Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty)

This pianist’s music wasn’t just a bag of peanuts

+ Chit-Chat Check-In #78: Dolly

+ Heroes "Single Version" (David Bowie cover)

I wrote today

Some books ginger tea and the crescent moon

Sanctuary

An expanded repost with narration

My longest running bandmate, Jon Rauhouse, has been told he is no longer terminal with cancer.

Hello Readers.

Hello, from the other side

By Sara

A takeaway from the DNC

An early early draft

I listened to all 27 discs and pulled out the highlights

Plus his later stints on the road with Dylan in the '80s and '90s

let them make their mistakes

epistolary influencer personality disorders

a.k.a. Having spent 2023 doubling down on the ridiculousness of 2022, the genre currently sits in a rather uninspiring place.

a.k.a. The songs I enjoyed the most this year, both on and off the dancefloor.

Why I can't let go of "Into The Wild", and why perhaps you can't, either.

A guest post by John Marks

Happy One Year of the Lizard Review!

Commentaries on Ariana, Billie, Charli, Beyonce, Doechii, Sabrina (you know, the main girls!!) as well as some indie artists, a bit of hip hop, and the MOST glaring insult of the entire list...

It’s official. We are in the studio

With THREE demos outlining the journey of this song

Behind Every Successful Woman are Two Men... Enough Said.

a court recording from December 2, 2024

I am posting this because people have asked me to. Emily Rose Marcus was born on December 10, 1969, in Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley. It was a forceps delivery, and she came out with bruises on her face, yet she lived her life as a woman who prized beauty—in fashion, her own sense of style, furniture, art. Following her beloved uncle Dr. William E. Bernstein, she chose a death with dignity, and died on January 31, 2023, in her apartment in Oakland, where she had lived since 2007, after more than two years fighting against a terminal diagnosis of appendiceal cancer she had received in September 2020. Our hearts are broken.

October 2002

Listen to Roger Nichols's long-awaited "Second Arrangement" cassette

The Nightfly digs into the crates during a UK radio appearance in 1983.

26 February, 2021.

"Sparking creativity is about filling the well"

Good morning.

Today’s mix opens with new ambient pieces by Alaskan Tapes and zakè/From Overseas/James Bernard.

Following a rigorous survey (of my own bookshelf), a definitive canon

A word with David R. Adler, the new editor of JT

On Weathervanes, death, love and listening like a mother

30% off paid subscriptions! Happy holidays! :)

Thoughts on forgetting, plus new albums by Not Not Fun, Kevin Richard Martin, and K. Freund

New releases from Moin, Niagara, Jas Shaw, and more

so far it doesn't hurt

November 20th, 1985

An algorithm

"Jagged"

Six hours of hand-picked instrumental Christmas music.

Stop chopping up Cynthia Erivo footage while she's singing!

S/O to DeWhatitdo for the ask.

Enjoy.