War of the Roses historical fiction, took me a while to get into it, but pretty engrossing after 100 or so pages. Time to go back to the library…if we don’t get raptured.

“This second album finds northern New England’s hard, un-Instagram-able side, the parking lots of dollar stores, the sooty remnants of burnt-out forests, the single gnarly trees left by farmers for shade.” Greg Freeman’s Burnover at @aquariumdrunkard.com aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/22/g...

“While Lawn really doesn’t sound much like Malkmus & Co., they share a certain aesthetic of staying loose while hanging tight,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7954120... @eisrecords.bsky.social

“The quartet’s open-ended, lively performances are products of a commitment that spans the city’s jazz micro-communities,” writes Bill Meyer. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7954007...

Yup

I love this. The single most positive political event of my lifetime was Bernie's first run for President. He's still out there slugging. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8O...

I was seriously considering buying a Tropical Fuck Storm tee-shirt, even though my bougie life would preclude wearing it almost anywhere. But all they had were extra large with cats on them. Anyway GO SEE THIS BAND.

Tropical Fuck Storm at the Stone Church in Brattleboro, VT 9/19/25 (photo by Jennifer Kelly)

Perennial, holy fuckin shit.

Lovely book, quite sad

“Here are nightmarish metal bands and veteran drone improvisers, jackhammer punks, ambient atmosphere wizards and a reconfiguration of Ryan Davis’ ensemble.” dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7951403...

“Folk music has always been a broad church for Sam Amidon, and that’s rarely felt as true as on his first record in five years,” writes Ian Mathers. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7951290... @ismathers.bsky.social

I love this. "Every joke is a tiny revolution."

This is quite good.

“Species channels an enjoyably antic quality to the prog in their songcraft, and Changelings is an appealingly musical metal record,” writes Jonathan Shaw. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7950497...

So we use Hulu to watch MSNBC and sports and DO NOT have access to cable, just internet for tv. Are there alternatives?

“múm constructs its songs out of wisps and fragments, the silence between phrases as much of a factor as the lush swells of strings, guitar strums and breathy phrases,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7950384... @morrmusic.bsky.social

Heron Oblivion will ALWAYS win random Thursday, every time it comes up. youtu.be/bNgij4jBNJI?...

What a very unsettling film. youtu.be/cmSPwZIZu6Y?...

Two weeks till the pre season starts. #knicks

@seanwjelly.bsky.social fyi

“Fiery Gizzard, is a full, rich, vibrant music that feels aligned with history but not confined by it,” says me at @aquariumdrunkard.com . aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/17/j...

“It’s right there in the name: Thee Reps are passionate about repetition,” writes Bryon Hayes. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7949590... @hazycomet.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who checked out the Bandcamp listening party last night. What’s this album all about? Check out the link below!

“Wonderful Aspiration of the Source is a celebrates long, shape-shifting tones and languid atmospherics,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7949478... @centripetalforce.bsky.social

Good times, apple devices will only sync the last five albums I've uploaded to my phone.

“A mournful thread of non-western melody weaves through cool jazz and rock textures on this second album from the Lebanese sextet SANAM,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7948685...

Mulatu Astatke :: Mulatu Plays Mulatu aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/16/m... The Ethiojazz legend recorded Mulatu Plays Mulatu with LA-based producer and ethnomusicologist Dexter Story and contemporary artists including Carlos Niño and Kibrom Birhane.

“Mulatu Astatke’s legacy will likely rest on 1970s albums that this collection revisits, which melded Ethiopian sounds and instruments with a broader tradition of Western jazz. Yet there’s value in hearing him reinterpret those songs.” aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/16/m...

“If you tune into the simpatico give and take of these exchanges, there’s a lot to love,” writes Bill Meyer. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7948571... @medusaeditions.bsky.social

I saw Robert Redford walking in the East 60s in NYC late 1980s, usual NY thing, head down, walking fast, not making eye contact but even so what a preternaturally gorgeous creature he was.

“Drueling is a first for each of its participants, and quite possibly the world: improvised duets between two shahi baaja players” writes Bill Meyer. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7947778...

“The Cords’ self-titled debut, coming after a scant run of singles, is a nearly flawless set of female-forward jangle pop, as fresh and tuneful and faintly sardonic as any long-player from Glasgow’s 1980s heyday.” The Cords at @aquariumdrunkard.com aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/15/t...

“A singular and unified masterclass in intuition, instinct, and improvisation,” writes Evan Mitchell Schares. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7947665... @silvercurrent.bsky.social

I wouldn't have gone to see Simon Joyner, except that my friend Chris Liberato was going and I haven't seen him in a while, but even going in cold, not knowing any of the songs, it was special. Good band, too. What else am I missing? (Don't answer, I'm behind enough.)

I had to switch to Apple Music from iTunes because it wasn’t recognizing my phone and I HATE it so much.

Simon Joyner at the Stone Church in Brattleboro VT 9/14/25 (photo by Jennifer Kelly)

Leah Senior at the Stone Church in Brattleboro VT 9/14/25 (photo by Jennifer Kelly)

Devendra Banhart at the Stone Church in Barttleboro VT 9/13/25 (photo by Jennifer Kelly)

Kath Bloom in Brattleboro

Not great literature but a super fun read, ghosts, Nyc, foodie culture

I’m contemplating a LOT of shows in the next few weeks.

Very excited to have a Listed from the great Prolapse. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7945060...

Looking forward to never thinking about Charlie Kirk again, thanks MAGA for taking out one of your own.

“ It’s a very good death metal record, but in order to deliver its ostensible ideological intents, its groans and howls and grueling brutality need to be sharpened into something more legible,” writes Jonathan Shaw. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7944948...

I’m waiting for elected Rs to apologize.

“‘Waterspear’ testifies to their ability to make a teeming realm of sound and action from minimal materials,” writes Bill Meyer. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7944155...

Longer random Thursday run than usual and boy is it easier to pick the best of 12 than the best of 30. But anyway, i say “Fair Youth and Dark Lady” from WMa’s own Stella Kola. stellakola.bandcamp.com/album/stella...

“Yes, yes, yes to guitar tones bent by volume, to tone-altered screech with dream-soft vocals flowing over, to pedal boards that look like good-sized train sets, yes to all of it,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7944042...