Larry Kooper

"Brian Wilson, he made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a HUNDRED tracks today." "That ear – I mean, Jesus, he’s got to will that to the Smithsonian." — Bob Dylan

RIP Brian Wilson

I love VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (2023) by Brix Smith

If Cuomo wins we'll just hound him till he resigns again 😀

I saw the movie PAVEMENTS last night. It was really great. Now I'm sad I missed the jukebox musical 'Slanted! Enchanted!' in its three-night run. There were long excerpts of it in the movie.

The Authoritarian Playbook: DOGE, Surveillance, and the Collapse of Democracy Inside Trump and Musk’s plan to centralize power through data

Trump and Musk’s plan for a surveillance state open.substack.com/pub/olgalaut...

Favorite #Severance fact: Sarah Bock (Miss Huang) has to go to school on set

Lots of the people I follow on Twitter are over here. More than half. Feels like some tipping point is here or almost here.

Happy birthday, Lena!

Her voice (Genevieve Beaudoin) swoops like Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell.

Removed

Genevieve Beaudoin is her name and she is talented. I wish them success.

I am at Baby’s All Right watching a duo called Dead Gowns. Their singer just announced they’re from Maine.

I wasn't aware of Szmierek but he's great! Very Bedsit Disco Monarch

My Spotify Wrapped artists of the year - 1. The New Pornographers, 2. Bob Dylan, 3. The Fall, 4. The Replacements, 5. The Hold Steady. Not much of a surprise to me but it might be to you

one broken link in that post, but the starter pack is really there

I created two starter packs:

NYC politics
go.bsky.app/KmqDZBH

musicians (selective list)
go.bsky.app/9FqW8f1

Show me the way to the next little podcast. Oh, don't ask why

Hello world! I posted this via the Bluesky Python SDK. By the way, because it has no space or capital S, I like to pronounce Bluesky as if it rhymes with brewski

Please send him my best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Then whoever lost says they really won