Jay Farrar of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt has some head scratchers: creosote, machinations, caryatid, Pell-mell, carrion, stevedores, Chickamauga

I am constantly reminded of this quote by Deep Throat (Mark Felt) from All The President's Men during the investigation into Watergate.

Went to IKEA today and upon entering found the escalator to the 2nd floor was out of order, which immediately made me think of the classic Mitch Hedberg joke, "An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs." www.youtube.com/shorts/tqOkW...

Wife and 13yo daughter discussion this morning, no idea how it started: W - In my school, a student stabbed a teacher as part of a gang initiation. D - What does that mean? W - The gang made them do it in order to join. D - Wasn't there a good gang she could join that doesn't stab people?

Mad Max: Grinch Road

I've been writing about music since 1990, interviewed hundreds of artists. But, the most meaningful conversation I've ever had was last week with Rocky Votolato and Ben Kweller. All three of us have lost children suddenly and unexpectedly. Listen: song.link/chipchats youtu.be/orOhhJW6ie4?...

It's the week before winter break, also known in our household as, the week of never-ending cookies and treats thanks to my wife's elementary school students.

Go into any resale store, they always have a dozen working DVD players for $20-30.

Instead of wasting time trolling for hate clicks on properly assessed trash, maybe write about great stuff that got overlooked. Literally 10 of thousands of albums, TV shows, movies, etc. have been overlooked, underappreciated, never given a chance, etc. by mainstream audiences. Instead, this.

Nobody needs this. Nobody wants this.

Built a LEGO Mediterranean Garden Book Nook. More pics: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCCs6A

2/New music 11/28: PLOSIVS - Yell At Cloud Blut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons Dream Theater – Quarantième: Live à Paris www.digmeoutpodcast.com

1/New music 11/28: Lynch Mob - Dancing with the Devil The Saints - Long March Through The Jazz Age Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - Avon Calling! Live at Phoenix Festival 1994 X Marks The Pedwalk - Insomnia Josh Freese - Just a Minute, Vol. 2

New music 11/21/25: Spock's Beard - The Archaeoptimist Rheostatics - The Great Lakes Suite Danko Jones - Leo Rising Ictus, Suzanne Vega, Collegium Vocale Gent - Einstein on the Beach Umphrey's McGee - Blueprints Yawning Man - Pavement Ends Boys Life - Ordinary Wars Stryper - The Greatest Gift Of All

RIP Mani. Iconic basslines. One of my faves from his time with Primal Scream. When that bass kicks in, that's an all-timer groove. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E86g...

All clocks are time machines.

New music out 11/14: Cheap Trick - All Washed Up Matt Pryor - The Salton Sea Jimmy Eat World - Something(is) Loud EP Pig - The Merciful Night Men Without Hats - On The Moon Thee Headcoatees - Man-Trap Thee Headcoatees - The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular AVTT/PTTN

Sam Rockwell comedic time travel movie looks fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-N3...

Having recently watched Trainwreck: Poop Cruise and Amy Bradley Is Missing on Netflix, I stand by my decision to never step foot on a cruise ship.

First snowfall

Saturday night with my wife started at the kitchen table building a new Lego set while we listened to a Beastie Boys CD. Moved to the couch, warmed up a Greek 5-Cheese spiral from Trader Joe's, and watched the first episode of Pluribus, which is one of the best first episodes I've ever seen. Wow.

I've done every one.

Out 11/7: Finger Eleven - Last Night On Earth The Mountain Goats - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan Alcatrazz - Prior Convictions The Dears - Life is Beautiful!x3 Agnostic Front - Echoes in Eternity Midlake - A Bridge to Far Hüsker Dü - 1985: The Miracle Year Roddy Bottum - The Royal We

Congratulations to Harvey Epstein, saddled with the worst possible name for this election cycle. SNL had a sketch about him a year or so ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6QF...

New music out 10/31: Guided by Voices - Thick, Rich And Delicious The Charlatans UK - We Are Love μ-Ziq - 1979 Stephen Brodsky - Cut To The Core Vol. 1 Damien Jurado - Private Hospital Thee Headcoatees - The Man-Trap Sessions EP Vol. 1/2 Various Artists - Killed By Deaf: A Punk Tribute To Motörhead

Going to an Internet #2 that is human-only.

Democrats are useless cowards. To quote @chuckdpe.bsky.social: "Neither party is mine, not the jackass or the elephant."

