I quit twitter after the influx of transphobes & as a result lost what was a modest following. Nevertheless I would like more ppl who liked my shit then to know I’m back. If you might spare an RT, you will be rewarded with middling semi-academic posts from me. And maybe cute pics

A must-visit every time I return home to Michigan.

No shade on you, Elizabeth; you did a great job capturing Everclear in a tiny allotment of words. I'm just so emotionally invested in Engine, I get all irrational about any perceived slights.

Agree about Eitzel. Engine and California have enormous sentimental value to me, so I gotta rep those.

However, I'm in complete accordance with the Flaming Lips choice, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. By contrast, I'm aghast at the omission of Meat Puppets II. Plus, Slanted & Enchanted >>> Crooked Rain; Sister >>> Daydream Nation. Thus ends my report on this unimportant matter.

I've only reached #95 on Pitchfork's 100 Best Indie Rock Albums Of All Time list, but, with all due respect, they put in the wrong American Music Club LP; gotta be Engine and it's gotta rank higher than 95. I feel very equanimous about this.

Reviewed the inaugural Baba Obscura music festival for The Stranger.

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January's typically a barren month for interesting music shows, but in Seattle we have Tara Clerkin Trio (Sunset Tavern), Immersion (Sunset Tavern), and Linda May Han Oh Trio (Jazz Alley) on the ledger so far. I'll take it.

“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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Oh yeah, you can listen too.
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My kind of underground music.

"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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Saw Richard read earlier this year and couldn't believe how well-preserved and mentally sharp he was at 77. Take note, Mr. Lydon.

Other than Trump, THE person most responsible for the GOP debacle these midterms, was Stephen Miller. He moved the policy off "the worst of the worst" to "whomever," he gave the word to hire ICE agents haphazardly without auditing their skill sets, he set and prioritized heavy quotas of deportations, he had a zero tolerance for empathy or humanity, he made ICE believe they were above the law, and he himself publicly lied about the Good and Pretti murders - even though they were on camera. Because of Miller, we had Hispanics flip on the GOP by the millions, and we had the rallying efforts of Minnesota galvanizing the Left. Trump started the war and levied the tariffs. Miller did the rest.
Trump knows he was most to blame for the GOP debacle because of the war, tariffs, and more - and he also knows that Miller was second most to blame forthe reasons above.
Here's the punch line that you're going to find hard to believe: THE FACT THAT MILLER COST THE GOP MIGHTILY IS WHY HE PROMOTED HIM TO COS. Was he trying to lose? No. Not at all.
But now that he DID lose, it's the ultimate defiance of a malignant narcissist in decline, who is incurable, unable to pivot, is a black hole of malice, hates the GOP as much as Dems, and who - if he goes down, wants to make sure he's not going down alone.

Formative issues. Pretty sure I still have those.

Did not expect to hear Bruce Haack on the PA before the Black Angels show. (I'm on assignment.)

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

I'm just 17 pages into Jon Hassell's Atmospherics and he's already alluded to dalliances with ~10 women. Your favorite avant-garde trumpeter was a playa, I tell you what.
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The panic sweat coming off of this post... JFC.

RIP, guitar master Richard Lloyd, Tom Verlaine's foil in Television. In 2015, for The Stranger's blog, I conducted a long interview with Lloyd; it was one of the most enjoyable and rewarding I've done. He was smart as hell and, boy, did he have grievances.
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