ICYMI Thoughts on Lina Wertmüller's films and a couple great books augstone.substack.com/p/the-counte...

This was EVERYTHING to me when I was 12 www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Q_...

old friends

This is like proto-MCR www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyMN...

Last night I went to NYC for an event with one of my favourite illustrators & comics writers Pierre-Henry Gomont. I introduced myself to the interviewer Karen Green afterwards and she said ‘Oh, Aug Stone. I stole my question about his use of the colour red from your review.” 😊

New Counterforce up. Talking Lina Wertmüller's excellent films, a bit about AWP, Stephanie Austin's Burn, Lauren Lavín's The Third Beat, album update augstone.substack.com/p/the-counte...

...had some amazing experiences hanging out with them all over the globe, and written pieces that a lot of people, including the artists themselves, have had a lot of nice things to say about. This was one of the best decisions I ever made

I put it out there, things began to snowball, and soon I was penning pieces for some of my favourite publications. In that time I’ve talked to so many of my favourite artists and songwriters...

Fifteen years ago today I made the decision to start writing about music. I had gone to a show at The Half Moon in Herne Hill - way South London - & was so impressed yet again by the incredible power of music that I thought I might have some things to say about it.

Check out the Things Change video from The Middle People. As handled by yours truly at Fire Horse PR. Helena has such fantastic make-up. And it's a love story told entirely via their eyes. Song is like indiepop Bowie vimeo.com/1160773241?s...

My fingers are raw but I think I may have just written the most beautiful song

New video from The Middle People out today. A love story told entirely thru the eyes. Her make-up is fantastic and the gentleman might be @kylerseibel.bsky.social 's twin. Song is like indiepop Bowie. I'm handling this thru Fire Horse PR. Shares much appreciated! vimeo.com/1160773241?s...

'A book is like you and me - glued to a spine and doing its best.' - The Book Lovers 📚🪐🧐💙📚🖋️📚⏰🪐📚 www.steveaylett.com/thebooklover...

Jaysus, I just weighed myself after my sister called me out on it the other night. 146 pounds, eek. Maybe I should take her advice and "eat a fucking cheeseburger!"

I'd fund all my artist friends' projects forever. I'd buy abandoned towns and turn them into subsidised housing with social services, and I'd make giant adult-sized playgrounds with insanely long, steep slides and tunnels and ballpits.

“rain falls, like Elvis tears” Last night’s insomnia gift was remembering the absolutely gorgeous Hobart Paving www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNPA...

128th anniversary today of this rather important story appearing in the Lawrence Daily Journal, Kansas

Get your orders in today!!! Shares appreciated too

Get your orders in today!!! Shares appreciated too

Connecticut 90s kids, do you have any old Tune Inn flyers/photos/etc.? I wrote a piece about it for the upcoming Where The Wild Gigs Were Vol.2 book and we're looking for some visuals #connecticut #ct

I took a break from the story I'm writing for about a week to work on something else. Coming back to it today I see I have the singer 'chained up like a syphilitic Prometheus’. And, ya know, I'm not entirely sure what I meant by this

connecticut is currently experiencing perfect, miserable march sadness weather. must be a sign to VOTE! thank you to everyone who helped “runaway train” make it to round 2. i’d be honored if you helped it along once again 💗😪

Placing the order tomorrow. Get 'em hot! This was such a freaking joy to do. Limited edition of 30 augstone.bandcamp.com/merch/family...

Get your orders in by Tuesday. Limited edition of 30. One of my favourite things I’ve ever done. Such pure joy making this augstone.bandcamp.com/merch/family...

An outside observer would be forgiven for thinking the Stone family were all on shrooms during their Pinochle game this evening

Anyone in Southern CT have an autoharp I could borrow tomorrow or Tuesday?

Get your orders in by Tuesday. Limited edition of 30. One of my favourite things I’ve ever done. Such pure joy making this augstone.bandcamp.com/merch/family...

comics is a lot of situations where you've never drawn something before and have to figure out really fast how to do it

Drop albums, not bombs.

I am currently working on a novel, a story collection, an album, 3 singles and an EP, whilst getting Fire Horse PR going, yet a few people have messaged me & I’m very tempted to pitch a 33 1/3 book on Black Love, my favourite record of all-time & one I have a lot of history with

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

Every time I record music at home, especially bass parts, this is how I see myself. And I’m completely fine with this www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BxN...

Still feeling the AWP comedown. For decades my life was like that, a constant party with awesome creative people. And my Aries eternal teenager self misses it

Can’t beat that feeling of I MADE A THING!

Pre-orders still open for ‘the toaster book’. Gonna order these soon. One of my favourite things I’ve ever done. I know they’re expensive but I’m doing them pretty much at cost. Limited edition of 30. Get ‘em while they’re (sigh) hot augstone.bandcamp.com/merch/family...

Think you're speaking for musicians everywhere 😁

I know I’m an egomaniac but I get SO INTO the new songs I’m recording. I will listen to them 10 times a day just for the thrill of it. They’re the best drug I know

My favourite album of all-time, The Afghan Whigs' Black Love turns 30 today. I interviewed Greg Dulli about it for The Quietus on its 20th anniversary @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

I’m in Berlin. Someone has just walked past me saying “No, it’s a bar… but you have to take off all your clothes and put them in a bag” Ich bin in Berlin. #Alexanderplatz? #IBarelyKnowErPlatz! #Currywurst? #CurryBESTMoreLike! #Etc

The percentage of my stories where David Lee Roth leaving Van Halen in 1985 has a detrimental effect on at least one of the characters is probably in the 70-80% range

"Night is always a giant but this one was especially terrible." from veteran insomniac Vladimir Nabokov's Transparent Things I wouldn't say 'terrible' but 5AM has not been a stranger this past week

Some people journal. Some people go to therapy. I turned all my intrusive thoughts into stories and called it a writing career…

had multiple AWP convos with people about how @emilylauracosta.bsky.social is just one of the best doing it rn, and here's another example. heavy, sad, hard piece that is also its own kind of joy to read because she's so damn good.

This is usually my m.o. but this year it's going to be even more so: MAKE AWESOME STUFF HAPPEN

Starting the second hour of my show tonight on wrkc.kings.edu with this fine set of tunes Heavenly - Skep Wax Iron & Wine - Singing Saw Eiscafe - Pale Green Eyeshadow (feat Kate Dornan)

Very successful day in the studio. Though once again riding the artistic rollercoaster of 'this is sounding terrible, is this a complete waste of time?' to 'THIS. FUCKING. RULES.'

Those of us who have Palestinians & Lebanese in our lives have been trying to make the supposed good party see this for years with no avail. My friends' loved ones in Palestine are not less dead, tortured, detained, & homeless because the US president who helped Israel was a Democrat.

This explains why I haven’t heard them

That was really weird #AWP2026