39. This Infinite Chain. [Paul Dean.]
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English - September 23, 2019 21:05 - 1 hour - 73.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMusic Interviews Music Music Commentary Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Paul Dean (writer, journalist, and co-founder of Shut Up & Sit Down) on The Pet Shop Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Joni Mitchell, Sandy Denny, and Jason Isbell.
Paul Dean is a writer, journalist, and
games designer, among other things. You might know him as one of the founders
of Shut Up & Sit Down, a website and youtube
channel about board games. Or maybe you know him from a popular essay he
wrote about Stardew
Valley and his own small-town youth. These days, he’s working on a book about
class and his childhood in England, and he has a lively patreon where he posts
other pieces of his writing. Paul is based in Vancouver.
Paul and Michael discuss artistic influence, not fitting in, learning from
others, the nature of trust, the joy of play, and the big quiet adventure of
being in the world.
Paul’s Five Songs.
Always On My Mind by The
Pet Shop Boys.
Racing in the Street by
Bruce Springsteen.
River by Joni Mitchell.
Late November by Sandy
Denny.
Live Oak by Jason Isbell.
Show Notes.
Paul’s Patreon,
blog, and
twitter.
Paul’s essay about Stardew
Valley.
Michael’s essay about Hey Jupiter.