I don't go back to NYC very often these days but when I do I always stop by Zabar's. Very sad news.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER really good

Resharing this because uh, yeah www.vulture.com/article/auti...

Very sad news

Oasis live good

HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG very good (so far)

Friends, I need your help, and your honesty: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hey new, some more Koopa. open.substack.com/pub/bradywge...

New podcast: KPop Demon Hunters open.spotify.com/episode/2egx...

Hey now, I made a thing koopa-video-game-music.vercel.app

#ethelcain open.spotify.com/episode/0bBb...

New podcast #Wombo open.spotify.com/episode/52hW...

I press "send" on this week's newsletter, and a few hours later, the CPB announces its shutdown. Hate to be right. open.substack.com/pub/bradywge...

#wisp open.spotify.com/episode/7F52...

In good news: The Internet Archive is now an official US federal documents library. mashable.com/article...

New pod, Hayley Williams open.spotify.com/episode/04mW...

Good tune!

This week was crazy, so this week's OPE! newsletter has a short yet sweet tribute to Ozzy. Also, new music by Jobber, COLD GAWD, How Much Art, and more. bradywgerber.substack.com/p/ope-mixtap...

New pod podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

New pod: Alex Warren podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

The new Alex G album is boring

This week on OPE!, I wrote about how I write and send pitches as a freelancer. I also updated my THE ELEMENTS OF ARITICAL INTELLIGENCE guide, and I talked to NPR about the recorder. Happy Friday. bradywgerber.substack.com/p/ope-mixtap...

CURRENTS is still very influential (in maybe not-so-great ways) That White Reaper record still holds up The other two lol

Alex G www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0oU...

Well, that was a lovely month off. Also, the lovely folks at @npr.org interviewed me and a bunch of lovely folks to talk about the recorder. Read it here: www.npr.org/2025/07/16/n...

Curious that my Morgan Wallen review has caused the most unsubscribes from my newsletter. Either because I'm wrong or I'm right. Probably both. Anyway, here it is again bradywgerber.substack.com/p/ope-mixtap...

Good song www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVrW...

I wrote about Sleep Token bradywgerber.substack.com/p/ope-mixtap...

Good song www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCMy...

Post-punk sucks, except when it comes from New Orleans. This week's review on the OPE! Music podcast: Lawn (@lawnband.bsky.social‬) Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0zl8... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMmc... Happy Memorial Day.

Good song www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbOk...

Good song www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Rb...

I am famously on the cutting edge of what's trending with the youth, so this week in the newsletter, I wrote about Billy Strings and Willie Nelson bradywgerber.substack.com/p/ope-mixtap...

Good song www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSYl...

No podcast this week, but hey now, I'm elsewhere on the interweb if you "like" other "content." -YouTube: www.youtube.com/@OPEMusic6 -Instagram: www.instagram.com/ope_mag/ -Threads: www.threads.com/@ope_mag -TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ope_the_blog -LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brady-ger...

Hey now, I wrote about my two dads, for @thr.com. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...

For my fellow LA folks, I'll be at the Bowl tonight covering Bob and Willie, come say hi

Great song www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUdv...

This week's newsletter, I talk a bit more about my latest Grand Theft Auto 6 music feature. Also, some great new tunes from billy woods, Venna, Phoebe Rings, Lawn, Sleep Token, and more. bradywgerber.substack.com/p/ope-mixtap...

FRIENDSHIP is my comedy of the 2020s so far, and it's not even close. The hardest I've cried laughing in a movie theater since seeing SUPERBAD in high school. Tim Robinson non-ironically deserves an acting nod.

Good song www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFHv...

An Indianapolis hip-hop trio tries out shoegaze ("shoegaze"), and it works This week's podcast: 81355 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/2HBB... Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=ez7y... Artist photo by Sarah Price

Good song www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqI1...

Good song www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN8u...

In its latest trailer for its upcoming ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ — which has been pushed back to 2026 — Rockstar uses songs that evoke Florida malaise.

Hey now, I wrote about the music of GTA6's trailer(s) for @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/gran...

For the Wednesday crowd: I now have a podcast. One new song review each week. Read (listen) all about it. bradywgerber.substack.com/p/ope-mixtap...

Good song www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHR-...

Hey now, my newsletter is now a podcast 👀 Welcome to OPE! Music This week: Soft Play Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/2cFa... Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=EU58... Artist photo by Jenn Five