Brad Searles

The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!

Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry

Listen to the wise Mr. @michaelazerrad.bsky.social. Jenn is a real one, and her new Flock of Dimes LP (on @subpop.bsky.social) is phenomenal. I caught her with her current FoD backing band last night in Somerville, MA, and the sold-out show was deeply moving. Not to be missed.

YouTube video by Bradley's Almanac Silkworm - "Our Secret" (Comsat Angels cover - live at Sleeping Village, Chicago 9/24/25)

See you all at Sleeping Village this evening, for the third and final Chicago show of this Silkworm run.

Doors at 8, Dianogah on at 9.

Here's a video @bsearles.bsky.social shot last night of a Comsat Angels cover...

More gems on his YouTube!

youtu.be/XGvaA2Cj_VU?...

Oh no. What a legend. All living X-Men fans have been affected by his X-Factor run in some way, whether by reading the books themselves or through osmosis, via their impact on the universe at large.

“At least I’m not retiring anytime soon” is certainly a thought I’ve never had before. But here we are.

Val Kilmer

The greatest swordsman who ever lived

Done! Not the first, but also from Boston. :-) Felt good to use my telnet client again.

the Signal fiasco is a good reminder that while these people are destructive, and cruel, and bigoted, and petty

they are also really, really stupid

AI-powered auto-captioning really is getting better every day. #thisisradioclap

Holy hell. Utterly infuriating.

Sigh. Missed it. Will keep my fingers crossed for another printing.

I've seen Ratboys play six unreleased songs from their upcoming new album over three shows the past few months, and even if all the other songs suck it'll be on lots of end of year lists. Five reposts (modest goal, but would be five more than 99% of my posts get 🫠) and I'll post a thread of them.

Yeah, the couple they played in Boston on Monday were excellent. Really looking forward to release date details.

This is what being an ally looks like. Thank you, @keating.house.gov.

Well done, @keating.house.gov

A true ally doesn’t just watch—they stand up.

I’ve accidentally misgendered someone at my daughter’s school before. It happens. The moment I realized, I apologized and made sure not to do it again.

Rep Keith Self did this on purpose. He meant to be hurtful.

Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:

YouTube video by Billy Bragg Billy Bragg - Freedom Doesn't Come for Free [Official Audio]

@billybragg.bsky.social wrote a song about this very subject after reading the book mentioned by @outofthegates.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxdk...

840 Providence Hwy, Dedham, MA 02026

Based Hellboy.

Announcement graphic for Chris DeVille's book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS

My book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion is now available for pre-order! Out 8/26 via St. Martin's Press.

Pre-orders are so important for a book’s success, and I’m so appreciative for the early support.

➡️➡️➡️ read.macmillan.com/lp/such-grea...

Jilted Lovers: A Valentine's Day Cover Show Tickets | $12.36 | 14 Feb @ Deep Cuts, Medford | DICE Feb 14th, 2025 Jilted Lovers: A Valentine's Day Cover Show with 10,000 Spoons as Alanis Morissette Super Graphic Ultra Modern TIFFY & Friends as Chappell...

Boston-area people, if you're looking for V-Day plans, here you go: A covers-only evening at @deepcutsrocks.bsky.social. Ltd-edition bands doing songs by the Magnetic Fields, Alanis Morissette, & Chappell Roan. I'm drumming in 69 Fireflies, & singing a little, too. But don't let that dissuade you.

Thanks to all for your kind remembrances on this awful day. Words will come later. Only feelings at the moment. Mourn and remember him but don’t forget to celebrate too. We won’t see his like again. The man from another place has gone home. #DavidLynch #TwinPeaks

A 2017 cover of Variety, picturing Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern and David Lynch. The cover line is "Thrill Ride."

I wrote about David Lynch -- what his work meant to me, what interviewing him was like, what I learned from him, and what I'm so eternally grateful for. RIP 💚

(Also in this post, a list of resources to help those affected by the LA fires).

burner-account.ghost.io/rip-david-ly...

excerpt reads: "I hear stories about directors who scream at actors, or they trick them somehow to get a performance. And there are some people who try to run the whole business on fear. But I think this is such a joke -- it's pathetic and stupid at the same time. When people are in fear, they don't want to go to work. So many people today have that feeling. Then the fear starts turning into hate, and they begin to hate going to work. Then the hate can turn into anger and people can become angry at their boss and their work. If I ran my set with fear, I would get 1 percent, not 100 percent, of what I get. And there would be no fun in going down the road together. And it *should* be fun. In work and in life, we're all supposed to get along. We're supposed to have so much fun, like puppy dogs with our tails wagging. It's supposed to be great living; it's supposed to be fantastic."

once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish

I... never knew this. Until this moment. And to say I'm well into adulthood is putting it mildly.

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources

Master doc of mutual aid groups helping people and animals on the ground in LA. Please share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

What is even happening.