we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Here's a version of my essay on recent protest music, which began life in the NPR Music newsletter -- I've expanded it to include thoughts on Benito at the Grammys www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...

Bots don't have lives.

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

Talked to the awesome Brendan Boogie ahead of the Tallywacker VOD Release Party w/ Abbie Barrett & Stars Like Ours. www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/01/m...

Talked to the awesome Brendan Boogie ahead of the Tallywacker VOD Release Party w/ Abbie Barrett & Stars Like Ours. www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/01/m...

Whether at a silent retreat, the middle of a peaceful forest or at a screening of Melania, I hope everyone gets to take a little bit of time to themselves this weekend.

A good reminder that there is some resistance in modern music, some sublime resistance, but not nearly enough. #Grammys www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/25/l...

A good reminder that there is some resistance in modern music, some sublime resistance, but not nearly enough. #Grammys www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/25/l...

You are not alone. Together, we will. 🫶❤️✊

We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.

Bill Murray has a band. That band covers "Jenny/867-5309." He and his band mates talked about all of that. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/16/b...

Bill Murray has a band. That band covers "Jenny/867-5309." He and his band mates talked about all of that. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/16/b...

It's big day for offshore wind! Just hours after a judge ruled Empire Wind could resume construction, Vineyard Wind jumped on the lawsuit bandwagon Now, all 5 projects that were halted by the Trump admin in December have pushed back www.wbur.org/news/2026/01... @wbur.org

Good reminder from this state highway!

My appreciation of the Other One. #bobweir #gratefuldead www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/11/b...

My appreciation of the Other One. #bobweir #gratefuldead www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/11/b...

The Other One forever

A few 2026 arts #Resolutions via @brattletheatre.bsky.social + HarborArts Boston + Harvard Art Museums + more www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/10/m...

A few 2026 arts #Resolutions via @brattletheatre.bsky.social + HarborArts Boston + Harvard Art Museums + more www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/10/m...

This is a guy who has his dream job. And there’s only one of those positions in the world. Yet he’s still speaking out and risking reprisal. Where are 90% of the others in entertainment, music, movies etc?

All I hear when people say "if you're not constantly furious at the news, you don't care" is "if you're not overwhelming your nervous system to the point of exhaustion, you're doing it wrong". It's ok to be working for change in a terrible context & take care of yourself so you can be functional.

A few best of 2025 albums from Neko Case + Wednesday + Haim + Durand Jones + Deep Sea Diver www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/28/l...

very much captures the experience of using generative AI to write for you instead of learning how to write

“Lonesome Drifter,” Charlie Crockett On this chugging, twangy-filled tune, great American troubadour Charlie Crockett sings, “Lean on me brother, ’cause I understand/You got that nine-pound hammer, swingin’ in your hand.” Crockett... #BestOf2025 #bestsongs2025 www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/26/c...

“Audacious,” @franzferdinandhq.bsky.social Let’s swing from anxiety to audacity. When you feel the year, the world, the universe, “the fabric of existence come unspun,” as band leader Alex Kapranos sings in this track, he advises... #BestOf2025 #bestsongs2025 www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/26/c...

“Anxiety,” @doechii.music-social.com How’s this for a couple of 2025 bars? “Court order from Florider/What’s in that clear blue water?/No limits, no borders/What’s in that new world order?” It’s just one choice rhyme in... #bestof2025 #bestsongs www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/26/c...

Holy smokes, Wilco put DECK on their best of 2025 list! www.brooklynvegan.com/wilcos-favor...

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵

I wrote about how much I love Carly Rae Jepsen and The Hold Steady and hard bop like any normal person would. www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/19/t...

I wrote about how much I love Carly Rae Jepsen and The Hold Steady and hard bop like any normal person would. www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/19/t...

Solstice magic www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/13/u...

If you could ride a horse (by looking at this still image of a horse that we made appear to be galloping around in a manner similar to but not quite exactly like a horse), would you?

New phone, who’s this? #DavisSquare

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

Delfeayo Marsalis brings Duke's Nutcracker Suite to Boston for Big Easy holiday show.

Delfeayo Marsalis brings Duke's Nutcracker Suite to Boston for Big Easy holiday show.

It's Bandcamp Friday! We have two incredible physical versions of DECK available there: 1) The Best Brother Records DIAMONDS vinyl set and 2) the actual deck of cards. BOTH get ya a download of the whole project. hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/deck-d...

Favorite band working now. @thebeths.bsky.social! www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/29/b...

Favorite band working now. @thebeths.bsky.social! www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/29/b...

Dear @brattletheatre.bsky.social, Tom Stoppard week in January please! Thank you.

Check out Kanopy's Most-Watched Films of the Week for 11/27/2025! Go to Kanopy.com to watch these films and more. All you need is your library card.

There are no words to express how much I love this! @willdailey.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=muC8...

#tunefultuesday www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNdM...

#tunefultuesday www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNdM...

“There were times, long ago, when I wasn’t reaching my goals, and I thought I would pack it in,” Cliff said. “But then I thought, ‘What else would I do to satisfy my soul?’ So I kept making music.” Highlight of my career to interview #jimmycliff www.bostonherald.com/2012/12/07/c...