So much fog rising from the pavement, it felt like I was driving through a Pink Floyd concert.

I did it! I listened to the whole 6 hours, 7 minutes, 7 seconds without pause, just in time to watch the storms come through.

Happy 100° 250th 4th. Good day to stay in and listen to Feldman for 6 hours.

Friends, today I celebrate my 50th rotation here. As is the custom, I am happy to announce my annual 24 hour sale at Room40. Since I have ticked over to a new multiple of 10, so does the discount. You can now get 50% off everything at check out using the code: 50on50 pass it on

The vinyl vs vinyls discourse is stupid.

Workday really is the worst. It is convoluted to a championship level.

Music research libraries often have books with super specific subjects.

every hometown’s got the ominous megastructure, what’s yours? Fremont (California) Civic Center. Classic Brutalism designed by Robert Mittelstadt, built in the late 1960s. I loved it. Turned out to be built right on an earthquake fault. Demolished in 2004.

Yoko Ono Joins the Roster for Mérida’s First International Art Biennial yucatanmagazine.com/yoko-ono-joi...

Every so often I have to rewatch this sublime piece of YouTube at its best, which I remember dropping in late 2020 to provide some needed light. I'm sure @fire-toolz.bsky.social was fully on board too. (This is a mirror of the original; It'll start up properly after an initial screencap intro bit.)

My brother's 60th is coming up and he and/or his wife want to go to "dueling piano bar" called Bobby McKey's. I told my sister that it really showed how different our lives are and, sorry, it would surely kill me. My other brother has already said that he hates the venue (National Harbor).

A horse that can count

Looking at you, @dischord.com and Blackwing Pencils. It's been over a year since I've received an order from Dischord. I hope they've changed suppliers since then.

Breaking: A federal judge threw out the human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was arrested in Maryland and mistakenly deported.

Thank you, Stephen!

🧵 We tend to think the internet is permanent, but recent events remind us that our digital record is fragile & being shaped in real time. 📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE to see why it matters 📖 Download & read: archive.org/details/vani... 🛒 Purchase in print: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta...

Check it out, “Dr. Howard Bannister” has published a book! search.worldcat.org/title/152960... (apologies to the actual author Mike Adcock)

Two weeks of acquisitions for #CDFriday

New Gramophone is out with guitarist Sean Shibe on the cover and discussing 21st-century guitar music. I wonder how Gramophone scribes and readers would react to Shane Parish's "Autechre Guitar"?

#CDFriday Recent acquisitions

Goddamn it, @bookshop.org. Spotify is no better than Amazon. And for music, it's much worse.

This book was just acquired by my library. UK focused but probably pertinent to US as well. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526171412/

Listening to the new Sunn O))) while reading "Three Rocks", as one does. www.goodreads.com/book/show/98...

I still see articles talking about the “ongoing resurgence” of vinyl. Cut it out. It has resurged.

No CDs this week but I did just take delivery of my Criterion 50% off sale quarry #CDFriday

Q: Can Can Can-Can? A: Can 𝘤𝘢𝘯 Can-Can youtu.be/dhsLqk2Rhqg?...

This is really fucked up.

This is amazing. And a great example of how arts and culture shape and reveal history

How can you be in two places at once…

I'm skeptical about this ever being a thing

Mr Pibb has lost its “xtra” But is it now “Mr P!bb”?

Born 24 March 1935 - Carol Kaye, one of the most prolific bass guitarists, who has played on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 50 years. Kaye was the bassist on many Phil Spector and Brian Wilson productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She is 91 years old today. #CarolKaye

Had the Wes Anderson Criterion box in my basket for the flash sale but decided that it’s gonna have to wait a while. Meanwhile, I recently saw Prefab Sprout’s video for “The King Of Rock n Roll” and was struck by how much Anderson resembles Paddy McAloon.

Dammit, Criterion…

A personal finance website has yearly rankings of the "Happiest Cities in America" and, once again, my birthplace of Fremont, CA was ranked number 1. As nice as it would be to move back there from Maryland, housing is entirely unaffordable. www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

I know this is supposed to be funny, but ew.

How antisemitic do you have to be to get your College Republicans chapter closed in FLORIDA?

Just bought two new albums on @bandcamp.com: @kimletgordon.bsky.social and @billorcutt.bsky.social . Both are 12 tracks. Both are 29:59.

This week’s not so holy trio: #CDFriday

Two week haul. Finally getting some Laraaji. The big box is three cassettes of his piano work. It costs less than Ambient 3! The sleeve for the Prince has a beyond stupid flap that necessitates a plastic outer sleeve. #CDFriday

Haven't bought much music lately, but I did upgrade my A/V with a new TV (first in 19 years), speakers (first in 33 years), and my first Blu-ray player. Of course I then bought too many Blu-rays, mostly 4Ks. #CDFriday

Before Good Charlotte's debut album came out and the boys were still working odd jobs, Joel Madden washed my hair at Bubbles salon in Annapolis Mall.

What’s wrong with this picture? (answer in the alt text)

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Unpopular Xmas music opinion: “O Holy Night” is portentous trash by a mid opera composer desperate for legacy.

Happy #CDFriday Those Talking Heads CD/Blu-ray books are beasts. Shockingly large and heavy.

The Maryland man at the center of an immigration battle with the White House was released from ICE custody. Also on The News4 Rundown: More complaints about a Virginia estate sale company.

Yo, @totalvibration.bsky.social dbknews.com/2025/12/09/m...