Today’s shameful shadow docket decision from the Supreme Court—allowing Trump to unilaterally cancel $4 billion in aid—is not behavior that any healthy democracy tolerates of its judiciary. It is a sign of constitutional rot that precedes the rule of law’s collapse. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Happy 50th birthday to Maxine Nightingale's glorious "Right Back Where We Started From", released on this day in 1975. youtu.be/_bna2ni6h4c?...

Frankly Insane CV. RIP Danny Thompson

Some additional photographs by the legendary Joe Stevens. RIP.

Joe Stevens, Photographer of Rock’s Intimate Moments, Dies at 87 (09/23/2025) f the nyt

Fri. Sept. 26 in DMV DC- Los Tigres del Norte @ Eaglebank Arena (norteno); Setan Jawa, 2017 Indonesian silent film, w/ live music from Peni Candra Rini & ensemble 7 - 8:15 PM @ Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery; Shonen Knife, & 2 other bands @ Ottobar (Japanese pop-punk headliners); 🧵

Talisman said he has flagged this Hyattsville, MD ICE incident to his representatives, including Democratic senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, as well as the Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey. www.thedailybeast.com/ice-arrest-g...

Kavanaugh thinks this is a minor inconvenience, not something of concern under the 4th amendment

Interesting: One of the biggest users of H1-B visas in D.C. is @dcpublicschools.bsky.social, which got 183 in 2024 and 2025 so far. (DCPS appears in two separate categories below; I combined them.) If $100,000 fee for new visa applications goes into effect, I bet DCPS will use far fewer.

Series of Rolling Stone articles on “Future of Latin Music “ with coverage of Latin America , Cuba , & more www.rollingstone.com/p/hispanic-h...

I missed the announcement of this Go-go from Montgomery County panel that took place at the DC Go-go Museum Tuesday September 23. This photo is from someone’s public Facebook post

Thurs. Sept 25 in DMV DC- Iris Dement @ Birchmere (great alt-country folk); Baseball Project @ the Hamilton (alt-rock w/ lyrics about baseball); 40th annual Mayor’s Arts Awards (w/ live performances tba) @ National Theatre; Ethiopian music w/guitarist Selamino & band @ Shalla 🧵

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ugf... so @otherdavemoore.com included this nice Brazilian 2020 song by Mari Froes on a list he is making

Amanda Shires spent an afternoon introducing me to Lubbock and a small portion of those very fun hours is now chronicled in Texas Monthly ahead of her new album :) gift link: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

the fact that i've only ever seen freddie deboer or matt yglesias acknowledge the existence of music when they're whining about "poptimism" says it all for me. it's a bogeyman for dipshit substack thinkpiece guys whose only engagement with music involved indie snobbery.

youtu.be/N9n3e6Mr7rE?... just noticed Sublime Frequencies released a compilation of Tsapiky, modern music from southwest Madagascar, in April 2025 . See their website or Bandcamp

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has an October 14th, 2025 deadline to apply for a number of seasonal jobs for the 2026 Smithsonian Folklife Festival festival.si.edu/jobs?mc_cid=...

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Buena Vista Center in Jessup, Md gets no crossover media attention, but it seems important to the dancehall reggae community. Here are 2 postcards advertising gigs on September 27 & Oct. 10, that I found @ Caribbean Gardens restaurant on New Hampshire Ave .

Mark Jenkins article about eclectic Japanese rap, rock, & synth pop artist Haru Nemuri in Washington Post. Nemuri is @ Black Cat Monday Sept 29 www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Wed Sept 24 in DMV DC- Nick Gaitan Band @ 7 @ Library of Congress ( Houston, Tejas roots music); W.I.T.C.H., Evolfo @ Black Cat (Zambian garage rock); Bob Mould solo @ Ottobar (rock); Tropical F Storm, Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals @ Metro Bar Baltimore 🧵

Long interesting Carl Wilson article on making "poptimism" the strawman for what some don't like about music and music coverage slate.com/culture/2025...

“I’m putting myself in the hands of God. I’m not cancelling. I’m not gonna let the fear win.”

Kennedy Center staffers called security last week after DC’s Log Cabin Republicans chapter disrupted a performance by a musician they called “a vocal opponent of President Trump.”

The Buena Vista Center in Jessup, Md gets no crossover media attention, but it seems important to the dancehall reggae community. Here are 2 postcards advertising gigs on September 27 & Oct. 10, that I found @ Caribbean Gardens restaurant on New Hampshire Ave .

WPFW radio is doing a Ray Charles special today .

