Rich Bird
@inkstainedrich.bsky.social
“Mitte advocatos, arma et pecuniary.” ~ W. Zevon
Cartoon pig in a past life. Lapsed piper, recovering journo, card-carrying non-conformist. Trying to be a better dad. Tony Curtis name drops me in "Some Like It Hot."
I spin/post vinyl, DH R & vote blue. 💙
Cartoon pig in a past life. Lapsed piper, recovering journo, card-carrying non-conformist. Trying to be a better dad. Tony Curtis name drops me in "Some Like It Hot."
I spin/post vinyl, DH R & vote blue. 💙
Matthew Sweet “Girlfriend” 1991 Zoo Entertainment
2019 Intervention Records re-release, 2x gatefold album. Title track came on about 8:30 a.m., and 19-year-old me shouted, “FUCK YEAH!!!” in my Volvo in the parking lot of a podiatry clinic. And yeah, I’m taking the W.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
2019 Intervention Records re-release, 2x gatefold album. Title track came on about 8:30 a.m., and 19-year-old me shouted, “FUCK YEAH!!!” in my Volvo in the parking lot of a podiatry clinic. And yeah, I’m taking the W.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 20, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Matthew Sweet “Girlfriend” 1991 Zoo Entertainment
2019 Intervention Records re-release, 2x gatefold album. Title track came on about 8:30 a.m., and 19-year-old me shouted, “FUCK YEAH!!!” in my Volvo in the parking lot of a podiatry clinic. And yeah, I’m taking the W.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
2019 Intervention Records re-release, 2x gatefold album. Title track came on about 8:30 a.m., and 19-year-old me shouted, “FUCK YEAH!!!” in my Volvo in the parking lot of a podiatry clinic. And yeah, I’m taking the W.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Steve Goodman “Affordable Art” 1984 Red Pajama
The last album he dropped while living, and it’s a stunner. “Souvenirs” with Prine. An ode to Jethro Burns. “Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request.” “Vegematic,” cowritten with Mike Smith and Shel Silverstein. Love the cover art.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
The last album he dropped while living, and it’s a stunner. “Souvenirs” with Prine. An ode to Jethro Burns. “Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request.” “Vegematic,” cowritten with Mike Smith and Shel Silverstein. Love the cover art.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 19, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Steve Goodman “Affordable Art” 1984 Red Pajama
The last album he dropped while living, and it’s a stunner. “Souvenirs” with Prine. An ode to Jethro Burns. “Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request.” “Vegematic,” cowritten with Mike Smith and Shel Silverstein. Love the cover art.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
The last album he dropped while living, and it’s a stunner. “Souvenirs” with Prine. An ode to Jethro Burns. “Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request.” “Vegematic,” cowritten with Mike Smith and Shel Silverstein. Love the cover art.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (eponymous) 1965 Elektra
Can we please marvel that drummer Sam Lay showed up in a sleeveless tee, denim jeans and silver effin’ cowboy boots?!? Band is in drab camo, and he’s like, “Heeaaay, listen up!”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #ChicagoBlues #Chicago #inoffice
Can we please marvel that drummer Sam Lay showed up in a sleeveless tee, denim jeans and silver effin’ cowboy boots?!? Band is in drab camo, and he’s like, “Heeaaay, listen up!”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #ChicagoBlues #Chicago #inoffice
February 18, 2026 at 4:34 AM
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (eponymous) 1965 Elektra
Can we please marvel that drummer Sam Lay showed up in a sleeveless tee, denim jeans and silver effin’ cowboy boots?!? Band is in drab camo, and he’s like, “Heeaaay, listen up!”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #ChicagoBlues #Chicago #inoffice
Can we please marvel that drummer Sam Lay showed up in a sleeveless tee, denim jeans and silver effin’ cowboy boots?!? Band is in drab camo, and he’s like, “Heeaaay, listen up!”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #ChicagoBlues #Chicago #inoffice
Material Issue (eponymous) 1987 Big Block Records
The E.P. with tunes that became “International Pop Overthrow.” Found in a Mobile, Alabama record shop.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
The E.P. with tunes that became “International Pop Overthrow.” Found in a Mobile, Alabama record shop.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 17, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Material Issue (eponymous) 1987 Big Block Records
The E.P. with tunes that became “International Pop Overthrow.” Found in a Mobile, Alabama record shop.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
The E.P. with tunes that became “International Pop Overthrow.” Found in a Mobile, Alabama record shop.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band “East-West” 1966 Electra
Hearts: 3 Bs: Bloomfield, Butterfield & Bishop; the AND: Arnold, Naftalin and Davenport.
