Bill Janovitz
@billjanovitz.bsky.social
Guy in Buffalo Tom. Author, Leon Russell, Rolling Stones, & 2025: The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told. https://linktr.ee/billjanovitz
Don’t just take my word for it. Maybe Jeff can effectively make the case.
Some new music recommendations, including recent releases from @billjanovitz.bsky.social, David Forman (many thanks to @joehagantv.bsky.social for helping facilitate this delightful surprise), and Tehom, a.k.a. @billchilds.bsky.social's youngest: www.jefitoblog.com/song-recomme...
January 30, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Don’t just take my word for it. Maybe Jeff can effectively make the case.
I really didn’t think I’d be writing political songs in my 60th year on this earth. But there you go.
I would just like to highly recommend this. Particularly "Marking Your Time"
Thankyou @billjanovitz.bsky.social
billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/commis...
Thankyou @billjanovitz.bsky.social
billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/commis...
Commiserating, by Bill Janovitz
5 track album
billjanovitz.bandcamp.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I really didn’t think I’d be writing political songs in my 60th year on this earth. But there you go.
New music. Commiserating is the third EP in about a month and a half. This will probably be the last stuff I release for a while, though who knows when inspiration will strike.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
New music. Commiserating is the third EP in about a month and a half. This will probably be the last stuff I release for a while, though who knows when inspiration will strike.
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Huge scandal that Minneapolis has been crawling with terrorists this whole time. They've been living among us undercover as poets and nurses. And would've continued to, had it not been for the work of our bravest child kidnappers
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Huge scandal that Minneapolis has been crawling with terrorists this whole time. They've been living among us undercover as poets and nurses. And would've continued to, had it not been for the work of our bravest child kidnappers
Whatever Putin has on, or has invested in Trump, he could not have foreseen just how much it would pay off.
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Whatever Putin has on, or has invested in Trump, he could not have foreseen just how much it would pay off.
Clearly a domestic terrorist. Taking down the mastermind.
ICE was so scared of one elderly man that its agents couldn't muster the human decency to let him get dressed before they dragged him from his home.
This cruelty won't cow Americans, it'll just make us angrier. ICE sows the seeds of its own destruction with every one of these abuses. ABOLISH ICE.
This cruelty won't cow Americans, it'll just make us angrier. ICE sows the seeds of its own destruction with every one of these abuses. ABOLISH ICE.
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
January 18, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Clearly a domestic terrorist. Taking down the mastermind.
New song at Bandcamp, not yet on streaming. I was working on this the week before Renee Good was murdered. I changed the lyrics in the first two verses. Link in bio. Proceeds will be donated to the ACLU. I took the photo at a peaceful weekly protest that takes place outside an ICE facility here.
January 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM
New song at Bandcamp, not yet on streaming. I was working on this the week before Renee Good was murdered. I changed the lyrics in the first two verses. Link in bio. Proceeds will be donated to the ACLU. I took the photo at a peaceful weekly protest that takes place outside an ICE facility here.
“Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy” is solid advice. Happy New Year to you. It’s all gonna get better (it [surely] can’t get no worse).
January 1, 2026 at 3:48 AM
“Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy” is solid advice. Happy New Year to you. It’s all gonna get better (it [surely] can’t get no worse).
On the Pixies. open.substack.com/pub/billjano...
The Pixies
Inventing the Nineties
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December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
On the Pixies. open.substack.com/pub/billjano...
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The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
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God give it a rest ye merry gentlemen
December 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
God give it a rest ye merry gentlemen
While we all await the release of the Trump-Epstein Files, here is the release of a new 5-Song EP, a sibling to one I released a couple of weeks back. billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/way-ba...
Way Back to the Dawn, by Bill Janovitz
5 track album
billjanovitz.bandcamp.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
While we all await the release of the Trump-Epstein Files, here is the release of a new 5-Song EP, a sibling to one I released a couple of weeks back. billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/way-ba...
“And everything you hated me for
Honey, there was so much more.”
Jason Molina had some killer kouplets
Honey, there was so much more.”
Jason Molina had some killer kouplets
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“And everything you hated me for
Honey, there was so much more.”
Jason Molina had some killer kouplets
Honey, there was so much more.”
Jason Molina had some killer kouplets
Here's an EP of five new songs (plus an acoustic version of the lead-off track). Bandcamp for now. Streaming services to follow. Thanks for your attention to this matter!
billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/days-o...
billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/days-o...
Days of Heaven, by Bill Janovitz
6 track album
billjanovitz.bandcamp.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Here's an EP of five new songs (plus an acoustic version of the lead-off track). Bandcamp for now. Streaming services to follow. Thanks for your attention to this matter!
billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/days-o...
billjanovitz.bandcamp.com/album/days-o...
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Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hagueseth
This accurately brings back uncomfortable memories.
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This accurately brings back uncomfortable memories.
Revisiting the Cure's Songs of a Lost World. open.substack.com/pub/billjano...
Songs of a Lost World
Revisiting Doom and Gloom a Year On.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Revisiting the Cure's Songs of a Lost World. open.substack.com/pub/billjano...
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We used to call the debut LP "Cars greatest hits." Somehow the 2nd LP, "Candy O," topped it, at least in my world. Can a band that sold 43 million albums still be underappreciated? Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz, the band's biographer, makes the case on @soundopinions.bsky.social: shorturl.at/hvsrQ
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We used to call the debut LP "Cars greatest hits." Somehow the 2nd LP, "Candy O," topped it, at least in my world. Can a band that sold 43 million albums still be underappreciated? Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz, the band's biographer, makes the case on @soundopinions.bsky.social: shorturl.at/hvsrQ
If you were in a band in the Seventies and didn’t pose shirtless for an album cover or promo photo, why didn’t you take your career seriously?
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If you were in a band in the Seventies and didn’t pose shirtless for an album cover or promo photo, why didn’t you take your career seriously?
Nice notice from NPR's Book of the Day, with a replay of the Here and Now segment. Neither the first nor the last time I’m paired with Tupac. www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
Music biographies 'The Cars,' 'Only God Can Judge Me' balance greatness and tragedy : NPR's Book of the Day
Two new biographies focus on legendary musical acts: the rock band The Cars and rapper Tupac Shakur. First, in the late 1970s, a Boston radio DJ played The Cars’ demo tape – and the band went on to in...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Nice notice from NPR's Book of the Day, with a replay of the Here and Now segment. Neither the first nor the last time I’m paired with Tupac. www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
Good day for the old “enemy of my enemy” calculus.
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Good day for the old “enemy of my enemy” calculus.
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I’m at the transgender coffee shop. I’m at the communist no pronouns universal basic income diner. I’m at the combination transgender coffee shop communist no pronouns universal basic income diner.
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I’m at the transgender coffee shop. I’m at the communist no pronouns universal basic income diner. I’m at the combination transgender coffee shop communist no pronouns universal basic income diner.
(Elton John voice) “Don’t let the sun go down at three!”
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
(Elton John voice) “Don’t let the sun go down at three!”
If you’re over at Substack, stop by and say hello.
I know -- another Substack? If you're so inclined, here is my first post: open.substack.com/pub/billjano...
I Guess There’s Just a Meanness in This World
Nebraska, Highway Patrolman, and the Tenor of the Times
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October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If you’re over at Substack, stop by and say hello.
I know -- another Substack? If you're so inclined, here is my first post: open.substack.com/pub/billjano...
I Guess There’s Just a Meanness in This World
Nebraska, Highway Patrolman, and the Tenor of the Times
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I know -- another Substack? If you're so inclined, here is my first post: open.substack.com/pub/billjano...