Record Store Day will be upon us once again April 12, 2025. The folks at Fantasyland Records are restocked with signed copies of “Atlanta Record Stores,” just for you. Get one before they get got! @recordstoreday.bsky.social #fantasylandrecords

Here we are, Laura and I turn(ed) 50 this year. We’re celebrating by watching the sunset over the beach at Hotel del Coronado off the San Diego coast. It’s the hotel that’s featured in the movie “Some Like It Hot!”

On Thursday, March 13, an ensemble of Atlanta’s finest players are gathering at the Earl to pay homage to the music heard throughout director David Lynch’s films.

Rest in peace Roy Ayers.

If you ever want to hear some crazy stories, just ask me or the ladies who used to work at Blind Willies about the nights when Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen used to play there. I mean crazy stories! W/ @jenniferboxley and @somekindajewel

We had a great time watching “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” tonight at the Tara. I saw it with different eyes this time, and I did not anticipate that. I’ve seen it too many times to count over the last 33(!) years, and it’s more powerful, intense, heartbreaking, intriguing, and moving than ever.

A great night at Eyedrum with Ipek Eginli and Jon Mueller. @ipekeginli.bsky.social @jonmueller.bsky.social #Eyedrum

@jonmueller.bsky.social & Ipek Eginli play Eyedrum on Sat., March 1 Mueller perfors "All Colors Present,” a live “Sound + Visual Meditation” set to the photographs of Tom Lecky. Eginli takes a deep dive into drones, piano, and field recordings. Click here for more info: radatl.com/2025/02/21/m...

Nominations for the 2025 Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year Award is open now through March 20. This year, I will be a judge in the annual competition. Click below for more info!

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A good mail day! The new Legendary Pink Dots album, “So Lonely In Heaven,” and a repress of Papa M’s 1999 classic, “Live From A Shark Cage.” Which one goes on the turntable first?

Every spring we have one tiny crocus that appears in the same spot in our yard, next to the driveway. I came home today and here it is. The bloom that you see here is maybe the size of a quarter.

My Trees Atlanta crew hosts volunteer projects every Wednesday on the Southwest Beltline Trail. Come hang out with us and restore some meadow spaces.

Life with two small furry mammals. ***Note the laser pointer next to my breakfast prep in the first pic.

I made a 50th b-day mix, mostly ‘80s-‘90s punk, indie & hardcore jams. One of the existential crisis that I’m mulling over now is that everything that forced me to embrace this music when I was a kid has gotten worse. This music helped me rise above & it’s still awesome. Press play & let it ride!

Chunklet Industries is dusting off a crucial piece of Atlanta’s post-punk past with a reissue of 86’s first two singles. The trio—feat. Mac McNeilly (the Jesus Lizard), Ken Schenck, and Max Koshewa—captured a restless energy that redefined the city’s underground music scene in the early ’80s.

One week from Friday, celebrate Catfight!'s 30th anniversary with Catfight!, Token Hearts and The Brower Sisters Band at The Garden Club at Wild Heaven West End. All ages, doors at 7pm show at 8pm. Tickets: gardenclubatl.freshtix.com/events/catfi...

David Harrington of Kronos Quartet and John Fenn of American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, discuss “The Ethics of Inspiration: Honoring Ancestors and Influences” this Thursday, January 23, at @Emory University's Center For Ethics.