Dart: Fails to credit pre-Monkee Mike Nesmith for writing “Mary, Mary.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Hearts: 3 Bs: Bloomfield, Butterfield & Bishop; the AND: Arnold, Naftalin and Davenport.
Dart: Fails to credit pre-Monkee Mike Nesmith for writing “Mary, Mary.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 AM
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band “East-West” 1966 Electra
Hearts: 3 Bs: Bloomfield, Butterfield & Bishop; the AND: Arnold, Naftalin and Davenport.
Dart: Fails to credit pre-Monkee Mike Nesmith for writing “Mary, Mary.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Hearts: 3 Bs: Bloomfield, Butterfield & Bishop; the AND: Arnold, Naftalin and Davenport.
Dart: Fails to credit pre-Monkee Mike Nesmith for writing “Mary, Mary.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Ennio Morricone “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (OMPS)” 1967 United Artists
Great soundtrack for #AC games - Origins and Odyssey.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Great soundtrack for #AC games - Origins and Odyssey.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 15, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Ennio Morricone “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (OMPS)” 1967 United Artists
Great soundtrack for #AC games - Origins and Odyssey.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Great soundtrack for #AC games - Origins and Odyssey.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
John Prine “September78” 2015 Oh Boy Records
Live 9/23/78 at Chicago’s Park West. As a St. John Fisher School first grader, I couldn’t make it due to a standing bed-time conflict, but we caught up in ‘97 at Navy Pier. I forgave his lousy timing. We’re good now.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Live 9/23/78 at Chicago’s Park West. As a St. John Fisher School first grader, I couldn’t make it due to a standing bed-time conflict, but we caught up in ‘97 at Navy Pier. I forgave his lousy timing. We’re good now.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 14, 2026 at 4:35 AM
John Prine “September78” 2015 Oh Boy Records
Live 9/23/78 at Chicago’s Park West. As a St. John Fisher School first grader, I couldn’t make it due to a standing bed-time conflict, but we caught up in ‘97 at Navy Pier. I forgave his lousy timing. We’re good now.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Live 9/23/78 at Chicago’s Park West. As a St. John Fisher School first grader, I couldn’t make it due to a standing bed-time conflict, but we caught up in ‘97 at Navy Pier. I forgave his lousy timing. We’re good now.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Fuzzbox “Bostin’ Steve Austin” 1986 WEA
Fem quartet from Birmingham U.K. Dropped the most trippy, apocalyptic cover of “Spirit in the Sky” with Valley Girl aplomb.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #TheSixMillionDollarMan
Fem quartet from Birmingham U.K. Dropped the most trippy, apocalyptic cover of “Spirit in the Sky” with Valley Girl aplomb.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #TheSixMillionDollarMan
February 12, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Fuzzbox “Bostin’ Steve Austin” 1986 WEA
Fem quartet from Birmingham U.K. Dropped the most trippy, apocalyptic cover of “Spirit in the Sky” with Valley Girl aplomb.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #TheSixMillionDollarMan
Fem quartet from Birmingham U.K. Dropped the most trippy, apocalyptic cover of “Spirit in the Sky” with Valley Girl aplomb.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #TheSixMillionDollarMan
Naked Raygun “Over the Overlords” 2021 Wax Trax!
2nd LP of this deluxe edition is a six-track, 45rpm EP. Dropped the needle on Ministry’s Paul Barker mix of “Living in the Good Times,” then got sucker punched into four great live Raygun classics …
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
2nd LP of this deluxe edition is a six-track, 45rpm EP. Dropped the needle on Ministry’s Paul Barker mix of “Living in the Good Times,” then got sucker punched into four great live Raygun classics …
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 10, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Naked Raygun “Over the Overlords” 2021 Wax Trax!
