perfectunion.us. I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the insightful Liz Pelly and the talented crew at More Perfect Union for a fantastic explainer film that dives into how Spotify—and the larger frameworks that musicians depend on—diminish the worth of our work.

paying attention.

What a great Interview ‪@annkpowers.bsky.social‬ did with ‪@jarviscocker.bsky.social‬ This is exactly what a conversation about creativity and life should be... balancing the weight and the lightness.

In this week's chapter of Visionaries With Guitars: Tsunami's @jennytoomey.bsky.social and Kristin Thomson, and how they helped indie music adapt and push forward into the digital future. bit.ly/4kAYDVc

If you read one thing today....This short perfect piece by @mariabustillos.bsky.social is one of the cleverest, clearest and cleanest descriptions of how we regularly hand the reins of our lives over to the charismatic advertisements of the tech-huxters. flaminghydra.com/movie-review...

“There is a loneliness that can be rocked.” — Toni Morrison “If there is a loneliness that can be rocked, I want to punk rock it with you.” — Jenny Toomey I've got a new website...come take a look. Sign the mailing list so that when social crumbles we can find each other. jennytoomey.com/news

This 60 Minutes piece is worth watching. I wept! Brilliant musicians compete to play with the US Marine band find their concert canceled because of this administration's cruel executive order animated by a fear of having to compete in an environment of true equity. www.cbsnews.com/video/marine...

Tsunami in Notable 2024 boxset list with these dum-dums.

Found a Grenadine (@jennytoomey.bsky.social) 7" in Upside Down Records in Deptford today. It has Teen Beat and Simple Machines catalogue flyers from 1992 tucked in it. The Simple Machines one mentions selling @slumberlandrecords.bsky.social releases on mail order

Agree! Just this... makes it a must listen. "Cara’s may be best known as a longtime Billy Bragg collaborator, but she’s played with an array of other outstanding artists, among them Everything But The Girl,Au Pairs ...etc"

I agree with these demands.

I found myself at an AI conference at what was once the Experience Music Project last week. So many music and tech memories came up from the past 30 years. I felt how my optimism turned to deep cynicism.

I've been listening to the Better Offline podcast the past few days, binging through all the episodes from its debut last year. It's SO validating to someone explain that yes, in fact technology IS ACTUALLY getting worse, it's not just that I'm getting older. I cannot recommend it enough

I never got into twooooooter but in the two days where I've poked around on bsky I've gotten a sense of what my friends who loved it seemed to out of it. Like this concentration of awesomeness right here.

WTF?

It seems strange that biologists would want to participate in this. @carlbergstrom.com

I like all birds but when I see Crows I'm pretty sure their way to do something particularly interesting.

When this legitimate grief and tension threatens to shut me down... I digitally transfer another of the punk tapes that set me on this road. There's a reason I didn't throw them away. I somehow knew I'd need to listen to them right now. History rhymes.

Thanks Molly, www.washingtonian.com/2024/11/08/d...

Fake news.

I wrote this article and it just gets truer and truer! Take that AI correction bot.

It takes a village to remember things that are true.

Fun fact about me: For a few years, Jenny Toomey worked in the Washington Post's advertising department, and I'd gotten to know her through friends. So when Casady & Greene shipped a Mac MP3 app called SoundJam, I got her to review the program that Apple later bought and turned into iTunes.

I would totally NOT drop the bomb on this awesomeness.

It seems they prefer speaking power to truth.

Ok, My music people... are there short cuts to find one another? Asking for a friend.

It only took about 30 years, but Tsunami is back in the Big Takeover! Now I can get behind a zine that's been publishing since the 80s!!!! Tsunami - Loud Is As (Numero Group) Go Jack! bigtakeover.com/recordings/t...

In the short term, I will try to be a regular poster while I find my people here. If you are looking for music stuff we've got a separate bluesky for that... TsunamiDC

Just what I needed!!!! Now I can spend more time on social media!