claremont cometh

If you’re racing curious, this is maybe the best time ever to get into sports cars. Check out this comprehensive IMSA preview from Peter Hughes: alloymag.com/endurance-ra...

We're still looking for someone in the Inland Empire area to adopt or foster this little tortoiseshell kitty. I'm willing to drive halfway to L.A. if anyone there wants to meet up to take her.

Those curious about Mark, Joel, and Wckr Spgt can consult the (early build, in revisions) Guide to Navigating The Spgt Site here: claremontcometh.net/directory/sp... Then swim around at your leisure.

Organizing some music for more easily-accessible listening in 2026 and must commend The Bux for one of my favorite song titles, "R U Sexy (Or Have You Moved Away?)" www.claremontcometh.net/library/shr4...

other goals include tidying up lyrics on some pages, finally adding the shrimper tapes i got ahold of in the past 2 years, and finally pushing the zine scans section up to a live page.

image of a cassette tape that says "DiskothiQ" with this text below it: DiskothiQ (1992 - 1999) shows up in catalogs, zines, interviews, and around the web varyingly as Diskothi-Q, DiskothiQ, Diskothiq, Diskothi Q, etc. I had used "Diskothi-Q" for simplicity's sake on the site for a few years, partly because it helps with the pronunciation (dis-KOTH-uh-cue, FYI, not disko-thick or disko-tick or disko-teek) but on December 4th, 2024, I finally directly asked Peter Hughes about his preference, and he came out on the anti-hyphen side, so I'm working on making that consistent across the site. However, the Q being capitalized is important. For the curious: a college friend of Peter's, upon seeing a sign that said "discotheque" and not knowing how to pronounce it, asked: "what's a dis-KOTH-a-cue?" and the rest is history.

Small update to Claremont Cometh's page on DiskothiQ: a note on the origins of the band name (along with the extant notes on pronunciation) since people have asked. This year I'd like to add some more DiskothiQ history notes from our conversations on the Tired podcast, so look forward to that.

EAC: Exact Audio Copy. Weird German freeware software. Just works. www.exactaudiocopy.de

Embeds are always off & on with bsky but here's Guy, who's just been out on tour with sweet Liam Snowy Halliwell, as our little interpersonal music web entangles more and more. What a joy! www.instagram.com/p/DS_U-TSEkfu/

Also on deck in Guy's insta post: the Ah Club's 1997 Shrimper release Kiss The Sky Goodbye. The material is probably not what you're expecting if you're used to the early Shrimper tapes. AND this record has a Refrigerator guitar sample on it! Page here: www.claremontcometh.net/library/shr7...

Saw the lovely Guy Blackman post about a planned DJ set with the Refrigerator 7" Suck And Run, a personal favorite (not as good as Louder Than Goodbye, but what is?) and you can read about/hear samples of that 7" here: www.claremontcometh.net/library/pape...

Happy 20XX Everybody, by Peter Peter Hughes track by Peter Peter Hughes

Was 2025 a rough one for you? If so, Peter Hughes just dropped a new song for this New Years Eve. And it's open enough that you'll be able to use it for every weary, beaten-down New Years Eve to come. Bring on the next one... peterpeterhughes.bandcamp.com/track/happy-...

Happy 20XX Everybody, by Peter Peter Hughes track by Peter Peter Hughes

Was 2025 a rough one for you? If so, Peter Hughes just dropped a new song for this New Years Eve. And it's open enough that you'll be able to use it for every weary, beaten-down New Years Eve to come. Bring on the next one... peterpeterhughes.bandcamp.com/track/happy-...

Half-Staff Blues, by Peter Peter Hughes 11 track album

Are you working on an end-of-year retrospective on new music you liked in 2025? You don't have a physical copy of Half-Staff Blues to remind you, but I will! (And I'll keep asking Peter about a small run of something in 2026...) peterpeterhughes.bandcamp.com/album/half-s...

It's that time again. You can listen to 5 minutes of excerpts from 1992 Sonic Enemy tape "A Munchies Kinda Christmas" featuring Shoeface, DiskothiQ, Exit House, Refrigerator, Paste, Chicken Damage, and more. PLUS! Read some trivia on the index page: claremontcometh.net/library/munc...

tapes will Win it is Time

Review of Drive My Car This week, Peter Hughes swaps crashes and jumps for an emotional crashout.

What's retired Mountain Goats bassist Peter Hughes up to lately? Glad you asked. He's writing about Ryusuke Hamaguchi film Drive My Car (2021) for @alloymag.bsky.social, the autojourno website for people who understand that the intrusive pop-up ad model is bad. alloymag.com/drive-my-car...

Half-Staff Blues, by Peter Peter Hughes 11 track album

Are you working on an end-of-year retrospective on new music you liked in 2025? You don't have a physical copy of Half-Staff Blues to remind you, but I will! (And I'll keep asking Peter about a small run of something in 2026...) peterpeterhughes.bandcamp.com/album/half-s...

It's that time again. You can listen to 5 minutes of excerpts from 1992 Sonic Enemy tape "A Munchies Kinda Christmas" featuring Shoeface, DiskothiQ, Exit House, Refrigerator, Paste, Chicken Damage, and more. PLUS! Read some trivia on the index page: claremontcometh.net/library/munc...

Review of Drive My Car This week, Peter Hughes swaps crashes and jumps for an emotional crashout.

What's retired Mountain Goats bassist Peter Hughes up to lately? Glad you asked. He's writing about Ryusuke Hamaguchi film Drive My Car (2021) for @alloymag.bsky.social, the autojourno website for people who understand that the intrusive pop-up ad model is bad. alloymag.com/drive-my-car...

feat. your producer pal matty's most obscure audio reference yet (dig deep into the PS2 library) and a running gag with animal crossing noises, and so-titled because... well. podcasting is one way to Pick Yr Monologue.

i barely escaped that place in NJ like $50 over budget. thank god parking is a nightmare because i can't be allowed to go back for like 6 months

btc has great high points (heel turn 2 obviously all-time, animal mask, luna, CHOKED OUT, werewolf gimmick) but i admit it's not a record i revisit in full much. goths/dragons/bleed out my Big 3 from the Merge era.

Half-Staff Blues, by Peter Peter Hughes 11 track album

less "gesture" at the themes here from retired mtn goats bassist Peter Hughes, and more yelling/pointing, but @dfelsenthal.bsky.social you might enjoy this: peterpeterhughes.bandcamp.com/album/half-s...

p4k on Fire etc P. Balkan feels fair and also, if this guy wants a record that "gestures toward rising sea levels and humanity's helplessness as the 21st Century unravels" may i suggest: peterpeterhughes.bandcamp.com/album/half-s...

was so delighted that you, of all people, could speak for the front row faithful. wonderful work

author of this piece did homework to my satisfaction + talked to Peter, brought up both Half-Staff Blues and Tired: The Car Podcast For People Who Understand That Cars Are Bad (!!!) huge props wonderful work gold star

life has its ups and downs but i did recently contribute the best new reaction sticker to the tmg fan discord which is the peter :bruh: react. we had several neutral to posi peters but i needed a disapproving one obviously. pictured here in natural habitat with isa react

formal apology to my cohost peter hughes, who revealed during pod recording today that he's the older brother and kevin hughes is the younger brother; to which i responded "wait, i had no idea. you always had younger brother energy to me" and i saw the will to live drain out of him in real time