New music 10/24: The Lemonheads - Love Chant Soulfly - Chama Big Wreck - The Rest Of The Story Ronnie Romero - Backbone Serj Tankian - Covers, Collaborations & Collages The Tear Garden - Astral Elevator Jim White - Inner Day Cowboy Junkies - More Acoustic Junk www.digmeoutpodcast.com

Ever heard of Charm Farm? Their 1995 album Pervert is a glam-funk-industrial fever dream from Detroit that nearly broke Mercury Records’ brain. We dig into this wild, forgotten experiment—where Prince meets T-Rex meets Nine Inch Nails. #90sRock #ObscureAlbums www.digmeoutpodcast.com/p/pervert-th...

6ft tall skateboard-riding penguin with an Austin, TX accent. #writingq #WritingCommunity

LOL

New music 10/17: Biohazard - Divided We Fall Soulwax - All Systems Are Lying Chrissie Hynde - Duets Special Coroner - Dissonance Theory Paz Lenchantin - Triste Holly Golightly - Look Like Trouble The Bats - Corner Coming Up 84 Tigers - Nothing Ends www.digmeoutpodcast.com

Rest In Peace, Spaceman. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...

Been awhile (11 months) since I sent out a newsletter. I didn't want to send one until I finished the WIP first draft. I just sent it out. First draft done. This started in COVID, that's how long I've been plugging away. JANET! The Last Earth is the title. timminneci.substack.com/p/its-been-a...

While everyone else chased MTV, Pearl Jam built “summer camp for emotionally damaged adults”. We sat down with author Selena Fragassi, who spent years uncovering the untold story behind their 35-year revolution. #pearljam #90s #livemusic www.digmeoutpodcast.com/p/pearl-jams...

Well that was a shitshow of a football game.

Handsome boy in deep thought.

New 10/10/25: Orb/Buddhist Hipsters Richard Ashcroft/Lovin' You Pop Will Eat Itself/Delete Everything Rhett Miller/A lifetime of riding by night Autumn Defense/Here and Nowhere Testament/Para Bellum Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble/Groove In The Face Of Adversity Evan Dando/Rumours of My Demise

A 4-part mini-series on the (very short) presidency of James A Garfield with Michael Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Perry Gilpin, Nick Offerman, and Matthew Macfadyen? I'm in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jop...

I don't like/dislike Taylor Swift, but that Pixies rip-off on the new album is infuriating and I hope they sue for credit.

Weekend movie pick was mine this week, went with THE SIXTH SENSE. Knowing my daughter likes plot twists but doesn't like horror, I was curious how this would go, but she loved it - completely bamboozled by the big reveal. All morning she's been texting her friends to have a movie night to watch it.

New music out 10/3: Idlewild - Idlewild AFI - Silver Bleeds the Black Sun... Michael Schenker Group - Don't Sell Your Soul Wet Wet Wet - Strings Attached Ash - Ad Astra Dirkschneider & The Old Gang - Babylon Marta and Tricky - Out The Way Vernon Reid - Hoodoo Telemetry www.digmeoutpodcast.com

I got a short story (very short, 100 words) published in Issue #50 of ScribesMICRO. www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/ Big thanks to the folks at Fairfieldscribes and ScribesMICRO!

Out 9/26: Sloan - Based on the Best Seller Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green Babylon A.D. - When The World Stops Jeff Tweedy - Twilight Override Bright Eyes - Kids Table The Living End - I Only Trust Rock n Roll Robert Plant - Saving Grace Craig Taborn, Nels Cline, Marcus Gilmore - Trio of Bloom

We're discussing Adrian Belew’s forgotten 1990 gem Young Lions - where the King Crimson guitar wizard wrote perfect pop songs with ELO hooks, Talking Heads weirdness, and David Bowie guest vocals. #music #podcast #AdrianBelew www.digmeoutpodcast.com/p/beyond-kin...

My wife and I have been fans of Amy Poehler since she showed up as Andy's little sister on Conan O'Brien's late night show in the 1990s. We've been enjoying her new podcast Good Hang and decided to build a MOC of her studio.

Listening to an Adrian Belew album for the podcast, this song is an earworm I'm looking through my telescope Looking for a UFO I wonder what they see on earth Do they see the hate and hurt Or do they see the Christmas lights and mirth And hear songs of peace on earth www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pOf...

New music 9/19: Sarah McLachlan - Better Broken 38 Special - Milestone Cardiacs - LSD Nine Inch Nails - Tron Ares Paradise Lost - Ascension Motion City Soundtrack - The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon Kittie - Spit XXV EP www.digmeoutpodcast.com

Are you really Canadian? Name three Big Wreck songs, then name three I Mother Earth songs, then name three Sloan songs, then name three Bachman-Turner Overdrive songs....

I assist three authors and all of them have been receiving this garbage.