Quinby & Co. is produced by the artist and musician Ren Michael, an online magazine and publishing house that focuses on music, travel and lifestyle.
Music • Travel • Lifestyle // We are a new magazine looking to pe*****te the noise of an increasingly uncertain time, as we offer an alternative take on the evolving, diversifying 21st-century lifestyle and American landscape. Most of the articles are written by Ren himself, published under the names of characters featured in his forthcoming novel tentatively titled "The Young Americans." The aim
of the magazine, in this age of heightened division and isolation, is to stimulate creativity and conversation in its readers, and ultimately help cultivate a return to adventure and human connection within the wider world beyond any four walls we can name.
Happy New Year everyone! I started a Substack a few months ago. It’s still in the early stages, but I think now is a good time to start sharing it. Feel free to check it out and if you like subscribe and share! Thanks.
Letters from the Road 004: Am I a realist? Or am I just avoiding solutions. Problem identifiers v. Problem solvers. A Friendly Call to Action
Friday.Film Night 001 // The Pink Panther (1963) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paWt-vWYbyU
Like our page on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cohen.piraeus"Meglio Stasera" known in English as "It Had Better Be Tonight" is a 1963 song with music by...
Quick Reads/Bigger Questions: Is seeing a film or reading a book really a means of getting away from our own lives, or is it a more subtle manner in which to view our lives through the experiences of other people? 🌱 https://quinbyandco.com/2022/05/04/questions-of-escape/
A friend told me that the world is going to hell which sounds like a big inconvenience. He also said that in spite of this inconvenience, it’s like the powers-that-be keep giving us superhero movie…
Tales from the Road: Yellowstone // A short story of an afternoon spent among volcanic springs, finding a sense of peace in wilderness that also just happens to be a hilariously massive (and active) super volcano. Link in Bio
The steam rose ominously from the surface. The pools were clear and strikingly blue, beautiful to look upon like the water in Crater Lake, that collapsed volcano in Oregon whose fresh water continually forms from the annual snowfall. Crater Lake has its own volcanic history, mostly thousands of years in the past. Here in Yellowstone, of course, that history is ongoing, as its volcano is still very active; and I was constantly reminded of it from the geysers, hot springs and prismatic pools I faced that afternoon....
http://quinbyandco.com/2022/02/08/tales-from-the-road-yellowstone/
The steam rose ominously from the surface. The pools were clear and strikingly blue, beautiful to look upon like the water in Crater Lake, that collapsed volcano in Oregon whose fresh water continu…
We’re back! And to get things rolling, we’re taking a trip to a few of our favorite places on earth. Here’s the latest from The Alternative Top-Ten: National Parks Edition. ▶️ Link in Bio // “This list is less about the potential for sightseeing and more about experience. Specifically my own. I suspect the list will change over time, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
It's nearly impossible to capture the feeling of being there, staring out and absorbing all the splendors of the natural world and the American wilderness. It's an experience that could easily redefine for the beholder what it means to be an American, if not what it means to be a human. A guest on this planet. In any case, I'll start small, keep it simple, and begin with something that many, including myself, always seem to dig: The good ol’ …...
http://quinbyandco.com/2022/01/18/alternative-top-ten-national-parks-edition/
It’s nearly impossible to capture the feeling of being there, staring out and absorbing all the splendors of the natural world and the American wilderness. It’s an experience that coul…
I’ve always found music to have healing powers. That’s probably why I play it and why anyone plays it, let alone listens to it. It’s what I think about when I hear classical music in particular. I think about it’s ability to heal, empower, lift people out from the darkness of their times or individual situations and believe in something enough to keep moving forward, embracing imperfection a little better than they did before, while simultaneously striving to improve....
http://quinbyandco.com/2021/11/10/the-redemptive-power-of-classical-music/
I’ve always found music to have healing powers. That’s probably why I play it and why anyone plays it, let alone listens to it. It’s what I think about when I hear classical music in particular. I …
Fun little something for your weekend pleasure.
Happy October friends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5czA_L_eOp4&feature=youtu.be
Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tededView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-should-you-read-charles-dickens-iseult-gillespieThe...
