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Joined November 2008
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At a glance, looks like a photo from a Thrasher event called, like, “Homies Only Slam Jam” at the Vans park in Milpitas.
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really nice substack here from sam
It’s that time again! The gift guides and year end lists are here, so naturally I wrote an entire blog post about books that feel connected to the work of Denis Johnson. It’s what the streets have been craving. newenvironments.substack.com…
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Lovely piece by @wyatt_williams about Denis Johnson — what we know of him and what we don’t, and how both those presences and absences illuminate Train Dreams, perhaps his strangest book. nytimes.com/2025/12/02/magaz…
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My friend Gary Harris brought this musician named D'Angelo over to my NYC apt. He was trying to figure out what to do with the music he'd brought with him. I listened to every cut...not just out of respect but because it was smoking. At the end of the encounter he asked me, "What should I do with it?"
I remember this as if it were yesterday. I said, "Put it out. It's perfect!" Being the #artist he is, I guess he had to explore some ways to make it better.
About a year later I heard one of those songs on the radio. It was #genius and it was exactly what he had played for me. I know...I still have the original cassette. ~Nile Rodgers❤️🙏🏾✊🏾
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Ben Ratliff's new book RUN THE SONG is “a mixtape, a recommendation engine, and a discussion of how music can mutate over time.”💥
Lace up your running shoes, read @shockleysmith's review, & grab the book stat via @GraywolfPress 🏃 southwestreview.com/a-rare-b…
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LE42 is now: four works of deep wonder, reflection and grace.
Fennesz’s summery day decay;
Tujiko Noriko’s quiet, levitating radiance;
Natalia Beylis’ aquatic dreaming;
whait’s Americana reverie and minimalism.
Listen - buy - support at our Bandcamp.
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🎶 Postgame your holiday w/ some choice music ruminations from the homie @shockleysmith
Read DISPATCHES FROM A DIM CAVE: ON MUSIC AT THE MARGINS from our music issue 💥
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We store almost 25 years of shows online FOR FREE. Please let everyone know -> dublab.com/archive
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48 hours after Trump was elected for a second time I sat down and wrote an unwieldy essay for LARB about the politics of young men born right before and right after 9/11. it is about political extremism, irony poisoning, ancient greek stoicism, consent, and my brother.
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📌ICYMI, we dropped the loudest TOC on record this week.
Peep who's turning up in our music issue: @TFMjrodriguez6 @songmess @WillVanderhyden @deadmediumdan @paranoiacs @shockleysmith @robinepmyers @annielmcd @taylorcrumpton @MadisonAFord & more...
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Announcing the TOC for our fall print edition--our first music issue 🎶🔥
🔊Order now & turn up to freaking ELEVEN w/ @TFMjrodriguez6 @songmess @WillVanderhyden @deadmediumdan @paranoiacs @shockleysmith @robinepmyers @annielmcd @taylorcrumpton @MadisonAFord & more...
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Next record sounds like this and is currently one hour and 45minutes long
Bodes well / will report in soon
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I'm not allowed to watch Joker 2 after acting out so bad from the first one
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“It’s a document of what it means to really, truly be an artist.”
📌ICYMI, @shockleysmith reviews TRAVELS OVER FEELING: ARTHUR RUSSELL, A LIFE by Richard King, out now via @Anthology_Recs southwestreview.com/the-kine…
