I didn’t realize Ron Wood sang “Ooh La La”. Assumed it was Ronnie Laine. I guess even I can be wrong at music trivia sometimes

One of my favorite moments of 2025 was Austin Murr signing an autograph for my son. My son is a Tigers fan and Murr was called up to the Tigers triple A team in September. Come to find out he went to DMACC the local community college. Austin Murr has a fan for life. We will be cheering for him

When I hear things like “this younger generation isn’t just loyal to their job anymore”. Well, maybe….

Somebody check on Peter Hook

This is hilarious to me. Wait until they find out about pro wrestling www.pennlive.com/entertainmen...

I always find it funny that Des Moines has Warren Harding Middle School because you definitely can track that down to a few months when that was built

Epic week for podcasts- Bo Gritz’s the topic on @iwriteok.bsky.social’s Behind the Bastards. Remember him as a hero of the Gun Show scene when I was a teen. While Timesuck has Go Ask Alice which I only found out few years ago was totally fabricated. Teen trainwreck reading that fascinated me

Not meaning to throw shade but pretty disheartening to go on social media and see how popular a cover band can be but bands with original material have empty rooms

I went down the @branhattan.bsky.social rabbit hole this week. But if we are being honest if I have to hear Trump, I’d as soon watch Bransen deliver it

I already convinced @noyoucmon.bsky.social that one of the best albums of the year is @old97.bsky.social Murry Hammond’s Trail Songs of the Deep and now I will convince you itsthemusicinmylife.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

Today I write about the fantastic recent collaboration of Ken Boothe and Jah Wobble itsthemusicinmylife.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

As much as I have been lamenting Des Moines concert scene. It’s a Friday night and I pulled up to park right outside the venue. Seems both a blessing and a curse

Today I write about the latest Peter Murphy album itsthemusicinmylife.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

The beloved Dogtown venue Lefty's Live Music is packing up its amps, owners Anne Mathey and Erik Brown announced Thursday afternoon. “To all the patrons – be curious and find new art,” they wrote.

My favorite album of 2025 so far is by David Lowery and I am going to tell you about it now itsthemusicinmylife.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

I hate everything about this. This was such a cool place. Des Moines isn’t really big enough to be able to afford to lose a venue of any size. Saw Jeffrey Lewis here twice among a few other fantastic shows.

Everyone so mad about people putting up Christmas trees before Thanksgiving when they should be angry at “Year End Best Of”s coming out this early

I will be posting a few reviews this week starting with the new Jonathan Richman itsthemusicinmylife.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

Seeing video of Terry Chimes not being the guy who proceeded and succeeded Topper Headon in the Clash, but as the guy who replaced Razzle in Hanoi Rocks and post - Hanoi side project Cherry Bombz is kind of funny m.youtube.com/watch?v=FcMu...

I complain about Hy Vee but this is pretty cool move out of them (yes I should have posted a couple of days ago when it was more relevant but alas) www.kcrg.com/2025/11/07/h...

Predictive text is far from perfect. But at least finally I have typed it enough that my phone knows the next word in the phrase Non Stop Erotic

Writing a song about Beatle Bob is not going to help me become a Guided by Voices fan

Live look at a fellow Gen X’r

My son is on an obsession with Eddy Grant’s “Electric Avenue” at the same age that I was when I was enamored with it.

Youngest son: “Wait. Reba McIntyre sings and acts? So she’s basically just like Arianna Grande.”

This week’s post is about Half Man Half Biscuit - one of the world’s true treasures itsthemusicinmylife.blogspot.com/2025/11/albu...

Lady blasting Belle and Sebastian at the gas station-you are my favorite person of this week

The two takeaways the news didn’t get right from what I have heard on social media is that 1- dude is a POS and a Nazi who has a jail record and people he employed say he didn’t pay them what he promised. He regularly posts anti-Semitic content Also the bar owner didn’t react as quickly as he claims

This is how I’m gonna look every time someone dislikes one of my posts...

My top five artists for October aren’t that exciting but they do show my duality of Britpop and Americana 1 (London)Suede 2 Jim Bob 3 Rodney Crowell 4 Rhett Miller 5 The Beatles

This guy dressed up like Hitler and thought it was funny. His company barely registers on the internet but at least Reddit has outed him

Artificial intelligence: at least as reliable as Limewire

...at some point around the middle they came for John Bolton, and I did not speak out, because it kinda seemed like that dude belongs in prison.

Going to follow up my listen of @iwriteok.bsky.social ‘s Daryl Gates podcast with this early rap classic m.youtube.com/watch?v=cm1L...

Although it came out this past July, the best album to listen to this particular week might be @markmallman.bsky.social’s Magic Time - vampires, ghosts and cryptids! markmallman.bandcamp.com/album/magic-...

Me: *listens to Moody Blues* Youngest son: “This sounds like lame Metallica”

This was a fun rabbit hole itsthemusicinmylife.blogspot.com/2025/10/talk...

What's it like in your head?

Sometimes I don’t know what I would do without Quora. I mean it’s better than AI at least

I know people don’t click on music videos but 1- it’s an all time great song 2- the lyrics seem appropriate and 3-when I die, the first four people I want to meet in heaven are Dave, Marc, Chris and Neil. I’m not crying. You’re crying. RIP Dave Ball m.youtube.com/watch?v=cv4Q...

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In my dream, Tom Waits was playing Saxophone by the side of the road

While I don’t hate A I as much as some of you, it seems like it’s more often wrong than it is right

Me: Wynn, Mills, Buck, Pitmon, McCaughey’s Baseball Projecf is the best baseball themed band. You cannot improve on it Vista Blue: Yeah, but are they obsessed with the Smiths?!?!

Has no one mentioned that Jonny Lee Miller played Sherlock Holmes on CBS Elementary and now Robert Carlyle is playing Holmes on CBS Watson? Spudlock Holmes coming to CBS in 2032

You might be brave but you are not as brave as my aunt attending a No Kings Rally in Western Iowa

It’s Christmas soon so my house will be filled with my son singing “Deck your halls with bounds of jolly”

Periodic reminder that the younger generations smoke less, drink less, are less promiscuous, save and invest more, are technologically savvy but go ahead and post that they “lazy and stupid”. Oh and maybe post something like “kids never go outside nowadays”

This is an all time great video though I never could quite buy that Trent looked scarier than David. I feel like he would have crapped his pants if David turned around and confronted his Travis Bickle looking mug.

My September most listened to artists 1. Jim Bob 2. Ken Boothe 3. Jonathan Richman 4. Dehd 5. Cody Jinks