for the first time in two and a half years, a new note was played in this organ performance today!

two new chapbooks and a book-length essay : Broke Press, Subpress collective + Spuyten Duyvil, / @spuytenduyvil.bsky.social @subpresspoetry.bsky.social @brokepress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/08/two-...

two new chapbooks and a book-length essay : Broke Press, Subpress collective + Spuyten Duyvil,

Okay, so I know you already know I had a poetry book out a couple of weeks back, but did you know Spuyten Duyvil just published a book-lengt...

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Watched Sisters with Transistors, a documentary survey of pioneering but under-recognized women who shaped early electronic music, drone and ambient during the 1960s-70s: boxd.it/pt6c

Sisters with Transistors (2020)

Think of early electronic music and you’ll likely see men pushing buttons, knobs, and boundaries. While electronic music is often perceived as a boys' club, the truth is that from the very beginning w...

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I've built a map displaying where on the Amtrak network you can take your bike, line-by-line and station-by-station. This data isn't available anywhere else, check out where you can go! amtrak-bike-map.transittools.dev

Amtrak Bicycle Access

Explore carry-on, checked, and station-level bicycle access across the Amtrak rail network.

amtrak-bike-map.transittools.dev

Enjoyed this jaunty pop tune from Chile youtu.be/Y2nF6nfi9fI?...

Yío - Mi Perrito del Parque (VIDEO OFICIAL)

YouTube video by Yío Canal Oficial

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Dr. John's 1968 album "Gris-Gris" is a spellbinding work of musicological anthropology that connects Mother Africa, New Orleans' Congo Square and American rock and R&B, and David Toop's new book follows every last tributary to its source. Review in today's Watch List.

On Rock 'n' Roll Ghosts and Other Matters

David Toop's "Two-Headed Doctor" is a spellbinding genealogy of American music tied to one of the strangest, deepest records of the 1960s. Plus a few movie things.

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Inspired by a conversation with friends this morning

The publisher is having a clearance sale and my internationally renowned book—which some say is the greatest memoir ever written—is on sale for 50% off. For those of you who still read. www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/the...

In the right hands, Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market" would make for an incredible film. I'm not sure who could pull this off. I think maybe Agnes Varda could have done it, but we'll never know.

and while you're at it, Rob's new solo LP is a beauty: robsmith2.bandcamp.com/album/salt-s...

Salt Star, by Rob Smith

6 track album

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more film fun, tho no deliberate sound work this time: s& clear 16mm film leader, ink, salt, tape may 2026 #16mm #directanimation

wendy cloudberry@wendycloudberry.com · last mo.

recently: this bag is not a toy plastic bags, clear 16mm film leader may 2026 #16mm #directanimation #opticalsound

This is such a bummer. There's so much money floating around the Triangle and very little of it goes to support the arts.

WUNC News@wunc.org · 2d ago

The CAM Raleigh is selling its building at 409 W. Martin Street, where the museum has been housed for 15 years. www.wunc.org/arts-culture...

The Summer 2026 issue of LCD, WFMU's magazine/program guide, is out! If you donated $75 or more during our fundraiser or are a Swag for Life member living in the US you will automatically receive a copy. Everyone else: You can order a copy at iwantmylcd.com. Questions? Email lcd@wfmu.org.

Already an amazing collection and just getting started. Keiji Haino, Tom Verlaine, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, etc etc etc.

Ned Raggett@nedraggett.bsky.social · 2d ago

Per various posts and things I've seen, looks like a new collection along the lines of the Aadam Jacobs Chicago-and-elsewhere live audience tapes is starting to emerge at @archive.org -- the Jeff Lazar Audio Collection, focusing on NYC/NJ shows over the years. Good stuff up already!

This is exactly the kind of rabbit hole you love to lose yourself down as a journalist www.inverse.com/input/cultur...

The adorable love story behind Wikipedia’s 'high five' photos

Nearly 14 years later, the tale of this iconic couple can finally be told.

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This album is astonishing. High on the AOTY running for me. homeboysandman.bandcamp.com/album/resona...

Resonance Frequency, by Homeboy Sandman & Jack Splash

13 track album

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The Beat-Club has just casually dropped some live footage of Can - unseen since 1972 👇

Can - Halleluhwah (1971)

YouTube video by Beat-Club

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money longer than a shakespeare act V, fuse shorter than a shakespeare act IV

I don't think anyone has ever had *IT* like no na has *IT*. They are now 3-for-3 on perfect pop songs with genuinely radical production. Now is the time to get on the literal bus

no na - honk! (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by no na

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Nicked from David Bowie, who apparently nicked it from John Lennon😀 Bowie used to carry a Greek language newspaper, so people would go "That's David Bowie! Oh no, it's a Greek bloke that looks just like him", & leave him alone.

Charles Schulz took a big step toward desegregating the comics page when Franklin first appeared in "Peanuts" on July 31, 1968. Here’s that initial sequence.

Concept: A miniseries TV adaptation of James Joyce "Ulysses" where each episode is a chapter, and each is filmed in a completely different style (just as the novel's chapters move through a range of literary modes). Heck, make it an anthology series and invite a different director do each segment.

Imagine how glorious it must have been to hear groups like The Crystals, The Chiffons, The Ronettes for the first time, when no one had been making pop music like that before.

I was in a bookstore today, and everyone was talking about The Odyssey. This was unthinkable decades ago.

paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner)@danlehner.bsky.social · 5d ago

honestly, a middle-brow (complimentary) director doing a big splashy Classics adaptation that’s sold out for a month at the IMAX and there’s an ongoing debate about it with one of its en vogue translators is probably the healthiest the culture has been in a long time

The joy and wonder upon hearing for the first time the original version of a song one knows well, having only heard it in a muddy 10th generation cassette recording.

On his fourth album for Hausu Mountain, and his first on vinyl, the restless synthesist talks improvisation, the burden of the solo record, and the surprises that arrived in the mail. The Tonearm's Bill Kopp works the door. The Company of Others — M. Geddes Gengras and 'Guest List':

The Company of Others — M. Geddes Gengras and 'Guest List'

On his fourth album for Hausu Mountain, and his first on vinyl, the restless synthesist talks improvisation, the burden of the solo record, and the surprises that arrived in the mail.

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It's #FeatureFriday and this week we present to you @ellykace.bsky.social's gorgeously ethereal pop album 'The Seventh Gate'...

the seventh gate, by Elly Kace

10 track album

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I don’t know how this band passed me by for so long, but this album is incredible. Perfect dream pop with lovely ambient touches and an unexpected classic cover version to boot.. echodrone.bandcamp.com/album/the-cu...

The Curvature of Sound, by Echodrone

12 track album

echodrone.bandcamp.com

Today is my birthday (turning 30), which is the only time each year when I ask you for a repost should you like my art. Have a good day! 🦦🌿✨️ - Simon

Tomorrow night — Prairiewolf plays in Boulder! Get yourself back to the garden.