Adam
@grimisham.bsky.social
Music, history, film, and literature obsessive. Educator and dad. DJ at Hearing Music weekly on XRAY.FM. Former yellypants in sadly defunct no wave “legends” Hustler White. Very occasional writer.
BrooklynVegan, Alt Press, et al being unceremoniously shut down by a company owned by the guys from Good Charlotte that’s also owned by Live Nation is a plot that would happen in a direct to video sequel to Richie Rich.
The combination of heat and smell outside is a vibe I can only describe as “sauna accident”.
Despite growing up in the state I don’t think I’ve ever been able to figure out or call a Michigan election, but I’m choosing to believe that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed doing worse in Wayne County and better in the west and north of the state is a good sign for the general election.
Michael Rother & Vittoria Maccabruni - As long as the Light This seems marketed as more of a full collaboration between Michael and the Italian electronic musician(and his partner as well), but his guitar is more foregrounded than the album with just his name on it.
Polymarket wildfire bets and Google briefly allowing an AI editing tool for GoogleEarth are the “future is stupid” winners of today.
I shouldn’t know the name of this many active wildfires. I used to learn maybe one every couple of years.
The good news is the smoke will prevent it from being 97 degrees as forecasted today. The bad news is the smoke.
Michael Rother - Dreaming Checking in on recent Rother. Incredibly contemporary sounding and if someone handed me this blind I wouldn’t guessed whose record it was(a woman singing, and his signature guitar restrained). But I like it a lot tbh, kinda reminds of the recent Beatie Wolfe/Eno records.
Recent camping experience has led me to the realization that rechargeable lights suck versus old battery powered ones I’m sad to say.
When I was younger I thought Tangerine Dream was cheesy planetarium music and it wasn’t until I discovered their freak rock/free music era(Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centauri, and Zeitgeist) that I found a way in.
MAGA voters in Michigan’s 8th district are so racist that they voted for a guy named Tom Smith (who’d dropped out of the race a month ago) over the Trump endorsed Amir Hassan.
Aaron Russell and Sandy Ewen - Dissectologists Sandy and Aaron used to be in a really cool band more of us should remember called Weird Weeds. Both have become accomplished solo guitarists since, but I’m happy about this quasi Weird Weeds reunion (WW alum Sarah Hennies also credited with the mix).
Stolen valor aside, Patton and MacArthur are two of the most Trump like figures from past eras, but both managed to put their egos aside and accomplish things and kill a whole bunch of fascists.
I’ll never forgive Eli Roth for making a terrible movie of The House with a Clock in its Walls, the only horror story set in my hometown(Evil Dead was partially filmed there). How will I ever convince anyone to read the book with that grotesque out in the world?
Is Helen becoming a real band that like tours and puts out albums and stuff? Hopefully! grouper.bandcamp.com/album/lindas...
Linda's Head, by Helen
10 track album
grouper.bandcamp.com
Did anyone ever try and “girl boss” the Champawat Tiger? How she leaned in to being the deadliest animal animal in recorded history.
Went camping for a couple days at Silver Falls, saw the smoke starting to build while we were there, so not super surprised to return to piss yellow skies in Portland.
There’s no way that having James Carville calling into a news show at this point isn’t a bit. Who thinks he represents any voting constituency of the Democratic Party anymore?
I’m so happy to learn COVID was a hoax, just going to sit back put on some new records by my favorites John Prine and Harold Budd and relax.
AI images of food should be illegal. Because if it’s not actually made of worms and covered in piss, then it’s false advertising.
Democracy Now had a segment on the dangers and damage of AI featuring a Naomi Klein quote hallucinated by AI, which kind of proved their point accidentally.
If the words “Soup Dragons” are even passing your lips post 1991 I feel your brain might be soup. A soup dragon if you will.
Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 3d agoNow THAT's a headline
The only thing I would want from MySpace is maybe to retrieve some lost photos. It’s not like if it comes back I’ll be young and in a band on a different internet and in a different world. It will just be another portal into hell.
Spokane is the moment where this fire season that we knew would be historically bad, has entered unprecedented. Anything could happen and we have months to go.
I hate to ever give Thirsty Benny any attention but he’s usually tapped in, so is there a fucking right wing conspiracy that USAID funded rap music? Also I barely think it needs saying, but rap and country are equally products of American culture.
Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 5d agoThe racist conspiracy has been popularized by figures including Joe Rogan and Benny Johnson. It's total nonsense. Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
