an interesting thing about Singles in retrospect is that it's one of the only fictional or non fictional narratives about underground music that depicts squares/normal people adjacent to the scene, how they relate to it

New playlist PHARRELL'S PHINEST 1999-2025, a retrospective of Pharrell Williams' career featuring many great songs with many great artists, but DOES NOT INCLUDE "HAPPY" 🟩 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1y23d… 🟥 Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/ph… 🟦 YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

New issue of Fluxblog features a Pharrell Williams retrospective and new songs by Q Tha Hero, Little Simz, Osees, and Girl Group open.substack.com/pub/fluxblog/p…

RIP Elvis, I think you would have sounded great singing the song R.E.M. wrote about the day you died youtu.be/UrbY-eOfU1A?si…

if I wear a Sun Ra shirt anywhere the chance someone compliments me on it is around 98%, especially random old guys on the street

New playlist 69 MODERN SLOW JAMS – 4 hours of sensual, sexy R&B from 2019-2025 🫦 Spotify open.spotify.com/playlist/6VdQv… ❤️‍🔥 Apple music.apple.com/us/playlist/69… 🥵 YouTube youtube.com/playlist?list=…

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Today I am the guest on my favorite podcast, discussing my new book about how indie rock morphed into pop and Vampire Weekend, who certainly helped it along. Thanks to rob harvilla and justice for Father Of The Bride. open.spotify.com/episode/4aaXo3…

New playlist McCARREN POOL PARTIES ERA 2006-2008, featuring artists who performed at the pool shows in Brooklyn, a time capsule of a bygone indie era 😎 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3JTEE… 🎸 Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/mc… ☀️ YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

modern middle class taste is defined by the void. fear of expression. gainesification is the opposite of cool minimalism, it’s pathetic blackstone zillow pic optimization. hate to see a nasty trend come for my hiway offramp fave CB :(

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If you liked Rob's flashbacks to late 2000s physical and spiritual Brooklyn on the Vampire Weekend episode, Perpetua has provided you with a portal into that world x.com/perpetua/statu…