@joe-ball.bsky.social
Host of Long Distance Call on XRAY.FM (Portland Metro area @ 91.1FM & 107.1FM)
Photo by @francesferguson.bsky.social
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Saturday 5/17 in Portland!
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New mix this week! UK, Brazil, US, Italy, Jamaica & More!
11.05.2025 20:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βI have seen most of my favorite movies on film at the Hollywood. I genuinely consider myself blessed to live in the same city as this historic house.β
Thanks @sinacolad.bsky.social for your kind words!
We're all fortunate to live in a city that values independent theaters and film on film.
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New mix this weekend! City pop, vaporwave, house, tropicalia, and boogie
Thereβs an Insane Lad in there I recognize
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New episode out now!
Soul, house, jazz & electro
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The guitar solo in DOGS is a harder drop than every dubstep song put together
22.04.2025 22:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Swamp Dogg is coming to Portland this summer for his 83rd birthday?!!
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ALL-NEW Episode! Lots of fun tracks this week, early 90βs house, 80βs boogie & big beat
Sure, why not? Canβt promise anything but Iβll absolutely give a listen
02.04.2025 16:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβll make you a dealβ¦ like any other Candidate
01.04.2025 18:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0One of my favorites
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Episode 102 streaming now!
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Episode 102 streaming now!
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20.02.2025 19:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0HEATERS
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Friday February 21st at Sonder Listening Bar in Portland: the first ever CITY POP PROM! An all-vinyl Japanese Pop dance party w/ DJs SEASIDE FM & Joe Ball. Tickets on sale now and going fast!
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#citypop #jpop #vinyl #valentines
New episode out now!
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Spinning at Prospector Records Sunday 2/2! Come dig with me!
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29.01.2025 19:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
ynicism is first of all a style of presenting oneself, and it takes pride more than anything in not being fooled and not being foolish. But in the forms in which I encounter it, cynicism is frequently both these things. That the attitude that prides itself on world-weary experience is often so naΓ―ve says much about the triumph of style over substance, attitude over analysis. Maybe it also says something about the tendency to oversimplify. If simplification means reducing things to their essentials, oversimplification tosses aside the essential as well. It is a relentless pursuit of certainty and clarity in a world that generally offers neither, a desire to shove nuances and complexities into clear-cut binaries. NaΓ―ve cynicism concerns me because it flattens out the past and the future, and because it reduces the motivation to participate in public life, public discourse, and even intelligent conversation that distinguishes shades of gray, ambiguities and ambivalences, uncertainties, unknowns, and opportunities. Instead, we conduct our conversations like wars, and the heavy artillery of grim confidence is the weapon many reach for.
I'm exhausted by all the people out there who are trying to prove they're each the most cynical world-weary disillusioned person who's not gonna ever do a fucking thing ever except dump on everything and expect to be admired for that. Wrote about that in 2016:
28.01.2025 17:09 β π 1758 π 362 π¬ 5 π 59The first HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR album needs to be reissued YESTERDAY
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New episode! Stream here:
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@joe-ball.bsky.social very important
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Thursday 2/6 at Shanghai Tunnel Bar - a fun vinyl DJ showcase to celebrate the 100th episode of Long Distance Call on @xrayfm.bsky.social !
24.01.2025 17:32 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I like the βnot healthyβ vegan food they have at Jojo. Also, somehow, cheap drinks in 2025
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First post if my very own :3
23.01.2025 04:45 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Scotch bonnet peppers are incredible (and impossible to buy fresh in the Pacific NW!)
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