“Gem” by Bow And Arrow (Lea Bertucci and Michael Beharie) is the best song on their strong 2026 s/t album. Halfway in, it goes into deepest trance/chant mode and becomes one of THEE trax of the year. @NNATapes
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"Towson Acid" is the best song on the very good s/t Croz Boyce album. Gets farther out as it goes, in a patient, sublime manner. @Dominorecordco

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The Guardian's photo for the Richard Lloyd obit is of a Richard Lloyd-less Television. Stellar work.

The damnable earworms in the Jimmy Castor Bunch's “Bertha Butt Boogie” are stuck in my head, and it's driving me mad.
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"the Democrat Party has been fully captured by communists who want you dead and seek to destroy western civilization itself." [sic]

JFC, no one should ever take you seriously again, you hyperbolic fantasist.

Detroit, 1983. On WJLB, the Electrifying Mojo would play Cybotron's "Cosmic Cars" every night (multiple times on some broadcasts), thus introducing me and thousands (millions?) of listeners to techno pioneer Juan Atkins. 1/2 youtube.com/watch?v=KNz01t…

ICYMI: Earlier this year, DREAM_MEGA released a stoned-automaton cover of my favorite Guided By Voices song, "Weed King."

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Is this an AI error or a human fuck-up? Whatever the case, it's embarrassing and demands a groveling apology (and I'm a fan of the Boo Radleys album).

FOR SALE
Goldie- INCredible™ Sound Of Drum'n'Bass Mixed By Goldie [1999, Ovum/Ruffhouse/Columbia 2xCD]
No US sellers on Discogs.
VG+/VG+; $20 shipped.

FOR SALE
L'usine- L'usine [1999, Isophlux CD]
IDM classic that's never been released on vinyl. VG+/VG+; $35 shipped.

Underrated krautrock klassik: Thirsty Moon's "Big City." Probably found most easily on wax via the FindersKeepers comp Strain Crack & Break: Music From The Nurse With Wound List Volume 2.

youtube.com/watch?v=qVj-Sc…

Today's the 10th anniversary of my ill-fated Betty & Miles Davis DJ night, Battle Of The Exes. The turnout was as disappointing as Miles' Cyndi Lauper cover.

Previewed Tyondai Braxton's Seattle show, happening tonight at Vera Project.

2026 will be remembered for many things, but none more absurd than the detestable Morrissey releasing a melodramatic paean to Saint Lester Bangs.
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How do you feel about his pedophiliac lyrics on "Jailbait"? Dude also shit and pissed his pants to get out of the military. Such a patriot.

Truly bassist Hiro Yamamoto with a coveted Rocky and Bullwinkle T-shirt.

FOR SALE
Omar Souleyman- Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts [2011, Sublime Frequencies 2xLP]
Small punch hole in lower left corner.
VG+/VG+; $28 shipped.

FOR SALE
Psychedelic Horseshit- Laced [2011, FatCat]
Pink vinyl. The ringwear and spine wear you see is actually part of the artwork. Really.
NM/VG+; $12 shipped.

Obscenely Obscure, Seattle's only DJ night dedicated to library music, returns tomorrow at Screwdriver Bar. @eliranderson and I spin the tunes, Aubrey Nehring provides the visuals. The video below gives you an idea of what to expect.

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I used to play this on my Cosmic Slop show on WCSB. Love his track "Conrad Schnitzler," too.

youtube.com/watch?v=x3EXAm…

My first favorite Hüsker Dü song... still moves me 43 years later. Grant Hart forever.

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How is Gary Bartz 86?? Looks and sounds fantastic.

Welp, spotted this $45 copy tonight. ¡Que vida!

When talk turns to the greatest soundtracks of all time, Sam Waymon's for Ganja & Hess needs to be part of the conversation.
youtube.com/watch?v=xiV5SU…

This has been happening a lot lately with @qobuz... tracks just disappearing without notice.

FOR SALE
Julian Cope- Fried [1984, Mercury]
One of the best solo LPs by the former Teardrop Explodes leader. UK first pressing. Solid copy.
VG/VG+; $34 shipped.

You're looking at one of the most sampled drummers ever, Bobby Chouinard. That's him on Billy Squier's “The Big Beat.”

Uganda be kidding—Nyege Nyege using AI for their festival flyer?!

$82 at The Barn Owl in Seattle, size medium.

TWO Killdozer shirts in one shop? That's nuts.

Does anything else in the Supertramp catalog go as hard as the last minute of “Goodbye Stranger”?
youtube.com/watch?v=u8pVZ5…

FOR SALE
The Time & Space Machine- Volume Two [2009, 5D] Trippy af psych-rock project of Richard Norris (Psychic TV, the Grid, etc.).
VG/VG+; $18 shipped.

FOR SALE
Various Artists- The 49 Minute Technicolour Dream [2003 UK Past & Present import of the 1984 original] Features tracks by the Misunderstood, Kaleidoscope (UK), Caleb, Unit 4+2, Finders Keepers. Includes insert. Only one US seller on Discogs.
VG/VG+; $30 shipped.

$10 for this Stomu Yamash'ta heater is a steal. At Seattle's Daybreak Records.

If you're in Seattle on Oct. 15, hit up Obscenely Obscure.

I'd like to speak to the manager, please.

Dr. who now, Qobuz?

Of all the thousands of "Hey Jude"s in the universe, Don Ellis' might be the most out there.
Thanks for the tip, @PatThomas1964 .

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At certain moments (like now), Opal's "Fell From The Sun" sounds like the best damn soul balm.

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Check out my preview in The Stranger of the Container and J.R.C.G. show that happens at Seattle's Black Lodge tonight.

Obscenely Obscure, Seattle's only DJ event dedicated to library music, returns to Screwdriver Bar on Oct. 15. Come through for unique audio/visual thrills.

Godley & Creme's "Marciano" (1980) gives similar "way ahead of its time" vibes as Moebius/Plank/Neumeier's "Pitch Control."

youtube.com/watch?v=WlTiY8…

Hey, everybody, I found it--the worst slogan by any company/organization ever.

FOR SALE
Paul Nelson- Vortex [2013 Medical reissue of the 1981 original]
Cosmic synth space-out cult fave. White opaque with splatter vinyl.
NM/VG+; $18 shipped.

PSA: Neil Ardley's Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows at Seattle's Jive Time, in Jazz New Arrivals used bin.
RIYL Terry Riley, Tim Blake, David Axelrod.

FOR SALE
The Head Shop- The Head Shop [1998 Epic reissue of the 1969 original]
Wild NY psych LP with TWO Beatles covers ("Yesterday" and "Revolution"—WTF?).
VG/VG; $20 shipped.

FOR SALE
Rodion G.A.- Misiunea Spatiala Delta (Delta Space Mission) [2014, Strut reissue of the 1980 original soundtrack]
VG+++/VG+; $15 shipped.

You can always tell when Bez0s puts his heavy thumb on @washingtonpost's editorial scale.

.@ryleywalker in Seattle. He also dropped some science about Christian ska, which brought down the house.

FOR SALE
Donnie & Joe Emerson- Dreamin' Wild [2012, Light In The Attic]
EXTREMELY LIMITLED EDITION. #041 of 100 manufactured.
VG++/VG++; $55 shipped.