Alex Tobin 🎷
@alextobin.nl
Dutch / American in the Netherlands • I work in communications (ex-The Ocean Cleanup, ex-Fastned) • scribblings about music for @aquariumdrunkard.com www.alextobin.nl
Lively up yerself (version)… or not. 🇯🇲 The raggamuffins @brentsirota.bsky.social and @aquariumdrunkard.com offer up some echoes of summer to help get us through the scorching summer haze.
The Afterlives of Dub, 1995-2025 (A Mixtape) - Aquarium Drunkard
Once again, it's dubwise summer. This is the season for tight rhythms, faded melodies and infinite echo. But rather than serve up another collection of classic Jamaican riddims, we decided to sketch o...
aquariumdrunkard.com
I’ve smuggled my way into MOJO again. No mention of the red codpiece, luckily (Larry’s, not mine).
Very worthwhile interview with William T. Vollmann, who is terminally ill, but still has plenty to say.
"We Always Leave Things Unfinished"
William T. Vollmann is dying. In his Sacramento studio, he talks America, unfinished work, and the 3,096-page opus he finished just in time.
bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com
Breathe in, breathe out… and fire up the VPN for this. Beautiful aural experiences to celebrate days getting shorter. 🌗
BBC Radio 3 - Midsummer Dreaming
Verity Sharp presents a special dream-like night of documentaries from Radio 3's archives
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Wishing my fellow sun-loathers all the very best in the coming days. See you on the other side.
Lol Heat: Man Reacts to Fiery Sky
Alt: Man reacts to fiery sky... and it ain't good.
static.klipy.com
I enjoyed 'AM/FM USA' when it came out in 2024, and Phil Geraldi's latest does not disappoint: "refines and refracts his signature muse of interstitial Americana across 11 melted glass mosaics of processed guitar, decayed radio glow, and Harmonia synth horizons".
Rural Deceased Undiscovered, by Phil Geraldi
11 track album
chakrawhip.bandcamp.com
“Aquarium Drunkard finally reaches legal minimum drinking age, celebrates accordingly.” Happy 21st, @aquariumdrunkard.com! 🥂
Aquarium Drunkard@aquariumdrunkard.com · 2mo agoYesternow: Editor’s Note Volume Seven aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/05/30/y... 21 years ago, Aquarium Drunkard began in a Venice Beach apartment with little more than a stack of records and an internet connection. Looking back at some of the sounds, broadcasts, and detours that shaped the project.
Me: "Hmm, I wonder what my sealed copy of the short-lived and contentious 2017 Domino reissue of 'Bright Phoebus' is worth." Discogs:
Spending this evening with these two box sets by the American Analog Set. What a stellar body of work. As @andrewmale.bsky.social says in the latest MOJO: “It’s all one song, and it’s perfect.”
Two podcasts I miss: ‘You’re Not on the List’ with @jimirvin.bsky.social and ‘The MOJO Record Club’ with @johnmulvey.bsky.social and @andrewmale.bsky.social. I do get why, but still… other recommendations are welcome.
Alice Rohrwacher will direct an adaptation of Italo Calvino’s coming-of-age fable The Baron in the Trees next year.
Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent
Following up Happy as Lazzaro and La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher is now shooting her next feature Three Incestuous Sisters, which brings together the major ensemble of Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jes...
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If my recent look at ‘Steve McQueen’ and ‘Jordan: The Comeback’ on @aquariumdrunkard.com whet your appetite, there’s more, much more, in @nigetassell.bsky.social’s upcoming Prefab Sprout book. Long overdue!
new modern books@newmodernbooks.bsky.social · 2mo agoTruly Gifted Kids:A Book About A Band Called Prefab Sprout by @nigetassell.bsky.social Nige sets out to uncloak the enigma in this deepest dive ever made into Paddy McAloon’s craft, motivations and methods Personal and poetic, a true labour of love about labours of love 13-08-26 tr.ee/-BLPqLQ27t
#nowplaying Albums I very much didn't expect to like, but ended up very much liking: @tmbg.bsky.social's 'The World Is to Dig'.
The World Is to Dig, by They Might Be Giants
18 track album
tmbg.bandcamp.com
Two of the best albums of the year came out yesterday. In heavy rotation around here.
#nowplaying Starting Saturday off with this excellent new 3LP Ted Lucas boxset on @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social.
Enjoying the new one by Alela Diane, out today.
Who's Keeping Time?, by Alela Diane
11 track album
aleladiane.bandcamp.com
