📻 Coming up on Rock'N'Soul: “The Crescent City Connection” from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM ET https://wfmu.org/playlists/N0

I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris. In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).

I'm walkin' into 2026 with the year's first episode of the Crescent City Connection. Fats Domino, Lee Dorsey and a whole lot more comin' up at 10am eastern on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul stream! wfmu.org/playlists/sh... @wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU

Everyone needs to read this to see the (evil) genius innovations these people are coming up with to rip off their customers and especially their workers.

I'm playing with Time Machine Appetizer tonight in the Bronx! Two sets of retro-groovalistic instrumentals from 8 to 10 at An Beal Bocht Cafe in Riverdale.

Bon Moreno! Bon Mamdami! A very happy new mayor to both my cities

Has Trump weighed in on the Cookers cancellation yet? Really want to know what he thinks of Billy Hart's cymbal patterns.

my annual year-end mix, 103 mp3s i've known & loved, 7 hours of music ready for shuffling & affronting darkness. drive.google.com/file/d/1GyQz...

the last 2 years I've been playing drums and singing words in a #Ween tribute band called #SongsByWeen, and most of our shows are online on YT: www.youtube.com/@SongsByWeen I'd so be appreciative if you could #Subscribe to our page, since if we get more viewers, we can start live streaming shows!

In some ways, the clumsiness of this administration can help us see what goes on in corporate boardrooms dadadrummer.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

Comin' up tonight from 6 to 9pm eastern, I'll be circling the globe in the WFMU mothership for one last time in 2025. I'm filling in for Rob Weisberg's Transpacific Sound Paradise with sizzling grooves from here, there and everywhere! wfmu.org/playlists/sh... @wfmu.bsky.social / #WFMU

2040: what was the AI revolution of the 2020s like, in 10 seconds

📻 Coming up on Rock'N'Soul: “The Crescent City Connection” from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM ET https://wfmu.org/playlists/N0

On today's Crescent City Connection we'll tie a bow on 2025 with some (but not nearly all) of the year's best records from New Orleans and Louisiana. 10am eastern on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Radio stream! wfmu.org/playlists/sh... @wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU

at maximum bullshit every bit of truth is crucial even a song

jcowit.bandcamp.com/album/xmas Free #ChristmasMusic from me to you. Featuring the amazing @jasonisaacdrums.bsky.social on lead drums.

i don't know if i've ever posted about the 1959 project here but it's one of my biggest accomplishments to date i think the1959project.com

I'm back home after a very cold and very fun weekend in Toronto. The Smith & 9th Ward gig was a success. We had a packed house at Drom Taberna and the band was on point, despite not having played together for nearly six years! It's likely we'll try this again in both Toronto and NYC in 2026.

Sat Dec 20 RnS Notes ✍️ 🔴 Dave The Spazz sits in for @jasonisaacdrums.bsky.social 10AM ET 🟢 Drop In Presents - Listener Baby 6PM ET @wfmu.bsky.social #wfmu #wfmurocknsoulradio #dropinonrocknsoulradio

I'm in Toronto for a reunion of Smith & 9th Ward, my main band for most of the 2010s. It's our first performance since our singer/pianist Allison Leyton-Brown moved to Toronto in 2020, but the magic is still there. 8:30pm at DROM Taberna. Send your Toronto peeps our way for a funky good time!

Comin' up at 10am eastern - a special edition of the Crescent City Connection with Dave the Spazz!

It'll be a real listening party when I guest host the Crescent City Connection! This Saturday morning at 10 ET on WFMU Rock 'n' Soul Radio wfmu.org/rocknsoulradio @wfmu.bsky.social @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social @jasonisaacdrums.bsky.social

Hey folks, I'm taking a week off from my WFMU show, but the tunes don't stop! Tune in to WFMU's Rock'n'Soul stream tomorrow at 10am eastern for a special edition of the Crescent City Connection with fill-in host @davethespazz.bsky.social! @wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU

Bird house for sale in the East Village. #jazz #nyc

Wardell Quezergue called it his national anthem

Very clear from riding the subways the last few weekends that the MTA is not providing enough weekend service. The 1 train in particular has been extremely crowded. This is frustrating because it's been like this during November/December for years now.

