Wrote a bit on Kukan Effect's wonderful EP. bizarrestatue.net/2026/07/08/k...

You leave the tent. You watch the river. The wind brushes the pine needles. You step between the broken glass. A deer disappears among the trees.

Lions of Teranga!

Happy Loving Day to those who celebrate, and icy silence to those who don't.

I just wrote a bit on @sugaarpan.bsky.social 's wonderful EP, "Hug a Tree and Burn the Forest." bizarrestatue.net/2026/06/07/s...

If anyone wants to join me, it looks like I'll be watching the whole of "Twin Peaks: The Return" on Tuesdays starting next month at the Los Feliz 3, through August. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

This is exactly where I'm at: thequietus.com/opinion-and-... Better and more extensively put than I would do, too. The comments about a race to the bottom are spot-on. There is no need for any of us to run in that race.

Too much making lists about music, not enough sharing feelings about music

I saw "Silent Friend" recently and wrote about it: bizarrestatue.net/2026/05/09/i...

I've made a "work-in-progress" section of my website for those who, in exchange for a free subscription, want to follow what I'm up to musically. Here it is: bizarrestatue.net/work-in-prog...

I had never seen a performance of Indian classical music before this past Sunday. I encourage everyone to look for something nearby and attend. For me, it was the ATMA Ensemble at the Art of Living Center in L.A.

Can't do better than this: youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...

I just saw Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" in 3D and IMAX. I knew it by reputation and it was even better than I expected. It showed at a commercial multiplex, and there were over 20 minutes of extended previews for what struck me as belligerently crass Hollywood nonsense.

I wrote about "Hamnet." Enjoy: bizarrestatue.net/2026/04/17/c...

A few people had checked "Hotel Fire" out over the last week, so here's some codes for people to enjoy. bizarrestatue.bandcamp.com/yum hqp6-3cgq hr72-cxrz 9cje-vrsy yqxl-3lad 3gcj-hm3c szqd-b34p s38s-xxj2 j6lc-yqsh 7nsq-b9c5 xdqf-wzlr

music is so good

I saw a Buster Keaton movie a few weeks ago and finally got around to writing a response. bizarrestatue.net/2026/04/02/b...

Every now and again I read something that reminds me to be grateful that I don't depend on making music to make a living. At this point of my life, I actually am grateful for it.

If you don't know Love & Rockets -- the comic -- and in particular Jaime Hernandez's work, do yourself a favor and check out the comic/graphic novel series that means more to me than any other. Picked up this new edition yesterday. www.fantagraphics.com/products/loc...

Side benefit of attending the No Kings protest: guy in front of me says “art doesn’t imitate life. Art is a kind of life” to the person next to him. Truer words, etc.

Today is a good day to pick up the cassette reissue of "The Polish Embassy/The Cane Field," or anything else on the Bizarre Statue Bandcamp page, at 20% off, using the discount code pecf, good until 4/2. bizarrestatue.bandcamp.com/album/the-po...

I picked this up when it came out back when, and just a couple days ago my replacement copy arrived. I hadn't known Abbey Lincoln at the time but somehow I heard of this release, looked her up, and got it. It's one of a handful of my favorite vocal jazz records.

Don't take what isn't freely given. It's that simple, and it applies in all situations.

I had not known Pauline Anna Strom's music when she was making it, but I'm very happy heard it, following a "similar music" link from a Iasos thing I was listening to on Qobuz. paulineannastrom.bandcamp.com/album/trans-...

I've made a repress of 2020's "The Polish Embassy/The Cane Field" available in an edition of 25 tapes. Here is the link: bizarrestatue.bandcamp.com/album/the-po...

There's a small group of people who name "Holland" as the best post-Smile Beach Boys record, and I'm not one of them. But of the records where Brian was really not part of the process, it's the best put-together, and it's the best work Carl and Mike Love ever did as writers on their own account.

My goodness, the post office really doesn't want me to ship a cassette abroad. No wonder I see small labels pulling back on physical product.

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

You can buy Penn Bryce music with confidence: all human made (no ai) and I’m not in the Epstein Files or the Panama Papers pennbryce.bandcamp.com

My favorite institution is the public library, because it allows me to try out a book to see how it fits, and in the process I expand my understanding of what I like and as a result who I am. As an example, Dolores Hitchens' Rachel Murdock books.

@jo-johnson.bsky.social 's "Flow and Fracture" arrived yesterday and I'm very happy to have it. Thanks you for this! muzaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/flow-a...

I'm going to play in a D&D one-shot this Sunday, the first time in several years. Last night I dreamed I played a bard, which I've never played and don't really understand. I studied my character sheet and the Player's Handbook at length and my confusion about how to play that class grew as I read.

The afternoon's entertainment: vidiotsfoundation.org/purchase/362...

I just made a formerly private track, "House Fire," public. Here it is: bizarrestatue.bandcamp.com/track/hotel-...

Because I strongly feel that great music deserves more than 140 or 299 or however many characters there are in a social media post, I wrote a bit on Luiza Brina's great music as I found it on "Prece," here: bizarrestatue.net/2026/02/11/l...

You start down the mountain The pines are fewer Boulders line the highway You wind through the hills The station wagon stops Blankets dot the desert floor A new moon in the purple sky Telescopes look up

Corporations are legally people but they sure aren’t artists

How grateful I am to have finished a big project (my work, anyway) and be able to get back to having no idea what I'm doing musically so I can keep doing it.

I've been a sincere fan of Chie Otomi's music for several years and I am pleased that I picked up this split release a few days ago: unrush.bandcamp.com/album/the-un...

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I saw one and then several videos of the Mandolin Sisters a few years ago. I was amazed at the music and disappointed that I couldn't buy a record. There is now a Mandolin Sisters record. I picked it up yesterday at Amoeba. It absolutely does not disappoint. discostan.bandcamp.com/album/odysse...

I'm slow but I move forward, I swear it.

On another note, I went to the Egyptian Theater to see Shih-Ching Tsou's "Left-Handed Girl," this movie here: le-pacte.com/internationa.... It was fantastic, and with all the talk about this or that good or bad about Hollywood, it is a real reminder that even though film is the

Thank you, #VinylSanta! I am certain that I had the "Fonzie Favorites" record as a kid, but I may be creating a memory of something that didn't happen. I remember the record, though, maybe on TV, maybe in a store. Thank you!