Who should everyone be reading that they’re not? I really don't have the time, and often feel envious of people who can sit leisurely at a cafe and read a magazine. I usually skip straight to the sections or writers that interest me the most. What’s your reading strategy when you pick up a print copy of your favorite publication? I’ve actually been using the Iraqi poetry book a lot recently, as I've been reciting some of the poems and recording the words on a reel-to-reel tape player, which I’ll then use to pitch the audio up and down. Right now I’m working my way through Real Estate by Deborah Levy, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, A Tapestry of Contemporary Iraqi Poetry by Inaam Al-Hashimi, and Conversations with Iannis Xenakis by Bàlint András Varga. It's a little stop and start, so I usually have to go back a few pages and re-read to refresh my memory. I usually have a few books going simultaneously, and I read what I'm in the mood for on any given night. Yorgos Lanthimos is apparently adapting it into a film. The main character is extremely unlikeable, but her obsession with sleep makes her relatable to me. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh. Literature: I have an account on Goodreads, where I follow friends to see what their latest reads and recommendations are. The name comes from the word “gomer,” which stands for “get out of my emergency room,” a phrase taken from Samuel Shem’s House of God, a must-read book that’s something of right of passage for all doctors. I also love GomerBlog, which is like The Onion but for doctors. Medical news: I read the Life in the Fast Lane blog, subscribe to Uptodate, and listen to EM:RAP, an emergency medicine podcast. I also read and post on the Modwiggler (modular synthesis) and Gearspace (production and music tech) forums. Music-making: I subscribe to DivKid 's and Loopop 's modular synth/music gear Patreons and always look at what Hainbach is doing on YouTube for weird electronic music experimentation. We are always recommending things and exchanging new music, frequently sending our tapes and records to one another. I’m also part of a virtual Instagram “scene” that includes musicians and small independent labels from around the world. That sounds more creepy than intended, but it lets you enjoy the music in peace without things escalating into an online popularity contest-there is real value in that. Even though Bandcamp isn’t really social media, I quite like that you can follow people without having to interact with them. Aside from that, I follow writers and musicians I like on Bandcamp to see what their purchase history looks like and get new music suggestions. Music news: The Wire is my favourite print publication, and I also read and sometimes write for First Floor, my husband’s newsletter about electronic music. I actually just finished mixing them in Mallorca last week, so I'm very happy and relieved. I also make music myself and am working on my first two solo releases right now. A few weeks ago I arranged a small concert inside the factory and it was really special, with people mingling between the machines and listening to the various sounds bouncing around the space. I love this process-even when you make a mistake with the printing, you don't want to throw the paper away because it's so beautiful and unique. A lot of my tape covers are made at an old letterpress factory here in Barcelona, where everything is typeset by hand and printed using 100-year-old machines. I started Paralaxe in 2014 with the idea of creating limited-edition objects with a focus on packaging and design. When I’m in Barcelona, I run Paralaxe Editions, a platform that makes tapes/records/books, puts on experimental music shows, and also has a monthly radio show on dublab. Aside from everyday accidents and emergencies, a lot of my work involves arranging plane retrievals for my patients, as we send them to larger centers where there are more medical resources to manage their problems. For the last five years, I've been working in a town called Geraldton, which has a sizable indigenous population and like many small towns also has a troublesome drug problem. (The other half I spend in Barcelona, where I work on my creative projects.) I’m what’s called a "locum" doctor, which basically means that I fill in areas of need, usually in remote areas of the country. I was born in Baghdad, grew up in Tasmania, and now live in Barcelona, although I live something of a double life, spending half of the year working as an emergency medicine doctor in Australia.
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