Government subsidies can support or protect domestic industries. But using them in complex sectors like agriculture or energy can have unintended consequences according to Executive Director of the Abrams Climate Academy, Matt Roling: kell.gg/d41889

A new Dave's Picks album just came out which means ... the return of 36 From The Vault! @robmitchum.bsky.social and I talked about the album, as well as my recent experience seeing JRAD and the incredible Gillian Welch/David Rawlings Dead covers tour. tinyurl.com/39jhj9zd

Checking in on one of my favorite subgenres of AI slop for Facebook boomers: The "One Last Ride" tours

Back on the mic with Steven!

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i just realized it's possible to search the elvis setlist database by jumpsuit & that there were so many jumpsuits cataloged that they can't fit into 4 screenshots. bowing to the king freaks! www.elvisconcerts.com/concerts/dbs...

People have a tendency to assign blame to leaders for near disasters ... even if they don't occur. Why? Prof. Neal Roese explores polarization, and the factors that make people more likely to blame politicians for near misses. kell.gg/220cc2

Glad to see coverage of my recent @pnas.org paper with @dashunwang.bsky.social in @kellogginsight.bsky.social insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/divi...

I have unfortunately reached "mad at power rankings"-level invested in the Cardinals season.

Big year for Zimmermen(n).

Saw Bobby Bare Jr. on Saturday night, it was a GOOD time (he told us to say that) and he also played this sweet Pollard deep cut:

I told them a hundred times, put Grateful Dead first, Safety Pals Fair last.

auxmeadows.bandcamp.com/album/live-a... Live album from last year's "Draw Near" release show. Special guests on most songs, including an all-star ambient-jam grand-finale featuring Indianna Hale, Jason Cirimele, and Luke Schneider. Short run of home-dubbed cassette copies available — only 3 left.

Wrote about a cool new study from @ryanreedhill.bsky.social on how AlphaFold2 transformed protein biology, and what that could mean for how AI affects other fields and jobs:

I think the story of this Sphere run (from afar) is Phish getting past the novelty of the venue, realizing it's just a big Pink Floyd Planetarium Laser Light Show, and jamming accordingly.

Ha, I thought they were really gonna do it. And man, Adventure Time-style Gamehendge is sooo much better than Broadway-style.

When you can’t remember the name Black Mirror. “You know that sci-fi show, the…

"The skills you learn for striking bargains and asking for raises can work at home … if you avoid common mistakes. Get advice for negotiating with friends and family from Professor Leigh Thompson: kell.gg/5d73f1

Oil shocks? Inflation? A slowing economy? It’s a mix economists dread and bad news for businesses and households. Could moving investments to safe assets and tighter budgets help? Prof. Phil Braun thinks so, and weighs in at Kellogg Insight: kell.gg/926575

What makes Netflix shows and movies connect with audiences? Prof. Guy Aridor went backstage at Netflix and built a new model that unpacks their recommendation system (and the value of the content). Learn more at Kellogg Insight: kell.gg/237b79

Tim Heidecker's whole On Cinema/HEI Network story arc ending with him literally running Infowars is just a mind-melting long-term bit. World record stuff.

My early season enthusiasm about NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball is being eroded with each Chickfila line dancing commercial.

Pass the word!

I also wrote about the Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis

This auction item is crazy. Jerry Weintraub at one point managed both Bob Dylan and Neil Diamond, so he had a reversible satin jacket made that, depending which way you wore it, said "Dylan" or "Diamond" on the back. www.juliensauctions.com/en/items/222...

🚨 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 I have a new book coming out on Sept. 8. It's about The Strokes and the evolution (or de-evolution) of rock bands in the 21st century. And you can pre-order it now! If you would like to know more I wrote about it here. tinyurl.com/msvtk5rm

That itch has a name, and it's "jambands".

Excited to announce that @mbird.org has a new way to collect donations with zero fees! We have a $6,000 grant planned for a school music program in need in Vegas if we can raise the funds. Who can help us make this tour grant for the Sphere run a reality? Even a small donation helps! #phish

i thought "ah! a fan-shot video of a complete 2000 CSNY show?" and was not quite prepared for how it opened. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWIP...

The industry plant story about Geese is an industry plant to get everyone to listen to "Taxes" on Tax Day.

Oops two days early.

Big Ears Festival 2026 tapes are going up at the link below. Thanks @kliked.bsky.social, @jmhart.bsky.social etc. Prior years too. Audience recordings, so far mostly quite good that I've heard. Modern jazz and avant garde - SML - Laurie Anderson/Sex Mob - Cline/Lage Etc archive.org/details/@rlb...

If I've learned one thing on Bluesky this week, it's that the Indigo Girls taping scene is THRIVING.

I can't trace back why Beatles discourse kicked off among the music writers but I just want to report that I went to a Beatles Brunch last weekend and the band played "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" and it was cool.

Volunteers turn a fan’s recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove Chicago’s Aadam Jacobs gets an AP news story apnews.com/article/aada...

Finally had time to read this, it's great.

Kids are in bed, time to turn on Big Inning.

When @masnick.com says this, woof. “As much as l've made fun of the NYT for its bad reporting over the years, this is (by far) the worst I've seen.” www.techdirt.com/2026/04/07/t...

New preprint! w/Tessa Charlesworth & @williambrady.bsky.social: The Psychology of Algorithmic Bias We introduce a psychology-centered framework to specify mechanisms through which human behavior interacts dynamically with AI systems to produce algorithmic bias. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/rxu37_v1

Hell yeah!

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

- dissection & genetic/biological comparison of road-eyes vs. jawas

A good read on Good Friday: I wrote a big essay about seeing Bruce Springsteen in concert with my son this week, in my adopted hometown of Minneapolis, and the return of feeling something in a soul-deadening time. tinyurl.com/2mjywra4

I really appreciate that Neil Young thanks his "research staff" at the end of Live Rust.

Really hate when I star in a reverie of romantic doom.

Did an IRL Antonio Banderas gif at the song/guest combo.

holy wow, just realized my book "heads: a biography of psychedelic america" came out 10 years ago this week. available from da capo press through fine independent purveyors of paper, electronic, & audio books! what a baffling time-dilated trip it's been? www.dacapopress.com/titles/jesse...

A pleasure to be a correspondent for Ray once again!

Fascinating Dylan show in Waukegan tonight, which I got to watch from a poetically perfect vantage point — craning my neck to glimpse him occasionally between a speaker tower and a floodlight tripod far stage right.