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New Case Oats. #MusicSky youtu.be/QHVasXnBeWs

I know they’ve been endlessly ridiculed & I’ve never really been into them but I don’t see the point in the cruelty.

From 1979. #MusicSky #DavidAllanCoe #GrandOldOpry youtu.be/R8F20l1wYeQ

Today I found out the car everyone was so kind to help me raise money for after my wreck in 2023 is beyond repair. Unfortunately, I’m still in the same financial situation I was back then. I put a link to my Venmo in my bio but certainly understand if no one is able to help out again. Thanks.

Now playing in the jukebox of the mind. #LittleFeat #MusicSky youtu.be/4SeRCtv-NBU

A hero of mine. Reading about her at the Dust & Grooves website led me to her Classic Album Sundays series & then down the “deep listening” rabbit hole. I tried to arrange an event in Raleigh but was unable to get the planets to align. I staged my own but it didn’t really work. tinyurl.com/3acwk4n2

I was 24 at the time. The first track I heard was “Voice of Harold” on WRDU’s Future Classics. Up to this point the only b-side I owned was “Toys in the Attic” from the 12” version of “Fall On Me.” I first learned of R.E.M.’s numerous b-sides thanks to the Pageantry tour program I purchased in ‘86.

“boomer lib”? Who the fuck are these people?

A former neighbor from where I grew up telling me I’m a gifted writer.

Virgin vinyl from @ratboysband.bsky.social to kick off Bring Your Own Vinyl Night at Carolina Home & Garden. #MusicSky #Vinyl

#NowListening #MusicSky #SongExploder #HurrayForTheRiffRaff songexploder.net/hurray-for-t...

@ratboysband.bsky.social indie exclusive green vinyl of Singin’ to an Empty Chair arrived today from @ziarecords.bsky.social signed by the band. Side 4 includes an etching that you can’t really see in this photograph. #MusicSky #Vinyl

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I first heard this on WQDR who were also playing deep cuts from the album such as “Pretty Persuasion.” It would not be until the release of the Succumbs video compilation in 1987 that I’d see the video. I bought Reckoning shortly after it came out from Sound Shop at Vernon Park Mall in Kinston.

A haunting version that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about since I first heard it last night. She inhabits the song in her own way without really altering the original arrangement. A rare feat, at least to my ears.

@annkpowers.bsky.social in case you haven’t already seen this, I thought you might enjoy it. youtu.be/1v2QLcmStbI

@paranoiacs.bsky.social in case you haven’t heard this. youtu.be/1v2QLcmStbI

Didn’t see this one coming. Ethel Cain covering @drivebytruckers.bsky.social . #LikeAversion #MusicSky youtu.be/1v2QLcmStbI

The kids are alright. They don’t need to be introduced to music from the past to validate the belief by older generations that they’re not lost just because they like an artist from the past. What a load of hogshit.

current favorite things: big thief ratboys beth orton bbq ben & jerry’s peanut butter cup spring old hwy 86 to calavander

“…art that is unable to adapt to new landscapes is art that is not moving.” - Amanda Petrusich From It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music #BookSky #WritingCommunity #MusicSky

1/3 It was the deep album cut “Laughing” that first got my attention thanks to WQDR, an album rock station out of Raleigh that was supportive of local/regional artists. In a subversive, subtle way I’m sure it opened my ears to similar sounds but it wasn’t like a radical shift, it was more gradual.

1/2 I eagerly await each new episode but especially this one as I was interested in hearing @kimware.bsky.social’s take on @ratboysband.bsky.social, not that I haven’t already fallen completely down the rabbit hole. #MusicSky #DiveBarMusicClub

1/4 I first heard of Michele Catalano in 2013 when I read an article she had written about vinyl for @forbes.com that eloquently summed up how I feel about it. When she launched I Have That On Vinyl my head swirled with a million ideas. Today, one came to fruition. #MusicSky #Vinyl

I’ve been a fan since their first album and lost track for a while but over the course of their past couple records I’ve only fallen more in love with them. #BigThief on @wxpnfm.bsky.social’s @worldcafe.bsky.social hosted by @rahrahraina.bsky.social. #MusicSky youtu.be/quG1UawJOmA

Two of my favorites right here. #MusicSky #WritingCommunity

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings performing an evening of acoustic Grateful Dead tunes at @hawriverballroom.com . #MusicSky

Downtown sunset this evening. #Swansboro #Photography

I’m sure I’ve had this happen but have no clear memory of it. What I do remember is being aware of Alvvays but not listening to their music until someone posted “Archie, Marry Me” in a Power Pop group on FB. I was drawn in immediately not just by the music but also by the visuals. #MusicSky #Alvvays

A prime example of a person living underneath a rock so enormous it blocks out the sun.

Refreshing to hear something like this from someone that gets it. Unfortunately, Buffett’s lasting legacy will be defined by cheap Hawaiian shirts, grass skirts, inflatable sharks, & his Margaritaville empire.

In 1980 I had no idea who R.E.M. was. Little did I realize the deep connection they would develop with NC which led to me hearing them on WQDR out of Raleigh in 1983. I was intrigued by that first song I heard (“Laughing”). Over time my love for them would grow not unlike that of the kudzu vine.

I’m becoming hardened to the world. I find myself increasingly avoiding any interactions with people. Not all of them, just most, if at all possible. My closest friends bring me comfort as does music, nature, reading, writing & creating art, though today I had little interest in any of those things.

Waking up to the harsh reality that someone I thought was my friend is not my friend at all has me bedridden with depression.

My favorite of their albums.

To be outright ignored by people you think are your friends is crippling. You’d think that one day I’d learn.

Sad to hear Chaz’s Bull City Records is going to be closing soon yet understandable for Chaz as he’s been at it a long while. I’ve always enjoyed hanging out with Chaz & deeply appreciate him looking out for me on more than one occasion. #MusicSky #VinylRecords amp.newsobserver.com/news/busines...

1/ I think this is a fine example of an album that was a grower for a lot of people, including the band themselves. Personally, I loved it from the start but it was a number of years later before it reached favorite R.E.M. album of all time status for me.

Started this one yesterday. #BookSky #MusicSky #AmandaPetrusich

If you make a declarative statement online, even in jest, don’t take offense when someone disagrees, especially when they do so respectfully. If you’re not open to opposing viewpoints either don’t make the statement or turn off commenting. You will then have the echo chamber you truly desire.

Started this this morning and am already over halfway through it. A most enjoyable and informative read so far. @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social @natalieweiner.bsky.social @tsaviano.bsky.social #MusicSky #BookSky #GuyClark

#NoKings protest on the outskirts of Swansboro, NC this afternoon.

R.I.P., Jon Dee Graham. youtu.be/rQVLVt1MCPI

I lent this to a classmate back in the 70s who in turn lent it to another classmate. I never got it back & to this day still haven’t read it. A couple unreturned items later I quit lending anything out.

Not an Onion headline. Cue the outrage from the snowflakes.

Different strokes for different folks. Some of it appealed to me, some of it did not. It was not about any perception of “cool.” There was also music being labeled “alternative” that was anything but. With few exceptions my biggest takeaway was the rise of what became known as alt.country. #MusicSky

Of the five songs released so far I’ve only listened to two so that I haven’t already heard half of the album before it’s released. #MusicSky

1/ As if Rumours & this iteration of Fleetwood Mac weren’t ubiquitous enough in 77, whenever I’m out in public places even when I’m not hearing Fleetwood Mac (or Stevie Nicks), I think I’m hearing them.