Joe Bonomo
@joebonomo.bsky.social
essays and rock & roll | sound and sense
I write books and NO SUCH THING AS WAS, a music newsletter: https://joebonomo.substack.com/
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I write books and NO SUCH THING AS WAS, a music newsletter: https://joebonomo.substack.com/
Open 24/7: https://linktr.ee/joebonomo
it's buh-NOH-moh
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We rode straight from the airport to here
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We rode straight from the airport to here
ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I reviewed the new Hives album, and pulled wide to talk about five of their great songs.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I reviewed the new Hives album, and pulled wide to talk about five of their great songs.
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At my latest NO SUCH THING AS WAS I review the terrific new Hives album, and select five of my favorite songs of theirs from the last 25 years.
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This time with feeling
The new Hives album loudly argues that the Swedish band has only gotten started
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November 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
At my latest NO SUCH THING AS WAS I review the terrific new Hives album, and select five of my favorite songs of theirs from the last 25 years.
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I wish that Roger Angell were around to write about Shohei.
October 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I wish that Roger Angell were around to write about Shohei.
ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS: the Kundalini Genie, psychedelic music, and getting inside and out.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS: the Kundalini Genie, psychedelic music, and getting inside and out.
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That Will Smith ball not going out is like when a character in an enchanted house walks out of a room but ends up in the same room. We're trapped, friends.
October 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
That Will Smith ball not going out is like when a character in an enchanted house walks out of a room but ends up in the same room. We're trapped, friends.
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
In my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I write about how I've been listening to more psychedelic music these days, for the ways it can elevate, the ways it can dissolve the environment around me. The Kundalini Genie's 2020 album 1111 delivers.
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Time will go and you're free
The Kundalini Genie invite us along on the journey
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October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I write about how I've been listening to more psychedelic music these days, for the ways it can elevate, the ways it can dissolve the environment around me. The Kundalini Genie's 2020 album 1111 delivers.
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Last weekend, I flew to Maryland and spent Sat helping my sibs continue to clean out my folks' place. Then my brother John and I rented a van and drove to Pittsburgh to drop some stuff off at his son's, and then to my bro's place an hour+ north. 1/3
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Last weekend, I flew to Maryland and spent Sat helping my sibs continue to clean out my folks' place. Then my brother John and I rented a van and drove to Pittsburgh to drop some stuff off at his son's, and then to my bro's place an hour+ north. 1/3
October 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
At my latest NO SUCH THING AS WAS, so long Ace Frehley, wherever you’re rocketing
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From the start he wanted to fly
So long to Ace Frehley (1951-2025), the Spaceman guitarist extraordinaire
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October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
At my latest NO SUCH THING AS WAS, so long Ace Frehley, wherever you’re rocketing
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ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I wrote about how the Bo Beat was revisited in the late '60s.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I wrote about how the Bo Beat was revisited in the late '60s.
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"It's always good to walk in a room and know everybody kind of looks up to you because I guess I've earned it."
Rest in Power, Spaceman
Rest in Power, Spaceman
October 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"It's always good to walk in a room and know everybody kind of looks up to you because I guess I've earned it."
Rest in Power, Spaceman
Rest in Power, Spaceman
Sure, the Bo Beat is eternal, but it received some update patches near the end of the tumultuous 1960s. My latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS.
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Bo Diddley and cosmic minds
The eternal Bo Beat received update patches near the end of the tumultuous 1960s
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October 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sure, the Bo Beat is eternal, but it received some update patches near the end of the tumultuous 1960s. My latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS.
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I had a blast gabbing about Play This Book Loud with Marc Masters at The Music Book Podcast!
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071 Joe Bonomo on Writing Essays About Music - The Music Book Podcast
On this episode, Marc talks with Joe Bonomo, author of "Play This Book Loud: Noisy Essays," published in May of 2025. It's a collection of pieces Bonomo wrote for various publications, primarily the w...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I had a blast gabbing about Play This Book Loud with Marc Masters at The Music Book Podcast!
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In my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, Michael Pollan, Walter Benjamin, and Pete Townshend go places,
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Right through the haze
Michael Pollan, Walter Benjamin, and Pete Townshend went places
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October 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, Michael Pollan, Walter Benjamin, and Pete Townshend go places,
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Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization
October 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization
ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I wrote about the Rolling Stones' reissues, and the five strongest tracks they've rescued from the 1970s discard pile
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October 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS, I wrote about the Rolling Stones' reissues, and the five strongest tracks they've rescued from the 1970s discard pile
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Since 2010, the Rolling Stones have been combing their archives for leftover tracks, re-recording on top of them, and releasing them as part of an ambitious reissue campaign. The results have been mixed, but always interesting to hear.
October 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Since 2010, the Rolling Stones have been combing their archives for leftover tracks, re-recording on top of them, and releasing them as part of an ambitious reissue campaign. The results have been mixed, but always interesting to hear.
Catherine Elizabeth Bonomo, 1932-2025
Some thoughts on my Mom, and further thoughts on grief
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September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it."
Happy Bday, Bruce
Happy Bday, Bruce
September 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it."
Happy Bday, Bruce
Happy Bday, Bruce
Thank you, Illinois
Illinois committee recommends state part ways with feds on COVID-19 vaccines
The Illinois Department of Public Health Immunization Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend updated COVID-19 vaccines for all Illinois residents ages 18 and older.
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September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thank you, Illinois
Two years ago, I launched NO SUCH THING AS WAS—the Substack—migrating things over from my old blog. To note the occasion, I'm rerunning the first piece I ran at the new joint, a review of Tracy Santa's music memoir Tompo of the Ringing. Enjoy!
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A "rockstah" with a cul-de-sac future
Tracy Santa's Tompo of the Ringing sets the bar for the Everymusician's Memoir
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September 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Two years ago, I launched NO SUCH THING AS WAS—the Substack—migrating things over from my old blog. To note the occasion, I'm rerunning the first piece I ran at the new joint, a review of Tracy Santa's music memoir Tompo of the Ringing. Enjoy!
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ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS: how Green Day's “Know Your Enemy” has become a people’s anthem
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September 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
ICYM my latest at NO SUCH THING AS WAS: how Green Day's “Know Your Enemy” has become a people’s anthem
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