I've never had an AI chatbot (which I only use when forced in customer service interactions) offer a useful answer, only falsehoods and feedback loops. It's the most 'Brazil'-ass technology to yet exist, portends of worse to come, and anyone talking in neo-luddite terms now is on the right track.

Terrible news about the passing of the great Louise Lasser. A completely one of a kind talent, and a tragic loss. I was already prepping to start a free Mary Hartman screening series at Dream House Bar next Monday, but it now obviously doubles as a loving tribute to the memory of Louise Lasser.

Can't wait to read this one! Crispin is a great old pal and Legs and the world he navigated in the 1970s has been a point of fascination for me for about three decades now, so this is a match made in... well, the CBGB bathroom, I guess.

Beano #575, July 25, 1953

People who play their music or video loud enough for others to hear it on public transit deserve the firing squad

I quietly become unduly vexed whenever someone describes my graphic design as "retro" or "throwback", even when they mean it as a compliment. Buddy, there's good design and bad design, it ain't my fault you spend your sad days looking at the bad stuff and thinking it's the baseline

HIPPOPOTAMUS HOLLERS FOR HOTDOGS?

50 years ago. I was mobbed in San Franciso right around this time. It was crazy how many people would slap me and yell at me for being so mean to my mother. And then irony died.

Just found out that my first piece for Esquire, a eulogy for Lou Reed which embraced Lou's most cringe recordings, has been scrubbed from the web.Also can't find it in my Google Drive, though I did find the copy I emailed to the editor in 2013. Should probably bootleg print this old stuff.

Beano #914, January 23, 1960

Spinning some sweet and soulful sounds at the high brunch hours, 11a-3p, tomorrow at Radio Room on NE 10th and Alberta. Come say hi if you're around!

Lord help me, I'm back on Instagram. In the frenzy of my returning to Portland, I was offered no less than four gigs this month alone, so I figure I gotta promote 'em somehow. If you, too, are a Zuccslave, gimme a follow: www.instagram.com/dustinkrcato...

Forgot to acknowledge on here that I am in Portland now. If you can say the same, say hi sometime!

Here’s a little snippet of @dustinkrcatovich.bsky.social and me last night at the Electric Room. Super fun evening 🌚🌝

Golden Brown Feelings ( @goldenbrownmusic.bsky.social + @dustinkrcatovich.bsky.social ) making beautiful underground sounds last night in Louisville, CO.

Tomorrow night!

Even closer now, this coming Friday in lovely Louisville!

Beano #1288, March 25, 1967

Ah, dang it youtube.com/watch?v=pr-Y...

Just over a week and ~1250 miles away! Looking forward to a third eye meld with @goldenbrownmusic.bsky.social in lovely Louisville, CO (a short hop from either Boulder or Denver) on my way back to Portland. Get tickets over yonder: checkout.square.site/merchant/9AR...

WOIMSDAY THEY PAY HIM IN WOIMS

I was spoiled by my previous car (which now belongs to my beautiful spouse), which has had zero real problems in 4 years, minus my getting into an accident. The van I got to move two weeks has been thousands of dollars and constant hassle from the jump, and I deeply regret buying it. Fuck cars.

Portland, OR friends: I will be out there for good(ish) starting on Memorial Day, and am looking for a summer sublet! ~May 25-August 30, give or take. Please DM if you have any leads! Looking at more permanent spots, too, but planning to be gone throughout September so it's not my preference.

Happy May Day and Happy #BandcampFriday! Re: the latter, this record is 4 yrs old, and though I'm proud of the extensive recording I've done since, I think this is the best record I've made. It's also the only one with tapes and CDs still available. goldenfeelings.bandcamp.com/album/golden...

For your Bandcamp Friday consideration goldenbrown.bandcamp.com/album/amethy...

