I have ONE ticket for the PENTATONIX show tonight, 12/20/25! Respond with your full name and email address if interested.

So many favorites and greats 💔

Christmas ticket angel with a last-minute giveaway! Thanks to all the venues & labels for all the 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 concert tickets in 2025! Head to our Insta page to win tickets to Trans Siberian Orchestra tomorrow, 12/19/25, at the Toyota Center for #TheGhostsOfChristmasEve tour!

I’d have done this if I had the time or money

Made some awesome finds today for my musical-obsessed kiddo. Plus! A cassette of Xmas music, just like they requested. Thanks @cactusmusic.bsky.social

Friendly reminder that if you experience any adverse consequences using a bathroom in Texas while transgender, and you want to talk to a journalist, hit me up

R.I.P. Joseph Byrd, leader of the band The United States of America. The pioneering band only released one album, in 1968. But the band's experiments in early electronic music, coupled with Dorothy Moskowitz's ethereal vocals, helped influence bands like Broadcast, Stereolab, and Portishead.

The Tejano producer and musician helped shape the sound of Tejano music and worked on Selena's recordings throughout her career. His death came one day before that of Abraham Quintanilla Jr., Selena’s father and manager, another towering figure in Tejano music. bit.ly/3XXSJo0

In Houston, we don’t know how many cold days we’re going to get (I was in shorts on Saturday). So, wear the damn coat!

Joe Ely has died at 78. To celebrate his life and profound influence on Americana, we're sharing a feature from ND founder Peter Blackstock published this past Feb on his new album, "Love and Freedom." The No Depression team sends condolences to the Ely family. nodepression.org/joe-ely-digs...

Are you out and about today? Can you add a few items to your shopping list for the Houston Area Women's Center? I'm collecting through this Friday!

I was honored to MC a Joe Ely in-store at @cactusmusic.bsky.social about twenty-five years ago. There are so many great songs I could post in tribute but I’ll limit myself to an old 101 Rock Place fave. Go easy, Joe.

See your faves perform, tell your loved ones you love them because damn, tomorrow is not promised. Rest In Peace to all our recently departed. I lost my father to this disease in 2022, and it just left him a shadow of his former self. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Texas royalty Joe Ely has passed away today.

Watch ALL IN THE FAMILY all day on Pluto TV Classic TV Comedy: pluto.tv/live-tv/clas...

Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.

My first Reiner film was The Sure Thing. It was an HBO staple, and I saw it countless times. I was amazed it was directed by “Meathead” from All in the Family. In the days before IMDB, you just knew creatives from their previous roles. Who knew Meathead would make so much good stuff? What a loss.

🗣HOUSTON! Join my Third PlanetOnline family 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄, 𝟭𝟮/𝟭𝟯/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝟱𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆! They are also formally unveiling their brand-new mural by Franco-Houston artist Alexandre Serty!

I do work in the DV space and know that shelters are really struggling after a year of funding cuts, so I decided today to do a little donation drive for the Houston Area Women's Center. I have a box on my porch. I'm putting my address on main. If you're in the area, feel free to drop off stuff.

Who's taking Santa home? I have two Holiday wreaths left in the shop before it closes for the Holidays & 10% OFF 🎅https://yarndreamsshop.etsy.com ✨ 🎄 #etsy #etsyseller #santa #handmadeholidays #christmas #flockedsanta

Rory Macleod, the Grammy-nominated blues musician and past member of the group Roomful of Blues, was killed on Saturday after being struck by a car while walking his dogs.

A very small kindness you can do right now is go through your stuff and find things to give away on your neighborhood buy nothing Facebook groups. It could turn into a gift or a bright spot for that person. You don’t need all that stuff. I sure don’t.

Raul Malo, frontman of The Mavericks, passed away due to cancer on Monday, December 8, 2025 at just 60 years old. Below, read the passionate essay he wrote for ND's Winter 2020 issue. The entire ND team sends their condolences to the Malo and Mavericks families. nodepression.org/music-and-th...

Raul Malo, the operatic vocalist and co-founder of the Grammy-winning, Latin-tinged country band the Mavericks, has died at age 60. Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

It's Shannyn Sossamon Day at the River Oaks Theatre! Shannyn will join us for screenings of A KNIGHT'S TALE (2:30 PM) and THE RULES OF ATTRACTION (6:45 PM), so come and watch two great films and then stick around for a conversation with Shannyn after each screening. www.theriveroakstheatre.com

Customer appreciation day at @cactusmusic.bsky.social

𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻! 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 🎄𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 🛍️𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 & 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘 👇

Gotta rest up today bc tomorrow I have a full day of errands, and as a treat if I'm good, I'm hoping to swing by @cactusmusic.bsky.social customer appreciation day event

