Matt B, People's Book
@mattbormet.com
I own a bookstore @peoplesbooktakoma.com
I am a low power FM DJ https://spinitron.com/WOWD/dj/164535/Matt-Bormet
Sell me your zines for my store if they don't suck
I am a low power FM DJ https://spinitron.com/WOWD/dj/164535/Matt-Bormet
Sell me your zines for my store if they don't suck
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Matt B, People's Book
@mattbormet.com
· Jan 22
I like owning my little store and meeting people who walk into it every day and looking into their eyes and having a conversation and understanding other people are inherently good and you should treat them as such, until they give you other reason. So yeah
At some point I'm gonna do a neoluddite thing where we smash computers and light effigys in the parking lot
Amazon cuts thousands of jobs amid AI push https://aje.news/zrsj12
January 29, 2026 at 1:08 AM
At some point I'm gonna do a neoluddite thing where we smash computers and light effigys in the parking lot
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they say it's an "exuberant debut"
I say "tell your friends about it"
www.publishersweekly.com/9781541603240
I say "tell your friends about it"
www.publishersweekly.com/9781541603240
How Black Music Took Over the World by Melvin Gibbs
The intricate rhythms and protean harmonies of Africa lie at the heart of most modern music, according to this exuberant debut s...
www.publishersweekly.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:12 PM
they say it's an "exuberant debut"
I say "tell your friends about it"
www.publishersweekly.com/9781541603240
I say "tell your friends about it"
www.publishersweekly.com/9781541603240
Fuck it, we're open
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Fuck it, we're open
One thing you can do to feel good and stay calm is say the name of the rikishi Wakatakakage three times. Like taking a belly breath. www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRi...
日本相撲協会公式サイト
入場券や相撲観戦の情報も充実。番付の即日発表や相撲歴史文化等、最新情報提供中。
www.sumo.or.jp
January 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
One thing you can do to feel good and stay calm is say the name of the rikishi Wakatakakage three times. Like taking a belly breath. www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRi...
Look, there's very limited opportunities for praxis so it's important to take those you have
January 25, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Look, there's very limited opportunities for praxis so it's important to take those you have
My fellow bookseller, the Amazon CEO, is watching hagiography with the Hitler family. Different strokes etc
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 3:03 AM
My fellow bookseller, the Amazon CEO, is watching hagiography with the Hitler family. Different strokes etc
Gerald on free jazz
January 18, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Gerald on free jazz
Got this little beaut up and running again via a cheap USB cable. Only like 23 years old. Has all my stuff from 2005. Y'all ever hear this album Yoshimi Battles the Robots???
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Got this little beaut up and running again via a cheap USB cable. Only like 23 years old. Has all my stuff from 2005. Y'all ever hear this album Yoshimi Battles the Robots???
Just got to say "you probably recognize this song because it's from a soundtrack for gay pornography from the 1970s" on the FM radio so things aren't that bad I guess
spidertaylor.bandcamp.com/album/surge-...
spidertaylor.bandcamp.com/album/surge-...
Surge Studio Music, by Spider Taylor
8 track album
spidertaylor.bandcamp.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Just got to say "you probably recognize this song because it's from a soundtrack for gay pornography from the 1970s" on the FM radio so things aren't that bad I guess
spidertaylor.bandcamp.com/album/surge-...
spidertaylor.bandcamp.com/album/surge-...
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I made an 11x17" double-sided poster version of "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" Please DO NOT edit anything on it, but print and distribute freely! I'd love to see it in windows, bookstores, schools, taped up in public, rolled and rubber banded, etc. tinyurl.com/WhoSharesWit...
January 11, 2026 at 4:48 AM
I made an 11x17" double-sided poster version of "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" Please DO NOT edit anything on it, but print and distribute freely! I'd love to see it in windows, bookstores, schools, taped up in public, rolled and rubber banded, etc. tinyurl.com/WhoSharesWit...
X the Owl from Mr Rogers is a follower of Louis Farrakhan. Will not be answering questions.
January 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
X the Owl from Mr Rogers is a follower of Louis Farrakhan. Will not be answering questions.
Thurston Moore from Thurston Moore, thank you for the message
January 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Thurston Moore from Thurston Moore, thank you for the message
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I don't recognize the legitimacy of the "Gregorian" calendar
December 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I don't recognize the legitimacy of the "Gregorian" calendar
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Seems like a good occasion to remind you that I have written the only (to my knowledge) English-language introduction to the work of Hungarian television director András Rajnai.
theatomicelbow.bigcartel.com/product/vizu...
theatomicelbow.bigcartel.com/product/vizu...
January 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Seems like a good occasion to remind you that I have written the only (to my knowledge) English-language introduction to the work of Hungarian television director András Rajnai.
theatomicelbow.bigcartel.com/product/vizu...
theatomicelbow.bigcartel.com/product/vizu...
I know everyone else is over Olivia Nuzzi discourse but it's funny to me that her book sold 235 copies nationwide the week before Christmas, the only week you are guaranteed excellent book sales
December 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I know everyone else is over Olivia Nuzzi discourse but it's funny to me that her book sold 235 copies nationwide the week before Christmas, the only week you are guaranteed excellent book sales
2025 has been another memorable year of pop culture, according to my TV
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
2025 has been another memorable year of pop culture, according to my TV
Gonna play a bunch of good 2025 songs on the radio in six minutes. Takomaradio.org or even better, 94.3 FM if you don't live too far away.
Takoma Radio WOWD-LP FM
Community radio low power FM station in Takoma Park, MD and DC.
Takomaradio.org
December 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Gonna play a bunch of good 2025 songs on the radio in six minutes. Takomaradio.org or even better, 94.3 FM if you don't live too far away.
If you repost this image Mr Pots will bless your family for three generations
December 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If you repost this image Mr Pots will bless your family for three generations
Now available at @peoplesbooktakoma.com 🎷🎷
FE just posted a piece i did about the process of putting together the "now jazz now" book.
www.forcedexposure.com/Features/Lat...
www.forcedexposure.com/Features/Lat...
Not One Fucking Bow Tie by Byron Coley - Forced Exposure
New book from ECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY: Now Jazz Now: 100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings 1960-80 by Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore (9798993404004, 277 pages, 2025)The i...
www.forcedexposure.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Now available at @peoplesbooktakoma.com 🎷🎷
2026 is the year of "no events". No events will happen in my life and nothing unexpected will occur.
December 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
2026 is the year of "no events". No events will happen in my life and nothing unexpected will occur.