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I was notified last week that I am getting laid off from KEXP in December. I don't really want to talk about it. But are you an editor for a reputable music publication with decent pay? Get at me:
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Very sun-times to hold off on writing about Adamn Killa till he got arrested for doing arrest me daddy lol
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Chicago rapper Adamn Killa tells cops to 'arrest me, daddy.' Getting arrested won't stop him.
Adam Kelly, who goes by the stage name Adamn Killa, was handcuffed and briefly held in a squad car after interrupting a traffic stop for one of his social media videos. After he was released, he went ...
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/10/chicago-rapper-adamn-killa-tells-cops-to-arrest-me-daddy-getting-arrested-wont-stop-him
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I was notified last week that I am getting laid off from KEXP in December. I don't really want to talk about it. But are you an editor for a reputable music publication with decent pay? Get at me:
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A beautiful requiem for the miracle that was D'Angelo. The pen, the voice, the face, the talent. The three classics. The genius that he could summon by force of will. The impossibility of categorizing him. The void that his death leaves. By Abe Beame
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The Anointed One: A Requiem For D'Angelo | Passion of the Weiss
Abe Beame eulogizes the inimitable genius of the soul icon who tragically passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer.
https://www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/dangelo-obituary-vodoo-black-messiah/
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When I write or talk about things like soul and the blues, I'm not referencing musical genres, but a spiritual disposition. That said, D'Angelo was on a very short list of the very best soul artists in the history of music.
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Happy Indigenous People's Day. Make sure you pay homage to the creator of garage punk.
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Link Wray - Hidden Charms.
YouTube video by GBD
https://youtu.be/MUBck5KbUvE?si=sEKWGu3ODdn0JAVM
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Years ago, I sort of a name for myself writing incredibly vulnerably. Then I wanted to just be known as a good writer. I almost didn't pull this one out of the archives.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: On Writing, Trauma, and Depression
A very personal essay from the archives for World Mental Health Day
https://open.substack.com/pub/trickbag/p/from-the-archives-on-writing-trauma?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2xisp
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Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun
about 1 month ago
Tony Milek is the frontman of Bermuda Squares, guitarist in Neo Neos, one of the best punk songwriters and screamers in Minneapolis. This is a person who Iām proud to call a friendāwho has helped me out in immeasurable ways. Heās going through a medical emergency right now and needs some help.
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Donate to Support Tony's post-amputation recovery and long term care, organized by Annie Sparrows
Tony Milek, who you may know from fronting Bermuda Squares, p⦠Annie Sparrows needs your support for Support Tony's post-amputation recovery and long term care
https://gofund.me/ed1ffd9c6
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Now that Musk has called for a Netflix boycott over a trans cartoon character, I'm all in for supporting Netflix at all costs lmao.
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My friend accidentally recreated the Double Nickels on the Dime cover while I was driving my El Camino (circa 2018, I think).
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Memphis just hits different. I'm having lunch at Hattie B'sāessentially fast food for those not familiarāand they're banging a seven-minute Issac Hayes jam.
about 1 month ago
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Tapping in to let you know Gonerfest is still undefeated.
about 1 month ago
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The weird thing about having an Instagram for my newsletter is that I almost got offended that I left myself on "seen."
about 2 months ago
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Early Rapture is the best thing that has ever come out of DFA. By, like, a lot. Don't @ me.
about 2 months ago
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New Mail Bag dropped today!
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The Trick Bag Mail Order #001
Also known as "The Mail Bag," here is a collection of stuff Martin Douglas has been carrying
https://open.substack.com/pub/trickbag/p/the-trick-bag-mail-order-001?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2xisp
about 2 months ago
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Really tempted to write a Trick Bag feature titled "The Top 100 James Baldwin Quotes That are Different from the Same Dozen James Baldwin Quotes Always Posted on Instagram."
about 2 months ago
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It's so exhausting to be a Black person in a country that hates Black people. Even if you're "smart," even if you're "talented," even if you're "insightful," you still live in a country that hates you.
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I want you to put the word out there that we back up. ("We" as in "real writers.")
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A Trick Bag Manifesto
Call it a statement of purpose, call it a war cry, call it whatever
https://trickbag.substack.com/p/a-trick-bag-manifesto
about 2 months ago
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Trick Bag has an Instagram now. Don't sleep (if you're even still on Instagram).
www.instagram.com/trickbag_mag
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Login ⢠Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
https://www.instagram.com/trickbag_mag?igsh=MWFlZmN4aTZoc3Frcw==
about 2 months ago
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New Trick Bag logo just dropped.
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2 months ago
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JOE DANTE'S INFERNO
2 months ago
if you can, i strongly recommend spending some time watching someone you care about do something they love to do
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Dash killed this shit. Study up on the rap duo all the real heads already know about. š
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ICYMI: The 5x (5x, 5x, 5x, 5x!) World Champion Booker T was a big-time reason why I became a wrestling fan. Here's what I learned about being a Black man in America due to watching his talent.
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Next out the trick bag is another archived piece: A personal essay disguised as a wrestling essay.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: On Booker T and the Headlocked Lessons of Being a Black Wrestling Fan
A pair of personal essays about wrestling, but more about life
https://trickbag.substack.com/p/from-the-archives-on-booker-t-and?r=2xisp
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All archival posts will be available to free subscribersāI plan on putting out freebies from my decades(!) of music and culture writing at underdetermined and unpredictable intervals. Paid subscribers ($7.50 a month or $75 a year) will get archived and new shit every week.
