Ticket for Jonathan Richman (!) at Baby’s All Right (!!) acquired.

Listening to NEXTC soundcheck at Littlefield and the song selection thus far (The Meeting Place, Love on a Farmboy’s Wages) has been most enjoyable.

Intriguing to see the great Eaux Claires (the festival) mysteriously post on Instagram...

Golden Smog covering Brian Wilson last night at their joyous Bowery Ballroom show.

Back from a Thanksgiving away. Now playing at the bar on a rainy afternoon: Planted a Thought by Arthur Russell

Just provided supporting evidence for the recent WSJ article on cousin walks

Happy Thanksgiving from the Macy’s Parade.

I am seeing very little online chatter about the rumored first Triumph tour since 1993

Sitting here listening to so many beautiful songs that Mani gave us, with the Stone Roses and Primal Scream both. RIP.

1. This is awesome, 2. For us older heads that’s the Copps Coliseum

Nice Nugs piece from my pals at @deciderdotcom.bsky.social: decider.com/2025/11/18/n...

I think my favorite Go Betweens album is… The Friends of Rachel Worth

Go blue

Orcutt is god

Just subscribed!

Split Enz announces first Australian tour in 20 years: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-10/split-enz-reform-australia-tour-2026-neil-tim-finn-tickets/105985202

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.

Flat Duo Jets!!

Brunson over Conley, Knicks over Wolves, MSG 11/5/25.

Maybe it’s really for the best that Eric Adams never moved to the city.

So far at the coffee shop this morning: America by Simon and Garfunkel, My Little Corner of the World by Yo La Tengo, That Summer Feeling by Jonathan Richman.

BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance. Follow AP for live updates.

4th Ave and Union St, New York City Marathon mile 7ish

Fifty years ago today, the greatest headline in NYC history. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...

The Jays and Dodgers will break for Christmas Eve to share a drink in no man’s land, show each other photos of the family they left back home, before heading back to their respective trenches.

Middle of the night baseball Bluesky.

Finally.

What a fantastic photo.

In case anyone is wondering, LG Twins won this morning at historic Jamsil Stadium (being razed after this season) to take a 2-0 lead over the Hanwha Eagles in the Korean Series.

The Beta Band, all cosmic grooves at the Metro in Chicago.

Ticket for SUGAR acquired!

I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once. And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.

Saturday evening quality time with Deadbase and May ‘74

I always say, the middle 8 is crucial in college football. Middle 8 seconds, of course.

No Kings in Park Slope/Windsor Terrace Brooklyn.

For any freaks near the greater Gowanus area, Scott Devendorf and I will be spinning live Grateful Dead at Threes Brewing this evening 10/16 in the main bar from 7-11. Free, just a good hang. And check out this awesome poster by the impeccable @dnorsen.bsky.social! We even made shirts + stickers. ⚡️

They’re selling postcards of the hanging

Go Jays Go, from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn #BlueJays

Nels Cline Concentrik Quartet ripping it up at Littlefield in Gowanus, Tom Rainey on drums a dream

A wonderful and necessary book. I've been friends or colleagues with a wonderful variety of autistic folks over the years - people i value, love and respect. This book helped me know their worlds a bit better and is beloved by many of them. An exceptional piece of nonfiction writing by a great man.

Blades "air mobility activation" for the Ryder Cup was a goddamn plague. A nonstop stream of extremely loud helicopters flying between Manhattan's heliports and the golf course in Farmingdale, focused over a few routes in Brooklyn, Queens, and Nassau. Here's a @flightradar24.com timelapse.

College football.

Entire stadium singing along to Stacy’s Mom pre show music at Chappell Roan Forest Hills

Well, Golden Smog ticket for the Bowery Ballroom acquired.

Ticket for Yo La Tengo Hanukkah Night 5 (12/18) acquired!

important PSA: @actualylt.bsky.social hanukkah tickets on sale this friday, with no-fee tix at record grouch in greenpoint. see you at the bowery ballroom in december!

Will never not be amazed by some of the positives of our modern world. Began the day in a taxi speeding through Seoul and wrapping it up at my local, thirteen time zones away.

Drinking a beer on a Busan beach, listening to wondrous Eddy Grant songs

Greetings from Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul - perfect evening for baseball after a full 36 hours of rain. Doosan Bears hosting NC Lions. No playoff implications here but a fab atmosphere.

have sensed some confusion re: the origins of stomp clap that i'm all too happy to clear up maxread.substack.com/i/170106944/...