A. J. Payler's Avatar

A. J. Payler

@ajpayler.bsky.social

Author/musician A. J. Payler has published 5 novels, 2 short story collections, & 6 albums of original music to date as well as opened for Silkworm & Schizophonics, among others. Visit ajpayler.com for more.

22,438 Followers  |  21,776 Following  |  413 Posts  |  Joined: 20.12.2023  |  1.8339

Latest posts by ajpayler.bsky.social on Bluesky


Crosby, Stills & Nash - CBS West 57th profile - 1987
YouTube video by RustedTelevisione Crosby, Stills & Nash - CBS West 57th profile - 1987

In 1987, Crosby Stills & Nash couldn't even make it through what was supposed to be a fluffy network promo piece on the band without fucking up royally in four different ways: youtu.be/v_ozbTZYDgc

#csn #classicrock #csny #crosbystillsnash

22.02.2026 06:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I did a deep dive on Powderfinger when Ian Haug joined the Church

21.02.2026 04:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Radiohead – The Bends (Capitol Records – CDP 529626 CD Released: 13 March 1995)

Y'all know this one.

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #radiohead #alternative

21.02.2026 03:57 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

Bob Dylan – Good As I Been To You (Columbia CK 53200 CD Released Nov 3, 1992)

Back to his folk roots on Dylan's first entirely solo acoustic album since Another Side in 1964.

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #bobdylan #folk #acoustic

21.02.2026 02:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Paul Westerberg – Eventually (Reprise Records 9 46176-2 CD Released: April 30, 1996)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #replacements #paulwesterberg

21.02.2026 01:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The album Petty threatened to name "Eight Ninety-Eight"--or possibly not deliver to the company at all--if MCA raised the list price to $9.98.

21.02.2026 00:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Hard Promises (Backstreet Records BSR-5160 Vinyl LP Released: May 5, 1981)

#nowplaying #vinylrecords #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #recordcollector #vinyl #musicsky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #tompetty

21.02.2026 00:34 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The 1st heavy metal album to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, Metal Health sold over 10 million copies worldwide!

20.02.2026 23:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Quiet Riot – Metal Health (Pasha FZ 38443 Vinyl LP Released: Mar 11, 1983)

#nowplaying #vinylrecords #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #recordcollector #vinyl #musicsky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #quietriot #80smetal #hairmetal

20.02.2026 23:48 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

HERE'S HOW RECORDS GIVE YOU MORE OF WHAT YOU WANT:

#vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #recordcollector #vinyl #musicsky #physicalmedia #nospotify

20.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
Post image

Wir – The First Letter (Mute/Elektra – 61238-2 Released: Oct 1991)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #wire #postpunk

17.02.2026 04:25 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Red Crayola – The Parable Of Arable Land/God Bless The Red Krayola And All Who Sail With It
(Decal CD LIK 65, original LPs rel. 1967/1968, CD Compilation Released: 1990)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #redkrayola #psychedelia

17.02.2026 03:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Teenage Fanclub – A Catholic Education (Matador OLE 012-2 CD Released: 1990)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #teenagefanclub

17.02.2026 03:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Television – The Blow Up (Danceteria/ROIR Europe RE114CD France, Recorded 1978, Orig. Rel. 1982 2xCD Reissue Released: 1992)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #television #guitar

16.02.2026 23:01 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

Richard Lloyd – The Countdown (Plowboy Records PLO-CD-46 CD Released: Nov 2, 2018)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #television
#guitar

16.02.2026 21:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions (Atlantic R2-556277 3xCD Reissue Released: Sep 16, 2016)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #ledzeppelin #classicrock

16.02.2026 00:40 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Wipers – Wipers Box Set (Is This Real? - Youth Of America - Over The Edge) (Zeno Records Z-005 3xCD Released: 2001)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #wipers

15.02.2026 21:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

XTC – Black Sea (Virgin VL 2203 Vinyl LP, Album Released: 12 September 1980)

#nowplaying #vinylrecords #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #recordcollector #vinyl #musicsky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #xtc

15.02.2026 20:10 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

U2 – Boy (Island Records A1 90040 Vinyl LP Released: 20 October 1980 UK, 3 March 1981 US)

#nowplaying #vinylrecords #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #recordcollector #vinyl #musicsky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #u2

15.02.2026 19:25 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band – Unconditionally Guaranteed (Mercury SRM-1-709 Vinyl LP Released: Apr 1974)

#nowplaying #vinylrecords #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #recordcollector #vinyl #musicsky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #captainbeefheart

15.02.2026 19:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Custom Floor – From A Body (Analog Sound Recordings Number 3 CD Released: 1997)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #sandiego

15.02.2026 18:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Ice-T – Home Invasion (Rhyme $yndicate Records/Priority Records P2 53858 CD Released: Mar 23, 1993)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #icet #hiphop

14.02.2026 20:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Badfinger – Head First (Y&T Music YT-35 Recorded: 1974, Released: Dec 13, 2024)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #badfinger #classicrock #powerpop

13.02.2026 01:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

The Church – Deadman's Hand (Unorthodox UNO 009 CD EP, Australia Released: 2010)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #psychedelic

13.02.2026 01:22 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Beastie Boys – Anthology: The Sounds Of Science (Grand Royal/Capitol Records CDP 7243 5 22940 2 2
2xCD Compilation Digipak Released: 1999)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #hiphop #raprock #beastieboys

13.02.2026 00:24 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
This Study's List of the Most Invasive AI Browser Extensions Includes a Few You Probably Use A host of AI-powered browser extensions that have been installed by tens of millions of users may also be invading your privacy.

Grammarly is literally the most invasive extension you could ever put on your computer. Don't use it.

lifehacker.com/tech/invasiv...

#authorlife #writinglife #grammarly #aiscam

09.02.2026 16:19 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Crosby, Stills & Nash (& sometimes Young) – CSN (Box Set, Atlantic 7 82319-2 4xCD Released: Oct 15, 1991)

#compactdisc #CD #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky #CDSky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #folkrock #csn #neilyoung #boxset

08.02.2026 18:52 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
OP-ED: F*ck You If You Support Flecha Cantina: Why Patronizing A Mark Wahlberg Mexican Restaurant In San Diego Is A Betrayal Of The City A leading online resource for breaking news about San Diego's hospitality industry and community developments.

www.sandiegoville.com/2026/02/op-e... #sandiego

08.02.2026 11:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Fred Neil – Everybody's Talkin' (Theme From Midnight Cowboy) (Capitol Records SM-294 Originally Released December 1966 as "Fred Neil", Reissue Released: 1969)

#nowplaying #vinylrecords #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #recordcollector #vinyl #musicsky #physicalmedia #nospotify #indiemedia #folkrock

07.02.2026 19:08 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
This Substack Data Breach May Have Compromised Nearly 700,000 User Records Substack recently disclosed a data breach which may have leaked nearly 700,000 user records.

lifehacker.com/tech/substac...

#substack #security

06.02.2026 21:34 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

@ajpayler is following 20 prominent accounts