The internet has me believing impedance is a matter of preference, an inexact science, which I know in my brain to be untrue. And yet I still read the comments.

Say what you will about uncs, it’s all deserved, but I got to teach my theater kid niece power chords this week and watched her stumble into God Save the Queen (she’s 12 and has never heard of the Sex Pistols, obv) was the highlight of 2025.

When I’m perusing Bandcamp, which I do nearly every day, and the phrase “Brooklyn punk band” is in the description, I can’t move on fast enough. But I like Brooklyn, I like punk. Whats the problem here.

It’s pronounced “Bury”

Unless I make a quick one of Lee Clay Johnson’s Bloodines, I’ll only have completed 14 books this year, a two decade low possibly; and I’ll have Wm. Vollman’s Rising Up and Rising Down tomorrow blame, a near insurmountable hammer to the mind.

Open AI lost 12 BILLION dollars this quarter. Time for a govt loan, I guess.

#scenereport small-ass St Augustine, Fl had an outsized rally this morning. No pics, but I was really surprised. And heartened! Not a protest town really, since they put MLK Jr in jail and bleached integration protestors in a swimming pool, etc, etc

Shoutout to all the air traffic controllers calling in sick.

Any nerds around here have a wiring diagram for a Univox Lucy? Yes, I already went on Reddit.

So many rad houses to squat after the rapture.

I will be expressing ONLY CORRECT opinions inre: the week’s events.

A restaurant on the LES called FUGAZI. A rigging company in Queens using the Gary Panter Screamers logo. We’ve indeed won.

I took the stale corn chips and breaded brined tofu, fried it. Served over rice, cilantro, avocado. Heartily recommend, if you like eating.

At first, Desantis’ plans to nix property tax and school vax requirements seem like obv non starters, but as an unpopular gov on his last term, why not collapse the infrastructure while transferring maintenance of schools, roads, etc to the private sector? Fla. is the US’s post-democracy lab.

New gig poster for St Augustine’s annual Sing Out Loud Festival. Stacked lineup!

A rare friday victory. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Man, that Lol Tolhurst Goth book really is the ultimate work of the genre. It’s poorly written, repetitive, and leaves all the juicy parts out.

Got my first case of DOGE food poisoning an hour before playing a show this weekend. A truly biblical amount of upheaval, and then I played the show, as I’m not a quitter. Then I retired to bed for two days.

Adam Shapiro, husband of Handala crew member and human rights defender Huwaida Arraf, spoke to Al Jazeera shortly after Israel seized the vessel. Shapiro said crew members were “prepared” and “determined.” Follow Al Jazeera's live update in English here: www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

It’s a fucking shame the world is too fucked for me to feel ok about just saying Ozzy is an important part of my upbringing. There’s just too many dead people. Crazy Train. Love to the freaks.

So the Louvre. 1. Worst designed major museum in the world? 2. Did you and The Met leave ANYTHING in Egypt?!

Happy Algerian Independence Day to all who celebrate.

America is a coin operated bucking bronco come to life, escaping the country bar and wrecking the IKEA furniture of the townspeople’s modest living quarters.

Realizing that gaming and Manga are gonna be the monumental cultural touchstones that render me out of touch, despite my exquisite book and record collection.

Well, this is extremely frightening.

Nespresso machines are the garlic press of the coffee world. Strictly for cowards.

Hey, uh, what’s up in Paris next week? Gigs? Art stuff? I already know Nick Cave is playing, I know.

One in every 70 Americans was on the streets yesterday and it’s not on the NYT front page 24 hours later.

I love the frankness afforded by speaking across languages. A German woman told me last night, “yes, that is my name, but when YOU say it, it sounds ugly”. And then we continued to get along very well.

There has to be a pivotal person or technology: who’s the 80s villain that made that fucking SOUND? The Lynn drum sound, the sound that ruined Tina Turner, Jefferson Starship, etc etc. any heads got books for me to check out?

That lady in the new Psycho Killer video is great, but overall it looks like a pharma ad. Maybe that’s the point?

There’s not enough that can be said about Ngugi wa Thiong’o. If you’re a fan of absurdity in the service of liberation in literature, there’s a wide body of work waiting for you. A true hero who will be sorely missed.

The IDF regrets the “inconvenience” of pulling a Jonestown. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

During periods of solitary work, I often talk to Bon Scott in my head about AC/DC’s total lack of social analysis. “Like yes, you ARE TNT, and that’s great, but it’s ultimately powerless beyond the individual level and meaningless in the context of state power”. Otherwise perfect band.

Went to see the fabulous @mariabamford.bsky.social tonight and was delighted at the only Bubba Dupree reference in standup of all time. Came for the good times, stayed for Faith/Void.

I have a lot to say about politics but I also just saw a neighborhood outside cat tangle with a black racer in the fern patch in the backyard.

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

Really great to see the big liberal news networks covering “American consumers brace for tariffs” and “what’s Biden wearing today” instead of what seems to be a pretty consequential day of action out there.

I’m all for bringing back manufacturing, but there’s a name for this: Company Town. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The "Is it a constitutional crisis yet?!" discussion is so absurd: Of course you can construct increasingly esoteric definitions for why this current moment doesn't meet your exact criteria yet. But meanwhile, this is where we are: Masked agents of the states abducting people for writing op-eds.

I’m looking for a female singer (any kind of female- I mean a voice a little higher than my own) for a low impact remote recording project. Enthusiasm over skill, weirdness is a plus, zero stakes beyond making things. DM me!

I know I know it feels like insane but it takes one minute to sign this petition for Jeanette Vizguerra, the latest immigration advocate to be kidnapped by ICE : secure.afsc.org/a/freejeanette

Pete Hegseth insists on using the term “warfighter” I guess because the previously serviceable term “soldier” doesn’t sound enough like “office schlep controlling a drone from next to the Keurig machine”.

UPDATE: Called all my NY reps - national and state, as well as my city councilperson, to ask them to speak out for and fight for the release of Mahmoud Khalil. Here's a quick script if you need one and want to make calls yourself. You can find your reps here: reps.fyi

This is a huge deal for anyone. Explicitly unconstitutional. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

No matter what your preferred “first punk record” is, Brian James led The Damned in a huge step forward. RIP.

The metric of the president being “a guy you could have a beer with” has always been ridiculous, but preferable to “a guy who would definitely spit on my corpse”.

Apparently M*sk wants to change the name of the country to Brodesia?