This entire weekend

Happy 10th anniversary of the night I was interviewed by a talking squirrel puppet alongside Mark Robinson from Unrest and a guy who claimed he was "Gene Simmons from the rock brand KISS." 📷 by @bsearles.bsky.social

The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!

Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry

Listen to the wise Mr. @michaelazerrad.bsky.social. Jenn is a real one, and her new Flock of Dimes LP (on @subpop.bsky.social) is phenomenal. I caught her with her current FoD backing band last night in Somerville, MA, and the sold-out show was deeply moving. Not to be missed.

See you all at Sleeping Village this evening, for the third and final Chicago show of this Silkworm run. Doors at 8, Dianogah on at 9. Here's a video @bsearles.bsky.social shot last night of a Comsat Angels cover... More gems on his YouTube! youtu.be/XGvaA2Cj_VU?...

Oh no. What a legend. All living X-Men fans have been affected by his X-Factor run in some way, whether by reading the books themselves or through osmosis, via their impact on the universe at large.

“At least I’m not retiring anytime soon” is certainly a thought I’ve never had before. But here we are.

The greatest swordsman who ever lived

Done! Not the first, but also from Boston. :-) Felt good to use my telnet client again.

the Signal fiasco is a good reminder that while these people are destructive, and cruel, and bigoted, and petty they are also really, really stupid

AI-powered auto-captioning really is getting better every day. #thisisradioclap

Holy hell. Utterly infuriating.

I've seen Ratboys play six unreleased songs from their upcoming new album over three shows the past few months, and even if all the other songs suck it'll be on lots of end of year lists. Five reposts (modest goal, but would be five more than 99% of my posts get 🫠) and I'll post a thread of them.

This is what being an ally looks like. Thank you, @keating.house.gov.

Well done, @keating.house.gov A true ally doesn’t just watch—they stand up. I’ve accidentally misgendered someone at my daughter’s school before. It happens. The moment I realized, I apologized and made sure not to do it again. Rep Keith Self did this on purpose. He meant to be hurtful.

Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:

840 Providence Hwy, Dedham, MA 02026

Based Hellboy.

My book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion is now available for pre-order! Out 8/26 via St. Martin's Press. Pre-orders are so important for a book’s success, and I’m so appreciative for the early support. ➡️➡️➡️ read.macmillan.com/lp/such-grea...

Boston-area people, if you're looking for V-Day plans, here you go: A covers-only evening at @deepcutsrocks.bsky.social. Ltd-edition bands doing songs by the Magnetic Fields, Alanis Morissette, & Chappell Roan. I'm drumming in 69 Fireflies, & singing a little, too. But don't let that dissuade you.

Thanks to all for your kind remembrances on this awful day. Words will come later. Only feelings at the moment. Mourn and remember him but don’t forget to celebrate too. We won’t see his like again. The man from another place has gone home. #DavidLynch #TwinPeaks

I wrote about David Lynch -- what his work meant to me, what interviewing him was like, what I learned from him, and what I'm so eternally grateful for. RIP 💚 (Also in this post, a list of resources to help those affected by the LA fires). burner-account.ghost.io/rip-david-ly...

once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish

I... never knew this. Until this moment. And to say I'm well into adulthood is putting it mildly.

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

Master doc of mutual aid groups helping people and animals on the ground in LA. Please share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

What is even happening.

Honestly, these two memes are the best summary of DS9 anyone would ever need.

We’re living in a 70’s dystopian film about an awards show for computers

In late 1979, my 5th grade teacher (shout out Ms. Wilson) had each of her students write a letter to someone they admired. I chose Jimmy Carter. The letter & photo response meant a lot to me at the time, and my admiration has only grown since then. Farewell to one of the good ones.

matthew sweet has written some things that have moved me a great deal, but none quite like today’s update, in this specific week of this particular year. certainly if you know his music, but even if you only know his name, even a little, it is worth your time to read. i promise. gofund.me/4e2cf86a

Back in the Day: an archival tribute to the late Hamish Kilgour William Daymond uncovers some unreleased tracks from the Flying Nun and Chris Knox archives at Turnbull Library to mark the anniversary of Kilgour's two years ago natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/b...

400+ years after the "First Thanksgiving" most Americans have no idea that the Wampanoag people are still here. My tribe, the Aquinnah Wampanoag, is on Martha's Vineyard and we're still fighting for our land and rights. We’re also doing some cool stuff. 🧵👇 if you’d like to learn more & support us

Just a reminder that Amazon workers are striking tomorrow through Monday, and that none of the “deals” are good enough to justify crossing the picket line.

so i got a call earlier this week and i am psyched to say that post-Bruins today i will be zipping across town to DJ the SHORESY FALL CLASSIC! it's gonna be a crazy day but i'm a huge fan of both Letterkenny and Shoresy so it was an instant yes here we go for game one!

Here’s the New York Times adopting the fascists’ “deep state” propaganda. The New York Times has failed our country.

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TONIGHT! Straight out of the box, we go LIVE from Tubby’s House at 8pm US Central Time. Please join @emmaswiftsings & me (& possibly Tubby himself) on @stageit for an hour of songs and babble. Tonight’s a benefit for Matthew Sweet, recovering from a stroke. Any requests? www.robynhitchcock.com/tour

Restarting my Bluesky presence with the only thing that made me laugh last week. Couldn’t resist.

big ol' thanks to @bsearles.bsky.social for adding "Story of A Supergoup" by @matthewhunter.bsky.social and his Dusty Fates to the May 2024 Bradley's Almanac mixcloud!

We are off and running live from the dining room table with year 35 of the 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show! Merry Christmas, all. listen.wprb.com

* Her name is SALLY SNOWMAN * The the first established lighthouse in America is the last one to stop using a human keeper * She believes "we are all beacons of light. We are all lighthouses from our heart space." Sally Snowman, thank you for your service. www.wbur.org/news/2023/12...

it's a challenge for many journalists to acknowledge musk was always a racist piece of shit because they'd have to engage in some introspection into their own role propping up his supergenius engineer mythology for fifteen straight years, and we wouldn't want that

Repost with one of the greatest villains in cinema history #filmsky

4/7 combo