2nd LP of this deluxe edition is a six-track, 45rpm EP. Dropped the needle on Ministry’s Paul Barker mix of “Living in the Good Times,” then got sucker punched into four great live Raygun classics …
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
2nd LP of this deluxe edition is a six-track, 45rpm EP. Dropped the needle on Ministry’s Paul Barker mix of “Living in the Good Times,” then got sucker punched into four great live Raygun classics …
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Johnny Carson “Here’s Johnny: Magic Moments from the Tonight Show” 1974 Casablanca Records
The only Lenny Bruce bit I own with the first kid to get high on airplane glue. Followed by Billie Holliday singing “Them There Eyes.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
The only Lenny Bruce bit I own with the first kid to get high on airplane glue. Followed by Billie Holliday singing “Them There Eyes.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Johnny Carson “Here’s Johnny: Magic Moments from the Tonight Show” 1974 Casablanca Records
The only Lenny Bruce bit I own with the first kid to get high on airplane glue. Followed by Billie Holliday singing “Them There Eyes.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
The only Lenny Bruce bit I own with the first kid to get high on airplane glue. Followed by Billie Holliday singing “Them There Eyes.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Ramones “Mania” 1988 Sire
I used to mow the lawn to this in high school on a Walkman cassette player.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
I used to mow the lawn to this in high school on a Walkman cassette player.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 8, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Ramones “Mania” 1988 Sire
I used to mow the lawn to this in high school on a Walkman cassette player.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
I used to mow the lawn to this in high school on a Walkman cassette player.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
In the midst the of that protracted interpretive Olympic dance orgy in Italy, it’s entirely possible that I may have blurted, “IT’S THE BIG PEDDLE ON THE RIGHT! LIGHT THE DAMNNED CAULDRON!”
…
I’m not proud.
…
I’m not proud.
February 7, 2026 at 5:55 AM
In the midst the of that protracted interpretive Olympic dance orgy in Italy, it’s entirely possible that I may have blurted, “IT’S THE BIG PEDDLE ON THE RIGHT! LIGHT THE DAMNNED CAULDRON!”
…
I’m not proud.
…
I’m not proud.
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
The Pogues “Rum, Sodomy & the Lash” 1985 WEA Records (2006 Rhino)
“Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid, and you decked some fucking blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids” ~ Sickbed of Cuchulainn 10 minutes
Sounds like a solid night.
#NowSpinning #NowSpinning #Vinyl #Pogues
“Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid, and you decked some fucking blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids” ~ Sickbed of Cuchulainn 10 minutes
Sounds like a solid night.
#NowSpinning #NowSpinning #Vinyl #Pogues
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The Pogues “Rum, Sodomy & the Lash” 1985 WEA Records (2006 Rhino)
“Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid, and you decked some fucking blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids” ~ Sickbed of Cuchulainn 10 minutes
Sounds like a solid night.
#NowSpinning #NowSpinning #Vinyl #Pogues
“Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid, and you decked some fucking blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids” ~ Sickbed of Cuchulainn 10 minutes
Sounds like a solid night.
