I reviewed the latest record from Ariel Pink—an artist who has meant a great deal to me, and whose career has been destroyed by his own awful beliefs

Buck Meek on Jokermen today — this is a good one

Jokermen x Time Crisis x Joel

i have reviewed the new Big Thief album out this Friday—an unassuming little record destined to be remembered as (maybe) their best

i have reviewed the new Big Thief album out this Friday—an unassuming little record destined to be remembered as (maybe) their best

pretty good song

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today on Hard Fits: an interview w/ @ositanwanevu.com the political savvy of Zohran’s style, the phoniness of John Fetterman, and the flattery of being mistaken for a Republican

I am in @aquariumdrunkard.com today writing about Cass McCombs’s exquisite new record, as well as the city I live in and love

eight dollar iced latte

today on Never Ending Stories: The MJ LENDERMAN Interview falling for “Planet Waves,” Bob vs. Neil, what the M in “MJ” stands for, and much more

i know it was the 70s but it’s still wild that Dennis Wilson wrote an entire song about how much he loved doing statutory rape

this is the kind of sentence you love to stumble upon in the depths of Wikipedia pages for disreputable late era Beach Boys records

Prior Lake, Minnesota Cohasset, Massachusetts North Tonawanda, New York whoever is handling booking for Al Jardine deserves a raise—no one in the game doing it like this

today on Jokermen: The Beach Boys // ADULT/CHILD Brian Wilson’s legendary never-released LOVE YOU followup—hamburgers, hot dogs, Frank Sinatra, de-transitioning anthems, and “Shortenin’ Bread” 🍞

I have given my fit pics and associated commentary a proper home on Substack

modern classic someone let me write the @stereogum.bsky.social 10 year anniversary post

the perfect album details Wikipedia section doesn’t exi—

today on Jokermen: “SMiLE: The Rise, Fall, & Resurrection of Brian Wilson” with author David Leaf very special chat with the man who knows the story better than anyone

today on Jokermen: the second half of our PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE deep dive with @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social

today on Never Ending Stories: THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ interrogating a bleak, beautiful, nuanced record — plus Albert Grossman, Phil Ochs, and James Dean

Swimming in deep waters with my friends Ian and Evan. Pacific Ocean Blue, one of my all-time favorites, tune in.

today on Jokermen: Dennis Wilson // PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE w/ @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social - Side A stoked to have Jason back with us for a soulful chat about a soulful man. Side B coming Thursday on Patreon

today on Never Ending Stories: @stevenhyden.bsky.social’s instant post-show dispatch from Bob Dylan live in Mankato & Eau Claire

today on Jokermen: David Longstreth the muddy line between himself and Dirty Projectors, the past/present/future of the Bay Area, text vs subtext, starting a Substack, Rick Rubin, and his fantastic new record

i am interviewing cool guys about how and why they look cool first up: True Anon’s Yung Chomsky

i am interviewing cool guys about how and why they look cool first up: True Anon’s Yung Chomsky

today on Jokermen: Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast a delightful conversation about the perils of AI art, giving Jim Keltner Korean food recs, the tour bus as Thomas Mann’s “Magic Mountain,” and how Billy Joel just writes bangers (plenty of Bobtalk too)

another month, another installment of MY BACK PAGES: suiting, Tulsa, and Dan Bejar

"X marks the spot, the whole thing's an X." @ianjgrant.com at @aquariumdrunkard.com on Destroyer's Dan's Boogie. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/03/24/d...

and people say The Beach Boys can’t write good lyrics

collected thoughts on all the best stuff I saw at the Bob Dylan Center

The first night of Bob Dylan's 2025 tour was too momentous for just one guest reviewer - so I convened 15 of the sharpest Dylan minds I know to share their scene reports from Tulsa!

Bob Dylan Center highlights: - Bob @ Letterman in ‘84 - various Jokerman 7”s - original Jokerman masters - draft of Infidels credits (including the mysterious phrase “Hip White Boy”)

today on NES: instant post-show thoughts on Bob Dylan’s first show of 2025

glad to be in @aquariumdrunkard.com today with a write up of the superb new Destroyer record and Dan Bejar easing into his late era

Destroyer :: Dan’s Boogie aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/03/24/destroyer-dans-boogie

glad to be in @aquariumdrunkard.com today with a write up of the superb new Destroyer record and Dan Bejar easing into his late era

today on Jokermen: THE BEACH BOYS LOVE YOU with Matt Farley the record we were born to podcast about

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