ser-mon:
‘sərmən (noun). 1) a religious discourse delivered in public usually by a member of the clergy as a part of a worship service, 2) a speech on conduct or duty
(from Merriam-Webster)
Sermons! is a semi-weekly newsletter that is a music recommendation / studio blog for graphic artist and bonafide music freak, Jamie Ward.
Subscribing gets you:
-human-generated song a day recommendations
Paid subscribers get that, and more: *CURRENTLY TURNED OFF UNTIL SUBSTACK STOPS ACCEPTING MONEY FROM NAZIS
-themed and guest playlists
-updates and breakdowns of art & design projects I’m working on
–link round-up of art, music, films & other things generally interesting and strange
-access to all the archives
-hopefully a tongue to bite on to remember that we’re alive
I am a graphic artist that has spent over 35 years obsessing over music, art and film. I’ve had my work published in numerous books of gigposters, and have been casually deejaying since the late 1990s. I also helped run one of the last, greatest video stores in North America and have contributed to programming and exhibitions within artist-run spaces. One of the best ways to pay back all the excitement music and art brings me is to share it with people, in communion with the strangeness of this inexplicable task we’ve all been given: to be alive in the world at this moment.
We’re all future veterans of The Psychic Wars. Hopefully, Sermons! might give you armor and hope as we turn our backs to the future and look ahead.
To quote John Peel:
“I just want to hear something I’ve never heard before”.
If you feel the same way, this newsletter is for you.
