Joe Bonomo

Amazing!

Aw thanks, Jim

I wish that Roger Angell were around to write about Shohei.

ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS: the Kundalini Genie, psychedelic music, and getting inside and out.

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That Will Smith ball not going out is like when a character in an enchanted house walks out of a room but ends up in the same room. We're trapped, friends.

This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball

Time will go and you're free The Kundalini Genie invite us along on the journey

In my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I write about how I've been listening to more psychedelic music these days, for the ways it can elevate, the ways it can dissolve the environment around me. The Kundalini Genie's 2020 album 1111 delivers.

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After I left home, he turned my bedroom into an office, where he moved the desk.
It's now here and I'm overjoyed. #RIP Dad ❤️

The next day I drove the van solo (in horizontal rain and wind) to bring back my dad's desk that I've loved since I was a kid, and had always coveted. He had this since at least the early 1960s, down in the rec room where he worked for decades amidst the din of six kids. 2/3

Last weekend, I flew to Maryland and spent Sat helping my sibs continue to clean out my folks' place. Then my brother John and I rented a van and drove to Pittsburgh to drop some stuff off at his son's, and then to my bro's place an hour+ north. 1/3

ICYM my farewell to Space Ace at NO SUCH THING AS WAS

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From the start he wanted to fly So long to Ace Frehley (1951-2025), the Spaceman guitarist extraordinaire

At my latest NO SUCH THING AS WAS, so long Ace Frehley, wherever you’re rocketing

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ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I wrote about how the Bo Beat was revisited in the late '60s.

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"It's always good to walk in a room and know everybody kind of looks up to you because I guess I've earned it."

Rest in Power, Spaceman

Bo Diddley and cosmic minds The eternal Bo Beat received update patches near the end of the tumultuous 1960s

Sure, the Bo Beat is eternal, but it received some update patches near the end of the tumultuous 1960s. My latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS.

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071 Joe Bonomo on Writing Essays About Music - The Music Book Podcast On this episode, Marc talks with Joe Bonomo, author of "Play This Book Loud: Noisy Essays," published in May of 2025. It's a collection of pieces Bonomo wrote for various publications, primarily the w...

I had a blast gabbing about Play This Book Loud with Marc Masters at The Music Book Podcast!

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Right through the haze Michael Pollan, Walter Benjamin, and Pete Townshend went places

In my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, Michael Pollan, Walter Benjamin, and Pete Townshend go places,

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Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

Excellent

Barely, sadly

ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I wrote about the Rolling Stones' reissues, and the five strongest tracks they've rescued from the 1970s discard pile

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No spare parts The five strongest tracks the Rolling Stones have rescued from the discard pile

In my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS I write about the five strongest tracks the Stones have rescued from the discard pile.

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Since 2010, the Rolling Stones have been combing their archives for leftover tracks, re-recording on top of them, and releasing them as part of an ambitious reissue campaign. The results have been mixed, but always interesting to hear.

Catherine Elizabeth Bonomo, 1932-2025 Some thoughts on my Mom, and further thoughts on grief

Some thoughts on my Mom, and further thoughts on grief

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"Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it."

Happy Bday, Bruce

Illinois committee recommends state part ways with feds on COVID-19 vaccines The Illinois Department of Public Health Immunization Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend updated COVID-19 vaccines for all Illinois residents ages 18 and older.

Thank you, Illinois

A "rockstah" with a cul-de-sac future Tracy Santa's Tompo of the Ringing sets the bar for the Everymusician's Memoir

Two years ago, I launched NO SUCH THING AS WAS—the Substack—migrating things over from my old blog. To note the occasion, I'm rerunning the first piece I ran at the new joint, a review of Tracy Santa's music memoir Tompo of the Ringing. Enjoy!

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ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS: how Green Day's “Know Your Enemy” has become a people’s anthem

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Gimme gimme revolution How Green Day's “Know Your Enemy” has become a people’s anthem

Since debuting "Know Your Enemy" in 2009, Green Day has played the song live over 500 times and counting. At my latest NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I write about how the song has become a people’s anthem.

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