byron coley
byron coley
@byroncoley.bsky.social
western mass-based writer, archivist & poseur
worth noting that steve albini's gold disc award for the pixies' "surfer rosa" is currently up for auction. check it out.
www.stevealbiniscloset.com/auction
Auction — Steve Albini's Closet
www.stevealbiniscloset.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Is there some way to post things to your account on bsky? Or can I only reply to things you post. Anyway, thought you might like this.

www.vice.com/en/article/m...
Meta Says the 2,400 ‘Adult Movies’ They Torrented Were for Personal Use, Not Training AI
Two adult entertainment companies say Meta’s appetite for information has gotten a little kinky... and now they're suing.
www.vice.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
very in-depth anaylsis of "horses" that's equal parts interesting & annoying. here's the link without firewall (first post had one it seems)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article)
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
RIP Peter Watkins. "the war game" is better known, but "punishment park" remains brutally prescient. no firewall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...
Peter Watkins, Provocateur With a Movie Camera, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
makes me think of robert williams' old rhyme about felching. "a load in the pooper makes retrieving just super!"
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
rec of the day CHRIS PORTKA "the album everybody wants" (seek collective LP)

low-key but extremely compelling singer-songwriter ruralist moves with nice pedal steel in spots. somewhere between tom wanderer and barry walker, this one grows like a beard.

cportka.bandcamp.com/album/the-al...
The Album Everyone Wants, by chris portka
11 track album
cportka.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Live now!
wednesday
mercredi
9-11h
CKUT
featuring Byron's
special poem for
Dick Cheney...
@byroncoley.bsky.social
Invité spécial : Jonas Fortier!
ckut.ca/playlists/sh...
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
so long donna godchaux.

never liked her vocals or her husband's playing or the fact they brought heroin into the dead. i only saw that line-up live once, but it was a boogiefied ordeal. apart from the "seastones" break between sets.

now she and elvis can shit on matching golden toilets. finally.
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
rec of the day: DRAGS "dragsploitation now!" (total punk MLP) 30th anniversary reissue of this new mexico garage punk band's debut 10". a beautiful example of the estrus/goner/crypt sound at its finest
totalpunkrecords.bandcamp.com/track/dragsp...
Dragsploitation... Now!, by THE DRAGS
from the album Dragsploitation... Now!
totalpunkrecords.bandcamp.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
RIP ALISON KNOWLES the great poet, bookmaker, fluxus food art pioneer & the person who named the something else press for her husband, dick higgins. very good nyt obit with no firewall

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/a...
Alison Knowles, Artist Who Took Lunch to New Levels, Dies at 92
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
coming up l'oie de Cravan's 33rd birthday party in MTL
publish, perish or party, the choice is yours
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
nice piece by nina corcoran about the steve albini's closet project

pitchfork.com/thepitch/dig...
Digging Through Steve Albini’s Closet
Byron Coley, the former Forced Exposure journalist and longtime friend of Albini’s, talks about archiving his collection of belongings, unexpected finds he’s listing for sale, and what made the Shella...
pitchfork.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
rec of the day: SAKINA ABDOU/BILL NACE "rinse cycle" (Open Mouth LP)
groovy pairing of bill's multivalent electric string abuse and the fattened sax sound of france's sakina abdou, who is quickly making a name for herself as a blaring experimentalist

openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rinse-...
Rinse Cycle, by Sakina Abdou/Bill Nace
4 track album
openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NEW ON FEEDING TUBE RECORDS

WEDNESDAY KNUDSEN "Atrium" 2LP

feedingtuberecords.bandcamp.com/album/atrium...
Atrium, by Wednesday Knudsen
11 track album
feedingtuberecords.bandcamp.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
nice nyt piece on berio's "sinfonia" no firewall

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/a...
His Music Saw Our Age of Information Overload Coming
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
rec of the day: ANNIE ACHRON "never paradise" (siltbreeze LP) mesmeric LP by philly's nicole siering, whose synth-pop creations carry a sweet avant-euro 81 edge making the approach fresh yet oddly familiar. way outside my usual interests, but a smashing spin
siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/album/annie-...
Annie Achron-Never Paradise lp, by Siltbreeze Records
10 track album
siltbreeze.bandcamp.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
ESTEY FIELD ORGAN & MORE LIVE AT FEEDING TUBE
TODAY SUNDAY OCT 19 4 PM
October 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
paul thomas anderson's "one battle after another" is a great damn movie. casting & acting are amazing, the pynchon edge is distinct, its look & roll are made for these times.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQUP...
One Battle After Another | Official Trailer 2
YouTube video by Warner Bros.
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
no firewall link to danny's nyt obit

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/a...
Danny Thompson, Bassist Who Defied Folk Conventions, Dies at 86
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
RIP DANNY THOMPSON
bassist ojn so many great sessions, but still most spectacular, to my mind anyway, inside the amazing pentangle

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tyV...
Pentangle - Light Flight (In Concert), 4th January 1971)
YouTube video by Pentangle
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
rec of the day NAPE NECK 'the h=shallowest end" (dot dash sounds LP) excellent buzz generated at the recent gonerfest by this great leeds trio, whose first "real" LP recalls little claw at their no waviest, amonst many other DIY-based gut-busting form moves.
napeneck.bandcamp.com/album/the-sh...
The Shallowest End, by Nape Neck
10 track album
napeneck.bandcamp.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
RIP JOHN LODGE. there's string of moodys LPs -- from lost chord" to "question of balance" -- that remain a guilty pleasure 50+ years after i first tripped to them in my dorm room. why deny it?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Tb...
The Moody Blues - Legend of a mind
YouTube video by PauloAlves81
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Voice, guitar, fading Parisian sunlight … what more do you need? Check out a great Myriam Gendron video: doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7961267...
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
nice piece on ken jacobs from the times. no firewall
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/m...
The Strangely Beautiful Realities You Can Discover in a Ken Jacobs Film
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM