“Randall📀Roberts”

Afro-Mingei: How Theaster Gates Sparked Takuro Okada’s Meditations on Influence and Identity | In Sheeps Clothing Okada's latest album channels the spirit of 'Afro-Mingei,' bridging Japanese folk craft and Black musical traditions in a meditation on connection, influence, and enduring beauty. When Takuro Okada...

Want to learn about Takuro Okada's stunning new jazz record, 'Konoma'? I interviewed him for In Sheep's Clothing Hi Fi. Co-released by Temporal Drift and ISC Selects. insheepsclothinghifi.com/takuro-okada...

Afro-Mingei: How Theaster Gates Sparked Takuro Okada’s Meditations on Influence and Identity | In Sheeps Clothing Okada's latest album channels the spirit of 'Afro-Mingei,' bridging Japanese folk craft and Black musical traditions in a meditation on connection, influence, and enduring beauty. When Takuro Okada...

Want to learn about Takuro Okada's stunning new jazz record, 'Konoma'? I interviewed him for In Sheep's Clothing Hi Fi. Co-released by Temporal Drift and ISC Selects. insheepsclothinghifi.com/takuro-okada...

Underrated Wire record. 🙌

Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.

But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.

Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.

Cretin behavior.

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”

“59 Times the Dub”

Announcing Residence. A space to explore, create, collaborate and produce.

Andrew Khedoori, the good feller behind the excellent Longform Editions, has announced a new project, Residence, featuring year-long overviews of artists as they create new work. The first two acts, covering 2026: #ColePulice and #whait aka @moreeazemusic.bsky.social and @wendyeyes.bsky.social

A colorful vintage-style wall display featuring multiple retro signs. On the left, a framed sign reads “ACME” at the top and “AURA BALANCER and SHOE BUFFER” below, illustrated with a white sneaker and “before” and “after” faces — the latter glowing with a radiant halo — followed by the phrase “¡Es Miraculoso!” To the right, a life-sized cutout of a smiling policeman holds a yellow “STOP” sign and raises one hand in greeting. Beneath the main sign, another small sign reads “SUPERCHARGED FLASHLIGHT CRACKER YANKEE BOY.” The display is lit warmly against a dark wall with metallic and blue accent lighting.

Endless bliss.

The City Museum in St. Louis.

I just discovered his solo stuff recently, and it’s been a pleasure to explore it.

In addition to all this 👇, Scott Tuma’s solo guitar records are woefully underrated. #souledamerican dismalnichetapes.bandcamp.com/track/all-th...

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

The Kennedy Center Crackup

Here’s a gift link to the NYT story. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Ric and the Icks are running the Kennedy Center lol.

Preserving the Past & Sharing It Today: A New Partnership with the University of California The Dust-to-Digital Foundation and the University of California, Santa Barbara have partnered to make thousands of historic recordings freely accessible to the public.

What's great about this news is that it further demonstrates how UCSB has become a truly important general archive location for music all around. Their famed cylinder recordings collection alone, online for listening, started two decades back, for instance.

Absolutely. David Seubert deserves a MacArthur for his work there.

Post something random for the collective amusement.

Diane Ladd as Ida Sessions impersonating Mrs. Mulray.

🍁 I love playing records in public in the afternoon. If you are in the St. Louis area — or anywhere in the world, for that matter, you’ve got time — come by the Royale in South City this Saturday. Autumn afternoon music.🍁

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

Instrumental Music for Hardware Stores and Weed Dispensaries* by Randall Roberts on Apple Music Playlist · 300 Songs

850+ tracks, 3 days of heaven: Instrumental Music for Hardware Stores and Weed Dispensaries. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

YouTube video by jeyem archives Soft Cell Say Hello + Seedy Films + int @ Megahertz, 1982

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZlq...

Componium Ensemble: 10 Automated Works from Spencer Doran (Visible Cloaks) | In Sheeps Clothing Proto-midi mechanical music machines and other musical automata selected by Spencer Doran (Visible Cloaks). Composer, sound designer and researcher Spencer Doran (Visible Cloaks) has a new record o...

This is rad. Spencer Doran (Visible Cloaks) highlights early mechanical music. insheepsclothinghifi.com/componium-en...

Ah man, this is genuinely lovely. What a guy. "I had no skill as a musician and still don’t. It was all imagination"

A person at a Chicago protest wearing a tactical-style vest customized with paintbrushes and a skull logo resembling Bob Ross’s afro silhouette. They hold a brightly colored sign reading “BOB ROSS VIBES ONLY,” featuring a stenciled portrait of Bob Ross and layered graffiti-style lettering.

This Bob Ross sticker! 💀🎨💀

(detail of a NY Times photo by Evan Jenkins)