excited to share my latest story - my first for @RTB_Cheerful - about how cities are embracing #skateboarding as a way to revitalize urban plazas: reasonstobecheerful.world/ci…

just finished reading Dilla Time by @dancharnas and loved the deep dive. Highly recommended #music #musicjournalism #musicwriting

excited to share my story for @KQED about Oakland’s @ScraperBikeTeam and their ongoing work with local youth: kqed.org/arts/13937384/the-o…

Catching Up With Hank Shocklee: From Architecting The Sound Of Public Enemy To Pop Hits & The Silver Screen. My latest for ⁦@RecordingAcad⁩ grammy.com/news/hank-shockle…

been a heckuva week or so: got to interview @commonkings (new album) and @hankshocklee (hip hop and scoring films) and @mtedder (new book about MySpace), stories coming soon #music #musicjournalism

people who say they like “all kinds of music” are not telling the full truth

I interviewed author/music writer @Bapatoff about his @333books book on Ice-T's punk-metal band @BodyCountBand. The books drops in September. musicnerd.substack.com/p/q-a…

our band RADIO VELOSO plays KALX Live! on Berkeley college radio tonight from 9:30 to 10:15 ish kalx.berkeley.edu/live-strea… Tune in/stream it! linktr.ee/radioveloso @KALXradio

I know I should be thinking about AI right now but I can't stop thinking about that blueberry zest muffin I chose not to get at the coffee shop this morning

Jai Paul, a Mysterious Pop Legend, Is Finally Performing newyorker.com/culture/cultur… via @NewYorker

Zero SF public school students attended national student journalism convention held in SF missionlocal.org/2023/04/jea… via @MLNow

this is purely anecdotal and I don’t yet have data to support but Gary is gaining traction as a popular dog name

maybe don’t say “melodic richness and finely textured production” when describing any band

Hotline Miami and the Rise of Techno in Ultra-Violent Video Games pitchfork.com/thepitch/hotli… via @pitchfork

Inside the incredible science of using music to restore the memories of people with dementia. reasonstobecheerful.world/de…

my cat keeps staring at me

I'm going to SXSW! hit me up

this has been me for a long time, y’all, for better or for worse: spin.com/2023/01/music-journ…