🗣️HOUSTON! We finally got our vinyl 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗞 of Geese’s new album 𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥! We’ve been 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗨𝗧 since its release back in September 2025! So, fly up 🪿in here and grab a copy!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Day four: I went to the Pride Night #Astros game. After meeting Matt Lanza I decided to head over to Daiken Park and got to enjoy my first Pride game. It was a fantastic environment and I plan to attend again #OneGoodThing

Some weekend ish for @culturemap.bsky.social. houston.culturemap.com/news/enterta...

if I could only listen to one kind of music for the rest of my life, the answer would be Memphis soul. RIP Steve Cropper, whose guitar and production defined the Stax sound as much as Booker T’s organ or Otis Redding’s shout

Farewell Steven Lee Cropper, 1941-2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbBc...

The crew with vinyl 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗦 of Rosalia’s newly released fourth studio album, 𝘓𝘶𝘹. It initially 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗨𝗧 on Friday, November 7th, 2025, the weekend it was released, via Columbia Records.

🗣️HOUSTON FRIENDS! One of our employees has lost his pup. 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦𝗔 is 10 years old with a sweet disposition. Unfortunately, she has no tags, but is microchipped. Last seen near the University/Greenbriar area. If you see her, please call 713-715-8857, or call Cactus 713-526-9272, and please share 🙏

It’s #CyberMonday, and it’s a cruddy day in Houston. Hit up our web store (𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗼) and maybe pre-order a few new albums like Charli XCX’s upcoming 𝘞𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 Soundtrack on Cassette, CD, & Galaxy Green/Black Vinyl out February 13th, 2026 via Atlantic Records.

Black Friday is perfect timing for my latest blog post for @everylibrary.bsky.social via @medium.com on how #libraries can take some of the financial strain out of the #holidays letting people borrow more than just books 🥰 medium.com/everylibrary...

PSA: if you're dining out in a restaurant or otherwise interacting with someone in a service industry (every day, but especially today), be thankful and gracious. Most of them aren't with their family in order to take care of your needs. Happy Turkey Day, friends.

Deee-Lite’s SUPA DJ DMITRY is here to celebrate the RSD Black Friday release of The Very Best Of Deee-Lite, and share tales of the group’s funkadelic encounters with Bootsy Collins, Q-Tip, and the JB horns. The Record Store Day Podcast, Wherever you get your podcasts or: bit.ly/RSDPODCAST

‘SECRETS' LIVE AT TROXY. WATCH FULL SONG ON YOUTUBE AT youtu.be/dqG3EqAz4OA AND IN CINEMAS FROM DECEMBER 11TH

Thankful for our store dogs, employees, store friends, families, and days off 😬 We’re 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, Thanksgiving Day 🦃, Thursday, 11/27/25. We’ll hopefully see everyone tomorrow, Friday, 11/28/25, for #RSDBlackFriday shopping at 10 AM!⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀

Small Business Saturday is this Saturday and I have all kinds of cute ornaments and wreaths in the shop! Everything is 25% for Etsy's Cyber Week Sale, ready to get your Holiday decorating on! 🎅🏻🎄✨☃️🎁 yarndreamsshop.etsy.com ✨ #etsy #shopsmall #smallbizsat #holidaydecor #handmade #ornaments

I will miss her reporting! 🥹

Watch some of the wild swings in Udo Kier's expansive career with a collection of films with Pluto TV on demand: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...

We are shocked and saddened to hear of Jellybean Johnson's sudden passing. To know that this amazing personality will no longer randomly show up (like here on @recordstoreday.bsky.social 2023) to light up the store and talk music and life and Minneapolis Sound Museum with us is heartbreaking.💔

40 years ago today our debut album Psychocandy was released. Thank you all for buying it over the years. We ran a competition to win Third Man Records test pressing of Psychocandy. Congrats to life-long fan Chris who won a copy. 40th Anniversary reissues themarychain.com/home

First comment below ⬇️ at me to win a pair of tickets to tomorrow’s 11/19 Say Anything 🤝Motion City Soundtrack co-headlining tour kickoff at House of Blues Houston!

This Thanksgiving I'll be thankful for @embaleez.bsky.social regularly documenting Houston City Council meetings. Read her exclusive op-ed in the @houstonchronicle.com about what she's learned over the past five years of watching local government. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Rick Steves from 2014: "The more I travel, the clearer it seems to me: Fear is for people who don't get out much. These people don't see the world firsthand, so their opinions end up being shaped by sensationalistic media coverage geared toward selling ads."

Looking for a special gift for the newest reader in your life? We offer subscriptions of hand-selected books for newborns to four year-olds! Learn more here, and don't hesitate to give us a call with any questions. buff.ly/lROczbv