Somebody told me that here in Rome there’s a monument, built in the 1930s by the fascists, that says “to the poets and the heroes,” meaning military heroes. Kind of a jolt to be in a country where *even the fascists read poetry*.

“MULTOBLAJ KOLOROJ,” new tune NOW at patreon.com/doughty

“SALTY MADCAP,” new tune NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“SNACKY,” new tune NOW at: patreon.com/doughty

“Apocalypse Beverage,” new tune NOW at: patreon.com/doughty

“Get Eroded,” new song on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Oksana Nano,” new tune on Patreon NOW: link in bio, or patreon.com/doughty

“Auctioneer Unit,” new tune on Patreon NOW: link in bio, or patreon.com/doughty

I wrote a thing about how/why I use AI: it’s on my Patreon (public—not behind the paywall): patreon.com/doughty

“Double Face Rip,” new on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Mrs Sheboygan,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Kvin Revivigu,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Koŝmaro de Rizo (Week of Reese, BONUS!!),” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Majesta Rizo (Week of Reese, 4/5)” new on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Neĝulo el Rizo (Week of Reese, 3/5),” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Ekscesa Konsumo de Rizo (Week of Reese, 2/5),” new tune on Patreon NOW: link in bio, or patreon.com/doughty

“Paco aŭ Eble Rizo (Week of Reese, 1/5),” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Librium Brick,” new on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Green Anubis Container,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Beat Em Up (Part Four),” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“ మీ బెడ్ రూమ్ కి వెళ్ళండి,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Monadnock Room,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Murky Diptych,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Melting Down the Hat, or Melting the Hat Down,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

I’m a little surprised to be saying this, but the new Skrillex album is the best piece of long-form music I’ve heard in a long time. It’s almost prog—really one long journey. Got to be listened to in full, in sequence. And the sonics are immaculate. Who’s the mix engineer??

“Caramel Armor,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

Track I produced: UUL feat. Slimeroni, “Sugar Mama,” out NOW on all sonic providers (art by Dr. Slime)

“Lounge Massacre,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Tunicle Cotta,” new tune NOW at: patreon.com/doughty

Always proud when it’s a good night for Mikeys

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Bonus music! “TMFIAP,” on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

BONUS MUSIC! “Zenith Clicker” on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

“Airport lounges” subbed for “cigarettes” in the second verse. One minute in and I’m already mad. #snl50

“Elf Shift,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

David Johansen is one of the most important figures in my entire life. Met him when I was at my lowest, and he showed me basically how to be an actual adult, and still revel in the weirdness of existence. Please pitch in to help this utterly magical human being. www.sweetrelief.org/davidjohanse...

BONUS MUSIC! “Sidecarring,” on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

@mikedoughty.bsky.social and I might have to resurrect Truu Stowray as an act of civil disobedience.

My takeaway from the Grammys is that the music business doesn’t think highly of itself. The Oscars say, “Look at our storied, glamorous world, embodying high and low, grand and intimate, populist and niche, a pinnacle of human expression.” The Grammys say HEY WOW LOOK AT THE MONEY

“Individual Crystals,” new tune NOW at patreon.com/doughty

“Peckinpah Town,” new tune on Patreon NOW: patreon.com/doughty

Three years ago, Andrew “Scrap” Livingston and I did our epic two-month all-improv music residency in LA with an incredible murderers’ row of improvising musicians: Vernon Reid, Money Mark, Mike Watt, Dan Wilson, Billy Martin, Madden “Lil Pepper” Klass, Matthew Milligan, David Levita, Danny Frankel

Fellow Memphis peeps: the Feagins thing? I am not finding any background info—even on Reddit. Why was she fired? Why do all the people who didn’t want her fired support her so fiercely?

This is Eustace, my new social media consultant

Rachel Benbow Murdy will understand me when I say “THE MIND KING *ding*” RIP Richard Foreman

I learned from a NYE DJ that the most recent #1 song recorded in Memphis was “Uptown Funk.” The second most recent #1 song recorded in Memphis came out in 1976. That song was “Disco Duck.”

Did not expect to google “Korean corn dogs near me,” but here, as they say, we are.

Yes, Kendrick won. He’s fantastic. But Drake’s hooks, phrasing, tone: uncanny. I hear Kendrick and think, “That guy’s great,” but I hear Drake songs and add them to playlists, listen repeatedly. Drake’s the only guy who could make the hook of this tune into a *hook*. Also: genius cover.

This is a song I’ve listened to continuously on repeat in 2024. To me the most phenomenal thing about Jensen McCrae is the way she sings vowels. Her vowels are just astonishing. Like burnished brass and cotton wool at the same time.

My favorite music this year was this freaky, aggressive, transgressive, utterly DIFFERENT Brazilian music. I can’t for some reason post the Spotify link, but this is the playlist if you can find it