Still pretty full.

Review: LCD Soundsystem at Knockdown Center Thursday night:: https://www.tumblr.com/thebowerypresents/800843032910020608/lcd-soundsystem-kick-off-12-night-knockdown-center #livemusic #concertreviews #musicwriting #lcdsoundsystem

I’m obviously in favor of using middle initials but, like, you don’t HAVE to.

Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Live at Poolen, Copenhagen, Denmark on 2025-11-14 https://archive.org/details/kglw2025-11-14.SBD

Home from a third night in Port Chester. My 16th and final Widespread Panic show of 2025 was a solid B+. Two very solid sets, a monster Machine > Barstools (my favorite!) and Tie Your Shoes > Heaven, a Todd Snider tribute, and a seriously packed house. I […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Winner

Widespread Panic Live at The Capitol Theatre on 2025-11-22 https://archive.org/details/wsp2025-11-22.ak50.flac24

Last night: Friday night Panic in a packed Capitol Theater. Show didn't move me quite like many of the others I've seen this year, a little flat at times, sound wasn't quite dialed in, scant jamming, and not my favorite setlist in terms of song selection […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

late period wetlands (& latest period CBGB) reunion at the sultan room for RANA, still sounding pretty epic in their between-the-cracks jam/rock shoulda-been-yuge canyon. #nyc

Widespread Panic Live at The Capital Theater on 2025-11-21 https://archive.org/details/wsp2025-11-21.mk4_24bit

The stretch between Labor Day and Thanksgiving this year has been, for me, a livemusic nirvana. Not sure I could've written it up better. The weekends alone have been off the freakin charts - almost every single one of em between then and now - and the […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

The richest man on this planet "made" an AI that has such clear instruction about how it ALWAYS needs to praise Elon Musk over anything else Soon Elon will become the first trillionaire on Earth and he could fix a lot of world issues but instead he is building garbage bots that praise him into […]

Last night: LCD Soundsystem at Knockdown Center. I mean, what else can you say? Still the best at what they do. Opening night of 12 and they crushed it. Feel like sometimes there are lulls, but this was just nonstop awesome. Great setlist, great flow, great […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Tim Cook attended a state dinner Trump threw for MBS. Does Cook have the time to condemn Trump’s call for the murder of Democratic Senators and Representatives? https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115583065587879188

"ha ha bitches, I got a new scooter" is a Top 20 line of the 21st century

Last night: exactly twenty years and a day since I last saw them, caught American Analog Set and twas like they never left. Great set last night of entrancing indie rock, steady rhythms and dreamy instrumentation. Always loved their use of vibraphone, and to […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

There are good days at work, there are bad days at work (hopefully not too many!), but there is no question that the BEST day at work is the day we have pies for Thanksgiving. Friends, today is that day. Happy pie day!

Crossed "saw Sting" off the list last night. Many (but not all) of the hits. Fun and nostalgic at Mohegan Sun. #nycfreaks #livemusic #sting

A weirdly on point microcosm of MAGA’s whole toxic nostalgia trip. All those things always sucked. You thought they were good because you were twelve. Rinse & repeat.

Someone noted the other day that one of my very favorite movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, came out in 1981. It was set in 1936, 45 years earlier. A film premiering today that is set 45 years ago is set in....1981.

NYC, good to see you again! Don't worry, as nice as other cities may be, you'll always be my #1.

The number of people having a beer at the Gothenburg airport at 9am on a Sunday morning is impressive to say the least.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/115555094085600179 #fakejambands (now that I can quoteboost, I'm ready to #fakejambands again)

Hearing that Todd Snider passed away. Tragic. Brilliant songwriter mind and an entertaining and engaging live show. Hard Working Americans was a helluva supergroup and now two of em are gone way too soon.

Greetings from Sweden...

I have MUCH to say about this trip, but if the KGLW rave tour comes to the USA (when??)... a religious experience on par with PH123093.

A perfect day.

My review of Billy Strings' Rochester show is up on NYS Music: https://nysmusic.com/2025/11/13/billy-strings-melts-the-snow-to-grass-in-rochester/ @nystatemusic.bsky.social #livemusic #bluegrass #BillyStrings

Having a great time in Copenhagen. Louisiana Museum was as advertised. But... They don't have magnets in the gift shop! Major wtf! from me. I thought the whole raison d'etre of a museum gift shop was to sell me magnets to put on my fridge. I won't say the […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Imagine trying to convince someone a decade ago that this sentence would be a 100% literally accurate description of the American political situation.

Donald Trump visited Jeffrey Epstein’s house for the articles.

Exactly this:

if only there was a neil young song title that succinctly conveyed the idea that the below event is happening THIS VERY EVENING to celebrate his 80th! gonna be awesome. https://heads.social/@bourgwick/115503321228867566

Friends, I want you to know that after a long overnight of travel and navigating to my hotel via public transport, I... literally dropped my shit and immediately went to see livemusic. Very cool free afternoon session with Joe Lovano, Thomas Morgan, and the […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

important! first tape (that i've seen) of gillian welch & dave rawlings doing "wharf rat," rawlings nominally singing lead (but with lotsa welch), recorded a few weeks ago in glasgow […] [Original post on heads.social]

Josh Marshall, among the most astute political observers, has thoughts on the Democrats' cave-in. Yes, he says, they caved in -- but in key ways they still won. I'm skeptical of this argument, but hope he is right about the longer-range effect […]

Earlier this year on a trip to visit my son, I got bumped for a rather significant (for me, at least) sum. It's allowed me to take a few extra trips this year that I def wouldn't have otherwise, the biggest of such (and pretty much the last) I'm about to embark on. (assuming no issues with […]

This is wild, just how LITTLE the NYPD shoots. There’s a lot to criticize abt the NYPD, but this seems laudable. It also seems aligned w another fact I don’t fully understand, that while ~80% of all homicides in the US are caused by a gun, in NYC it’s basically ~50%.

Have a flight this evening and super curious how delayed it will be and whether I'll miss my connection. Very excited for the trip, though. Stay tuned...

Spent the late afternoon at the Brooklyn Folk Festival, which I love on so many levels. It's very much a folk fest and very much a Brooklyn one. Love the church setting, the DIY vibes, the warmth of the scene, and, of course, the excellent music. Many […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

One big lesson from Mamdani's victory: Don't be afraid of billionaires. Make billionaires afraid of you. Take them on, don't back down. Billionaires from Musk on down used all their tricks and failed. Democrats are trained to lust after billionaire money, but courage has tremendous value.

Can't remember a political litmus test quite like the mayor-elect of NYC. You give me two sentences about how you feel about him and I think I can safely deduce most of your sociopolitical philosophy and worldview circa 2025. Adding him to my 21st century "broke people's minds" shortlist.

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

Me, blathering at length about WSP Halloween... https://www.osirispod.com/podcasts/bluest-tape/bluest-tape-143-down-the-rabbit-hole-with-aaron-stein/ #livemusic #WidespreadPanic

Last night: Cyro Baptista 75th birthday celebration at Rose Theater. Lively, ramshackle, all over the place, but full of joy... kind of like Cyro. Trey sit-in was fun and brought out the phans (for better or worse). It was a fun night and had some highlights […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Rich Ruth Live at Lost Lake on 2025-11-04 https://archive.org/details/richruth2025-11-04.matrix

October, another ridiculous month of new music releases of which I am still making my way through. Some of my favorites... with a bit of an unintentional theme, a quartet of under-the-radar instrumental albums: Yuhan Su -- OVER the MOONs The Second Hand […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

i realize car dealership owners are his demographic but holy shit lol