Today on WFMU: On It's Complicated with Dave Mandl, Derek Shulman, former lead singer of progressive rock legends Gentle Giant, joins Dave to discuss his new memoir, "Giant Steps," and name-checks Gentle Giant fans Karen Carpenter, Elton John, Tony Visconti, and Questlove along the way (7 p.m. ET).

📻 Coming up on Rock'N'Soul: “The Crescent City Connection” from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM ET https://wfmu.org/playlists/N0

Today on the Crescent City Connection: a NOLA-centric tribute to Steve Cropper! 10am eastern on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Radio stream! wfmu.org/playlists/sh... @wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU

One of NYC’s “largest private owners of commercial property” is coming after the only reasonable bar for many, many miles in wretched Midtown Manhattan www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

I'm heading back to the Bronx tonight for the final Dark Streets show of 2025. We'll be at the Burren Public House in Woodlawn playing all of the Shane MacGowan classics and much more. We start rockin' at 9pm sharp.

I wrote a new piece for @pghcitypaper.com about loving analog media in a digital world. If you’re someone who’s into vinyl, film photography, print media, and invaluable local businesses, you should check it out! I also coin the phrase “techno-bummerism” lol

a good band, and thorough! go see 'em.

Tonight I'll be playing with Time Machine Appetizer up in the Bronx! Two sets of retro-groovalistic instrumentals from 8 to 10 at An Beal Bocht in Riverdale. With Merritt Jacob on guitar, Dave Archer on keyboards and Dan Asher on bass.

Wow, shocker: everything congestion pricing advocates said would happen has happened

How they’re organizing in NOLA. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...

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I'm gonna be crushing some drums tonight with American Bob & The Greatest Hits! Two huge sets of hard rock originals at the Irish Whiskey Bar in Astoria, Queens, 9pm. Maximum rock and roll!

Radio time! An hour of great NOLA tunes comin' up in a couple of minutes on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul stream! wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

It's Bandcamp Friday- the final one of 2025. Check me out! wildkobamusic.bandcamp.com/album/hesita...

I'm playing with Dark Streets tonight at Paddy Reilly's in Manhattan! 'Tis the season for Fairy Tale Of New York, so we'll definitely be playing that one along with many other songs by The Pogues and related tunes. Free show with two big sets from 7 to 10pm.

Thanks for all your Spotify wrapped posts, they finally reminded me to get around to cancelling my account there. Been meaning to since they gave Rogan all the money meant for musicians. The CEO investing in war crime technology and running ICE ads logically flowed from that vibe. Wrapped indeed!

RIP — Cropper was responsible for some of the sweetest electric guitar playing ever committed to tape. variety.com/2025/music/n...

Announcing a very long-overdue definitive biography of a music and spiritual visionary… COSMIC MUSIC: The Life, Art and Transcendence of ALICE COLTRANE by @andybeta.bsky.social Coming 19 March 2026: geni.us/CosmicMusic

I'm on Bluesky but also on Mastodon. I hate to say it, but from past experience I'm not confident that Bluesky will remain the paradise that it is forever. It's not a bad idea to get familiar with Mastodon and least establish a presence there.

I'll be back on WFMU tonight, sitting in for Jonathan Herweg's show Blurred And Obscured from 10pm to midnight. Join me for another freeform mix of sounds from across the musical omniverse. Stream/playlist/chat will be here: wfmu.org/playlists/sh... @wfmu.bsky.social / #WFMU

I'll be back on WFMU tonight, sitting in for Jonathan Herweg's show Blurred And Obscured from 10pm to midnight. Join me for another freeform mix of sounds from across the musical omniverse. Stream/playlist/chat will be here: wfmu.org/playlists/sh... @wfmu.bsky.social / #WFMU

The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste