Contemporary drummers: Y’all gotta ease up on the ghost notes.

This is how every audiophile sounds

Made a “meme” for the show tonight. Daddy’s Boy at 9pm, IBW, 6186 N. Northwest Hwy.

“Incredibly aware of the new U2 EP.”

Two shows 6 days apart at the same spot what a world. Daddy’s Boy - 4/3 Blank Banker - 4/9 Illuminated Brew Works, get there while you can! ps - did you know I can make extremely low effort flyers for gigs here are two of them.

My latest for The New York Times: a look at the life & legacy of the late great D. Boon. Visited San Pedro to talk to the surviving Minutemen, Mike Watt and George Hurley, as they continue to carry forward the spirit of Boon and the band. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/a...

(Apologies to @gerardcosloy.bsky.social, Mets fan who is far better at these than I am) Roses are red, U2's singer is Bono This score lasted briefly, Neil Young introduced...

Amazing amazing amazing. Be generous. fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albini...

20 minute versions of “Ghost of Tom Joad” let’s go.

R.I.P. Éliane Radigue, one of the most innovative and radical composers of our century- if you haven’t heard her music yet, prepare for something simultaneously delicate and oceanic. I don’t love the word “genius” but she deserves it.

Velvet Underground - "The Gift"

From a year ago: Wrote about records from Patches, …or Does It Explode?, Future Living, and Hour:

“Incredibly aware of the new U2 EP.”

Killer live performance of the best song from the best album of 2025. @wxyr www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnpc...

Pleased to have taken part in the ongoing Archaic Tapes project. Dig in! archaictapes.bandcamp.com/album/out-no...

Dreamt that Danzing wrote/sang a new Misfits song. The only lyric I remember was “Rode my bike/still feel like shit” at the end of the first verse (think “Theme from a Jackal” voice.)

“Dear Greenland, Here’s free access to one of the worst-designed apps/websites you will ever visit. Your move, Bono. -ny”

Ope. (cc: @masonpitzel.ca)

Still sending donations to VOCAL-TX for anyone who grabs this. Who says Christmas has to end?

Been considering something similar for a minute. Could 2026 be the year of the “short run slimline CD revival”?

(Quickly looking up 350 other records that came out in 2025.)

“Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses. Have a good one, everybody! Couldn’t miss this one this year.

This is the best psychedelic heavy drone-rock Christmas album of the year.

I didn't realize how much I needed to hear a Christmas-themed Water Damage tribute in my life. Water Damage are an amazing band ive certainly annoyed at least 5 people i can name with my repeated recommendations of Water Damage.

For #wprbxmas. All proceeds to be donated to VOCAL-TX. Next year we’ll keep this going with an Xmas tribute to RUSTED SHUT. nealmarkowski.bandcamp.com/album/reel-x...

Thank you, Maurice!

Truly something for everybody!

I’ve been saying this for years. This is the way.

This is 2025’s single greatest moment of television.

“Always for pleasure”

“I think I’d remember if any records came out in 2025, thanks.”

I need more of you to talk about how your favorite guitarist is actually David Kilgour.

One more gig to wrap up the year. Dead Milkmen and instrumental Beasties cover sets. 12/19 at IBW.

AND HE WAS RIGHT TO DO SO

Boston chooses “violence” once again.

“Jonathan Goes Crunchy”

How long must Hollywood make “middle America” wait for a Captain Beefheart biopic starring Jack Black?

“New York’s Alright (If You Like a Weekend of Bill Orcutt Gigs)”

Quality shorts content.

We made a record.

From a year ago: Wrote about records from Sassyhiya, p:ano, Smoker Dad, and Blank Banker:

DB had to bail due to last-minute illness. We’ll see you next time! Still go out and catch Erica, RCW, and TiAS!

Daddy’s Boy hits EA to make a record in 8 days, and you can hear us play the whole thing* in a garage tonight. DM for address. *It’s 11 songs and 18 minutes of music.

Congrats to “Double Nickels” beating “Moving Pictures”!

Djed Leppard / Djed Zeppelin (for the Tortoise freaks)

Very excited for the Minutemen* vs. Rush World Series. *Geographically close enough.

“Michael Jordan Jazz Orchestra”

Water Damage “air guitar” performance so EVERYONE gets to be in the band!

Had a nice time explaining the plot/concept of “This is Spinal Tap” to a young person working the White Castle drive-thru tonight.