Record as Symbolic Form: Ben Platt’s Reverie August 20, 2021 music Ben Platt recently released his second studio album Reverie (his first one, Sing to Me Instead, was out in 2019). Not sure how unusual this view is, but to me it’s better than Sing to Me Instead perhaps on all counts. Platt eventually grew out of Evan Hansen and established himself an authentic and sophisticated storyteller through his music. And I’d hope the record, evidently Platt’s preferable term over “album,” would be recognized as a significant contribution to queer cultural memories in years to come. Just some quick thoughts here. Continue reading → Recent posts Record as Symbolic Form: Ben Platt’s Reverie August 20, 2021 music COVID and This Is Us April 15, 2021 TV We Are Rising— April 05, 2021 travel Yang Mu, “Start: Fourteen-line Poems for Ming-ming” March 12, 2021 poetry Codependency, and Frozen II March 03, 2021 moviebook