I know the American education system will never have an internet literacy class bc it’s not in the state’s interest but this would be the kind of stuff people should learn before they’re allowed to vote

Back out in Colorado next month (5/22) playing at the incredible Little Horse Vintage! This time, I'm joining forces for a collab with all-time champ @goldenbrownmusic.bsky.social. Been training on an all-hardware setup, so anyone disappointed with my iPad pivot the last few years is in for a treat!

There are a lot of great reasons to hate AI, but you'd think more people would be sympathetic to the observation that it works really shitty

Taking a break from film fest and moving prep to think about how this soundtrack (especially the main title theme) should be nothing less than holy for anyone who likes anything Lopatin has written for the screen, but I never find anyone who'll talk about it youtu.be/pPjQNEsZrzU?...

Dustin loves being quoted, part 2: Micah and I talked to @concentratemedia.bsky.social about Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti (iFFY) Season 7, coming up next week! It's going to be a great fest this year. concentratemedia.com/independent-...

I was quoted in this @zeteo.com article by @minnahfarshad.bsky.social about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and Hasan Piker. If you, like me, love seeing my name in the press again since I "retired" from arts journalism in 2023, now's as good a time as any to subscribe to this essential news source. 😉

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller March 27,1953

My cool wife made this cool trailer for this cool film festival with which we are both heavily involved. Coming up in less than a month. Cool! youtu.be/0gQbHi4Ch7Y

This is a dream come true in a time of nightmares

Found a candid shot of Homan confronting a money launder -- ah, you know, money smuggler

Killer NYC visit coming to a close. Didn't take many photos that weren't just me and friends to send to other friends, but here's one the great bassist James Ilgenfritz took of me playing a Golden Feelings set at P.I.T. in Williamsburg. I'll make it less than a decade before coming back, I promise.

RIP Sam Kieth, one of my favorites to ever do it. The Maxx was as important to my teenage love of comics as Clowes, Bagge, Pekar, Newgarden, Feazell, et al; without that initial dose of weirdness in an ostensibly mainstream book, I doubt I'd have gone as deep as I ultimately did.

TONIGHT! Like, really this early evening, like I should start getting ready to go soon

A lot of us in USA would be well served to recall that when we look back on that era we don't call it Germany With Some Nazis we call it Nazi Germany. We don't distinguish between people who silently disapproved or didn't like it but accepted it. We lump them in with the Nazis. And that is correct.

These white crested ducks look like they were traumatized after being possessed by a great post-atomic evil which caused them to assault and kill their own daughters

If we can somehow become the biggest cinema in the world on Bluesky, then we'll do something stupid like give every Bluesky user who comes to a screening a free popcorn* or some shit. *Terms and conditions apply.

Less than a week away!

Brooklyn/NYC pals: coming in to play a very cool gig on 3/20 at The P.I.T. (411 South 5th St in Williamsburg). Great lineup of which I'm honored to be part. Also my first NY gig in just shy of a decade?!

Modern tech support experience goes AI chatbot > preteen in developing world using Google Translate > transfer to ESL student > 20 min wait > dream about b*mb*ng data centers > no resolution. Thanks, corporate overlords, the only thing I disliked about 'Brazil' is that before, I wasn't living in it

It's been my privilege to collaborate with my old pal Legs McNeil on his forthcoming memoir, RESIDENT PUNK: How I Smoked, Drank, and Stumbled My Way Through the '70s Punk Scene (and Beyond). It's everything you hope it'll be and so much more. Much more soon, but preorder now from the usual suspects

I know there are broad systemic reasons to say this that are more important, but for personal cathartic reasons: fuck Google, fuck AI, fuck data centers, fuck the internet.

*walks briskly into ocean*

Listening to a talk show interview and just heard the phrase "well, it's a pleasure to have you" as "well, a fudge and a half to you". I think I'm going to start using it.

Going to a movie theater and completely immersing yourself in the experience with others is important because it creates space for art to evoke empathy. It also selfishly provides a temporary relief from the cold realization that this entire stack of cards could come crumbling down at any moment. 🥰