Recliner Notes

"Hashish. Interesting, interesting word. Arabic. It’s the source of the word assassin.”

David Ferrie in Don DeLillo' Libra

Orcutt Shelley Miller played a session at Seattle's KEXP and there be video! Here's a short excerpt, check out the full thing on their youtube

I like these guys! They opened for BASIC in February in Asheville.

They haven't toured in the US since the pandemic and I don't know if they have any plans to do so soon.

Hey, thanks for saying that! Woodman's work is so arresting. Hard to shake it. And yeah The Necks are great. They seem like one of your kind of bands!

Your Call Is Important to Us - 99% Invisible San Francisco! Come to a screening of Drop Dead City followed by a conversation with Roman on Monday, Nov 3. Info and tickets. We have all been there. You’ve got a problem with your car or your intern...

We really should be revolting against customer service sludge. All of this from @99pi.org is enraging:

99percentinvisible.org/episode/644-...

The Eerie in Dirty Three’s “Some Summers They Drop Like Flies” “The sensation of the eerie occurs either when there is something present where there should be nothing, or there is nothing present when there should be something.” Mark Fisher, The Weird and the …

You might enjoy this piece that I wrote. It's also seasonably appropriate:

reclinernotes.com/2023/10/01/s...

For @aquariumdrunkard.com's celebration of the spooky season, I wrote about C Joynes & Mike Gangloff's song “Witch Marks," which takes its title from the etchings in wood beams of old houses that are supposed to provide security against evil spirits.

“𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴...[𝘪𝘵’𝘴] 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴.”

Emmylou Harris is on @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions today. Listen wherever you get podcasts via @talkhouse.bsky.social.

Are you moving away from Asheville?

I think all the dialogue in this fantasy movie should include people referring to each other as "man."

Stephen Malkmus Series: “Forget Your Place” When Stephen Malkmus made the rounds and talked to journalists about his 2018 album with the Jicks called Sparkle Hard, he routinely made reference to a solo, keyboard-centric album that he had in …

The penultimate post in the Stephen Malkmus Series considers "Forget Your Place" and the context surrounding the release of Groove Denied as well as the antecedents to Malkmus's solo electronic approach.

reclinernotes.com/2025/10/26/s...

YouTube video by Johnny Birkinbine tortoise - swung from the gutters. flying island, marfa, tx. 10.25.25

Tortoise and Rob Mazurek!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCv4...

@matadorrecords.bsky.social

Stephen Malkmus Series: “Forget Your Place” When Stephen Malkmus made the rounds and talked to journalists about his 2018 album with the Jicks called Sparkle Hard, he routinely made reference to a solo, keyboard-centric album that he had in …

The penultimate post in the Stephen Malkmus Series considers "Forget Your Place" and the context surrounding the release of Groove Denied as well as the antecedents to Malkmus's solo electronic approach.

reclinernotes.com/2025/10/26/s...

So many good leads to new music and insight on old stuff

Listed: Orcutt Shelley Miller Orcutt Shelley Miller is an avant-rock trio comprised of three highly celebrated figures of experimental music: Bill Orcutt (Harry Pussy), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain,...

A new Listed from Orcutt Shelley Miller. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7982999... @silvercurrent.bsky.social

This is great!

Besides this amazing character actor run, Hootkins has a connection to the JFK assassination!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...

I would love to see this in person.

You need to listen to "Night Gang"

You need to listen to "Night Gang"

I learned about him during early Grantland days and have followed ever since. A singular voice!

Is this Chris Ryan's old blog?

Great album!

@intlanthem.bsky.social

Tortoise :: Touch - Aquarium Drunkard It’s been nine years since the last full album of new music by Tortoise. 2016’s The Catastrophist feels like it came out a lifetime ago. But any doubt that time or distance has diminished the long-run...

For @aquariumdrunkard.com, I reviewed Touch, the first new Tortoise album in nine years. I wrote about the cavalcade of sounds and rhythms on Touch, the band's “creative problem making" approach, and much more!

aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/10/23/t...

III, by Pullman 6 track album

New music from Pullman is forthcoming!

pullman.bandcamp.com/album/iii

The Linda Ronstadt and the tribute song to her are both great! I look forward to the new album!

Beautiful