I added some stuff to the master list. Can't vouch for all of them -- about half are still on my "to listen to" list -- but I hope folks will at least give some consideration to SUGARSHIT SHARP, even though it's an EP.

MINK CAR was the first TMBG album that made me think, "Wait, this is kind of . . . lousy?" That said, it has three songs I really like, and I've never clicked with GBV, so I'll probably still vote for it.

Hey @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social participants prepping for '88, don't sleep on RADICAL DEPARTURE, the solo album from Ranking Roger of the English Beat and General Public. Despite the title, it's very much in line with his earlier bands.

WATCH THE VIDEO BLUESKY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE!!! (I posted a link to this and Bluesky immediately broke.)

29 years ago today, silo explosion-survivor Frank Grimes accidentally killed himself. #TheSimpsons episode “Homer's Enemy” first aired on May 4, 1997.

"Do you wanna stay in bed all day? YEAH! Do you remember feeling any other way? NO!" Easy vote for my favorite Le Tigre album and one of my favorites of the tourney. Saw them play two or three times after this album came out, and they were a blast.

a good name for a horse would be Kris Klipclopperston

I was in a record store a couple weeks ago and a college kid came in asking if they had any Metallica records, but was like, "'Metallica'? I think that's how you say it?"

Me, showing off my knowledge when eating Japanese food in a Japanese restaurant: "this is the kind of food they eat in Japan."

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Tom Waits just released a song with, of all people, Massive Attack. It's like a funeral march version of "Hell Broke Luce," and it's really fucking good. Then again, hard for me not to love a Tom Waits song, so don't take my word for it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVTV...

Where is the sorely needed mashup of Sturgill Simpson's "Make America Fuk Again" and the Coup's "Laugh/Love/Fuck"? These songs were clearly made for each other.

I was going to write a DC for GO FORTH, but then discovered that @thomasawful.bsky.social basically already did way back in 2015, and it's way better than anything I would have written. So go read this and then vote for Les Savy Fav!

Best railcar graffiti I've ever seen

I laughed so hard I dropped my phone into the abyss under the ottoman

me, making my kids' school lunches while channeling the Butthole Surfers song "Pepper" for some reason: the ever present peanut butter sandwich

My latest for The New York Times: a look at the life & legacy of the late great D. Boon. Visited San Pedro to talk to the surviving Minutemen, Mike Watt and George Hurley, as they continue to carry forward the spirit of Boon and the band. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/a...

Never been real into emo, but I did spend a lot of time at the Austin venue Emo's in 2001 -- even saw bracket contenders the White Stripes and Fugazi there (though not on the same bill). That's enough for me to throw Thursday a vote here.

For more than 45 years, my dad has been mad that THE MUPPET MOVIE's "Rainbow Connection" didn't win Best Original Song at the Oscars. (It lost to "It Goes Like It Goes" from NORMA RAE.) I had never seen Kermit's performance from the show -- or Johnny Carson doing a bit with Miss Piggy.

I just heard this collaboration between Cass McCombs and Chris Cohen, and it rules.

Took my daughter to see HOPPERS last night, so missed most of the parade, but glad to see this got a decent seed. Even better than my pick for the 2000 tourney (!!!). Alas, with Pulp as its first round opponent, Les Savy Fav seems unlikely to make it to the second round like !!! did.

It's Bandcamp Friday, and there's "new" Fugazi, so get on it!

More songs should start like Monkey Gone to Heaven. "There was a guy." Ok I'm listening, what's this guy up to

Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash by Laura Levine 1981 🖤

sad news: nermal has been killed by an iranian drone attack on abu dhabi. an innocent victim of a senseless war

A couple of my favorites

one time a songwriter told me that they like to do what they call “the bill callahan challenge” at bars, where they order a drink by only saying “beer, thank you”

"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years

Here's this David Byrne piece I made

RIP Greg Bovino

Good day to listen to a great album. . . .

Of the public nomination ballots I've seen so far, distressingly few have included these two bad boys, which I had assumed were shoo-ins. PLEASE CORRECT THIS OVERSIGHT!

Turn that frown upside down. There's a new Courtney Barnett song (and video)!

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Just updated the spreadsheet - I listened to 1,015 different albums in 2025. I listened to each album an average of only 2.1 times. These are the 21 that I listened to at least 10 times.

Advance Base Christmas Special 2025 is free to watch through January 5, 2026. Merry Christmas. 🎄 youtu.be/tMta7JY6Pxs?...

Doing a "Leaving Las Vegas" but with Diet Coke. Also, I'm at home on my couch. Elisabeth Shue is here, though.

RIP Joe Ely. Lots of classic songs from early in his career, but one of my favorite discoveries when prepping for the '95 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social tourney was his LETTER TO LAREDO (which didn't actually make the tourney). So good from start to finish.

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🎉Hey, I get to pick an album for the next @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social tournament (slots permitting). Thanks, Kent!🎉 My pick (slots permitting) is likely among these albums I really like that I don’t expect to get enough nominations to make the tourney. Listen now and be ahead of the curve! 🧵

Don't let Plosivs' bad artwork stop you from listening to their album It sounds exactly like a supergroup of guys from Pinback, Drive Like Jehu, and Against Me! should sound like

I have some mixed feelings about JAY KELLY, especially the midsection, but I love everything Adam Sandler does in it. For @ebertvoices.bsky.social . www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jay-...

Wrote about a little movie called BREATHLESS. www.vulture.com/article/why-...

Spotify thinks I'm 17, but could a 17-year-old do this? *I stand up slowly from the sofa and my back makes such a loud cracking sound that my dog starts barking and I have to immediately sit back down.*

Ranking star wars movies is complicated because there are certain themes that resonate with-- no I'm kidding, in one of them an ewok hugs Han Solo's leg and says "Ay Chihuahua." So that's number one with a bullet