In an early version of the Game of Thrones saga, the character of Hodor was actually named Bethany because of the character spazzing and screaming BEND THE KNEE! BEND THE KNEE!!!

@wildermaker.bsky.social oh hey

Wilder Maker will forever be the guys with whom my band shared our weirdest gig ever. I became a lifelong fan and friend that night and will champion their music to anyone listening. They have a new record out today, and it's really beautiful. wildermaker.bandcamp.com/album/the-st...

real macho man we got here. threat neutralized soldier, good job. looks like you really needed that call of duty max loadout

Can't make it to this show but can't wait to watch the livestream. (NB: I immediately recognized the stairs of my beloved Tennessee Theatre in this photo)

My great-grandparents were murdered in Buchenwald. I know what I’m seeing, too.

Tonight’s bedtime discussion topics: - Dog names that are also people names (e.g. “Gary”) - Takis, fuego flavor - David Byrne - Vomiting in space, negative effects thereof - Amputations - “if you lose an arm, can you get an arm transplant?” - @beautypill.bsky.social ‘s old artificial heart, again

CROCKETT: When I say that you are the least qualified FBI director in the history of the FBI, that is real, because you are the only one that never even served with the FBI PATEL: That's false CROCKETT: I didn't ask you a question

hot new cusp features a world class non-recurring tiny tambourine placement with unusual entrance point. and a truly exquisite fakeout arpeggio guitar outro. perfect choices, exceptional band, gawd i love them youtu.be/TqQmYz2sHKo?...

This one ⬇️

“In Holland, you get paid by the government for gigs, even if there’s no one there” www.uncut.co.uk/features/my-...

“Stupid sexy Eldridge”

I saw an 18-yr-old Philip Seymour Hoffman play Willy Loman 🥲

Having my first real experience of seeing a high school friend become radicalized by right-wing bullshit. There have been plenty of old friends / family that have been absolutely unsurprising, but never to such an absolutely head-scratching degree… and freshly in 2025. It's incredibly sad.

The incredible @chuckprophet.bsky.social and His Cumbia Shoes live on the air at WDVX today. What a great joy on a Monday afternoon.

All this and Chuck Prophet playing a free show at the WDVX studio tomorrow at lunch. Good music week.

25th anniversary block party for the Pilot Light, Knoxville’s little venue that could. Innumerable good memories of this place that really helped build me as a music maker and enjoyer. Naomi spotted my bands’ names on a lot of dates on the archives, as well her sticker that I left there last year.

Keep picturing Patel dropping the casings in terror after reading “if you read this youre gay”

@emmaswiftsings.bsky.social Happy release day, Emma! I've waited til the whole album was out before I listened to any of the songs, and it all sounds incredible. So happy you made this thing.

We’re peacefully protesting for our neighbors. What does ICE do? Pick us up and throw us on the ground. No arrest, no identification, no process.

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And this is how you do it

take care of one another

It was only last month that a guy mad about covid vaccines fired 500 rounds into the CDC building in Atlanta, btw

I know we like to joke about Apple's planned obsolescence or whatever, but my AirPods Pro v1 just… stopped charging yesterday. Yesterday.

New episode of Headlights: Steve Smith of @cleanenergy.org on solar and wind energy progress in the South, and how it's under threat from the Trump admin and massive new power-sucking data centers; and an update on Texas' ever-more-aggressive anti-abortion laws. sites.libsyn.com/576820/ep-20...

Tim Cook doesn't have a reflection

Only need one: Dollywood

Dirty Three? Terry Allen? Ryan Davis? Lenderman? BASIC? Chicago Underground Duo? Orcutt Shelly Miller? A 3 DAY SML RESIDENCY?! I kinda want to start writing my 2026 Big Ears preview right now

HERE WE GO

Happy Big Ears Bandcamp Friday. I'm going to recommend a few new things / recent favorites.

Mark Hollis :: Mark Hollis aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/03/m... While often overshadowed by the majestic experimentation of his former project’s late work, Mark Hollis harbors its own secrets and surprises, while building upon the work those albums began...

she said that “black” with a hard r

She is standing in front of a structure built by enslaved people.

You’re not “stuck in traffic,” you’re part of the traffic. Everyone is part of everyone else’s traffic. Traffic doesn’t even exist, it’s just the way people experience shitty urban planning.

Home office self-portrait at 47.

Awww he called me random 🥹

All the cake to @weakcookies.bsky.social, whose birthday I never forget.

Business video calls with people who also have guitars and books in the background are the calls I don't mind having.

one of the enduring gifts of making music with people you love is how you're instantly back together whenever you listen. time/space travel.

Gorgeous morning in D.C. Hundreds of people are jogging on the Mall in this perfect weather. And then there's this right in the middle and in the way of everyone living their lives.

Was designing a project using Gazetta for the headlines and… might have to shift gears on that one.

Freshly developed film from Tiny Telephone, recording last month with the wizard @beaunoise.bsky.social and friends. Can't wait to share the sounds.

Sam Gilliam, 10/27/69, 1969 #artbots #moma https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137552

Big Ears Festival is one of the pillars that upholds my sanity as the world crumbles around us. Let's goooooo

Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall. If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is (h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)

Every racist & brutal system has been “laying about like a loaded weapon” (Korematsu, Justice Jackson) for a moment like this. Racism & inequality is the gateway. And it is the infrastructure that will hold up the worst of this authoritarian regime. GIFT LINK www.wsj.com/us-news/ango...

This new @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social #podcast to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Smog album, 'A RIVER AIN'T TOO MUCH TO LOVE' is fantastic. Could listen to Bill Callahan talk all day. lifeoftherecord.com#/smog/

Self-portrait with backstage pizza, 2025.