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February 12th at Holocene Portland! City Pop!!! special Valentines edition featuring an all-vinyl dance party curated by the incomparable SEASIDE FM (www.twitch.tv/seasidefm)
& Joe Ball (xray.fm/shows/long-d...)

Tickets only $12– get yours here today!

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Photo by @francesferguson.bsky.social
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Saturday 5/17 in Portland!

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episode 110 - Long Distance Call /// XRAY.fm International pop + off-world funk every Saturday night! (01:00 Sunday PST)

New mix this week! UK, Brazil, US, Italy, Jamaica & More!

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“I have seen most of my favorite movies on film at the Hollywood. I genuinely consider myself blessed to live in the same city as this historic house.”

Thanks @sinacolad.bsky.social for your kind words!

We're all fortunate to live in a city that values independent theaters and film on film.

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episode 109 - Long Distance Call /// XRAY.fm International pop + off-world funk every Saturday night! (01:00 Sunday PST)

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New mix this weekend! City pop, vaporwave, house, tropicalia, and boogie

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There’s an Insane Lad in there I recognize

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episode 108 - Long Distance Call /// XRAY.fm International pop + off-world funk every Saturday night! (01:00 Sunday PST)

New episode out now!
Soul, house, jazz & electro
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The guitar solo in DOGS is a harder drop than every dubstep song put together

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Swamp Dogg is coming to Portland this summer for his 83rd birthday?!!

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episode 107 - Long Distance Call /// XRAY.fm International pop + off-world funk every Saturday night! (01:00 Sunday PST)

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ALL-NEW Episode! Lots of fun tracks this week, early 90’s house, 80’s boogie & big beat

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Sure, why not? Can’t promise anything but I’ll absolutely give a listen

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I’ll make you a deal… like any other Candidate

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One of my favorites

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Episode 102 streaming now!
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episode 102 - Long Distance Call /// XRAY.fm International pop + off-world funk every Saturday night! (01:00 Sunday PST)

Episode 102 streaming now!
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HEATERS

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Friday February 21st at Sonder Listening Bar in Portland: the first ever CITY POP PROM! An all-vinyl Japanese Pop dance party w/ DJs SEASIDE FM & Joe Ball. Tickets on sale now and going fast!

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#citypop #jpop #vinyl #valentines

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New episode out now!

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Spinning at Prospector Records Sunday 2/2! Come dig with me!

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ynicism is first of all a style of presenting oneself, and it takes pride more than anything in not being fooled and not being foolish. But in the forms in which I encounter it, cynicism is frequently both these things. That the attitude that prides itself on world-weary experience is often so naïve says much about the triumph of style over substance, attitude over analysis.

Maybe it also says something about the tendency to oversimplify. If simplification means reducing things to their essentials, oversimplification tosses aside the essential as well. It is a relentless pursuit of certainty and clarity in a world that generally offers neither, a desire to shove nuances and complexities into clear-cut binaries. Naïve cynicism concerns me because it flattens out the past and the future, and because it reduces the motivation to participate in public life, public discourse, and even intelligent conversation that distinguishes shades of gray, ambiguities and ambivalences, uncertainties, unknowns, and opportunities. Instead, we conduct our conversations like wars, and the heavy artillery of grim confidence is the weapon many reach for.

ynicism is first of all a style of presenting oneself, and it takes pride more than anything in not being fooled and not being foolish. But in the forms in which I encounter it, cynicism is frequently both these things. That the attitude that prides itself on world-weary experience is often so naïve says much about the triumph of style over substance, attitude over analysis. Maybe it also says something about the tendency to oversimplify. If simplification means reducing things to their essentials, oversimplification tosses aside the essential as well. It is a relentless pursuit of certainty and clarity in a world that generally offers neither, a desire to shove nuances and complexities into clear-cut binaries. Naïve cynicism concerns me because it flattens out the past and the future, and because it reduces the motivation to participate in public life, public discourse, and even intelligent conversation that distinguishes shades of gray, ambiguities and ambivalences, uncertainties, unknowns, and opportunities. Instead, we conduct our conversations like wars, and the heavy artillery of grim confidence is the weapon many reach for.

I'm exhausted by all the people out there who are trying to prove they're each the most cynical world-weary disillusioned person who's not gonna ever do a fucking thing ever except dump on everything and expect to be admired for that. Wrote about that in 2016:

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The first HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR album needs to be reissued YESTERDAY

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episode 098 - Long Distance Call /// XRAY.fm International pop + off-world funk every Saturday night! (01:00 Sunday PST)

New episode! Stream here:

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@joe-ball.bsky.social very important

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Thursday 2/6 at Shanghai Tunnel Bar - a fun vinyl DJ showcase to celebrate the 100th episode of Long Distance Call on @xrayfm.bsky.social !

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I like the “not healthy” vegan food they have at Jojo. Also, somehow, cheap drinks in 2025

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