Martin Douglas
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I was notified last week that I am getting laid off from KEXP in December. I don't really want to talk about it. But are you an editor for a reputable music publication with decent pay? Get at me: douglasmartin49@gmail.com
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Very sun-times to hold off on writing about Adamn Killa till he got arrested for doing arrest me daddy lol chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11...
Chicago rapper Adamn Killa tells cops to 'arrest me, daddy.' Getting arrested won't stop him.
Adam Kelly, who goes by the stage name Adamn Killa, was handcuffed and briefly held in a squad car after interrupting a traffic stop for one of his social media videos. After he was released, he went ...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Very sun-times to hold off on writing about Adamn Killa till he got arrested for doing arrest me daddy lol chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11...
I was notified last week that I am getting laid off from KEXP in December. I don't really want to talk about it. But are you an editor for a reputable music publication with decent pay? Get at me: douglasmartin49@gmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I was notified last week that I am getting laid off from KEXP in December. I don't really want to talk about it. But are you an editor for a reputable music publication with decent pay? Get at me: douglasmartin49@gmail.com
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A beautiful requiem for the miracle that was D'Angelo.
The pen, the voice, the face, the talent.
The three classics.
The genius that he could summon by force of will.
The impossibility of categorizing him.
The void that his death leaves.
By Abe Beame
www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/d...
The pen, the voice, the face, the talent.
The three classics.
The genius that he could summon by force of will.
The impossibility of categorizing him.
The void that his death leaves.
By Abe Beame
www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/d...
The Anointed One: A Requiem For D'Angelo | Passion of the Weiss
Abe Beame eulogizes the inimitable genius of the soul icon who tragically passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer.
www.passionweiss.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A beautiful requiem for the miracle that was D'Angelo.
The pen, the voice, the face, the talent.
The three classics.
The genius that he could summon by force of will.
The impossibility of categorizing him.
The void that his death leaves.
By Abe Beame
www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/d...
The pen, the voice, the face, the talent.
The three classics.
The genius that he could summon by force of will.
The impossibility of categorizing him.
The void that his death leaves.
By Abe Beame
www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/d...
When I write or talk about things like soul and the blues, I'm not referencing musical genres, but a spiritual disposition. That said, D'Angelo was on a very short list of the very best soul artists in the history of music.
October 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
When I write or talk about things like soul and the blues, I'm not referencing musical genres, but a spiritual disposition. That said, D'Angelo was on a very short list of the very best soul artists in the history of music.
Happy Indigenous People's Day. Make sure you pay homage to the creator of garage punk.
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Link Wray - Hidden Charms.
YouTube video by GBD
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October 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Happy Indigenous People's Day. Make sure you pay homage to the creator of garage punk.
youtu.be/MUBck5KbUvE?...
youtu.be/MUBck5KbUvE?...
Years ago, I sort of a name for myself writing incredibly vulnerably. Then I wanted to just be known as a good writer. I almost didn't pull this one out of the archives.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: On Writing, Trauma, and Depression
A very personal essay from the archives for World Mental Health Day
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October 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Years ago, I sort of a name for myself writing incredibly vulnerably. Then I wanted to just be known as a good writer. I almost didn't pull this one out of the archives.
open.substack.com/pub/trickbag...
open.substack.com/pub/trickbag...
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Tony Milek is the frontman of Bermuda Squares, guitarist in Neo Neos, one of the best punk songwriters and screamers in Minneapolis. This is a person who I’m proud to call a friend—who has helped me out in immeasurable ways. He’s going through a medical emergency right now and needs some help.
Donate to Support Tony's post-amputation recovery and long term care, organized by Annie Sparrows
Tony Milek, who you may know from fronting Bermuda Squares, p… Annie Sparrows needs your support for Support Tony's post-amputation recovery and long term care
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October 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Tony Milek is the frontman of Bermuda Squares, guitarist in Neo Neos, one of the best punk songwriters and screamers in Minneapolis. This is a person who I’m proud to call a friend—who has helped me out in immeasurable ways. He’s going through a medical emergency right now and needs some help.
Now that Musk has called for a Netflix boycott over a trans cartoon character, I'm all in for supporting Netflix at all costs lmao.
October 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Now that Musk has called for a Netflix boycott over a trans cartoon character, I'm all in for supporting Netflix at all costs lmao.
My friend accidentally recreated the Double Nickels on the Dime cover while I was driving my El Camino (circa 2018, I think).
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
My friend accidentally recreated the Double Nickels on the Dime cover while I was driving my El Camino (circa 2018, I think).
Memphis just hits different. I'm having lunch at Hattie B's—essentially fast food for those not familiar—and they're banging a seven-minute Issac Hayes jam.
September 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Memphis just hits different. I'm having lunch at Hattie B's—essentially fast food for those not familiar—and they're banging a seven-minute Issac Hayes jam.
Tapping in to let you know Gonerfest is still undefeated.
