"You have to find your voice; you have to find something to say; you shouldn't be somebody who copies somebody else; you should be able to play something that represents you, something that you have to say." Happy Birthday Andrew Cyrille born November 10, 1939

Question for the class: What is your favorite Wire album from each of the band's three distinct eras—1977-1979 / 1987-1991 / 2008-2020?

i do not care about "the future of the democratic party" as discussed by professional-class bozos who cannot see beyond their next client. i care about not living under a military occupation that is disappearing my neighbors

#NowPlaying: Rachel's "Handwriting" (Quarterstick, 2025 reissue) Haven't heard this in nearly thirty years but it's instantly recognizable. R.I.P. Jason Noble and Edward Grimes (not on this record but in Rachel's, gone too soon). www.discogs.com/release/3519... #musicsky #nowlistening #vinylsky

Sun Ra - The Magic City

Don Moye And Son Famoudou Don Moye, member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, practicing while his son plays and runs around the room, Chicago, IL, late twentieth century. The vibraphonist in the background is unidentified.

Starting in 10 minutes on @resonancefm.bsky.social‬ 104.4 FM and DAB in London, and online: the new edition of A Duck in a Tree, the :zoviet*france: radio show player.resonancefm.com

#NowPlaying: Chicago Underground Duo, "Boca Negra" (Thrill Jockey, 2010) Thrilled to find an original of this in Lexington at Pops last Sunday. @thrilljockey.bsky.social www.discogs.com/release/2326... #nowlistening #musicsky #vinylsky #chicagoundergroundduo #robmazurek #chadtaylor

Monster seen in natural habitat! 🧟‍♂️ Doyle caught at Tower Records on Sunset, 1981... the two old ladies flipping thru the Religious racks never knew what hit them 👹 More Misfits macabre-ness: www.bazillionpoints.com/books/preord... #doyle #themisfits #misfits #horrorpunk #walkamongus #hardcorepunk

#NowPlaying: Tortoise, "Oganesson Remix EP" (International Anthem, 2025) @intlanthem.bsky.social www.discogs.com/release/3471... #nowlistening #musicsky #vinylsky #tortoise #internationalanthem

Tonight in Lexington at the Green Lantern STRANGE BIRDS play their first ever show!

Happy 61st birthday to Eric B.! youtu.be/q0LhumOsGwM?...

Yesterday I received and read Camden Joy's "Unforgetting Flubber" which is a great read about my favorite @souledamerican.bsky.social LP. I remember seeing the video below for "All Good Things" super late either as the last shown on "120 Minutes" or the first video after 2 AM: youtu.be/WaEeSL_gZiw

nobody at the venue may look autechre in the eye

The Dust-to-Digital Foundation and the University of California, Santa Barbara have partnered to make thousands of historic recordings freely accessible to the public.

On this day in 1981, we saw The Fall, Nico and Eric Random at Birmingham’s Imperial Cinema. Anton Corbijn took this NME cover photo there. We had a chat with him in the pub beforehand while Barney Hoskyns interviewed Mark E Smith in the corner. Listen to The Fall’s set at ▶️ youtu.be/Y57ibSCtSgM

uhhhhhh... too soon, man.

Reminder that 10x (and growing) as many people in Kentucky work in the renewable energy space kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/01/k...

St John Center in Louisville is hiring Overnight Shelter Monitors for white flag nights this winter. There will be an open interview session at the shelter on November 12th 4pm-6pm. Please re-post / pass along to your networks!

3800 coal employees is just over half the amount of people employed by the University of Louisville, the second largest public university in Kentucky and only the tenth largest employer in Louisville, the largest city in the state.

Make friends and influence people! Get 40% off "You're with Stupid" when you use the code UTXGIFTS. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477321201/

Joni Mitchell was born in Fort Macleod, Alberta 🇨🇦 on this day in 1943. She turns 82 today.

Daniel O'Sullivan & Richard Youngs - "Persian Carpets" LP (vhf#169) - available January 23, 2026!!! Pre-order now from vhfrecords.com, vhfrecords.bandcamp.com, and soon from your preferred retailer/etc! Distributed by the mighty Revolver USA! @nofansrecords.bsky.social

Advocates call on Beshear to stop utility disconnections during the government shutdown kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/07/a... @liamniemeyer.bsky.social

I am very grateful to The Attic for allowing me to get some things off my chest. If I never get to write my Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, this will hold the place for where it would have been. It's the basis for the shows I'll be doing in the EU starting next week. theatticmag.com/features/248...

50TH ANNIVERSARY EDMUND FITZGERALD NEWS YOU CAN USE... THERE'S GONNA BE A LIVESTREAM.

