Me at a The Wonder Years concert

such a banger of a track from another amazing @stayinsidebk.bsky.social album

between putting out a benefit compilation and getting my landlord to terminate our lease without penalty, today has already been an all-timer

RELEASE DAY BAYBEE! I can't believe this beautiful thing exists. So much love for all the artists who contributed and everyone who picks it up. All funds are going straight to The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina!

looking ahead at next weekend like

perennially disgusted

Yay Lonnie Rott! Yay anti-capitalism! Yay blanktapes.co. Another banger interview by @jax.blanktapes.co blanktapes.co/interview-lo...

I’ve been slacking on the social media game lately, but this is a great piece!

Mountains to Sea Vol. 1: a benefit compilation for Western NC is available for pre-order! blanktapes-co.bandcamp.com/album/mounta...

holy shit I actually bought 100 cassettes for a benefit compilation I put together 🤯 (this is box 1 of 4)

@joshsteinnc.bsky.social hint hint

funny how being busy with house-related chaos leads to me listening to fewer full albums 🥲

nothing has known pain like the trump robot in the hall of presidents dude looks like maggie thatcher in bad drag and knows it

This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

We get one life. It's nothing more than a blip between infinite periods of oblivion. All of the loving and living and feeling that we'll ever do happens in that less-than-a-blink-of-an-eye. And some people are gonna use the tiny bit of time they have being mad about Cracker Barrel.

wait did I really never post this one

so grateful to collaborate with talented folks like Shanna, who wrote and took amazing pics for this hip-hop show several weeks back

changing this up with a 4x4 because how is it friday already?

there's so much to love about Between Two Trees: - formed as a way to play shows with a great local band - creates genuinely great emo/rock music - creates DIY hymnals, hacked Wii visuals, and thematic attire for each show check out my chat with the band and see how it all comes together!

not very good at keeping this updated this year but trying www.buymusic.club/list/liz_pel...

Great interview from @jax.blanktapes.co with our friends and neighbors in @oljoeyscrums.com! If you've got a taste for Americana, do yourself a favor and give those fellas a listen! blanktapes.co/interview-ol...

soundtrack for a week of increasing water damage

my biggest takeaway after 10 years of renting: there are no tangible benefits to being a “good tenant” no amount of paying rent on time, or staying on top of maintenance needs, can create a positive relationship with an inherently parasitic entity

fuuuuuuuuuuuuck gambling y’all. it’s one of many leeches sucking our collective soul

fine art without context for your consumption

today I've got an interview with Gabe and Saman from Sleepy Cat Records! Saman was the first musician I met after moving to Durham. fast forward 7 years & I’m interviewing him with Gabe for this little music journalism thing I’ve got 🤯 check it out & don’t miss Sleepy Fest on 10/11!

mortgage broker: you really spent $500 on [check notes] cassette tapes? me: IT WAS A LIMITED RUN AND FOR A GOOD CAUSE

mewithoutYou is the best band

Before you honk, just know that we're bmm-ma-ma-mmm-mah-nah-ee-nah-ing the whole way.

the line "every politician, every cop on the street, protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite" is made more relevant every day

it's 9:27am, 7/29 somewhere

HYPED as hell to share our first local show review from Shanna Rogers! she's a talented concert photographer and gracious enough to help cover our local live music scene as a contributor I can speak from experience that this show was not one to miss. but if you did, check out shanna's review!

this @vermontgreenfc.bsky.social pic goes hard

This is a proper shitpost

maybe there's still some good left in this world after all

MAKE MY DAY, MEWITHOUTYOU 😍

what a week for music

got a new local music review from our contributor Stephen Mullaney over at blanktapes.co! I love how specific and vivid his reflections are. well worth the quick read and listen!

quid! at the pro quo

there’s two types of people in the world: those who have eaten cereal out of a coffee pot and those who haven’t

An incomparable legend.

me after getting followed by local news orgs:

today I've got a fresh chat with Corbie Hill, who makes music that teleports you somewhere completely different with every track he's been a fixture in the NC music scene for decades & graciously took the time to reflect on his journey through life's curveballs CHECK IT

god I’ve got the itch for a new tattoo 😬

nothing says “july in the south” like three showers in one day

Buying one t-shirt ($20) from your favorite artist nets them more than 6,500 Spotify streams

today on blanktapes.co: my chat with Glenn of @andmoreagain-nc.bsky.social (and former Local 506 owner), who lives and breathes music like no one else I know from major label A&R to marketing leader at @mergerecords.bsky.social & much more, Glenn's got a lesson for everyone

a surprisingly diverse week in retrospect, given how much time I've spent listening to the new Petey and Stay Inside LPs

Unlike CEOs and other executives, individual contributors understand concert OPSEC