Phil

@thephilkellum.bsky.social

Senior Copywriter for a living. Record collector. Former zine publisher/writer in the past. Strong BBQ opinion-haver. Also, Kurt Cobain yelled at me once and I have a song written about me. #VinylSky philkellum.myportfolio.com

Calvin at Recycled Sounds in KC was a snobby asshole (IYKYK), but I’ll forgive him for saying “Have you heard this?” right after it came out. Then he put it in my pile as I was buying a Goldie CD single and something else. Legit changed my life and still sounds like it was recorded yesterday.

Aquarium Drunkard@aquariumdrunkard.com · 2w ago

No Endtroducing: DJ Shadow’s Debut at 30 aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/07/22/n... Endtroducing..... rummages through hip hop's deepest memory just as the culture entered its first wave of slick commercial dominance. Thirty years later, we're still catching up to DJ Shadow's impossible debut.