My new EP The Last Sound On Earth is out today!!!! Thank you to big dada records and my friends <3 All music, produced, played and mixed by me. Mastered and additional mixing by Keith Reynaud Cover art and design by @edsunspot.bsky.social heladonegro.lnk.to/thelastsound...

The video for Cruiser's Creek by The Fall was made by Cerith Wyn Evans. It features Leigh Bowery, Alan (Lanah) Pillay, Christine Binnie, Angus Cook and some extras who were recruited by Mark E Smith calling out for help on the Virgin Records shop tannoy #FallFriday (Thread) youtu.be/EuJzPy2M4i0

Misfits, Looney Tunes, and Squalid Criminals" by the group :zoviet*france: One of their albums from 1986 is something my head is in tonight. Rhythms with diamond shaped tone clusters, or something. It’s chill, enjoy! youtu.be/MNLC_jC_ztQ?...

Hello from Bowling Green Kentucky 💚 🐴

New band alert: #Louisville, Kentucky's STRANGE BIRDS carry with them the DIY ethos and punk sensibilities of their earlier years while churning out mature songs that blend together the three friends' extensive and eclectic musical past. Disclosure: my wife is STRANGE BIRDS' drummer, see next post.

#NowPlaying: #FirstListen to Natural Information Society, "Perseverance Flow" (Eremite, 2025). NIS NEVER MISSES. www.discogs.com/release/3541... #nowspinning #musicsky #vinylsky #naturalinformationsociety #eremite

Any #Louisville news media have any insight as to how the FAA 10% flight reduction will affect UPS? I haven't seen any reporting on cargo specifically. I know the entire "rollout" has been absolutely, comically chaotic, but I've seen other cargo carriers state there will be an effect. Any local...

Journalists, politicians, institutions, anyone who is still using X, Grok, or any other Elon Musk entity are actively harming society. Misinformation about the UPS crash Tuesday may not be as harmful as Nazi content, but it is still awful.

One interesting side note of the FAA flight decrease/government shutdown is that if it keeps going for a while, it's definitely going to fuck up fly-in/fly-out tour dates for musicians. EDM artists in particular might be in real trouble! And it's not good for music fans too obviously.

rfk jr seeing a guy nodding off and instinctively doing the "i was never here" shuffle proves his bona fides as a social user of hard drugs

85 year old herbie hancock jogged onstage, did a three hour set with monologues about robots, spent the last 20 minutes pogoing with a keytar, then jogged offstage

Speaking of new #Louisville bands, Mirrorless starts their tour tonight with Shiner at Mag Bar. Go see 'em!

New band alert: #Louisville, Kentucky's STRANGE BIRDS carry with them the DIY ethos and punk sensibilities of their earlier years while churning out mature songs that blend together the three friends' extensive and eclectic musical past. Disclosure: my wife is STRANGE BIRDS' drummer, see next post.

ah man, RIP--a wonderful drummer, akin to Pete Thomas of the Attractions. dynamic (the patterns of "Pulling Mussels from a Shell"), hooky (the intro of "Up the Junction" alone), just suited the songs perfectly.

Nicole Mitchell & JoVia Armstrong at Artspace on Monday for a 60th anniversary celebration of the AACM

Update: Herbie Hancock and his band were phenomenal. Especially great to see Terence Blanchard on trumpet and keys. And yes, there was a 30 minute Herbie-talks-to-the-crowd interlude which annoyed a bunch of people, but it was fine (I knew it was coming thanks to @themountaingoats.bsky.social),

ok, time to help the REAL 305MVP www.gofundme.com/f/sfp8cb

Yeah, sure, because everyone knows it's that Pennsylvania money from Jeff Yass Queen that gets "authentic Kentuckians" like Thomas Massie (born in Huntington, West Virginia) and Rand Paul (born in Pittsburgh) elected here.

going to a big experimental show at the fancy DIY house

Not gonna lie, today hasn't been the easiest of days considering what happened here yesterday. That's why I'm especially grateful we're getting to see Herbie Hancock perform tonight. Will be a nice way to get to think about anything else aside from airplanes, fires, and death.

on that note I’ll be in Chicago tomorrow at Theaster Gate’s Land School w Joshua Abrams & Ben Lamar Gay 7200 S. Dorchester Ave 7 PM come through! www.eventbrite.com/e/melvin-gib...

Great news below from @andybeta.bsky.social that Kelan Phil Cohran and Legacy's "African Skies" is getting reissued! Recorded in '93 but not released until 2010, it's super-expensive if you can even find it, so this reissue is very welcome. www.discogs.com/release/3555...

The owner of a truck service shop recounts being next door to the fiery and deadly UPS crash in Louisville on Tuesday, trapped on the property for hours before he was freed by an officer with bolt cutters.