Twelve Tracks, Five Centuries

Twelve Tracks, Five Centuries

by | Jun 18, 2026 | Journal

Present Day, June 18, 2026The full arc of Sanctified Hunger, as briefly as I can describe it:Well Trained is the precondition: the systematic surrender of judgment that institutions require before they can operate without resistance. I Was Never Yours is the refusal:...
Well Trained: The First Track

Well Trained: The First Track

by | Jun 15, 2026 | Journal

Present Day, June 15, 2026The first track on Sanctified Hunger is called Well Trained. I chose it as the opening because it describes the precondition for everything that follows: the systematic training of human beings to surrender their own judgment in increments so...
Five Centuries of the Same War

Five Centuries of the Same War

by | Jun 12, 2026 | Journal

Various, 1096 to presentI want to list some of what I have witnessed, briefly, because the list is the argument.I was not present for the First Crusade but I have spoken with scholars who documented it. I was present for the later ones, at various distances. I watched...
Sanctified Hunger: What the Album Is

Sanctified Hunger: What the Album Is

by | Jun 9, 2026 | Journal

Present Day, June 9, 2026Let me be precise about what Sanctified Hunger is and what it is not.It is not an atheist album. I am not arguing that God does not exist. I have had five hundred and sixty-eight years to gather evidence on that question and it remains...
The Bishop Called Me Damned

The Bishop Called Me Damned

by | Jun 6, 2026 | Journal

Florence, 1473His name was Rinaldo Orsini. A bishop. My cousin by blood, which made the verdict more precise in its particular cruelty.I was fifteen years old. I had been in his household since infancy, sent north from Umbria after the deaths of both my parents. He...