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post-no faux soundtracks of psych fusion-y noise stuff. actors’ actors. battiato, boredoms, boris, b-52s. band, pdx https://linktr.ee/Vardaman

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RIP shirtless Robert Duvall with a cavalry hat on.

RIP shirtless Robert Duvall with a cavalry hat on.

The face when someone dies you thought was already dead.

16.02.2026 20:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Front cover of Chris Knox biography Not Given Lightly by Craig Robertson published by Auckland University Press March 2026

Front cover of Chris Knox biography Not Given Lightly by Craig Robertson published by Auckland University Press March 2026

A definitive new biography about Chris Knox is set to be published in North America next month via Auckland University Press. I am stepping up to help with press and promotion in North America. So, if you are a writer, reviewer, podcaster, record/book buyer, whatever, get in touch.

15.02.2026 23:07 — 👍 61    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 1
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Microchip company closes unexpectedly: What it means for pet owners, veterinary practices The closure of a pet microchip company sparks confusion, but AAHA's microchip registry lookup tool can help.

Texas-based pet microchip registry Save This Life shut down without notice, disconnecting its database from the AAHA lookup tool and no longer linked to owner contact information. Pet owners should have their pets scanned and re-register with another provider.

www.aaha.org/trends-magaz...

14.02.2026 14:07 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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2025 Sampler, by Various Artists 25 track album

Others on the sampler include

@tatsongs.bsky.social
@ironichill.bsky.social
@vardamanens.bsky.social
@dionysusxerox.bsky.social
@nicholasburgess.bsky.social
@atraeger.bsky.social
@dasroyalarctic.bsky.social

and many more

iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/2025-s...

14.02.2026 13:16 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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The Vardaman Ensemble See the releases of The Vardaman Ensemble on TIDAL

tidal.com/artist/82247...

13.02.2026 22:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😍

13.02.2026 22:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Toyah & Robert Fripp's Sunday Lunch: Women Dancing to King Crimson
YouTube video by Toyah Toyah & Robert Fripp's Sunday Lunch: Women Dancing to King Crimson

youtu.be/WXErrpAHxkc?...

13.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Zdeněk Liška - Ikarie XB​-​1 (Full Album)
YouTube video by WNRs Zdeněk Liška - Ikarie XB​-​1 (Full Album)

Listening to the Ikarie XB-1 soundtrack.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Jo...

13.02.2026 18:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s wild when white artists are directly influenced by Black musicians and still manage to be racist.

Gene Simmons and KISS took their entire image from Patti LaBelle’s rock group, LaBelle. KISS’s manager saw LaBelle’s costumes and asked the designer to create similar outfits.

13.02.2026 03:06 — 👍 169    🔁 98    💬 4    📌 3

Philip K. Dick:

12.02.2026 20:55 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

@derringdotoyou.bsky.social

12.02.2026 20:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

also, that middle part was usually thought of as Beach Boys-esque, but it's more Sly and the Family Stone than BB.

12.02.2026 19:55 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Blabber 'n' Smoke, by The Harvey Girls 9 track album

Everyone always liked this song. Also, I guess this is a "other bands Vards were in" post. Album cover by Randy Regier (randyregier.com)
theharveygirls.bandcamp.com/track/good-m...

12.02.2026 19:49 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

we did record a lot: theharveygirls.bandcamp.com/music

12.02.2026 19:27 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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IHNDIGS001 // Gone In 60 Seconds, by Various Artists 36 track album

Still exclusive to the first volume of our Gone in 60 Seconds comp, I believe

iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/ihndig...

12.02.2026 19:15 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
this one aged like fine wine

Constantine @Med_LARPer • 19 Oct. 19

This is what I imagine the 2020s will be like

this one aged like fine wine Constantine @Med_LARPer • 19 Oct. 19 This is what I imagine the 2020s will be like

12.02.2026 18:31 — 👍 44    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0

to be fair, only one of us made the transformation.

12.02.2026 18:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

It's crazy how Gary Numan was born 13 days before Gary Oldman

12.02.2026 03:13 — 👍 34    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 0
the title page for a thesis by Luna Clavero Agustin on the poet Cattulus.

the title page for a thesis by Luna Clavero Agustin on the poet Cattulus.

Nerd Out Time! @derringdotoyou.bsky.social and I were in a band called The Harvey Girls and the song below is one of our many songs we recorded called "Passer, Deliciae mae puellae". She pointed out today that we got a mention in this thesis!

theharveygirls.bandcamp.com/track/passer...

11.02.2026 23:13 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks to Luna Clavero Agustin, wherever you are!

11.02.2026 23:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is far better than a grammy and almost as cool as being introduced to Hans Fenger after we named a song after the girl who sang "Desperado" (Sheila Behman) on the Langley School Music Project.

11.02.2026 23:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

translation of mention: We begin with the instrumental song “Passer, deliciae meae puellae” from The Harvey Girls’ album The Wild Farewell (2005) (Figure 81), which evokes the sounds of various birds in a natural setting. This American band... combines natural sounds with other musical instruments.

11.02.2026 23:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
the title page for a thesis by Luna Clavero Agustin on the poet Cattulus.

the title page for a thesis by Luna Clavero Agustin on the poet Cattulus.

Nerd Out Time! @derringdotoyou.bsky.social and I were in a band called The Harvey Girls and the song below is one of our many songs we recorded called "Passer, Deliciae mae puellae". She pointed out today that we got a mention in this thesis!

theharveygirls.bandcamp.com/track/passer...

11.02.2026 23:13 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

I love H&M, but Bud Cort was great in a lot of other films that you should check out if you haven't.

11.02.2026 21:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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RIP Bud Cort

11.02.2026 21:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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Bud Cort, ‘Harold and Maude’ Star, Dies at 77 Bud Cort, who starred in 'Harold and Maude" and "Brewster McCloud," died Wednesday. He was 77.

RIP to a legend

variety.com/2026/film/ne...

11.02.2026 19:43 — 👍 213    🔁 61    💬 6    📌 22

I don't know the story. A friend made a mix of Brazilian songs and sent it to me years ago (we were both into Brazilian music in the 90s/00s as well as other types) and one of the songs was on it. I have a CD that was released a while back (I don't really care what kind of plastic my music is on).

11.02.2026 05:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Man, that album is so beautiful. Love it.

11.02.2026 05:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

my kind of olympics @derringdotoyou.bsky.social

10.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Miles Davis- January 17-19, 1975 Troubadour Club, Los Angeles
YouTube video by Milestones: A Miles Davis Archive Miles Davis- January 17-19, 1975 Troubadour Club, Los Angeles

The wah’d rhythm guitar of Reggie Lucas is nice n’ high in the mix but Pete Cosey remains unstoppable - listen to the way he uses the EMS synth to send “Ife” into the furthest reaches of space, then disappears into a fog of tape echo.

Don’t sweat the low fidelity of this tape. Become one with it.

17.01.2025 21:56 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

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