For aquarium drunkard's celebration of the spooky season, I wrote about C Joynes & Mike Gangloff's song “Witch Marks," which takes its title from the etchings in wood beams of old houses that are supposed to provide security against evil spirits.

We really should be revolting against customer service sludge. All of this from 99 Percent Invisible is enraging: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/644-yo…

Orcutt Shelley Miller played a session at Seattle's KEXP and there be video! Here's a short excerpt, check out the full thing on their youtube

"Hashish. Interesting, interesting word. Arabic. It’s the source of the word assassin.” David Ferrie in Don DeLillo's Libra

For those who can't get enough of the band Setting, don't sleep on this recording. It's another beautiful and entrancing performance. milwaukeetaper.com/2025/10/settin…

I'm going to need The Baseball Project to write an entire album about this World Series.

"Xian Man" - the last post in Recliner Notes' Stephen Malkmus Series - looks at the con man talk of the song's wannabe guru narrator as well as the "afro-desert riff" by Matt Sweeney that serves as the track's musical through-line. reclinernotes.com/2025/11/02/ste…

"Old friend of mine / Don't be denied"

Remarkable

This sounds like a one-person version of the entire The Velvet Underground & Nico album

November 10, 1975 — 50 years ago today, The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior with 29 crew members aboard during a storm. Today we honor their memory. "The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake, they called Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never

I saw Geese last night. Rock bands are fun! Review coming in a few days.

In the run-up to the release of SML's excellent new album How You Been, I interviewed the extraordinary Anna Butterss for aquarium drunkard, discussing their “foundational” role as a bass player, SML’s creative process, being a bandleader, and much more. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/ann…

One of the best bassists working today giving an inside at the SML process. Crucial!