José Vadi

new for Simple Magic ✨ thanks @colenowicki.com !!

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skated curbs, hit up the state archives crawl, zine fest, then wnba finals at the bar. 🗣️Saturday Saturday Saturday youtu.be/9S5lTgyfT2c?...

was texting a friend about seeing a movie, and then immediately ran into them at the pizza spot, so we had an impromptu dinner while this song played. Sacramento can be dreamy like that. youtu.be/DptUR5kz3jI?...

Farewell to Eva Marie Saint, the sharpest and sexiest of the Hitchcock blondes who got to wear one of the best dresses in cinema history

Tim Tebow. Magic Johnson. Joe Montana. These are only a few of the celebs who have spoken for Life Surge, a company that sells self-improvement course packages that can reach up to $40,000. Former and current employees state that the company uses questionable tactics and Christianity to sell.

50 years ago this morning, Gen. Pinochet’s assassins murdered my colleagues Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt with a car bomb while they were carpooling to the office. I was in 5th grade and remember seeing stories on the local news. I never imagined I would be working there 13 years later.

Also, this month marks five years of writing this newsletter each week. Sincere thanks to everyone who reads, subscribes, shares, contributes to, and supports Simple Magic. Means a lot.

“The documents show concern within the companies that the news industry could not survive if its work was taken.” Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...

spiritually teleporting myself to Grouper’s recent east coast shows

new blog on Balam Acab, anxiety at shows, and the Etnies video ::: josevadi.com/02-balam-aca... big thanks @colenowicki.com for the editorial support ✨

really enjoying Provoker youtu.be/WPKLi5mMNh0?...

recommended reading

“It was about mental space and realising how much energy it takes to grind an axe.” crackmagazine.net/article/prof...

the Prius provides 🫡

relearned this wknd that I am a simp for “live” music festival broadcasts

wrote a little bit about this and some other music and memory stuff in the place where I write about such things

skate videos introduce you to a myriad of artists youtu.be/1-UwLitaV0U

“Is a crypto-pilled NFL also-ran reality show star-cum-entreprenuer the best person to lead the "future of [action] sport"? One who proudly takes money from predatory grifters and promotes their products?”

I am pleasantly surprised to see something politically relevant and morally upstanding coming from TMZ. Like Harvey Levin, I also lost many friends to AIDS in the 80s and 90s, but many are alive today because of the hard work of Anthony Fauci. This commentary is worth watching.

last night I was reminded of the absolutely unhinged beauty of this song/album/band youtu.be/TT6WM3PGzhw?...

lucky to catch Sick Of It All in high school at the Glass House with Boy Sets Fire. unbelievable energy 🙌🏽

mapping out my sf art book fair trip like ethan hunt

Knuck(les) if you buck.

first time driving to work since 2009. first time going into work five days a week since 2020. 👀 I feel like Ferris Bueller’s dad.

That’s the Esmeralda from Chile. They teach the crew about human rights on that vessel because it was used as a torture center and prison by the Pinochet regime after his 1973 coup.

brief pre-work visit to Southside Park

pulled up to the bar with my office plant

Reposting because I think you might like it and also because it took me so long to make the GIF art in this piece

can’t stop saying variations of “down to clown” today

truly an amazing year for hoops

fun Saturday selling new zines 📖 9th annual Nighted zine megamall @ Timeless Thrills, Sacramento

Wrote about Marc Johnson, one of the best to ever do it www.simplemagic.ca/take-somethi...

This is the first day in a world without CBS News Radio, which had been broadcasting since 1927. Through eighteen presidential administrations, nine popes, five British monarchs, and numerous wars. Nearly 100 years of journalism, gone like that. Bari Weiss killed it.

Wednesday in downtown Oakland

excited to read at @ucriverside.bsky.social Writers Week next week 🗣️ Wednesday, May 6th at 1pm writersweek.ucr.edu/schedule2026

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new short fiction “Glass Houses” in the latest @altajournal.bsky.social 🙌🏽 featuring the artwork of Victor Juhasz altaonline.com/culture/fiction-and-poetry/a61159424/jose-vadi-glass-houses-fiction order the print issue via the link below 📰