Erin Osmon

Jason Molina bio - Riding With The Ghost by Erin Osmon

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Extending Jason Molina Month into April - this just arrived from *NotAmazon* Jason Molina: Riding With The Ghost by @erinosmon.bsky.social

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A Tinkerer’s Playground: Erin Osmon and MECo reflect on 20 years of 'What Comes After The Blues' 'What Comes After the Blues' was produced amid big personnel changes and lots of little tweaks. That’s how Jason Molina liked it.

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For the essential Static & Distance newsletter, I reunited with the members of Magnolia Electric Co. + Jennie Benford, Mike Brenner and others, to discuss the making of “What Comes After the Blues.” It’s an album that contains many of Jason Molina’s most beloved and immortal songs.

I interviewed him a couple more times over the last year for forthcoming projects that will be released at some point. One time he literally called me from Dunkin Donuts, that’s how down to earth he was. Just a swell guy.

Clem was a joy to work with on the “Blondie: Against All Odds” boxset and he’ll be sorely missed. A monster drummer (“Dreaming,” “Accidents Never Happen,” etc etc etc). Incredible hair. New Jersey to his dang core. Just a real one through and through. RIP a rock god.

Here’s to the music that gets us through. RIP dear Snock.

YouTube video by Waylon Jennings - Topic Amanda

Almost nothing better than Waylon singing Bob McDill. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpB9...

Thank you for having me!

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Raise your hand if your books were hoovered up by Meta’s AI 🤚.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Yes it is! Miss seeing you around btw. We should get coffee and catch up ❤️.

Cotton Crown, by The Tubs 9 track album

Oh, I love this! thetubs.bandcamp.com/album/cotton...

My first cover story for Rolling Stone dropped Friday! I spent 2 days in the Santa Ynez Valley with Lainey Wilson ahead of her performance at the Grammys. We chatted about her new album and tour, her hopes for America, her red-light sauna and more. No paywall. www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/lainey...

Appalachia Borealis, by Phil Cook 11 track album

Phil Cook’s new album “Appalachia Borealis” is a close companion these days. Soul nourishing, like a hug.
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Indiana University’s Lost Experimental Music Project Did you know that in 1970, Indiana was at the cutting edge of computer science and music?

In 1967 the Greek composer Iannis Xenakis began teaching at Indiana University where he endeavored to build a machine that could produce dissonant electronic skronk that Genesis P-Orridge would've appreciated. indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofsci...

Benmont Tench, Still a Heartbreaker, Is Carrying on Solo Starting in the early 1970s, the organist, singer and songwriter was a creative anchor for Tom Petty. On a new solo album, he explores what comes next.

My latest for the New York Times, a profile of the great Benmont Tench, as he releases his second solo album, “The Melancholy Season." With thoughts from Mike Campbell, Danielle Haim, Don Was, Jonathan Wilson. Look for it in Sunday’s print edition of the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/a...

Also opening new stores, which feels Herculean given *spreads arms* all of this.

Also, I was a Barnes & Noble recently and the vibe was mystifyingly vibrant and sort of unbelievable — filled with coffee shop armchair intellectuals, history dads, hyper toddlers, and alterna teens, just like the bad old ‘90s. Did a little digging and found that B&N does not donate to facists.

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

“Benevolent billionaire” is of course a fallacy and an oxymoron, like a gorilla peeling a banana as he promises to not eat it. Book lovers seeking release from Amazon’s vice grip should absolutely check out bookshop.org.

bookshop.org

The Kinks’ Best Songs, Ranked Uproxx Culture Critic Steven Hyden highlights the best from the beloved quintessential English rock band.

Hey, I wrote a big big column on one of the greatest bands of all time: The Kinks. If you know them you love them. If you don't know them allow me to share some of the best songs ever written.

uproxx.com/indie/the-ki...

If your bio is an unsightly profusion of hashtags and emojis, I’m probably not following you back.

Had an excellent time talking with my hands at the Frazier Museum in Louisville during its celebration of John Prine last week. Prine people are the best people, full stop.

Louisville friends! I’ll have copies of my John Prine book for sale tonight at the Frazier Museum. Can’t wait to see you there 💙💙💙.

FX’s renewal of "English Teacher" sends a dangerous message FX's decision to look past allegations against Brian Jordan Alvarez signals a troubling disregard for survivors.

Even if you don’t watch the show English Teacher, hope you'll read this. This is about more than 1 show, 1 guy.

FX just renewed a show from a man facing allegations of assault. I have a LOT of questions about the implications not just for FX but for the whole industry www.salon.com/2025/02/12/f...

The Gulf of America is the name of Sufjan Stevens’ next album, not a body of water.

“The scientific nature of the ordinary man is to go on out and do the best you can.”

When I was in high school there were jocks, freaks, rednecks, nerds and posers. It was reductive but at least I didn’t have to try to understand the difference between sigma and rizzler.

The emotional whiplash of hitting 4000 words on a 3000-word assignment.

Punk + Rock in the Eighties Book & Fine Art Prints Rare 1980's photographs of The Clash, The Jam, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, The B52's and more in a Limited Edition Full Color Book

wow, these photos of the Clash at the Motor City Roller Rink are fucking amazing as are the other early 80s punk photos from Kathleen Hiraga, a photographer who also worked for MTV back in the day, she just launched a Kickstarter for her photo book! i pledged! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kat...