I can hear you honey coming my way, I remember how you used to speak my name I saw you walking long the river to my garden Your hair shone like the milky way Lamplight glowed down in St. Germain Day is gone and we’re only getting started I hear the music like I always have won’t force you none, though I’m moving fast…...
http://quinbyandco.com/2021/03/31/leonardos-garden/
I can hear you honey coming my way, I remember how you used to speak my name I saw you walking long the river to my garden Your hair shone like the milky way Lamplight glowed down in St. Germain Da…
Throw open your desk toss it upside down and listen to Schumann, break down the walls of every room, sell everything you own and over the new flames from within begin to create a brand new art form Then when the sounds of the violin cease open the window and listen to the distant sounds of the city in the cool morning breeze
http://quinbyandco.com/2021/02/28/open-up-happy-anniversary/
Throw open your desk toss it upside down and listen to Schumann, break down the walls of every room, sell everything you own and over the new flames from within begin to create a brand new art form…
Lyrics By Ren Michael Come you princes and gamblers And I’ll tell you a tale About an unborn world From the cold winds of hell I think you will find That my story’s been told, indeed it’s centuries old And though I am young, You may know me quite well. They may call me king bishop, They may say I’m unkind…...
http://quinbyandco.com/2021/01/11/lyrics-today-we-are-young/
Lyrics By Ren Michael Come you princes and gamblers And I’ll tell you a tale About an unborn world From the cold winds of hell I think you will find That my story’s been told, indeed it’s centuries…
My most recurring thought on January 6th was that if the insurrectionists had been Black, they’d be dead. They would have been tear-gassed, beaten, thrown in jail and murdered. Tanks would still be patrolling the Washington mall. If anyone is still on the fence about white privilege, uncertain what it is and how pervasive it remains in our society, they needn’t look any further than the pictures of those who stormed the U.S....
http://quinbyandco.com/2021/01/11/thats-infotainment/
My most recurring thought on January 6th was that if the insurrectionists had been Black, they’d be dead. They would have been tear-gassed, beaten, thrown in jail and murdered. Tanks would still …
fire at the Bastille bringing death to all your woes I’ll break from these chains and claim my mind as my own the winds are blowin' strong the night is getting cold I’d like to see America before I get too old I marched for our lives I occupied the streets I gave you all my love in the time of COVID-19…...
http://quinbyandco.com/2021/01/04/lyrics-made-in-the-u-s-a-american-made/
fire at the Bastille bringing death to all your woes I’ll break from these chains and claim my mind as my own the winds are blowin’ strong the night is getting cold I’d like to see America be…
I write on the backs of napkinsI write on scraps of tissue paperfor you ought to not sweatthe fancy jetthe time yet, noor the old lessons of proprietydon't stack that shelffull of fancy volumes, neitherno, don't overload the head with journalswith their pages crisp and cleanwith the ribbons in between…...
http://quinbyandco.com/2020/12/30/i-write-on-the-backs-of-napkins/
I write on the backs of napkinsI write on scraps of tissue paperfor you ought to not sweatthe fancy jetthe time yet, noor the old lessons of proprietydon’t stack that shelffull of fancy volum…
I was thinking about the Headspace app, and how for me, it was the real introduction to mediation. It’s a great app for the beginner, and it does a wonderful job at making something long-considered esoteric more approachable and welcoming. I started using it in early Spring 2016 and I continued meditating consistently for the next 2-3 years. The experience taught me how to better handle my thoughts by adding some context and theory to what I probably already knew intrinsically—the simple idea that thoughts come and go and that there is no need to attach ourselves to them unless they are useful....
http://quinbyandco.com/2020/12/30/in-brief-meditation/
I was thinking about the Headspace app, and how for me, it was the real introduction to mediation. It’s a great app for the beginner, and it does a wonderful job at making something long-considere…
I think I’ll be living in Santa Fe soonpicture me walking‘long a New Mexico roadthat Pueblo adobe& streetlights of candlitbrown paper bagson a winters nightme and the moonand Youstanding before St. Franciscathedralyea I can see itI can see that beingmy little midnight ritualat the endof every Saturday evening let’s do it. for right now I'm right where I need to be
http://quinbyandco.com/2020/12/16/i-think-ill-be-living-in-santa-fe-pretty-soon/
I think I’ll be living in Santa Fe soonpicture me walking‘long a New Mexico roadthat Pueblo adobe& streetlights of candlitbrown paper bagson a winters nightme and the moonand Youstanding before…
Political discourse like broken leaves Stands in the shadows of laughing trees The root of evil Disguised as greed Only as old as Adam and Eve Cannot die but it must be beat, and What comes to pass, what'll come to be Sings from deep within you and me. Like a lion you are A golden heart As old as time…...
