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 Adrienne Crew
MATTHEW BATTLES
DEB CHACHRA
ADRIENNE CREW on: the Thoth Tarot, Captain YAR, Ducktavious, and Murderbot
HOLLY INTERLANDI on: Monocle, metal, horror stories, and gruesome scientific studies
CAROLYN KELLOGG
Photo courtesy of Mark Kingwell
MARK KINGWELL on: Sports clips, Weather, North by Northwest, and Indie Pop Rocks
ADAM McGOVERN on: Shazam discoveries, Stravinsky’s “The Firebird,” comics, and Zoom
CHARLIE MITCHELL
TOM NEALON
PEGGY NELSON
Photo courtesy of Lynn Peril
ANNIE NOCENTI on: James, Burn Book, Deadwood, Bugonia, and comics
GARY PANTER
LYNN PERIL on: weird old books, ’60s garage rock, thrifting vinyl, and live music
JONATHAN PINCHERA
HEATHER QUINLAN on: The Master and Margarita, Hard ’N Heavy, and sports fandom
Photo courtesy of Lucy Sante
NICHOLAS ROMBES on: 50 Watts Books, Vaclav Havel, and the vibes of recent movies
CARLO ROTELLA on: being read to, Chicago blues, baby-making slow jams, and The Week
LUCY SANTE on: NYRB, early-’60s NYC jazz, and Shadow Ticket
SETH
MIKE WATT on: Shannon Kim, Pynchon, and The Kagero Diary
JUDITH ZISSMAN
& more to come.