The worst thing about this world cup, and maybe the most offensive thing I've ever seen in football, is a man of the match vote appearing in the 55th minute. What kind of monster signed off on this.

That felt like more of a cage fight than a football match... I don't think I enjoyed it at all but it's nice to come out the other side of a game like that

My obligatory "thanks to Andrew Cuomo and RFK Jr for idiotically closing down the Indian Point nuclear power plant, that happened to be providing almost all of NYC's clean energy" comment

Great few days in Montreal for work, including a spectacular show by Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse band.

Bit grim, but this is a very useful graph for why we are more likely than not to rejoin the EU.

Got to see greatest band of all time @delamitri.bsky.social last night at Le Poisson Rouge, every show is a gift at this point and the crowd were also fantastic

Forgot to post about the superb Jimmy Eat World show on Tuesday at Brooklyn Paramount, playing Bleed American in full to celebrate its 25th anniversary

never in fucking doubt, greatest city in the world, knicks in fiiiiiiiiiive

What a treat to see Asian Glow last night at Market Hotel. I was possibly the oldest person in the venue but it's reassuring that the kids are listening to good music!

It is simply not possible to play All The World's A Stage too loud #rush

My latest #qcomp is up on qcomps.blogspot.com or this direct spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/37D... A lot of great releases already this year

Spending the weekend in Baltimore and kicked things off with a Future Islands and Dan Deacon show

No band does raggedy Americana as well as Friendship

Love to read this about my local subway station...

The Radiohead thing over at the Navy Yard was pretty cool, probably not $75 a ticket cool, but the actual film was visually and socially stunning. Felt like art for art's sake in the best way

Great Courtney Barnett show last night at King's theatre (still the best room in the city), hadn't seen her since 2018, and I've been a fan of Momma since their first record but hadn't seen them until now either!

You don't need me to tell you that Copper Blue is one of the great albums of the 90s, but I didn't think I'd see Sugar play live, they played a good mix of their brief discography, including a couple of tracks from their Beaster EP, and the somewhat underrated File Under Easy Listening album.

Killing time before seeing @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social at Webster hall with a couple of drinks at Paradise Lost

We just had some custom shelves and cabinets installed, truly a thing of beauty! @egtheog.bsky.social is great for many reasons, having the vision to help design this is one of them, accepting my hobbies and record collecting should probably earn her a medal of some kind

A pleasure to see Brazilian psych band Boogarins last night at the sultan room, I hadn't seen them since 2014!

Cool show last night seeing Health, Carpenter Brut and Desire. I went in mostly blind for Health and enjoyed them, but the other two band stole the night

Historic!

Went to see Sunn O))) last night and my bones might still be vibrating

Telling that as big of a piece of shit as orban is, he managed to concede to defeat. Something Trump has never been able to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

Nice pickup, superb band #thesound

So sad that this is an AI fake. Fucking AI, what a waste of everyone's time. Evolution is a goddamn marvel on its own, and octopuses incredible without this bullshit.

Holy crap, Asian Glow is playing a show in June! link.dice.fm/TKG4JYGQ91b?...

Just upgraded my ortofon 2m blue to a bronze and holy shit, I could cry it sounds so good

Watching my beloved Creighton blue jays and the entire second half of this game has been both teams constantly fouling the other, it's so boring. I propose fouls should lead to three free throws instead of two #englishmanimprovesbasketball

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So in summary: all that nonsense talk about young people suddenly turning to Jesus was nonsense and church attendance remains in long-term, near-existential decline. Still, they got nearly a year of utterly baseless headlines out of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Such a thrill seeing @michaelstipe.bsky.social rock up for a couple of songs at the Life's Rich Pageant show last night at Brooklyn Steel @remhq.bsky.social

Reform's call to "restore Britain's Christian heritage" captures the contradictory essence of modern populist politics. It's a scramble to weaponise a religious identity that the British public themselves have left behind. 🧵

Slowcore greats Deathcrash played their first US show last night at Nightclub 101, an exhilarating set!

Picked up tickets to see @delamitri.bsky.social in Glasgow in December, I am especially excited to see them at the Barrowlands. Worth waking up at 4:30am when tickets went on sale... Now to figure out the actual logistics!

Went to see Joey Valence and Brae tonight at Brooklyn steel. Sure, I felt like an old man at this show but the kids are alright

It's always surprising to me that people don't realise that blue whales are the biggest animal to have ever lived on this planet, they assume a dinosaur but no. This footage is breathtaking

Using up some Thai tea syrup I made, it works so well 2oz mellow corn 0.75oz lemon juice 0.5oz Thai tea syrup 0.25oz pandan liqueur 1oz mount gay eclipse navy strength rum 1oz planteray 1oz lime juice 0.5oz Thai tea syrup 0.25oz orgeat

Survived the sweltering heat of Nightclub 101 to see Why Bonnie

Not many better around than FACS, a great free show at Union pool, and the $2 happy hour tacos were not shabby either

Seattle has better music cred than Boston (though I love me some dinosaur Jr and buffalo Tom, obviously), so I'm cheering for them tonight

Atmosphere last night at Brooklyn Steel

My "best of 2025" mix is now available, either at link below or direct spotify playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/4iO... #qcomp qcomps.blogspot.com/2026/01/q165...

Finally getting around to playing the Hail to the Thief live recordings, really taking me back to that tour, this sounds fabulous

Moved to NYC 14 years ago on this day, which happens to coincide with #sundaydaiquri to celebrate

Went bowling (managed a 123 which I'll take!) and had a great meal at Chuan Tian Xia, this place should be on all the lists

A few photos from a warm weather break in Mexico last week

Happy 2112 to all who celebrate, here's a pic from when I had front row tickets in 2011

They Are Gutting A Body Of Water tonight at Bowery Ballroom was an aural delight

New #qcomp is a little late but the October/November edition is out. Direct playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/1nT... Or notes/download qcomps.blogspot.com/2025/12/q164...