It was dark, and I tried to put my sock on upside down.

I'll bet the guy from Pavement is really good at Connections.

I really want to see a graphic novel about a kid and their trusted seal.

It's happening again. If we don't do something,* we're going to run out of butter. *buy more butter

Look what’s happening in July! Get this book!

Something funny that happened is that the Pyrex blew up in my hand while I was making dinner.

The new Mandrake is a girl.

-You know that song "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night"? -The Electric Prunes, sure. -Well, it was like that, except instead of dreams it was drinks.

Last night I was part of a jam session. I’m trying (and failing) to remember if I’ve ever done this before.

Excited about the David J/Pedal Steel Noah collaboration. They sounded great together the other night.

A movie couple that would definitely have a podcast:

Join DIRTBAG, MASSACHUSETTS author Isaac Fitzgerald on June 2nd discussing AMERICAN RAMBLER: WALKING THE TRAIL OF JOHNNY APPLESEED with Pamela Colloff. 🥾🍎 More info + RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople... @isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social @pamelacolloff.bsky.social

“Torchy’s has a good salad” is a sentence I never expected to write.

A thing that Texas cares a lot about is shrimp.

Dear advertisers, people don’t like their food to talk.

Was that guy cleaning his aquarium with a waffle?

I asked A.I. to complete my novel using my own writing style and it did my laundry, went shopping, cleaned the kitchen and spent the rest of the day dicking around online.

Recording tomorrow at a new place. Excited. Stay tuned for results.

Been really enjoying R.J. Decker.

I just had to sit all the way through Who’s Johnny. It is 2026.

My friend Jack and I drove straight from Villanueva, NM, to Chicago, IL. It took 23 hours.* And on the Kid Carnivore tour, a group of us did Austin to Seattle (49 hours) with two cars and five drivers.**

I think the man from Outkast was exaggerating when he said he apologized a trillion times.

Heading to Lawrence, KS, this weekend! If you're in the vicinity, come by and see us play the Replay! And then hang out and have a blast at the rest of Replay-o-Rama, this Friday and Saturday, 3/13 and 3/14. Lots of great bands at a great bar. In Kansas! See you there!

It’s Bandcamp Friday. Why not download this classic?

About to have a busy month! Starting with this short solo show this Sunday, March 1. I’ll be playing three songs as a kind of intermission betwixt some delightful comedy acts. Come have beer and kolaches and laugh and cry*. 7:00 3/1 @ Batch *I’m the reason you’ll cry.

Where the hell is Rose Larkin?!

Another very important and masterfully written story from Pam. Trigger warning: a very difficult read dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault, and killing.

If you see this, post a drummer that starts with B. Birdstuff

Haven’t heard of the arrest of a royal since they had Prince Albert in the can.

I can hear lots of cheering. It is not for me.

Discovered a great new-to-me restaurant last night that’s closing for good tomorrow.

First we need to figure out where my glasses are. Then, we can worry about Waldo.

“Them leaves ain’t gonna blow themselves” is, I assume, what these guys are telling themselves.

Even more masterful in its original Twitter format, but this has one of my favorite jokes ever. youtu.be/uzMa7LZuyAc?...

Finally replaced the gasket on my Gaggia yesterday and cleaned the machine. The shots it’s pulling now are so gorgeous you could put them on the wall, if for some reason I hadn’t drunk them. But I did, so you can’t.

I love that, in a genre known for its braggadocio, Run DMC wrote a song about how it's actually kind of hard to rock a rhyme. youtu.be/l-O5IHVhWj0?...

A week from Sunday at Hotel Vegas! Playing with our friends Dana from Ohio!

Man, today is really going for it, news-wise.

Wait, so elephants is just wearing lifts?

Friday night. Toubin’s going to be in town for one of his swinging’-from-the-rafters NY Night Train Soul Clap dance parties! Cheap Fix opens up at 8:00, followed by Suckling and Pussy Gillette. Then JT and Jake Garcia spin the jams. Come down to the 13th Floor Friday, 1/16, and shake it with us!

Some personal news, as they say: My first book, CATCH THE DEVIL, comes out July 14! I’m hugely grateful to @nytimes.com for naming it as one of the books everyone will be talking about in 2026. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...

Who are your top 10 all-time favorite guitarists? Here are mine in no particular order. Jimi Hendrix Robert Quine Roger Miller Malcolm Young James Honeyman-Scott Elliot Easton Shana Cleveland Allyson Baker Dave Davies Matthew Ashman

I’m playing a solo set next Tuesday 1/6 for the launch party of my friend’s new theater company. I’ll be one of several performers, and it will be a really fun night. Join us at Hyde Park Theatre from 7-10. See you there!

"Every Day, a Leaf Blower," a memoir of working from home.

A wonderful book to buy and enjoy!

What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again? Never say never, but I could once pound 300 lbs. of dirt into an automobile tire with a sledgehammer.

Look how much fun they're having. youtu.be/nbBcXvKvB08?...

We were real lucky to have Steve Cropper. RIP.