A career in my beleaguered, collapsing, detested industry will always be worth it for the chance to write sentences like this gem from today’s New York Times. ☄️

They should put Brian Eno’s last name in a crossword puzzle.

Looks like I need to get AI to write “The Lines Between Us 2.”

I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it. All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference. Tanks

Not Bandcamp Friday but here's my Dionne Warwick cover. disappearingink410.bandcamp.com/track/youre-...

Nobody likes being told what to do. YOU Wang Chung tonight, buddy, you’re not in charge of what everybody’s doing tonight

Good morning, journalists

Excited to share that @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social is a Best Arts or Journalism Podcast finalist for the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. @osirispod.bsky.social

Armed agents demand proof of citizenship, taking pictures to feed into a massive surveillance image database, all while wearing a mask themselves.

Must everything in October be "spooky"?

Props to the detective who put it all together.

I was camping without a signal this weekend, but it sounds like the President posted a weird animated video of himself Dave Matthewsing protesters from a jet but the actual military exploded a 155-mm shell over I-5 sending shrapnel all over the veep’s protective detail?

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital. "We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU" www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

It's a great day to read Bartolomé de las Casas's "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies," or, if you're short on time, listen to this Randy Newman song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdg3...

At a youth soccer tourney today, a guy stalked across the field to tell someone, “Curse at my daughter and I’ll f***ing bury you. Under the ground.” I share not to commiserate over American sports culture but to get kudos for my restraint—for not pointing out that “under the ground” was redundant.

@gabrielkahane.bsky.social's 'Heirloom' is out now. The album features the concerto for piano and chamber orchestra 'Heirloom' he wrote for his father, conductor/pianist Jeffrey Kahane, who performs it with The Knights. You can get it and hear it at gabrielkahane.lnk.to/heirloom

This is very good.

Baltimore: I saw a huge meteor while driving up Harford Road last night. I thought it was Starlink or maybe a problem with my brain, but turns out there's a meteor shower. The Draconids last through tonight: watch the north sky. news.maryland.gov/dnr/2025/10/...

ICE detained a U.S. citizen without arrest, and you’ll never guess his last name. Miranda! If I were editing this script, I’d say that was too “on the nose.”

Now with AI, there's a map of a map of a territory. Once AI starts fully eating itself, there won't even be a map.

Local journalists in Gaza remain the world’s only witnesses to the war and its atrocities. They are starved, traumatized, displaced, killed — yet managing to continue reporting from one of the most dangerous places on Earth. niemanreports.org/gaza-journal...

Baltimore Kinks fans: come see an all-Kinks night with Glad Pulses, Starlings, The Jennifers, ZOCKO!, Batworth Stone, and The Lucky Stiffs on Oct 24 at 1919.

NEW INVESTIGATION: Investors have spent years falling in love with the 'debt service coverage ratio' loan. The loans have allowed access to vast sums with few conditions, and now make up 40% of mortgage dollars in Baltimore. Now they're going bad. (Story below ⬇️)

I’ve been out of survey research for years, but this bugs me. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u... One, why not just ask “Do you think America’s political system can still address the nation’s problems?”, then give us the percentages on “yes” and “no”? For the “no” group, you can then ask why…

What we lost when we did away with the copy desk.

Can't believe it's been six years since I wrote this song "during this renegotiation/of what counts as civilization." disappearingink410.bandcamp.com/track/counti...

Amazing what counts as “law enforcement” these days. This one was outsourced to Erik Prince. The prevailing wind of impunity for slaughtering children continues to blow strong across the globe. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...

Good morning to whoever is blazing that J at 8:30 in the Waverly Y parking lot.

Got so excited reading @gabrielkahane.bsky.social on arranging that I'm writing again at @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social: it's about Kahane's new song, Glenn Miller, and how the appearance and disappearance of instrumental passages stoke the fire of a song's meaning. open.substack.com/pub/rearrang...

This features a cameo from none other than Ken Starr, telling his client, "Inappropriate, yes. Criminal, no." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...

On Bandcamp Friday, I recommend @gabrielkahane.bsky.social on active listening. (His Magnificent Bird LP just showed up in the mail--I splurged for Nonesuch's recent flash sale.) And I offer a thread about my music to encourage you to pick something up. gabrielkahane.substack.com/p/are-you-li... 🧵

Bandcamp Friday this week thank god Couple heavy setbacks lately. I’m hoping Friday helps I made Canary’s Full Discography (196 titles; $1,000+ value) $161 until Saturday You could make it your full-time job for a month to listen to all of it. Or buy it for a friend canary-records.bandcamp.com

Is this correct: a convicted felon ordered a lethal strike on alleged felons who had not been arrested or indicted after pardoning felons who attempted, by force, to overturn a legitimate election that he had lost?

Read this, it's excellent.

Your morning image (via x.com/Thinkwert/st...)

Pretty darn good way to start September. m.youtube.com/watch?v=k3cr...

this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following

HEY BALTIMORE HELP THE BOOK THING DO ITS THING

Here we see the distinction between careless and utterly reckless.

This is real good. A band I was in years ago went to see Hayes Carll play. At the merch table afterwards, our bass player said, "We're starting a country band in Baltimore. What should we call it?" In less than a second, Carll said, "Broken Orioles." (We didn't keep it, but someone should use it!)

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. 🇨🇳

Anas Al-Sharif with his daughter, who will now grow up without her dad.

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

Real profile in courage here. What was the 2018 story?

Today, 4:30pm, Micky’s Joint in NE Baltimore. Joseph Bernstein writes a damn good song, and it’s a rare chance to see him. I’ve been playing with Jer and Joe since we were teenagers—so great to sing harmony with old friends.(We’re all 50, come on out and do the Sally O’Malley for us.)

Hope you’ll visit Micky’s Joint in NE Baltimore on Sun. July 27 at 4:30pm. I’ll play a set with two of my best pals from way way back. Joseph Bernstein will play tunes from his great album 1941.

He’s actually named “Blewett.”

This Thursday from 5 to 8pm, come on out to the Lauraville Market! A few local authors will read, including yours truly. I'll also play a couple sets with Glad Pulses.