My latest for The New York Times: a look at the life & legacy of the late great D. Boon. Visited San Pedro to talk to the surviving Minutemen, Mike Watt and George Hurley, as they continue to carry forward the spirit of Boon and the band. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/a...
I encourage you to reach late middle age by any means necessary if for no other reason than to find out just how primo the naps are. No matter how much you like naps now you will not believe it
This post seems to have legs, as it were.... I never think of myself as a music journalist, but maybe I play one on substack? dadadrummer.substack.com/p/the-dream-...
“[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.
All the stars are here: Brantley Gilbert, Brice Bradley, Gabby Babby, Bibb Glibsy, Slab Gabbert, Brice Bryce,
I spent my morning putting this guide together from sources all over the place. Happy to hear from anyone with suggested inclusions, deletions, or edits. jdica@protonmail.com, or you can hit my DMs here.
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2015 tweet from jon solomon: “I dub Super Bowl XLIX ‘Vs. versus Vs.’”
it is happening again
in the pit
This entire weekend
Yeah, I mean… I came here to escape those remaining idiots. Kind of defeats the purpose. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Seated on a stage, against a black backdrop, from left to right: Mark Robinson (wearing a brown jacket over a black hoodie and holding a mic), me (wearing a purple shirt and holding a mic), @jonwurster.bsky.social (wearing a black wig, black shades, a black demin jacket with a KISS patch, and a long mauve scarf) speaking into a mic while facing the emcee, who is a brown squirrel puppet about a foot tall standing on top of a podium.
Happy 10th anniversary of the night I was interviewed by a talking squirrel puppet alongside Mark Robinson from Unrest and a guy who claimed he was "Gene Simmons from the rock brand KISS."
📷 by @bsearles.bsky.social
I absolutely refuse to believe that was a decade ago.
The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
Listen to the wise Mr. @michaelazerrad.bsky.social. Jenn is a real one, and her new Flock of Dimes LP (on @subpop.bsky.social) is phenomenal. I caught her with her current FoD backing band last night in Somerville, MA, and the sold-out show was deeply moving. Not to be missed.
See you all at Sleeping Village this evening, for the third and final Chicago show of this Silkworm run.
Doors at 8, Dianogah on at 9.
Here's a video @bsearles.bsky.social shot last night of a Comsat Angels cover...
More gems on his YouTube!
youtu.be/XGvaA2Cj_VU?...
Oh no. What a legend. All living X-Men fans have been affected by his X-Factor run in some way, whether by reading the books themselves or through osmosis, via their impact on the universe at large.
“At least I’m not retiring anytime soon” is certainly a thought I’ve never had before. But here we are.
Val Kilmer
The greatest swordsman who ever lived
Done! Not the first, but also from Boston. :-) Felt good to use my telnet client again.
the Signal fiasco is a good reminder that while these people are destructive, and cruel, and bigoted, and petty
they are also really, really stupid
AI-powered auto-captioning really is getting better every day. #thisisradioclap
Holy hell. Utterly infuriating.
Sigh. Missed it. Will keep my fingers crossed for another printing.
I've seen Ratboys play six unreleased songs from their upcoming new album over three shows the past few months, and even if all the other songs suck it'll be on lots of end of year lists. Five reposts (modest goal, but would be five more than 99% of my posts get 🫠) and I'll post a thread of them.
Yeah, the couple they played in Boston on Monday were excellent. Really looking forward to release date details.
This is what being an ally looks like. Thank you, @keating.house.gov.
Well done, @keating.house.gov
A true ally doesn’t just watch—they stand up.
I’ve accidentally misgendered someone at my daughter’s school before. It happens. The moment I realized, I apologized and made sure not to do it again.
Rep Keith Self did this on purpose. He meant to be hurtful.
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
