie Pop Rocks
FLOURISH KLINK on: the Gospel, a Book of Common Prayer bot, singing
Photo courtesy of Annie Nocenti
ADAM McGOVERN on: Shazam discoveries, “The Firebird,” concentricity
CHARLIE MITCHELL on: Mary Oliver, TrueAnon, The Blindboy Podcast
TOM NEALON on: Czarface, Parable of the Sower, Gargantua & Pantagruel
PEGGY NELSON
ANNIE NOCENTI on: Burn Book, Deadwood, Bugonia
Photo courtesy of Lynn Peril
GARY PANTER on: Godzilla Minus One, Popeye comics, The Devil’s Triangle
LYNN PERIL on: weird old books, ’60s garage rock, live music
JONATHAN PINCHERA on: Instagram reels, the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, Ren & Stimpy
HEATHER QUINLAN on: The Master and Margarita, Hard ’N Heavy, sports fandom
NICHOLAS ROMBES on: 50 Watts Books, Vaclav Havel, the vibes of recent movies
Photo courtesy of Lucy Sante. Credit: Raphael Pierson-Sante
CARLO ROTELLA on: Chicago blues, baby-making slow jams, The Week
LUCY SANTE on: NYRB, “Lovers Rock,” Shadow Ticket
SETH on: old TV broadcasts, The Leopard, The Victorian Kitchen Garden
MIKE WATT on: Shannon Kim, Pynchon, The Kagero Diary
JUDITH ZISSMAN on: “Ellis Island,” Moon Lists, Taskmaster
& more to come.