Over the weekend we watched the first episode of The Lowdown, the new comedic neo noir-ish show set in Tulsa and starring Ethan Hawke. Very well written, great performances so far. Appropriately dusty and Chandleresque. Looking forward to seeing if the rest of the series holds up

god dammit www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...

My hometown of Bakersfield, CA is a strange place, and few understood it better than Kaleb Horton, a brilliant writer that I’m sad to hear died this week. RIP to a writer of tremendous talent, and a photographer with an eye for the Central Valley like no other. The world feels really fucked today.

Great picture, timely af, edge of yer seat action, top notch performances, looked amazing, laffs, car chases, this is everything you want from the movies. Young crowd was electric after it was over, PTA making cinephiles of Gen Z. You love to see it.

Here’s a new song called “Dregs of Love” I wrote this weekend while watching Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

I convinced myself that I know how to repair this guitar that I picked up at a yard sale. We’ll see!

If you want to dress well this fall, imagine yourself as Big Jim Collie, a Scottish crofter in the 1970s who lived alone in a bothy and rode a rickety old bicycle through the Lairig Ghru, the highest mountain pass in the highest mountain range in Britain, while sustaining himself on a bit of dram.

Wow. New NBC poll finds 78% support vaccines, including 72% of independents and 67% of Republicans. As I keep trying to argue, Democrats should polarize the shit out of the vaccine/public health debate. Make people take sides. It will split Republicans and MAGA. See this:

Lord, this is a sad story, with typically fantastic reporting by @hannahdreier.bsky.social — the brave people fending back wildfires frequently suffer cancers and other ills related to smoke exposure, but have no coverage if they work for a contractor www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

News flash: having Covid still blows. Woke up this morning with a neck/headache in the base of my skull, and can’t climb stairs without resting for 20 minutes afterward. A very stupid way to spend time

I’ve been down with Covid all week and just realized Criterion has all the Robert Altman movies streaming right now, and there are like five I still need to see

Chris Schlarb & his label/studio/life's mission BIG EGO mean a lot to me. As a artist, collaborator & producer, he tends to be an inveterate problem solver—but in light of landlord struggles & subsequent legal matters, he could use some help. Join me in chipping in.

Stevie is ready

The Democrats have a Democrat problem. www.joewrote.com/p/the-ratf-a...

Dear Americans, welcome to the thrilling game of ‘Did this dictator die or just disappear for a day?’ We’ve been playing it with Putin and Lukashenko for decades. Enjoy the suspense.

I’ve been doing some production work for people recently (mostly mixing). Makes me happy when people entrust some aspect of their work to me! I hope I do it justice.

I wrote and recorded a new song about Gaza for, get this, a Gaza benefit compilation. Coming soon

The second verse of this song is sort of about the Charlie Chaplin-Buster Keaton dichotomy but this first verse is sort of about Operation Gladio, go figure

I was really looking forward to reading a book at our local riverfront park on my day off yesterday, but of course I biked down there and a guy had set up a big speaker and was blasting EDM to a mostly-empty meadow, for no one’s pleasure but his own. This feels like a fairly new experience to me

Excited to announce the record release show for Jessica Risker’s new one out on Island House 8/1! First full length singer songwriter based album from IH. Think Jessica Pratt/Vashti Bunyan playing with dead inspired band. Extremely excited for you all to hear it! @willstratton.bsky.social

Staying in hotels with no air conditioning while touring in the UK during a heat wave is no joke

I had the pleasure of interviewing PG Six and Julie Beth Napolin in the new issue of the Terrascopædia www.ptolemaic.org

Albums of 2025 so far…. (Part One) - @mommaband.bsky.social @kathrynjoseph11.bsky.social @benefitstheband.bsky.social @fkatwigs.music-social.com @willstratton.bsky.social @franzferdinandhq.bsky.social @adwaithmusic.bsky.social and more #albumsof2025 www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/07/02/a...

Zohran Mamdani is the best kind of American: cosmopolitan, open-hearted, curious, kind to strangers and long-timers alike, obviously disgusted by inequality, committed to an idea of The Common Interest. We could build a future with leaders like him--people are starving for it.

The Aquarium Drunkard mid-year and year-end lists are a reminder that every year is a great year for music. the 2025 mid-year review is a delight once again! I aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/06/30/a...

I contributed reviews of new albums from @signifyingwolf.bsky.social, David Grubbs, @thebookofeliw.bsky.social, Friendship, Geologist & D.S, James Elkington, Jungle Boogie, Nathan Salsburg, @wilcohq.bsky.social, @willstratton.bsky.social & Super Bloom: A Benefit for Fire Relief in Los Angeles.

On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park. New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.

“Can I say something” Spit it out, Casanova! Floor us with your courageous and refined taste!

The world is crazy right now but if you want a brief respite, I'm playing a little show at Pete's Candy Store tonight, warming up for my UK tour, 9:30, see you there perhaps

Short answer: yes Long answer: yeah asshole

If you saw this headline with zero context, whose missiles would you think it referred to?

In terrible breaking news for the people heavily invested in guns, bloodshed, hatred, and the apocalypse, a Muslim leader and Jewish leader are working together for the world they want to live in. if this were a university lawn, such an act would almost certainly be labelled as hate speech.

I think latter-day Wes Anderson has a tendency I have identified in my own work of filling all the empty spaces and fussing over every detail to the point that the work loses something in the gestalt. That being said, I’m looking forward to giving The Phoenician Scheme a try

Playing a little Cameron Winter on my childhood piano with the mute on

Here’s a little cartoon drawing I did of David Graeber, pen and ink on paper.

I read Big Swiss this weekend. Very good, funny novel, imo. It really gets at something real and specific to Hudson, NY, which is no small feat. Was delighted to see a name I recognized from real life in the acknowledgments.

If I were a NASCAR driver this would be my sponsor. The Bengal Spice tiger would be painted on the hood of my car, and I would place last every time by at least 20 minutes. The crowd would go wild

BIGGEST NEWS: You are looking at the newest owner of Chicago Mastering Service! Excited to continue to deliver the high level of service and S-tier quality masters that have made CMS a staple in the greater music community. I feel immeasurably lucky to be here. Excited to share more soon. Thanks! ♥️

Really enjoying the new Foxwarren single "Deadhead," especially the guitar riff. It reminds me a little bit of Hot Chocolate's Every1's A Winner! An unexpected point of reference. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F7c...

Typical noise gig lineup

Artistically, all I want at this stage in my life is a comfortable, quiet, light-filled sanctuary to make some weird tunes

Listening to Ezra Klein interview Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. Literally the first thing she says is that she doesn't allow her child to have toys, "prefers dirt and string"

Big congrats to Canada for not shitting the bed like we did, many happy returns

Popping on here to query former Twitter users: has this become an effective replacement for you, or not really?

Lil NE tour starts tomorrow, psyched!!

Playing a house show on Friday and then doing a little northeast tour next week! Limbering up the fingers in preparation

Can’t wait!

This, for @floodmagazine.bsky.social, was fun—I don’t usually write prose but it felt like a good idea floodmagazine.com/190898/will-...

New post! Wrote about songs I enjoyed last month, feat. @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social @pacingmusic.bsky.socialmusic.bsky.social @willstratton.bsky.social @teenagetompetties.bsky.social @jetstreampony.bsky.social @troubleinmind.bsky.social @anything-bagel.bsky.social, Jason Isbell, Fust, Star 99 & more:

Playing at The Owl in Brooklyn tonight 🤙