September 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tapping in to let you know Gonerfest is still undefeated.
The weird thing about having an Instagram for my newsletter is that I almost got offended that I left myself on "seen."
September 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The weird thing about having an Instagram for my newsletter is that I almost got offended that I left myself on "seen."
Early Rapture is the best thing that has ever come out of DFA. By, like, a lot. Don't @ me.
September 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Early Rapture is the best thing that has ever come out of DFA. By, like, a lot. Don't @ me.
Really tempted to write a Trick Bag feature titled "The Top 100 James Baldwin Quotes That are Different from the Same Dozen James Baldwin Quotes Always Posted on Instagram."
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Really tempted to write a Trick Bag feature titled "The Top 100 James Baldwin Quotes That are Different from the Same Dozen James Baldwin Quotes Always Posted on Instagram."
It's so exhausting to be a Black person in a country that hates Black people. Even if you're "smart," even if you're "talented," even if you're "insightful," you still live in a country that hates you.
September 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
It's so exhausting to be a Black person in a country that hates Black people. Even if you're "smart," even if you're "talented," even if you're "insightful," you still live in a country that hates you.
I want you to put the word out there that we back up. ("We" as in "real writers.")
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trickbag.substack.com/p/a-trick-ba...
A Trick Bag Manifesto
Call it a statement of purpose, call it a war cry, call it whatever
trickbag.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I want you to put the word out there that we back up. ("We" as in "real writers.")
trickbag.substack.com/p/a-trick-ba...
trickbag.substack.com/p/a-trick-ba...
Trick Bag has an Instagram now. Don't sleep (if you're even still on Instagram).
www.instagram.com/trickbag_mag
www.instagram.com/trickbag_mag
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
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September 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Trick Bag has an Instagram now. Don't sleep (if you're even still on Instagram).
www.instagram.com/trickbag_mag
www.instagram.com/trickbag_mag
New Trick Bag logo just dropped.
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September 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
New Trick Bag logo just dropped.
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if you can, i strongly recommend spending some time watching someone you care about do something they love to do
September 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
if you can, i strongly recommend spending some time watching someone you care about do something they love to do
Dash killed this shit. Study up on the rap duo all the real heads already know about. 😉
shrapknel (premrock & curly castro) released three new albums over the past six weeks, so i talked to them about it for @bandcamp.com
For ShrapKnel, Triples Is Best
The duo of PremRock and Curly Castro reach new heights on their three(!) new records.
daily.bandcamp.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Dash killed this shit. Study up on the rap duo all the real heads already know about. 😉
ICYMI: The 5x (5x, 5x, 5x, 5x!) World Champion Booker T was a big-time reason why I became a wrestling fan. Here's what I learned about being a Black man in America due to watching his talent.
Next out the trick bag is another archived piece: A personal essay disguised as a wrestling essay.
trickbag.substack.com/p/from-the-a...
trickbag.substack.com/p/from-the-a...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: On Booker T and the Headlocked Lessons of Being a Black Wrestling Fan
A pair of personal essays about wrestling, but more about life
trickbag.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
ICYMI: The 5x (5x, 5x, 5x, 5x!) World Champion Booker T was a big-time reason why I became a wrestling fan. Here's what I learned about being a Black man in America due to watching his talent.
Next out the trick bag is another archived piece: A personal essay disguised as a wrestling essay.
trickbag.substack.com/p/from-the-a...
trickbag.substack.com/p/from-the-a...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: On Booker T and the Headlocked Lessons of Being a Black Wrestling Fan
A pair of personal essays about wrestling, but more about life
trickbag.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Next out the trick bag is another archived piece: A personal essay disguised as a wrestling essay.
trickbag.substack.com/p/from-the-a...
trickbag.substack.com/p/from-the-a...
All archival posts will be available to free subscribers—I plan on putting out freebies from my decades(!) of music and culture writing at underdetermined and unpredictable intervals.
Paid subscribers ($7.50 a month or $75 a year) will get archived and new shit every week.
Paid subscribers ($7.50 a month or $75 a year) will get archived and new shit every week.
Trick Bag, my new weekly newsletter, is live! First out the bag is the full transcript for an interview I did in 2017 with the legend Ishmael Butler!
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: A Conversation with Ishmael Butler
The Shabazz Palaces impresario/genius on "afrofuturism," rap music as art, Seattle, and much more.
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
All archival posts will be available to free subscribers—I plan on putting out freebies from my decades(!) of music and culture writing at underdetermined and unpredictable intervals.
Paid subscribers ($7.50 a month or $75 a year) will get archived and new shit every week.
Paid subscribers ($7.50 a month or $75 a year) will get archived and new shit every week.
Not me getting roasted in the group chat for admitting I liked Phantom Planet's 2004 single "Big Brat" lol
August 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Not me getting roasted in the group chat for admitting I liked Phantom Planet's 2004 single "Big Brat" lol