There are 35 cities in California with bigger populations than Curaçao. Gotta hand it to them.

The last time the Knicks won the championship was 5 and 1/2 years before the Grateful Dead first played Madison Square Garden

Greatest city in the world

Awesome new 1 track, 30-minute improvised minimalist album from Ryan Jewell ryanjewell.bandcamp.com/album/ember

Truly an unreal moment, as a crowd gathers at 10:30pm on a Friday night outside the Kennedy Center as a crew puts up scaffolding to take down Donald Trump’s name.

Fuck, I’m about to lose a ton of money on my Kalshi bet that Goose’s new album would get a higher score on Pitchfork than Olivia Rodrigo’s

In 2020, I composed a classical-ish solo guitar piece, but never actually attempted to play it. I recently dug it up and figured out all the fingerings and so on, and here it is!

Jalen Brunson: “You’re allowed to think about the worst possible scenario. But you gotta go out there and do something about it.” A good mantra for fighting fascism too.

There is no greater insult than getting a ❤️ on a text that you thought deserved a 😂

I haven’t read this piece, but listening to the album now and it’s disassembling my brain; hoping the article contains instructions on how to put it back together

VoteHub projects Nithya Raman to advance from the Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles Mayor.

Huge drop for Raman. Heavily favored to pass Pratt. She beat Bass on this one.

Great review of my song “Chandelier” up on the Brazilian blog Heatwave! The money quote, translated: “A delicious recording, very rich and seasoned, with a festive and inventive atmosphere. Soft rock and folk references come together, in an exciting construction, with inspired breaths and guitars.”

Re: LA mayor race. We prob won’t know for a week whether it’s Bass v Pratt or Bass v Raman in general. Everybody chill.

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...

This is an excellent, informative, and pretty devastating article.

HUGE news that justifiably made the front page in Glendale CA (a city of over 200,000)

Related, if you’re in LA, @lataco.bsky.social has created the mother of all voter guides by compiling endorsements from 14 progressive organizations! lataco.com/a-completely...

Wow, Paul Westerberg from the Replacements covered Phish. Very cool. cc @maxellxlii.bsky.social youtu.be/yOHulcgMR-g?...

Happy 85th to Mr Zimmerman. He has written so many great songs, but many people have told me that none are as great as this mashup I made. youtu.be/cap6A8qJXc4?...

I Love Boosters is so bananas and wonderful. See it this weekend to send a message to studios that they should make more weird shit

FYI

This should be front page news. RIP to a legend.

the president of the united states sued his own government for ten billion dollars and “settled” it by directing that government to use taxpayer money for a nearly two billion dollar slush fund to distribute to his political allies at will typing it out barely feels real

I get anyone’s skepticism about voting for a billionaire. But he will be a hell of a lot better governor than this asshole.

I’ve learned about a ton, including this great history of Luddites and its connection to the modern day that I’m reading now: bookshop.org/p/books/bloo...

This bot makes a great point

Damn it, I came to this bathroom specifically to get some orber

Gosh just a lovely Robin Williams memory from Sally Fields www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkc5P3fS/

Got to see Ryley Walker last night for the first time since I broke my knee on the way to his show in 2019. He still cooks, and this time I was able to walk back to my car afterward. He mentioned he’s moving to LA, which seems like it’ll be great for him and us.

The next mayor of LA, @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social

I want to believe that David Attenborough spent his 51st birthday at Barton Hall on 5/8/77, and that he will be alive and well to celebrate its 50th next year

Chad is 100% correct. If you’re not listening to Juana Molina, you should try listening to Juana Molina.

I created my avatar with the blood and sweat of my own bare hands, not this high tech nonsense. Click this link if you love evil.

I completely get wanting to chill on show days while in Vegas, but there is also stunning natural beauty just barely outside the city. Including Valley of Fire, and Red Rock Canyon, which I hit on Friday:

Oh well, guess they’re not spelling Fukuoka

Dang, one of the local male strip clubs already came out with an ad referencing Fishman’s new nickname. #weareeverywhere

Phish is okay, but there’s only one band that I could stay out past 2am for and not regret it, and that’s @taperschoice.bsky.social

I told my 6yo just before the show they were gonna play Stealing Time for her because she lost her first tooth today and I sang “got a blank space where your tooth should be”. She looked at me like I was nuts.

The theme of this set is The Hits

My latest is up! open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Still looking for 1-3 for Friday if ya got em. (Gonna go give @mbird.org a little donation to atone for spamming your feed.)

Still looking for 1-3 tickets for Friday if anyone has em. Sorry for the repeat posts!

If anyone has a pair, I’d also happily take those…

ballroom

Anyone have 3 extras in unobstructed seats for Friday 5/1 by any chance? Trying to figure out if a quick trip might be in the cards.

Phish (@phish.com) turned Sphere into a playground of sound and light, putting an exclamation point on a second weekend in Las Vegas that featured abundant high-quality jamming. Check out @guyforget.bengreenfield.com's recap of Night 6 + the setlist, The Skinny and videos ...

It would be unreasonable to expect Phish to have unique visuals for every song over a 9 show run. But I have to say, I was kind of surprised to stream last night and not see a single new big tentpole visual