http://quinbyandco.com/2020/12/09/the-root/
Political discourse like broken leaves Stands in the shadows of laughing trees The root of evil Disguised as greed Only as old as Adam and Eve Cannot die but it must be beat, and What comes to pass…
"...(apathy) may be turning into something of the past, to the point that anyone still falling into that 'morass of indifference' seems not only impractical but passé to the point of looking silly." https://quinbyandco.com/2020/12/02/apathy-is-old-news/
It’s long been fashionable particularly among young people to regard social activism and politics as something to be avoided, something messy and too rigged or corrupt to occupy our time. We might …
Apathy is Old News // It’s long been fashionable particularly among young people to regard social activism and politics as something to be avoided, something messy and too rigged or corrupt to occupy our time. And yet judging by the considerable rise in voter turnout this past election it seems that apathy might be old news. Read more of our latest piece ▶️ https://quinbyandco.com/2020/12/02/apathy-is-old-news/
It’s long been fashionable particularly among young people to regard social activism and politics as something to be avoided, something messy and too rigged or corrupt to occupy our time. We might …
A few years back when I was still in Europe, people were persuading me not to go to Budapest since we’d heard news that the city was flooded with refugees seeking asylum from war-torn Syria. But I had roots there and I’d never been as to close to it as I was then. It was only a 7-hour train ride from Prague, so I decided to go. ...
http://quinbyandco.com/2020/11/24/travel-log-budapest-borders/
A few years back when I was still in Europe, people were persuading me not to go to Budapest since we’d heard news that the city was flooded with refugees seeking asylum from war-torn Syria. But I…
Saturday, November 7 it rained in LA in the early hours of the morning. I stepped out later as the sky cleared and the sun was breaking through. This mail van had parked across the street as it does just about everyday. But that day I felt like taking its picture. To me it’s a symbol that represents the heroes that go unnoticed, whose names we won’t know, whose jobs are usually tedious and not in the least bit glamorous. ...
http://quinbyandco.com/2020/11/19/lets-get-to-work/
Saturday, November 7 it rained in LA in the early hours of the morning. I stepped out later as the sky cleared and the sun was breaking through. This mail van had parked across the street as it do…
“I believe that we, that this planet, hasn't seen its Golden Age. Everybody says its finished ... art's finished, rock and roll is dead, God is dead. F**k that! This is my chance in the world. I didn't live back there in Mesopotamia, I wasn't there in the Garden of Eden, I wasn't there with Emperor Han, I'm right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age ...if only each generation would realise that the time for greatness is right now when they're alive...the time to flower is now.” // Patti Smith; Photo © by Lynn Goldsmith
New article out now friends! When we launched in February, we expected to be a mostly apolitical magazine. In some ways, this is a story of why that didn’t pan out. This is the most important election of our lives, so please make your voice heard, get out and vote early if you can, if not vote on Election Day. And I strongly encourage you to please vote . We've got five days left. Thanks.
When we started out in February of this year, we didn’t imagine we’d be making too many direct political or social statements. We did hope to shed light on the deeper ideas and underlying philosop…
As we celebrate spooky season this year, one of our writers shares how she always avoided anything scary and still became a devoted fan of one of America’s most beloved authors–The Master of Horror himself–Stephen King. https://quinbyandco.com/2020/05/04/facing-fear-one-page-at-a-time/
One of the first things to come up in a Google search of Stephen King is that he “is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels.” Now, I’m late to the Stephen …
I stopped in one of the last towns to fill up on gas and get supplies--which consisted mainly of sandwich bread, two cans of tuna, some fruit and peanut butter--before starting into the mountains, into Sequoia National Park, where I’d sleep for two nights. After getting to my campground and setting up my tent, I set out to see General Sherman, the largest tree in the world. [ 776 more words ]
http://quinbyandco.com/2020/10/08/travel-log-general-sherman/
I stopped in one of the last towns to fill up on gas and get supplies–which consisted mainly of sandwich bread, two cans of tuna, some fruit and peanut butter–before starting into the m…
Save Our Home, Save Ourselves I recently applied to a job that asked me to select the best pic of myself in the outdoors. It sounds like it could be an exciting one, a job where I'd be spending time in some of my favorite places, or one place depending on how you look at it. That is, the National Parks or in the broader sense, in nature. [ 805 more words ]
http://quinbyandco.com/2020/10/01/in-brief-on-parks-and-wildness/
Save Our Home, Save Ourselves I recently applied to a job that asked me to select the best pic of myself in the outdoors. It sounds like it could be an exciting one, a job where I’d be spendi…
The growing consensus seems to be that everybody everywhere takes everything so personal all the time. Is it true, or possibly just in our heads?
I used to complain about political correctness, even though I’d never actually met anyone who shamed me or embarrassed me due to my incorrectness. I wonder then whether most of the people who…
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