Friends don't let friends use Substack.

Monteiro@monteiro.bsky.social · 23h ago

NEXT WEEK @stephmoney.bsky.social and I will be talking about all the ins and outs of newsletters. Including how to start one, where to start one, how to build an audience, and what the hell to actually write about. It’ll be fun, it’ll be casual. You’ll meet nice people. You should come!

Dick Vivian provided the soundtrack to one of the happiest periods in my life. I'd just moved to SF and was DJing at El Rio. He'd call me every week with a list of all the records he found me. We'd sit and listen to girl groups and sip Tom Collinses, and I'd leave with a backpack full of memories.

COYOTE@coyotemedia.org · 5d ago

“I can’t imagine how hard it would be to grow up as a gay kid in the ’50s,” says Jon Blunck, one of the shop’s new owners. “So he created his fantasy world and it turned into Rooky Ricardo’s Records, and he invited us all along.” www.coyotemedia.org/dick-vivan-k...

I finished The Felicity Complex yesterday. It didn't knock me over like Metal From Heaven, but it was weird and fun. August Clarke will be an instant preorder from me until the end of time. hardcover.app/books/the-fe...

Beth's Review of The Felicity Complex by August Clarke - Hardcover

Read Beth's review of The Felicity Complex by August Clarke on Hardcover

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Local bookstore haul with some local authors.

Back on the doom machine 👋