Happy 70th to the great Lee Ranaldo! A few years back I interviewed Lee and Steve Shelley for TIDAL … I miss writing for TIDAL I covered some kool stuff tidal.com/magazine/art...

RIP Catherine O’Hara … seen here in scorcese’s ‘after hours’ - the late John heard was in this too … damn youtu.be/MsKaN_QrVT8?...

Yeah the president sucks he’s a war pig fuck youtu.be/eWzIlCJAw-o?...

What the fuck are @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov doing there’s executions in the street we need real leadership

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen Sonic Youth REM Replacements Mudhoney fIREHOSE

Ok jeopardy was too cool with the ‘a cult band’ category tonight … the Melvins!!??

Happy birthday Robert Palmer youtu.be/e7tMoOJbc-A?...

MPLS!! Fuck ICE youtu.be/pbs220UC2HM?...

Big crime in DC at the White House … YLT doing Neil youtu.be/FL0DUlADG4U

‘Criminals in the White House’ youtu.be/7NpONnv2V0Q?...

Miss this place!

This might be the only time Paul Shaffer and his band didn’t fuck up a performance on letterman … Flat duo jets rule youtu.be/fyPxiTRQVVQ?...

Happy 38th b day to Mudhoney … never ever get sick of the song youtu.be/yun1IlBnDmY?...

‘Marty supreme’ was really good but there’s only one movie that can have ‘everybody wants to rule the world’ play at the end youtu.be/B1FMJdqqLiM?...

Happy bday Paul Westerberg ‘income tax deduction, hell of a function’ youtu.be/ftTOEJfzdq0?...

For yr Xmas Day reading! I blurbed about 25 awesome experimental records for 2025 for @treblezine.bsky.social ! Tons to dig in to like Orcutt/Miller/Shelley,Laura Cocks,Zeena Parkins/Cecilia Lopez,Yowie,Blank Hellscape,Royal Arctic Institute,Zachary Cale and more! www.treblezine.com/the-25-best-...

Happy b day to the bass king Mike Watt ! came to play youtu.be/TZF4PoDeF3k?...

I wrote about the Huskers live box set on @numerogroup.bsky.social and The Fluid reissues on @subpop.bsky.social here! Both must-haves … and all the others here too I didn’t write about!

Check it out stoked that I contributed some words to @treblezine.bsky.social best songs of 2025 list with glowing blurbs for Black Eyes, Circuit Des Yeux, bar italia, Tunde Adebimpe & FACS … dig into the whole list !

I dig the Flea song but can i get the all instrumental version youtu.be/TmyjzvQv5bA?...

This was a proper country once.

What Steve said! 👇Reg is a killer guitarist too

Fun fact - Udo Kier and Cannibal Corpse were both in ‘Ace Ventura Pet Detective’ RIP Udo 💔

Who would look weirdest standing and playing guitar … Ribot, Orcutt or Halvorson

This book rules and one of the best revelations is William Reid watches ‘Seinfeld’ www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/willi...

Tubi can fuck all the way off with the ICE Barbie commercials while I watch movies

The Ginn Black Flag NY Times article has me looking back on that time I interviewed the great Chuck Dukowski when FLAG played NYC … FLAG is the real Black Flag … my VV editor at the time wanted me to get a hold of Ginn to get ‘his side’ … no thx I’m team FLAG www.villagevoice.com/flags-chuck-...

Last thing this world needed was a profile of the current kidz bop version of Black Flag and an interview with Greg Ginn in the New York Times 🤮

I’ve been informed someone is impersonating me on X Twitter … I’ve finally ‘made it’ as a music writer ! 🤣

WE FINALLY GET TO FIND OUT WHO KILLED LAURA PALMER TONITE. HELL YES.

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Hiya! Honored that @treblezine.bsky.social has let me write lots of words about a bunch of great experimental records released over the last several months or so! Do check it out … tons of awesome stuff here to dig into …

The Lemonheads' 'Love Chant' is the unexpected feel-good comeback of the year www.treblezine.com/t...

Hey I wrote this! The new lemonheads record and Evan dando’s memoir ‘rumors of my demise’ are both awesome and so worth listening to and reading!

If you dig totally bat shit crazy, mind numbing precision, guitar riffs every which way done in the loosest most elastic way possible this album is for you .. Yowie ‘taking umbrage’ on @skingraftrecords.bsky.social one my albums of the year yowie.bandcamp.com/album/taking...

Seeing an Unsane poster in the background of a law & order ep and now I’m listening to Unsane … I wonder if Lenny briscoe was a fan

I second this! Great record that explores real world horrors thru a bright synth-pop lens … catchy as heck stuff

All systems GO!

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Tonight jeopardy had ‘3 letter music groups’ category and I can’t be the only person here hoping for ‘what is DNA’

Subb O)))

For @treblezine.bsky.social I chatted with reformed posthardcore greats Black Eyes who have a great new record out today on @dischord.com , first in 20 years, called ‘Hostile Design’ and it rules .. a must grip www.treblezine.com/black-eyes-i...

Another bandcamp fri rec: the new lp from Animal, Surrender led by the rhythmic bass boom of Peter Kerlin of Sunwatchers and Rhyton’s Rob Smith - minimal post rock post jazz from the Slint early tortoise school …. Entrancing stuff ! animalsurrender.bandcamp.com/album/a-boot...

Happy belated 76th b day to the great Dick Hell! youtu.be/4_obDi3QaO8?...

For yr bandcamp Friday … the new one from Yowie is must-hear insanity! Superhuman tech-prog brain-scrambling genius … 🔥🔥🔥 yowie.bandcamp.com/album/taking...

For your bandcamp Friday … the new Sam Prekop (of The Sea & the Cake) record out last week is hypnotic, sun-kissed modular synth rhythms and grooves delight … samprekop.bandcamp.com/album/open-c...

Hey tack this gem onto your Bandcamp Friday wish list … I reviewed the new nonstop fun and awesome record from @guerillatoss.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social for @treblezine.bsky.social … it features the guy from Pavement and the dude from Phish! Must grippage www.treblezine.com/guerilla-tos...

Can we expect a 2026 SY reunion / ‘Washing Machine’ tour? Ha 😉

Gary Cohen national hero