Curtis Everett Pawley is a New York City-based musician and podcaster. Long before his project The Life was opening for the 1975 at Finsbury Park, Curtis and KJ Rothweiler did a Perfectly Imperfect feature (#59) as “Ion 1” and “Ion 2,” the anonymous pitched-down voices of the influential podcast The Ion Pack. Before I moved to NYC, their podcast was my portal to a scene of eclectic downtown filmmakers, writers, musicians, and actors, many of whom we ended up featuring on this very newsletter. Curtis has released three singles as The Life; the early 00s sunny rock cut “Strong Spirits”, the glossy pop anthem “Grace”, and a sick CFCF electro remix of “Grace.” Lucky for us, Curtis is here to tell what he’s been into, on his birthday of all days.