Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

Getting mail from People Suck Music will always bring me joy. I haven't pulled the plastic off a CD in a while. But that thumb nail still does the trick between the black part and the clear cover. @tbquirk.bsky.social

It's always a good day when receiving a package from People Suck Music & @tbquirk.bsky.social ... and a day earlier than expected

I confess I was unsure about including so many outtakes and demos on the reissued Son of Sam I Am, but this reviewer seems very glad we did: "There are reissues, and then there are resurrections...This isn’t just 'the album + a demo or two.' This is the full ecosystem of Son of Sam I Am."

Glide Magazine has a nice piece about a new version of an old song of ours called Clowns -- includes a lyric video.

Had a long, fun chat with The Music Lab podcast about Tapedeck (though the interviewer begins well back in my past):

Was watching something else when my TV hiccuped and sent me to TCM, where a shot that was perfectly composed but patently ridiculous made me rewind to see which Brian DePalma movie I was missing. Turned out it was The Fury, and I watched it to the end, and I'm glad I did. Ludicrous fun.

I'd like to thank all the reviewers who lowered my expectations for Nebraska '82, because I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I do if they hadn't convinced me I'd wasted my money pre-ordering it. The multiple versions of "Downbound Train" are, surprisingly, what I like most so far.

Every once in a while I think about the far kinder and safer and less expensive and scary country we could all be living in right now if enough people had understood what he was gonna do, and voted for Harris. None of this shit was a secret!

I endorse this sentiment!

Oakland No Kings March just getting started.

I'm only four minutes into the latest South Park episode, but I've spent the last two of them laughing non-stop.

they are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest and I simply do not think it is going to work see you all there

The person who makes Connections is apparently a Big Star fan.

I hate when they take away things you were just starting to really enjoy, like your favorite TV show or democracy.

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize

Kind of funny (but not ha-ha funny) that we liberals thought we were so smart for telling conservatives who wanted to return to the "good old days" that they weren't all that good for everybody because there was segregation and kids died from measles and stuff. Apparently they actually wanted both!

If you missed this the other week, my company just launched a new music download store/streaming service that aims to make a penny per play the floor rather than the ceiling for streaming royalty rates:

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

I honestly expected more of this from the beginning, but I'll take it any time. Trump-appointed judge declares hos actions unconstitutional. Duh.

Apparently at least 40% of our country defines "freedom" as being free from ever having to think/know/care about people or topics they do not wish to.

If you want to know many people pay attention to lyrics, there are currently 10 people in a crowd of maybe 10,000 holding our right for peace like Amar Bharati did, as Tweedy sings about in his song called "Amar Bharati." So: .01%.

Jeff Tweedy at HSB25. There are still compelling reasons to live in the Bay Area.

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

This title card from Abel Gance's Napoleon describes most of my favorite people.

Some people meditate. I drive across the country by myself every few years.

I guess what makes me a liberal is that I think it's ok (though messy!) for people to try to make some subjects undebatable via social pressure, but unconstitutional for the government to try to do that. You resort to the state AFTER you've lost the cultural argument, not before.

this is our cracker barrel moment

Criticizing Charlie Kirk is a fireable offense that incites domestic terrorism. But calling political opponents "the party of hate, evil, and Satan" is proper and good. Got it.

If you have iOS and you'd rather your money go to artists than executives, give this a shot and let me know how fast I should sign up when it's available on Android.

Introducing a new music service, Tapedeck. Our goal is to make a penny per play the floor, rather than the ceiling, for streaming royalties.

Hard to believe Fritz Lang made this in 1933, since it feels pretty damned timely:

Turns out it was pretty stupid of me to go to “law school” and pass the “bar” and practice “law”

If you have MAGA friends, it might be useful to get them on the record NOW about what things that haven't happened yet they would agree are fascist, so that if/when those things happen, you can remind them. Since they seem to forgive ANYTHING.

Sorry not sorry for all the posts. I came to the Big Thief concert by myself, so you all are the friends I'm chatting with while I wait for them to start.

I go back and forth on whether the conservative Justices really believe it when they spew these objectively bullshit claims.

AKA: every accusation is a confession. I mean, they literally say things like, "leftists are scum," while ALSO saying, "leftists' dehumanizing language is a criminal offense." The person in charge of finding and punishing people for "weaponising the government" is weaponising the government!

Your reminder that they cannot arrest millions of people no matter how hard they try. They lack the infrastructure, they lack the personnel, and the economy would straight-up collapse They are going to try to scare us by making examples out of a few people, and our job is to not fall for it

Indeed 😐

Democracy in the U.S. may be under unprecedented assault today, but it's hard not to feel hopeful waiting for Big Thief to take the stage on a lovely Fall evening at Berkeley's Greek Theater.

THIS. Every single R member of Congress, and the Supreme Court, has sold out their oath to uphold the Constitution. I don't know how they sleep at night.

Pay attention to this. They are seriously trying to make it illegal to oppose or even describe their actions accurately.

1. The Clash 2. Cinema history 3. Soul music

Big day for me. A box I've been saving for over 3 years was just perfect for something

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

Working on something for over half a year and then seeing it go live is always a treat. The piece I'm most proud of writing this year, and major thanks as always to @thequietus.com for accepting this joint @davidbowiereal.bsky.social and #ScottWalker swing-for-the-rafters. Hope you enjoy.

OK, Newsom is annoying as hell, but I have to give him credit for this burn.