David Deal

The question is should AI, not can AI. Answer: No.

How Elvis Rediscovered Greatness Why do artists lose their creative spark? And how do they regain their mojo?

How Elvis rediscovered greatness: festivalpeak.com/how-elvis-re... #ElvisPresley #Elvis #Music #Essay

Empathy in the Checkout Lane The grocery store cashier standing in front of Jan and me looked like someone who had been standing for a long time. Not just today. For…

Empathy in the Checkout Lane:
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Dia de Los Muertos, Pilsen, Chicago #Pilsen #DiaDeLosMuertos #Chicago #music

Wicker Park, Chicago.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights #Chicago

How Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” Portrayed the Art of Absence on an Album Cover Two men, one of them in flames, shake hands in a studio back lot. The image of a nude woman emerges from a red veil. A diver breaks the…

How Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here depicted loss on an album cover: festivalpeak.com/how-pink-flo... #PinkFloyd #WishYouWereHere #Vinyl #AlbumCoverArt

Father John Misty, the Salt Shed, July 17, 2025. #FatherJohnMisty #Photography #ConcertPhotography

“Lilo & Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible” Show Why Theaters Matter in a Streaming World | HackerNoon #StitchImpossible is reigniting a debate about the place of movie theaters in a streaming-first world.

“Lilo & Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible” Show Why Theaters Matter in a Streaming World (my new @hackernoon.com article): hackernoon.com/lilo-and-sti... #LiloandStitch #MissionImpossible #TomCruise #Movies #Film

OpenAI Wants to Design How You Live With AI | HackerNoon Read this post to dig into the broader implications of OpenAI's acquisition of Jony Ive's startup.

OpenAI wants to design how you live with AI (my latest for @hackernoon.com): hackernoon.com/openai-wants... #OpenAI #SamAltman #JonyIve #AI

Walking America 5 – Janice Deal, Sharon White hosted by Ann de Forest Video recording of a Walking America event. There are two basic plots in literature, the late John Gardner once suggested – somebody goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. In two new novels, a...

Warm thanks to walk · listen · create for hosting a conversation between myself and author Sharon White, and to Ann de Forest for moderating our confab for the Walking America platform! Tune in here:
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Sharon Van Etten 🔥 #SharonVanEtten #Music #Video #Concert #MusicSky

New🖤 #tomcruise #tomcruisefan #actor #томкруз #foryou #fy #kesfet #viral TikTok video by Tom Cruise Fan Page

Mia Goth end-of-credit smile vibes:

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None of the objects on the Oval Office mantle were made in the U.S. Trump’s gilded Versailles version of the White House’s Oval Office decor misses the entire point of Louis XIV’s luxurious palace.

I'll just leave this here.
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Running for Cover with Olivia Kaplan and Miya Folick “Dear Mister Fantasy play us a tune Something to make us all happy Do anything take us out of this gloom Sing a song, play guitar Make it…

In my new article for The Riff, I write about a night in April that felt like a lifeline: two musicians, Olivia Kaplan and Miya Folick, holding a room together with quiet force while the world outside threatens to come undone. #Music #OliviaKaplan #MiyaFolick #Writing
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Japanese Breakfast, Salt Shed #JapaneseBreakfast #concert #music #photography

Nick Cave and the sea of hands. Beautiful. #NickCave #Concert #Music #Video

Olivia Kaplan, the Subterranean, April 24, 2025 #OliviaKaplan #Music #Photography #ConcertPhotogrpahy

Nick Cave, the Salt Shed, April 29, 2025. #NickCave #Music #Photography #ConcertPhotography #Concert

Nick Cave at the Salt Shed, Chicago #NickCave #Concert #Photography #ComcertPhotography

Miya Folick, Chicago Subterranean. #MiyaFolick #Music #Photography

Happy #BookLaunchDay @janicemdeal.bsky.social @newdoorbooks.bsky.social! #Books #Reading #Literature

Beth Gibbons @bethgibbons.bsky.social 🔥 #BethGibbons #music #concert

An Interview with Janice Deal A Q&A with Janice Deal, author of The Blue Door, conducted by Nathaniel Popkin of our Editorial Board, the book's principal editor.This is a novel about a mother, Flo, grappling with something horribl...

My Q&A w/Nathaniel Popkin of @newdoorbooks.bsky.social covers the themes of my new novel "The Blue Door," which Nathaniel edited. Thank you to Nathaniel and to my publisher New Door Books! #Publishing #Books #Writing #Literaryfiction
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Hello Iggy Pop #IggyPop #Music #Concert #Video

Iggy Pop, The Salt Shed #Photography #ConcertPhotography #IggyPop #Music

When You Lose Everything Jan and I stepped into the license plate renewal office on a raw March afternoon, the kind of cold that settles in your bones and stays. We…

We all lose something. Some of us lose everything. My new essay inspired by a random encounter at a license plate renewal office: medium.com/@davidjdeal/... #Essay #Writing #Aging #Memoir

Matthew Paige, DeeOhGee #DeeOhGee #Music

Lauren Mayberry #LaurenMayberry #Photography

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Zacron (Richard Drew). Album cover for Led Zeppelin, III. 1970 | MoMA Zacron (Richard Drew). Album cover for Led Zeppelin, III. 1970. Lithograph. 12 1/2 x 12 1/2" (31.8 x 31.8 cm). Committee on Architecture and Design Funds. 156.2015. Architecture & Design

A great reason for #LedZeppelin & #Vinyl fans to visit MoMA: www.moma.org/collection/w...