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3 months ago
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Not me getting roasted in the group chat for admitting I liked Phantom Planet's 2004 single "Big Brat" lol
3 months ago
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Had so much fun talking to Harley and Kurt from Fugitive Bubble, 2/3 of one of the PNW's best punk bands. Just one of those magic conversations.
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3 months ago
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Trick Bag, my new weekly newsletter, is live! First out the bag is the full transcript for an interview I did in 2017 with the legend Ishmael Butler!
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: A Conversation with Ishmael Butler
The Shabazz Palaces impresario/genius on "afrofuturism," rap music as art, Seattle, and much more.
https://open.substack.com/pub/trickbag/p/from-the-archives-a-conversation?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2xisp
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Trick Bag
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Trick Bag | Martin Douglas | Substack
Trick Bag is a publication featuring the writing of veteran music journalist and cultural critic Martin Douglas. Click to read Trick Bag, by Martin Douglas, a Substack publication. Launched 37 minutes...
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3 months ago
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Hopping on Bluesky for the first time in months to publicly wonder if, after the Home Run Derby, the wider baseball world now knows what a "big dumper" is.
4 months ago
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4 months ago
good detroit punk records is my favorite genre
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bring on the dancing turkeys
5 months ago
good morning. at IHTOV, we have part two of an incredible, enlightening conversation between correspondent
@owenbrazas.bsky.social
and music journalist
@douglasmartini.bsky.social
. they cover everything from record store clerks to home recording. great read!
ihavethatonvinyl.com/conversation...
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In Conversation With Music Journalist Martin Douglas - Part Two
Part Two of a lenghty, fascinating conversation
https://ihavethatonvinyl.com/conversations/in-conversation-with-music-journalist-martin-douglas-part-two/
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5 months ago
the great
@douglasmartini.bsky.social
sat down with one of the most consistent punk bands going, PYREX. a great convo that really opened up their great new album Body. subscribe to see/saw for free weekly punk features in your inbox šŖ©
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pyrex think concept albums should be reserved for prog bands
The New York City punks discuss the Bodies exhibitionās influence on their new album Body + using steel chairs as percussion.
https://see-saw.fun/pyrex-think-concept-albums-should-be-reserved-for-prog-bands/
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Seattle! Come to the Third Place Books in Ravenna for what I'm sure will be an enlightening conversation (partly) about how weird it is to be an elder millennial!
5 months ago
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Made vegetarian gumbo from scratch tonight and it turned out delicious. I just earned a bunch of XP for that shit.
9 months ago
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Dating back to 2018, Dusty and I have teamed up on canonical split albums, double albums, and songs by great duos in music. Here is the latest in that unofficial series.
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9 months ago
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s. e. smith
9 months ago
A reminder that
@scarleteen.bsky.social
is 100% queer and trans run and will ALWAYS be providing educational materials, support, and more to youth seeking sex, relationships, and health education from a source who won't casually erase their existence with their political winds.
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Hahaha mans got stunted on by a Honda Fit lmao
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9 months ago
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Ruth Malone, RN, PhD
9 months ago
Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window
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lol Drake is done. Couldn't have happened to a more emotionally dishonest rapper.
9 months ago
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Malice Walker
9 months ago
Gonna need white podcasters to get their shit together and start pronouncing Tramell Tillmanās name correctly. Before I ever even heard it said out loud I knew it was truh-MELL and not TRAM-uhl and thatās just basic two Americas, we have to know about you but you donāt have to know about us stuff.
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A little (using the word "little" a little generously, since it clocked in at 2500 words) retrospective piece I wrote on the criminally overlooked Seattle rock band the Gits.
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Throwaway Style: On the Gits and What It Means to Puke the Blues
https://www.kexp.org/read/2025/1/30/throwaway-style-the-gits-mia-zapata-historical-essay/
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Bringing the ol' newsletter out of moth balls for '25 and beyond.
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Mail Order #001: The Best of 2024 Year-End Blowoff
Even though it is almost a month late, please enjoy the best of Martin Douglas in '24
https://martindouglasmailorder.substack.com/p/mail-order-001-the-best-of-2024-year
10 months ago
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Agreed. Big fan of Rat Paws over here.
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10 months ago
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Local and regional culture journalism is especially important with *gestures wildly* ALL THIS FUCKERY going on. Please consider supporting the Reader!
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10 months ago
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Had to feed the streets with the best from the punk/garage/indie rock underground. '24 sucked for the most part but was an unbelievable year for the scene and its music. Here are 13 bangers.
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10 months ago
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In a world where recycled vibes are at an all-time high, we lost a true original who prized challenging his audience rather than placating them. RIP David Lynch.
10 months ago
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10 months ago
The Chicago Reader really needs your support. It was my favorite publication growing up. I love their features still. Donation page here
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Let me find out SpaceX employees are out here getting Severed.
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Elon Musk Is Creating His Own Texas Town. Hundreds Already Live There.
Employees of SpaceX have filed a formal petition to create the city of Starbase. Its first mayor would be a security manager for the company.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/us/starbase-texas-city-elon-musk-spacex.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
10 months ago
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The most private thing I'm willing to admit on Bluesky is that I make a living as Seattle-based music journalist and I've never seen Singles.
10 months ago
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I have been slowly building up to my status as an avowed to-do list maker and 2025 will see me at my final form as such.
11 months ago
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