I love ridiculous candy, but in this particular case, the only thing that was more terrible than the music was the taste of the lollipop.

Also Ryan is in search of pizza for a book he is working on so I feel like you have many levels to connect on LOL.

I love this so much. They just stayed with us the nught before their Philly show.

Courtesy Desk April 2026 Bandcamp Favorites Part 1 N.C. Love, Memorials, Seretan & Thayer, Ted Lucas, Dagmar Zuniga, Field Commander Ali, and Robber Robber

Right now, I am not searching for miraculous musical reinventions so much as a little solace: N.C. Love, Memorials, Seretan & Thayer, Ted Lucas, Dagmar Zuniga, Field Commander Ali, and Robber Robber.

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Here is my favorite picture of Optic Sink perfoming live to the films of Maya Deren from this past Thursday.

All Clouds Bring Not Rain, by MEMORIALS 12 track album

Happy release day to @memorialsmusic.bsky.social! Meet my most anticipated record of 2026 Q1.

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Courtesy Desk March 2026 Bandcamp Favorites Part 2 This isn't paranoia. It is survival.

New SubStack alert: The state of the music industry, my video of the week, The Leaf Library, Neurosis, Notwist, Station Model Violence, This House, Middleman, playlists, and more.

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Assuming the world is still here come November, I will be in London for the Life Without Buildings show. Fingers crossed you magically have a show on the books that week too 😀!

Cannot wait to hear the new album!

"I used to love Atlanta and called my home until perverts like the Black Lips ruined it for me and when BJ died I hate Black Lips I hate rock ‘n’ roll and I hate touring and I just want to say now I love Atlanta again because of a woman in Brittany."

So yeahhhh, something is very much not okay.

Ince I saw banking numbers and personal phone numbers, I started to really worry.

Right? Big manic energy. I am genuinely worried.

So I don't know King Khan, but his recent bandcamp messages make me wonder if there is someone in his world who should be doing a wellness check? Things don't seem okay from at least an outsider perspective, and I am worried. These are tough times, and we need to look out for each other.

So happy to know you exist, yay!

March 2026 Bandcamp Favorites Part 1 Also: An artform that has shaped generations now floats in limbo

New notables, updated playlists, and music videos: an artform that has shaped generations now floats in limbo.

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Curious, are their any website, IG account, Youtube channel, or Subtacks that focus on new music videos? It seems like the artform is alive and well, yet there isn't anybody I know about covering them in any sort of meaningful way.

Tell me:

1)Name of show

2) Day/time of show

3) Where/how to hear it

4) Style of music

5) Name and or DJ name

6) Email if you want people to send you music

I've made a spreadsheet of radio shows to help better keep up with listening to my peers with more regularity. DM me to be added and I will share the sheet when I have it filled in for others to enjoy.

Thank you!

Such a surreal scene!

Nostalgia is an unreliable storyteller. Warning: contains violence, sexual assault, alcohol, smoking, and adult situations

The 12 minute read nobody asked me to write, but insomnia and winter weather have given me an unreasonable amount of time alone with my thoughts.

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Bahahaha....tempting!

There were many powerful women on stage casting a spell, so you are not wrong!

See ya tonight RVA.

Tell me about your favorite publications, magazines, writers, blogs, and social media accounts who focus on home decorating, architecture, lifestyle as it relates to the places we call home, gardens, furniture, and that sort of thing. Think Dwell, Apartimento, Wallpaper, Atomic Ranch, and the likes.

Courtesy Desk's Turntable Report: Best of 2025 We did it! We made it through another year - and what a year this was.

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Courtesy Desk's Turntable Report | Tracy Wilson | Substack In service to independent music from around the world for 35+ years. Click to read Courtesy Desk's Turntable Report, by Tracy Wilson, a Substack publication. Launched an hour ago.

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Stone cold classic!

Wow! Thanks for doing this. There are so many new to me releases or things I had a single saved, but missed that the full length was out. I appreciate your efforts to share so much.

So, who is keeping a spreadsheet of all the dumb stuff we need to reverse when even dumber is out of the WH? It is both a living nightmare and a data management mega task.