Tues. Sept 23 in DMV DC-Stereolab, Memorials @ Howard Theatre (UK rockers/ sold out); Buzzcocks, Pink House, Dot Dash @ Union Stage ( UK pop punk headliners) ; Water From Your Eyes, Her New Knife, Aunt Katrina @ Atlantis (critic fave alt rock); Mary Lattimore, Elias Ronnenfelt @ Songbyrd (harp) 🧵

#SCOTUS upholds Trump firing of FTC Commissioner on shadow docket. Kagan dissents for 3 court libs. “Our emergency docket should not be used, as it has been here, to transfer govt authority from Congress to the Prez & thus to reshape the nation’s separation of powers.” www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...

Last Monday on WOWD Steve Lorber & Eddie Dean interviewed Lincoln Ross about his role in the DC r& B & soul scene. The interview is archived on WOWD website for 14 days. Lincoln Ross worked w/ local dc soul duo Eddie & Denise as well as Marvin Gaye & others

Nidia Gongora show postponed

Dc hood discussion over on x based on paywalled Washington Biz Journal article

Mon. Sept 22 in DMV DC- Tune-Yards @ Howard Theatre (alt-rock); Nidia Góngora @ Hill Center (Afro-Colombian); "The Makings of Curtis Mayfield" (film directed by H.E.R.) w/ a discussion w/Jimmy Jam @ 7:30 @ Smithsonian NMAAHC; Ganavya w/ Charles Overton on harp @ Songbyrd ( Tamil)🧵

Foo Fighters played dc club Black Cat tonight Sunday

Some Mon. Sept 22 DC options -Nidia Góngora @ Hill Center (Afro-Colombian);"The Makings of Curtis Mayfield" (film directed by H.E.R.) @ Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History; Ganavya w/ Charles Overton @ Songbyrd (Tamil singer & instrumentalist w/ spiritual jazz & more harpist)

Sun. Sept. 21 in DMV DC- Los Angeles Azules @ Eaglebank Arena (cumbia); Claudia Acuna @ Blues Alley (Chilean jazz singer); Las Muertes Mas Bellas del Mundo ("The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World") 2 pm @ Mt Pleasant Library; "Comparsa" film @ 3:30 @ AFI Silver - (Guatemalan sisters street fest 🧵

This great film “The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World “ is showing @ 2 pm today Sun. Sept. 21 @ the Mt Pleasant Library in DC & you should go see it.

RIP. He did eclectic DJ sets in Scotland, & also posted on the ilxor.com I Love Music forum.

It's not one of Neil's top songs, but glad he opened his Farm Aid set with this recent new one "Big Crime"

Judging from the posted comments on the YouTube stream from Farm Aid a good share of people didn't like Neil's choice for his first song. Those folks can feel free to go listen to Lee Greenwood.

*Added Curtis Mayfield movie showing on Monday; more go-go; 2 more Nigerian Independence Day gigs, John Davis 90s dc punk talk; DC photo fest (w/ music aspects) to September 2025 DC area concert calendar. * Look for asterisked events- stevekiviat.blogspot.com/2025/09/dc-b...

In a normal government this guy would be fired instead of imprisoning people "It is still a crime for anyone to seek money to improperly influence federal contracts, the legal experts said, whether they are a public official or not, and whether they ever delivered on their promise or not."

imam.bandcamp.com/album/joy New songs on Bandcamp from Towson, Md based Guitar : Hasan Imam Hamdani and others w/ Manik Khan & Imam Collective

I'll be speaking at the UMD School of Music next Friday, September 26 at 4pm in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at UMD. Free and open to all, this talk covers the D.C. punk fanzine scene's work during the culturally turbulent period in the early 90s when alternative rock went mainstream.

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

88-years old Sonny Curtis, ex-Cricket and songwriter ("I Fought The Law", "Walk Right Back", "Love Is All Around (Theme From The Mary Tyler Moore Show)") RIP bestclassicbands.com/sonny-curtis...

Sat. Sept. 20 in DMV DC- Prince Ndedi Eyango w/ Les Montagnards, Pierre Didi Tchakounte 8 pm @ Afrikabana Center Laurel (Cameroon singer/guitarist) ; H St NE Fest 12 -7 w/ Tru Worshiperz @ 2:30; Adobo DMV day party w/ Orchesta La Manplesa , & DJ Pedro Night 4:30 @ Nats Park plaza 🧵

This was Thursday night too- the great DJ Heat, r& b singer Lloyd & the Orioles ( who will hopefully have a better season next year)

You gotta watch this recent Nacho Video restoration of David Bowie's classic 1978 Musikladen Extra performance. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7948557...

4 screenings in DC area of this great artsy Spanish & English language film “The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World “ ( in English) about Quique Aviles , dc based El Salvadoran poet dealing w/ trauma of his birth country & his life in dc . Made w/ Ellie Walton who he worked on La Manplesa with