Alright, now we're gonna play everybody's favorite fun game "Move back" Now, when I tell ya "take a step back," everybody take a step back, alright?

NYE share 🥂🎉

Ella Fitzgerald “Santa Claus Got Stuck (in My Chimney)” (Decca, 1950) youtu.be/KA8QdKGG5lM?...

Ralph Vaughan Williams “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” (Decca, 1995) youtu.be/FkSGyW_ZLuI?...

Jack Scott “There’s Trouble Brewin’” (Groove, 1963) youtu.be/-iF3DgMqHVc?...

@themagfields.bsky.social “Everything is One Big Christmas Tree” (@nonesuchrecords.bsky.social, 2010) youtu.be/4PCeOrg2Tyc?...

The Showboys “That’s What I Want for Christmas” (Profile, 1987) youtu.be/wNRn5iMQ6dY?...

@loslobos.org “Christmas and You” (Rhino, 2019) youtu.be/C9acUZejT3w?...

Paul Williams / Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas “Our World” (1977) youtu.be/_JmQzBdLsMk?...

@theresidents.bsky.social “Fire (Santa Dog)” (Ralph Records, 1972) youtu.be/7FX8rAEAtUU?...

What a lovely surprise this morning! @pitchfork.com reviewed my all-time favorite album. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Glen Campbell “Christmas is for Children” (Capitol, 1968) youtu.be/2PsK6cxqssk?...

Last Flight “It’s a Holiday” (Jin Records, 1975) youtu.be/fZfDgE2coJU?...

Descendents “Christmas Vacation” (New Alliance, 1985) youtu.be/EA1mcb5R_OQ?...

@ladytrongroup.bsky.social “All Over by Xmas” (Ladytron Music, 2023) youtu.be/_ATNZoTuPM0?...

DeRobert & the Half-Truths “Peace on Earth” (G.E.D. Soul Records, 2024) youtu.be/tBwyNa0feaw?...

Aretha Franklin “Kissin’ by the Mistletoe” (Columbia, 1963) youtu.be/CLMIm_dtua8?...

*screams* www.instagram.com/reel/DRd2ldW...

Cole Pulice live at LOW-END, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

You thought I forgot. You are correct. But there's no reason we can't still do this year's advent calendar of holiday music. Tonight you just get a twofer. Here we go.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times Kendrick Lamar Paul McCartney Joanna Newsom Os Mutantes Lucinda Williams

Two shows in one night – and I got to meet both Brìghde and Hayden.

Hayden Pedigo live at Reverb Lounge, Omaha, NE

Brìghde Chaimbeul live at LOW-END, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

“Parallel is salty. Diagonal is spicy.” Félicia Atkinson, Live at LOW-END, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

I love that MexikoDro raps about staying at home, chilling on his bed, checking out houses on Zillow. I can relate.

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band at Reverb Lounge, Omaha, NE

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

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Elvis Costello & The Imposters at Steelhouse Omaha

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Read my new piece in The Wire on why I have never found the concept of hauntology especially helpful

Shit, Damn, Motherfucker consequence.net/2025/10/dang...

#filmsky and #musicsky unite! Joshua Chuquimia Crampton & Chuquimamani-Condori’s film “Amaru’s Tongue: Daughter” is streaming FOR FREE on Le Cinema Club this week. It’s a trip. www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/...

Stereolab at Englert Theatre, Iowa City, IA

Autechre setting up (earlier tonight) at Icehouse MPLS. æ. northamerica. twentytwentyfive.

#letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.

Last 5 concerts I attended? Rio da Yung OG Kendrick Lamar & SZA MIKE Blood Incantation Pamela Z

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I’m sure Chuck is busy penning another sternly worded letter to rally the base as we speak.

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

Can confirm that the roof of The Dome at America’s Center is leaky. #stl #kendricklamar #sza #gnx

Five favorite (not necessarily “best”) black and white movies: L’Âge d’Or Meshes of the Afternoon Vivre sa vie Killer of Sheep Sátántangó Also: Freaks, Brief Encounter, The Night of the Hunter, Hiroshima mon amour, The Human Condition 人間の條件 (I could keep going…)

I was easily the oldest (maybe twice as old as almost anyone else?) at last night’s MIKE show at Omaha’s Reverb Lounge

The average American has three friends

Trying to decide what to watch next on The Criterion Channel and found this serendipity in my watchlist.

What dumbass added a FOURTH film (by a different director no less) to Pasolini’s TRILOGY of Life collection? #letterboxd

Seeing several posts about Marianne Faithfull, and sure enough – damn. This will always be a favorite. RIP. youtu.be/W-DCSJI6dwc?...