Mike Platania2020: the things I wrote & the things I loved during a cursed year“When people say, ‘We have made it through worse before,’ all I hear is the wind slapping against the gravestones of those who did not…Dec 28, 2020Dec 28, 2020
Mike PlataniaRediscovering skateboarding, and a part of my selfThere might not be a single piece of media that’s had more of an impact on me than Chris Cole’s part in Zero’s 2005 video, New Blood.Nov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020
Mike PlataniaSoccer & Solitude: 3 short words describe how I feel about quarantine.In 2005, Liverpool F.C. and A.C. Milan played in the Champions League Final.May 21, 2020May 21, 2020
Mike PlataniaI biked to a forgotten town in the Midwest and got a lesson in ambition from a teenager.Most people who enter the township limits of Odell, Illinois are drivers on Interstate 55. They’ll see the signs for it (population…Apr 29, 20202Apr 29, 20202
Mike PlataniaA Love Letter To CerealWhen I was on summer break as a kid, I would wake up, bound down the stairs and pour myself a heaping bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats and…Feb 18, 2020Feb 18, 2020
Mike Platania2019: What I wrote & things I lovedHerein lies the things I wrote this year that I’m most proud of, along a whole bunch of other stuff that I loved.Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2019
Mike PlataniaThoughts on: the Pony ExpressOn January 24, 1848, a carpenter named James W. Marshall looked down and saw gold flakes in a stream of water on land owned by John Sutter…Jul 15, 2019Jul 15, 2019
Mike Platania‘This Modern Love’ by Bloc PartyA closer and anecdotal look at Bloc Party’s 2005 song.May 6, 20191May 6, 20191
Mike Platania2018’s Afterglow; my writings & other things I enjoyedIt’s grey in Richmond. It’s been raining, cold, overcast, or all of the above for so long now that it’s hard to imagine that this exact…Dec 29, 2018Dec 29, 2018
Mike PlataniaA Nice Thing That HappenedI spend a fair bit of time in coffeeshops.Nov 14, 2018Nov 14, 2018
