Almost 1/4 of the way into my year of reading an excessive amount of poetry and I really appreciate in a collection where a poet is reusing a lot of the same words or ideas across the different poems and I want to try to apply that to making music I think

If you are a mutual here in Richmond suffering from existential dread come out to Mortys at 10pm to here @thediscocat.bsky.social play good music and hang out and be taken care of by great bartenders and have good conversations just saying.

lol even though nobody cares, here are ten 45s that I absolutely love to spin at the wrong speed (slow) on the rare chance I get to DJ somewhere... LET THE MUSIC PLAY by Shannon: I actually own like 10 copies of this 45 now. This beat (& song) slowed down is just the most perfect vibes possible

GOOD NEWS FOLKS! WE ARE HAVING SAUSAGE AND FENNEL SOUP TONIGHT!

Correct answer was Three Left Turns vintage shop that has records. Tho I did buy enough disco 45’s at Melody Supreme to pick up a weird record about OTHER moons from the dollar bin

you absolutely should be making art during these horrible times. in fact, it is necessary. unless your grandparents were rich. then you really shouldn't tbh.

You know I’m just now thinking about the connection between Flock Atlanta based and the current chief administrating officer of Richmond previously working in Atlanta city government overseeing the creation of their cop city. Surely that’s just coincidence!

You have enough time to visit exactly one Record store in Charlottesville, Virginia, which one are you going to?

As a lover of loops and self professed looper of spacey shit alone in my room this is a great thread with some fun tracks

PFunk is so wild like what do you mean Bernie Worrell and Junie Morrison are in the same band?

Gotta love fills and variance in the track fade-out

Colonizers are the reason why there is so much tension around speaking cultural languages/certain regional dialects and labeling it as slang or uneducated instead of an actual language system that matters. You know what I say to that? Fuck them.

No nostalgia for imperialism just because it’s so uncouth and incompetent in its current stage. Not stopping it then is why we are here now

THIS IS TONIGHT RVA REBLOG REMINDER! The food here is so good. Really hoping they still have the sausage and fennel soup on hand

TFW you go digging in your v neglected 45 storage that has every rabdom thing you’ve found in 20 years bc you’re looking for a James Brown cut for the gig and stumble across a favorite only to find out it’s some raer Virginia thing Anyways here’s Among The Stars by Les Freres youtu.be/SMeHzvEfRIw

NEW: For the @richmonder.bsky.social, I reviewed city payment records and service contracts to find out just how much Richmond has paid Flock, the notorious surveillance-tech company that makes the ~100 always-on cameras and AI-powered software RPD uses to track cara throughout the city and state.

Reminder for everyone in Richmond, Va this weekend I’m back over at Morty’s in Northside!

I’m not much of an Old Testament guy but pretty sure we are getting this snow right now because Mayor Avula went against the will of the people and thus God in renewing the Flock contract AND increasing the amount allotted in Richmond, Va

If you were to write a 33 1/3rd book, what album would YOU tackle?

Might fuck around and churn out endless dub variants of beats I’m working on and disseminate them like a JA producer. Could be fun way to combat the infinite fiddle of digital variance rabbit holes that Koala lends itself to

TRUST THE FUNGUS. On the PKD tip, the cyberpunk box office bombs warned us and we didn’t listen. Koopa looking like a certain you know who in this classic

Remind me to play this version out more please youtu.be/JK7UG6cuxxQ

We don’t want to see this happen in Richmond, Va which is why a coalition of organizations led @rva-ecosocialism.bsky.social are doing everything they can to Block Flock Chief Edward loves Flock almost as much as Danny Avula loves ChatGPT, but how long before it cause more problems than it solves?

Goodnight, stay safe, do good, take care of each other, fuck ICE.

“If we do not build pyramids, they cannot decapitate us. That is the other lesson we need to learn.” Raúl Zibechi

Cop out answer is Steady Sounds and Plan 9 when it had a basement with Record finders when @geneakamoop.bsky.social ran it, but then again Bk towards the end was killing it… Tough call

Jared is that dude! Never met him but traded mp3s and records for years now

I forgot to HEY RVA this post so lemme do it meow with a flyer for Saturday

Curation? No I’m trying to risk physical and/or psychic damage if I spend long enough in the place

“Any system which says, This is a rotten world, wait for the next, give up, do nothing, succumb — that may be the basic Lie and if we participate in believing it and acting (or rather not acting) on it we involve ourselves in the Lie and suffer dreadfully” -Philip K Dick

“Don’t hate the media, become the media” is one of my favorite Jello quotes as heard when he gave a keynote speech at one of the HOPE’s in early 2000’s (maybe late 90’s)

This is so good! And I love seeing Matthew D Morrison’s work being referenced in terms of Ai bc I think everyone needs to read Blacksound But also everyone should make a point to read Robin on the regular too

N U A N C E

Anyways if anyone reading this needs Tori Amos or Liz Phair 45’s I got you

Speaking of 90’s alt rock, I’m p sure Billy Corgan’s conspiracy against rock is part riffing on the hiphop conspiracy of execs meeting to determine the direction and just that weird “why doesn’t anyone else see my genius” vibes.

I bought more donuts yesterday, even ran into a fiend errr friend like me who wanted to see what else was in those boxes. Got some cool stuff and I can’t decide what the best thing was but it might be the import of Garbage’s “Queer” with an Adrian Sherwood dub I’ve never heard!

The labor of cultural criticism doesn't scale - it takes close reading and the building up of expertise. You know what does scale? Grievance and rage-bait, short hot takes that platforms can monetize as they go viral. Fandom also scales.

Released last year but I’m looking forward to playing it out v frequently it’s the East Coast Affair from dj Fleg featuring many an RVA musician too! Whole album is worth a spin or three youtu.be/oLLobb4YDL0

He’s right you know. Friends and neighbors, that’s where it’s at. Happy belated Ornette Coleman Day #jazzsky youtu.be/AC9tvMeB3MU

I’m not much of a 45 guy by any means however it always feels nice to hit a vein of things I play regularly in a mountain of dubious country and wasted rock. I just now excitedly remembered I scored a copy of “Try It Out” by Gino Soccio during the haze yesterday’s dig youtu.be/WLmoeVQCm4g

Next chance to jam with me playing records for your libidinal listening pleasure: Fri 3/13 at Morty’s Market and Deli Sat 3/14 at Helen’s with Tommy 2600 (D I G I T A L S E T) Both are free, start around 10PM and don’t require you dance but it’d be a lot cooler if you did

Never underestimate a Christian man with a bunch of gear in the 80’s wanting to make some new wave pop and come out sounding like a PPU type jam.

ICYMI: Ken had Adam & Scott on The Sunday Morning Jazz Show on @wrir973fm.bsky.social to talk about the upcoming Ossicles fest and you can catch the replay here! www.wrir.org/2026/03/08/t...

Speaking of new jazz Irreversible Entanglements got a new album dropping on March 27th youtu.be/OW5WqmJoO4Q

Recommended listening for the day

I’m actually planning on making shirts sooooooon

"...not only were the CDC’s crime data less predictive of Flock ALPR placements in Hampton Roads than race and class—they were fully negative predictors. “I cannot emphasize how surprised I was,” he said."

He is good. Buy this.

One slot left and I hear it has YOUR name on it