Whatever Putin has on, or has invested in Trump, he could not have foreseen just how much it would pay off.

Clearly a domestic terrorist. Taking down the mastermind.

New song at Bandcamp, not yet on streaming. I was working on this the week before Renee Good was murdered. I changed the lyrics in the first two verses. Link in bio. Proceeds will be donated to the ACLU. I took the photo at a peaceful weekly protest that takes place outside an ICE facility here.

“Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy” is solid advice. Happy New Year to you. It’s all gonna get better (it [surely] can’t get no worse).

On the Pixies. open.substack.com/pub/billjano...

The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft. Know the truth.

God give it a rest ye merry gentlemen

While we all await the release of the Trump-Epstein Files, here is the release of a new 5-Song EP, a sibling to one I released a couple of weeks back. billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/way-ba...

“And everything you hated me for Honey, there was so much more.” Jason Molina had some killer kouplets

Here's an EP of five new songs (plus an acoustic version of the lead-off track). Bandcamp for now. Streaming services to follow. Thanks for your attention to this matter! billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/days-o...

Hagueseth

This accurately brings back uncomfortable memories.

Revisiting the Cure's Songs of a Lost World. open.substack.com/pub/billjano...

We used to call the debut LP "Cars greatest hits." Somehow the 2nd LP, "Candy O," topped it, at least in my world. Can a band that sold 43 million albums still be underappreciated? Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz, the band's biographer, makes the case on @soundopinions.bsky.social: shorturl.at/hvsrQ

If you were in a band in the Seventies and didn’t pose shirtless for an album cover or promo photo, why didn’t you take your career seriously?

Nice notice from NPR's Book of the Day, with a replay of the Here and Now segment. Neither the first nor the last time I’m paired with Tupac. www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...

Good day for the old “enemy of my enemy” calculus.

I’m at the transgender coffee shop. I’m at the communist no pronouns universal basic income diner. I’m at the combination transgender coffee shop communist no pronouns universal basic income diner.

(Elton John voice) “Don’t let the sun go down at three!”

If you’re over at Substack, stop by and say hello.

I know -- another Substack? If you're so inclined, here is my first post: open.substack.com/pub/billjano...

“If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you….

Ignore the ignoramuses.

Had a fun late-night (on the East Coast) fireside chat about The Cars live on LA Spectrum news. Video below. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

Coming to my alma mater next week. Hope folks in the Pioneer Valley can make it. arts.umass.edu/performing-a...

UP NOW on the RECORD STORE DAY PODCAST BILL JANOVITZ returns to our program to test drive his new, and definitive, biography of The Cars, Let The Stories Be Told. The Record Store Day Podcast Wherever you get your podcasts or: bit.ly/RSDPODCAST

Is Spike Lee the only famous sad Yankees fan to cut to on national broadcasts nowadays? Where’s Billy Crystal?! I know Rudy is not in top shape.

This evening.

Whenever "Glamour Profession" starts, I think “Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band?”

Stephen Miller, a diseased taint, is now running the country.

As previewed here yesterday, here's my latest deep dive playlist tied into the great new book from @billjanovitz.bsky.social. figgsrock2.substack.com/p/nights-are...

Thanks to Steven for covering the book!

Bill Janovitz’s "Let the Stories Be Told" shows The Cars weren’t just radio kings, they were quietly subversive, glitchy, & weird. Our review → bookandfilmglobe.com/books/let-th... @billjanovitz.bsky.social @thecars.bsky.social #TheCars #RockHistory #BFGTakes

@billjanovitz.bsky.social and I had a wonderful conversation for @boston.com about his forthcoming biography of @thecarsofficial.bsky.social. He will discussing the book at @berklee.bsky.social Performance Center on 9/29 with Oedipus, Greg Hawkes, and David Robinson. www.boston.com/culture/book...

MSNBC has zero moral authority to talk about cowardice of Disney, ABC, or Republicans for bending the knee to MAGA when they did exact thing in their termination of me and others. They are doing the exact thing they complain about others doing.

HEY! My first fill-in of the new @wfmu.bsky.social schedule is this Tues, Sept 16, at 3pm! The show will mostly (maybe entirely, haven’t timed it out yet) consist of an interview with Bill Janovitz about his imminent book about The Cars, interrupted by plenty of the band’s music. Don’t miss it!

Authors! All three of my previously published books are listed.

My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote: "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."

What a voice! What great visuals!

American exceptionalism again. It’s the fucking guns.

I’ll be on WBZ AM with Bradley Jay tonight at 8:00 ET, talking about The Cars, my forthcoming book, and the book launch on September 29 at the Berklee Performance Center, in conversation with Greg Hawkes, David Robinson, and moderated by Oedipus.

i think people need a refresher on what constitutes a Distraction. the cracker barrel logo thing (zero stakes, obviously invented controversy) is a Distraction. the ongoing military occupation of washington dc (ample footage of random delivery drivers being violently detained by feds) is not

the thing about Trump and Putin meeting is that Russiagate was basically entirely correct and the fact that the media bought Bill Barr's Mueller Report cover letter saying "he didn't do it" hook line and sinker remains a national disgrace

Book launch! September 29 at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. In conversation with Greg Hawkes and David Robinson of The Cars, and Oedipus. Tickets includes signed copy of m the book. If you can’t be there, please pre-order the book.

Today’s Bandcamp Friday, when the Bandcamp fees are waived. One final push for this one, with all proceeds donated to the ACLU. billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/bill-j...

The full starred Kirkus review and a reminder to preorder the book (wherever you get books). If you can be in Boston on September 29, there’s going to be the great Berkelee Performance Center event with Greg Hawkes and David Robinson. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

🚨🚨🚨 IT GETS WORSE 😳 "Kristi Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN." Story: www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...