On my last flight this old white dude asked the woman who was standing up trying to comfort her baby if she had anything the baby could suck on lol. Like yes what a genius idea, she couldn’t possibly have come up with that on her own.

Same energy as people who are mean to waitstaff.

I feel like so many musicians and music writery stuff is still on Substack. Feels like we know enough by now to move the F off Substack. I want to support music writing but just can’t give my money to that company.

Another Kyle Gordon banger

The weird dane cook is a bad guy movie. Was during a time when I was seeing every movie in theaters, was the ONLY thing left to see, and I was about to walk out when the power went out, so I got a refund, which felt like a nice sign from the universe.

Today's morning spin: Prymek & Sage: Shelter. Can't get enough of ambient pedal steel lately. This LP isn't really an "ambient pedal steel album", but it does feature some, and it is lovely. Shoutout to the @aquariumdrunkard.com Bandcamping Summer 26 article for the rec.

Most excellent soundtrack to a hot summer day. Like a soundtrack to the Aegean Sea spy movie you fell asleep watching thirty years ago.

every time trump is president you gotta wash your groceries

Should never have put Sydney Purcell on the clean jobs task force

this fan video of Messi setting up the winning goal is so good

Never realized how much stuff jimmy page played guitar on until listening to the excellent excellent EXCELLENT @500songspodcast.bsky.social. The Who! The Kinks! Nico! And so many more. Also never realized how bad he ripped everyone else off lol.

Can't really imagine playing against Messi haha. He just strolls around for like 85 minutes and then delivers 5 of the most beautiful and unbelievable moves you will ever see in your life.

Whew that was just beautiful stuff. What a goal.

It's time for One Big Timezone

I currently either have food poisoning or the new parasite which just dropped. 0 stars, would not recommend.

Fucked that there are a million songs about love but only one about baking me a cake as fast as you can

Girl, are you a music festival with jazz in the name? Because you don’t really seem to like jazz.

this is cinema

Graham Platner Clarifies He Covered Penis With Tattoo After Learning About Its Troubling History

anton chigurh: heads or tails. you must chose. me: is that a Prince Valiant cut? anton: yeah it used to have more volume me: you want to use something light on it, no silicone-heavy washes and of course... both of us (laughing): blow dry from the roots! me: alright heads anton: it's tails

No-context Portland.

Lads we’re going out like Stan Chera

I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off

Whether you’re chasing shade or the horizon, here’s a stack of recent discoveries worth packing. From ecstatic guitar minimalism and Fourth World obscurities to transportive ambient, jangle pop, and mystic folk, these are the records soundtracking our summer. aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/07/02/b...

waiting for an animated film about the truffle seeking duo of this cat and dog

“Well, it came from your division, Sanders, and as you can see, it’s covered with honey and molasses! … You know what that makes this, Sanders?”

This might be the best piece of critical writing in the 2020s.

I think my fave thing I didn't know about Yoko Ono that I learned was she staged a guerrilla exhibition at MomaNY where she said she released 1000 flies soaked in her perfume, unbeknownst to anyone at the Moma, and then interviewed ppl outside asking them about it. lol.

The Yoko Ono exhibit at the Broad in LA is just wonderful. Her work continues to resonate, and it's lovely to see someone transcend stupidly misogynist narratives. Was moved to tears multiple times. Left a note to my mom, wrote Love Wins in the blue room, and left beaming.

It has basically become impossible for me to talk about SML the band without sounding unhinged haha. This band is achieving transcendence one 12-15 minute segment at a time. If you have ever, at any time in your life, enjoyed improvisational music, go and see them.

Hertz rental car spokesperson OJ Simpson?

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

Have a (free) extra to tonight’s @aquariumdrunkard.com 21st bday party at the Teragram Ballroom featuring the best band in the land SML, and a Fabiano Do Nascimento opener to boot.

Feel like it takes a special kind of "record company man" to be pretty much universally loved by artists. RIP to Clive Davis. Wild to think how much the music industry changed in his lifetime.

ta nehisi coates tearing the fucking roof off okce again www.vanityfair.com/story/the-ne...

Just finished this excellent book by @lizpelly.bsky.social - and, no matter how terrible you think Spotify is for regular artists, I assure you things are much, much worse than you think. Go see a show, and buy some merch. We just cannot let oligarchs further destroy our world.

The USMNT can't park the bus because our country lacks the funding for public transportation.

Like if you love Brian Eno, and haven't seen the film, take some time to check it out, it's awesome.

The excellent, excellent, EXCELLENT Eno "generative" doc is now available to stream anytime for $9.99. It's so good! Also available on the Criterion Channel. New versions to rent weekly, new versions on CC monthly. www.chanceoperations.com/eno

Accidentally closed my hand in the car door today, 0/10, so not recommend

@jonbois.bsky.social Watching baseball

I don't know what everyone's complaining about. Just go to settings > features > worms, then change the "worms pouring out of my phone" toggle from "yes" to "maybe later"

SML is currently the most thrilling and imaginative band in experimental and improvised music. Set to release a new live album this month, I was excited to interview all five SMLers for @aquariumdrunkard.com at a fascinating moment in the band's trajectory aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/06/01/s...

Great interview with the world's best band. Must-read!!

New Boards of Canada is excellent. Like the dark soundtrack to our times.

Many thanks to Ethan Iverson for hosting my expanded reflections on Sonny Rollins, including a Desert Island list of recordings. substack.com/@iverson/not...

We just broke 18,000 petitions signed. Thank you so much to everyone who has signed! Can we reach 20,000 & send a strong message to @mayor.nyc.gov & the NYC Council? #SonnyRollinsBridge

Just got notification that the Wendy Eisenberg / More Eaze show in Portland got nixed. Bummed, was really looking forward to that, Wendy’s album is so good.

Going to try to switch to duck duck go.