jesse jarnow

Now that the Flaming Lips have left Warner Bros. after 35 years, the post-Nirvana major label gold rush is finally and truly over—this is like when the last Civil War veteran died.

garcia saw pink floyd on the division bell tour.

i just listened to this & now i'm going to listen to it again. serious elevation.

having the voice actor for daffy duck & bugs bunny on your picket line must have felt like having nuclear capabilities. peace to a legend.

forthcoming @abigaildekosnik.bsky.social book looks fantastic! her previous work, "rogue archives," was awesome.

They’re not on Bluesky so you can’t tell from here, but the New York Public Library and the Manhattan borough president are currently locked in an incredible Elgin Marbles situation with the UK over Winnie the Pooh and advancing their positions via social media post www.syracuse.com/us-news/2026...

MLB pitcher Oscar Levis (Levy) was Black, and he was Jewish; a great new story. His WAR of 12.9 ranks 8th all-time among Jewish pitchers: Koufax (48.9), Fried (32.3), Holtzman (27.3), Roberts (23.6), Pelty (19.2), Stone (17.1), Mayer (13.5). www.jta.org/2026/10/23/s... h/t Brad Kolodny

i wish to know things are getting better better better... ✊✊✊

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Lula won in part by banning online gambling

not sure i'd actually want to get up & flip/change discs if the josephine foster album was an actual 78s collection, but this is a fairly perfect in-between. RIYL listening to music at night.

Noon Monday on @gtdradio.bsky.social, it's Irene's 40th Anniversary @wfmu.bsky.social! October 28, 1986, she hosted her first show, a fill-in for DJ Margaret Harris. Please help celebrate with a WFMU Hellraiser donation in her honor. Click "Pledge Now" atop the playlist! wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Live music options in NYC, Halloween 1976

40 Years Ago Today: Boston #RedSox first baseman Bill Buckner commits one of the most famous errors in baseball history vs. the New York #Mets in Game 6 of the #WorldSeries at Shea Stadium! Classic call by Vin Scully! (October 25, 1986) #MLB #Baseball #History #Postseason

40 Years Ago Today: Boston #RedSox pitcher Bob Stanley throws a wild pitch that allows the New York #Mets to tie the score in the 10th inning of #WorldSeries Game 6 at Shea Stadium! The great Vin Scully with the call! (October 25, 1986) #MLB #Baseball #History #Postseason

I went down to New Orleans to profile Twisted Teens Come for the answers to those pervasive questions online (How do you write three addicting albums in one year? Who even are they and where did they come from?) and stay for the stories of lifelong trainhoppers pitchfork.com/story/twiste...

you know you've been involved with @wfmu.bsky.social for too long when you intend to type "freedom" but type "freeform" instead (& also don't really see the difference, anyway)

In the algorithm age, NYC college radio DJs are still broadcasting the funky stuff gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

Latest newsletter is an interview with Jeremiah Chiu about his excellent new album, the Chicago and Los Angeles scenes, swapping synths in the golden age of gear, and much more last-donut-of-the-night.ghost.io/jeremiah-chi...

bootleg set of elvis's last las vegas residency, 50 years ago this december. kendrasteinereditions.wordpress.com/2026/10/24/e...

could be a lost san francisco band playing the matrix on a random wednesday in early '69, drew gardner & garcia peoples' tom malach on floating kite-like guitars, occasionally catching heavier breezes. eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rabbit...

i generally don't regret being carless, but @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social's latest sure seems like it'd be pretty fantastic late at night in someplace traffic-less without a lot of light pollution. the vintage contemporaries cover art is brilliant. alwayshappeningrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jason-...

seeing @dmandl.bsky.social's nyc from elevated subway windows makes me see the city in a new way. really cool chaotic vistas & compositions of infrastructure, zoning, localized ingenuity, & what's left of nature. roman-nvmerals.myshopify.com/products/vol...

comic, panel, softside, magazine (1983) archive.org/details/soft...

The next WFMU Literary Guild @wfmulitguild.bsky.social reading is only 3 days away - come to Red Room at KGB Bar at 7 on Tue 10/27 for @wfmu.bsky.social staffers Monica Lynch, @buccinights.bsky.social, Sydney Salk, and Bonce reading + music from Abbie from Mars. Free door (2 drink minimum).

gonna need a bigger beanbag for these @lidders.bsky.social jams. the ringwear looks disconcertingly real. no perfs on the blotter side labels, though. feedingtuberecords.bandcamp.com/album/liquid...

Very excited to announce Theoxenia's TWO, a new LP w/ our expanded sound. Featuring the majestic voice of Margot Bianca & a bundle of lyrics that grapple with this world's ever troubled times. The limited vinyl edition of 300 is pressed, will ship out about 11/6/26. theoxenia.bandcamp.com/album/two

Material w/Sonny Sharrock, Milan, Italy July 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWaDlbiJOlE

Really sad to hear that legendary singer and producer Derrick Harriott died earlier today aged 87. Derrick started out as vocalist at the beginning of the 60s and scored a No.1 hit in 1961 with this gorgeous tune. RIP Derrick 🙏 youtu.be/cISWEJheoqc?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky

I interviewed producer Ben Vaughn about what it was like to produce Ween's country album and recruit legendary Nashville session musicians to play on songs like "Piss Up a Rope." This interview gets deep into Ween lore—here's the full Q&A:

Excellent Read | Mali Obomsawin is among the most interesting musicians working now, one foot in creative-music, the other in experimental indie-rock. She’s also responsible for one of my favorite albums of 2026, 'Automatic,' which drops Friday. Profile by Bret Sjervern.

Thomas Blake interviews Peyton Pinkerton, the guitarist who played on the Silver Jews’ 'The Natural Bridge'. He offers a rare glimpse into making one of the most beloved albums of the 1990s and sheds new light on the genius of the late, great songwriter David Berman. klofmag.com/2026/10/inte...

20261022 Sloppy Heads, Zolephants, The Snags https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmSR-1uz4DM

my "you can see everything" hot take is that i was very happy to see such prominent cinematic representation of lightweight over-ear wired headphones.

always happy to have a reason to remember the immortal words of david crosby, "buncha dickheads on autostroke"

taper abuse is unacceptable. not now, not ever.

this is fucking appalling. i already knew james dolan (who owns the knicks and madison square garden) was a douche but this is next-level. www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

A buddy of mine put together a whole DAT of people getting busted. It was very fun to listen to them get walked out sometimes with the mics still recording. One guy kept the tape rolling till he ended up next to a loading dock at a JGB show in ATL

taper abuse is unacceptable. not now, not ever.

new billboard over gowanus.

tonight at @mamatriedbk.bsky.social, the last sloppyy he3ds show of the year (maybe?), celebrating @benbabycopperhead.bsky.social's newest album.