the recent conversation around “Obamacore” reminded me of this amusing exchange from a 2009 Bill Callahan interview with Prefix, from back when recording under his name was still relatively new

at random moments the piano part from Olivia Tremor Control’s “Marking Time” will pop into my head, what a song youtu.be/th0XCFPHrM0?si…

RIP Achim Szepanski. The music issued by his labels changed my life, scrambling my thoughts on music and sound, suggesting possibilities, and compelling me to think and write about what I was hearing

Grayson Currin, who is not on X, helped put together this amazing compilation to benefit North Carolina flood relief, featuring dozens of unreleased tracks from artists like R.E.M., War on Drugs, Waxahatchee, Angel Olsen, and many many more cardinalsatthewindow.bandcamp.com/album/cardinal…

some old friends from the p4k days have started an online music mag! thrilled for them & excited to be reading Jill Mapes Ryan Dombal Andy Cush J. Escobedo Shepherd One Punch-In Man on music hearingthings.co

when this came out in 2009 I felt like the only person in the world old enough to have a deep emotional connection to the “Welcome Back, Kotter” theme and young enough to be a fan of jj & excited for the next Sincerely Yours single youtu.be/bvXFP-ba7T0?si…

I picked up an OG 1991 CD copy of MBV Loveless bc I have a sneaking suspicion it’s the best sounding version…listened in the car for (I think?) the first time ever & almost crashed twice in the first 10 min, my mind clearly elsewhere

doing some organizing and wanted to share some music writing on paper I’ve enjoyed this year

v. excited to read the new book on De La Soul by @MarcusJMoore

stoked to read Jeremy Gordon’s new novel

the second best tune about the harvest from a 60s sax player recording in the 70s youtu.be/HqCcWAiosu4?si…

v. exited to read Jayson Greene’s new novel