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@sppz.bsky.social

Family man, music lover, eMPA student, (former?) bike commuter, hiker, public servant, music lover, poetry lover, public library fan, thinker, left-handed. He/him/his. Opinions are my own.

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High Cube, by Foote/Dickow 6 track album

Even though I’ve only heard the initial track released from it, I think Foote/Dickow β€˜High Cube’ on Geographic North is going to be a stellar release. foote-dickow.bandcamp.com/album/high-c...

20.02.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜94β€“β€˜96 was an amazing treasure of musical mastery from Stephin Merritt. (β€˜Holiday’ and β€˜The Charm of the Highway Strip’ in β€˜94; The 6ths’ album, β€˜Wasps’ Nests’, in β€˜95; and β€˜Get Lost’ in β€˜96.) Sooo many perfect and lovely songs among the bunch.

19.02.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome notice. Thanks! I had the great privilege of opening for Deadbeat a couple of lifetimes agoβ€”he’s a gem of a guy and knew all the weird records I was playing in the opening set.

02.02.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is good work to review more deeply. β€œAmerica’s problems are solved problems. Just not here.”

18.01.2026 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s one of my top 5!

31.12.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So so good! Looking forward to seeing them in March with JP IVtet!!

30.12.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good AOTY list from one of this little corner of the Internet’s finest listeners. As always, so much to discover within for me.

30.12.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been watching for your list, as I often like your plays. As always, so many that I’ve only heard of and plenty unknown to me. I will definitely have the Djrum album on my listβ€”1 of a few β€œelectronic” albums I really enjoyed this year. Also will have SML, Takuro Okada, & Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes.

30.12.2025 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That Smoke Point record was so good! I’d love to hear another from them.

28.12.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s my wife’s story, but it goes something like this: when she was young, her dad decided to burn the Xmas tree in the fireplace, whole. There was a sap abundance and a small backdraft fireball which rocketed up the mantle. Somehow, a cherub stocking hanger survived, with a soot-blackened face.

25.11.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is an incredible LIE being told by the guy that manages the agency that oversees the ACA. It's obscene how easily, how frequently and how dramatically these Trump folks lie to us.

βœ…Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)

30.10.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1135    πŸ” 446    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 22

Granted, I did make that comment before scrolling further in my feed and seeing the news that DeJohnette has passed away. No disrespect meant to his excellent work and life!

27.10.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I know this post is about DeJohnette, but just want to point out that anything with Joe Henderson on it is a winner.

27.10.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Age verification? When I bought my first computer, they tried to upsell me to 8MB of RAM at the store.

30.07.2025 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love the closing line tonight, @hcrichardson.bsky.social!

09.06.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love the closing line tonight. Thanks, as always, for the cogent and clarifying recap of events, @hcrichardson.bsky.social.

09.06.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Momma’s new album is good! At number 2 on this list is a pleasant surprise. Nice to see the new Caroline album noted, as well as Horsegirlβ€”both are also standout albums to me, so far this year.

02.06.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@wired.com has been doing great reporting on the technocratic aspects of the present administration.

30.05.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@propublica.org, going the extra lengths for the good, accurate story, yet again.

16.05.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haven’t heard it yet, but so much of his work is amazing.

14.05.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great collection of artists! Looking forward to listening. (Should out to Paul Strategy!)

14.05.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Proud of my Senator for not getting spun around my this wildly circular response pattern.

08.05.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This record gives me chills, every time.

02.05.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a photo of a smiling Fred Rogers in a red cardigan

a photo of a smiling Fred Rogers in a red cardigan

Name a non-fictional person who could carry the One Ring, uncorrupted, all the way to Mordor

02.05.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 10

Movie you’ve watched more than 6 times using GIFs.

(β€œHard mode”: no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR.)

26.04.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As he was falling asleep tonight, my five-year-old asked me, β€œDad, who is our mayor? Like, the president, but for our city.”

I told him the name of our mayor. Then he asked me, β€œDad, is Trumps going to hurt us?”

Why is my 5yr old asking this second question??

18.04.2025 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was my thinking upon hearing the news of his breaking the floor speech time record.

02.04.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@wired.com really has some great reporting going on in these present times.

01.04.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great listening pair with the 2nd (recent) Horsegirl album!

19.03.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love love love this album and the one before it, β€˜Imperial f.f.r.r.’. Complex, dynamic, cyclical indie rock with minimalist vibes and great melodies. Looking forward to receiving my 2LP reissue soon.

19.03.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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