#NowSpinning #NowSpinning #Vinyl #Pogues
The Pogues with Joe Strummer “Live in London” 2014 Rhino
Saw the Pogues only once on the farewell tour with Shane. This captured a night in 1991 after Shane got the boot and Joe Strummer sat in. RSD exclusive on blood red vinyl.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Saw the Pogues only once on the farewell tour with Shane. This captured a night in 1991 after Shane got the boot and Joe Strummer sat in. RSD exclusive on blood red vinyl.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 5, 2026 at 2:44 AM
The Pogues with Joe Strummer “Live in London” 2014 Rhino
Saw the Pogues only once on the farewell tour with Shane. This captured a night in 1991 after Shane got the boot and Joe Strummer sat in. RSD exclusive on blood red vinyl.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Saw the Pogues only once on the farewell tour with Shane. This captured a night in 1991 after Shane got the boot and Joe Strummer sat in. RSD exclusive on blood red vinyl.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Benny Goodman “The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Vol. 2” 1956 Columbia
Reissue of the 1950 release. I have Vols. 2 & 3. Murders’ Row of swing jazz.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Reissue of the 1950 release. I have Vols. 2 & 3. Murders’ Row of swing jazz.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 4, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Benny Goodman “The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Vol. 2” 1956 Columbia
Reissue of the 1950 release. I have Vols. 2 & 3. Murders’ Row of swing jazz.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Reissue of the 1950 release. I have Vols. 2 & 3. Murders’ Row of swing jazz.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Sex Pistols “Never Mind the Bollocks” 1977 Warner Brothers
Forced commute/in-office day tomorrow. Aurally downloading my inner monologue. Also, an affirmation that we’re getting more #TedLasso. #GodSaveTheQueen
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #SexPistols
Forced commute/in-office day tomorrow. Aurally downloading my inner monologue. Also, an affirmation that we’re getting more #TedLasso. #GodSaveTheQueen
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #SexPistols
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Sex Pistols “Never Mind the Bollocks” 1977 Warner Brothers
Forced commute/in-office day tomorrow. Aurally downloading my inner monologue. Also, an affirmation that we’re getting more #TedLasso. #GodSaveTheQueen
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #SexPistols
Forced commute/in-office day tomorrow. Aurally downloading my inner monologue. Also, an affirmation that we’re getting more #TedLasso. #GodSaveTheQueen
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #SexPistols
Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night” 1966 Reprise
This was recorded six years before I was born. So I’m not anchored in it. But Sinatra and Nelson Riddle are like Brigadoon, endlessly lost in time in space and always current.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
This was recorded six years before I was born. So I’m not anchored in it. But Sinatra and Nelson Riddle are like Brigadoon, endlessly lost in time in space and always current.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
February 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night” 1966 Reprise
This was recorded six years before I was born. So I’m not anchored in it. But Sinatra and Nelson Riddle are like Brigadoon, endlessly lost in time in space and always current.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
This was recorded six years before I was born. So I’m not anchored in it. But Sinatra and Nelson Riddle are like Brigadoon, endlessly lost in time in space and always current.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Maria Muldaur (eponymous) 1973 Reprise
Spinning “Midnight at the Oasis” in honor of Catherine O’Hara.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #WaitingForGuffman
Spinning “Midnight at the Oasis” in honor of Catherine O’Hara.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #WaitingForGuffman
January 31, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Maria Muldaur (eponymous) 1973 Reprise
Spinning “Midnight at the Oasis” in honor of Catherine O’Hara.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #WaitingForGuffman
Spinning “Midnight at the Oasis” in honor of Catherine O’Hara.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #WaitingForGuffman
The Germs “(GI)” 1979 Slash Records
“Don’t read the papers, we’re vision rapers” ~ Media Blitz
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“Don’t read the papers, we’re vision rapers” ~ Media Blitz
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 AM
The Germs “(GI)” 1979 Slash Records
“Don’t read the papers, we’re vision rapers” ~ Media Blitz
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
“Don’t read the papers, we’re vision rapers” ~ Media Blitz
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Dropkick Murphys “Meanest of Times” 2007 Born & Bred Records
Tonight’s soundtrack.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Tonight’s soundtrack.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
January 29, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Dropkick Murphys “Meanest of Times” 2007 Born & Bred Records
Tonight’s soundtrack.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Tonight’s soundtrack.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Pete Shelley “Homosapien” 1981 Arista
Synth-heavy solo album by the Buzzcocks co-founder. Title track charted in Australia and Canada.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Synth-heavy solo album by the Buzzcocks co-founder. Title track charted in Australia and Canada.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
January 28, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Pete Shelley “Homosapien” 1981 Arista
Synth-heavy solo album by the Buzzcocks co-founder. Title track charted in Australia and Canada.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Synth-heavy solo album by the Buzzcocks co-founder. Title track charted in Australia and Canada.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
