I may be happily married, but I can openly admit to having had an intellectual crush on Jesse Kornbluth, creator and curator at Head Butler, for some time. The man has excellent taste and knows music, the arts, books and movies like few others I’ve come across; his brain is like a cultural encyclopedia. Jesse, who lives in New York, has written and edited for everyone from The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and The New York Times, as well as being clever enough to write sensible, substantial books on business, sport and art.
So when the opportunity arose to write a guest post for Head Butler I grabbed it with both hands and offered the best I had: Paul Kelly. What a thrill to discover that not only had Jesse never heard of Kelly (who is currently midway through a tour of the US and Europe), when he opened the first YouTube link I sent him – “They Thought I was Asleep” – he immediately burst into tears. Boom. Here’s hoping that Head Butler’s readers, and you, react the same way to my tribute to my favourite Australian singer.
Read the post on Head Butler here.
(Written by Julia)