Nathan Pyritz
@npyritz.bsky.social
Nathan Pyritz is a book designer and musician based in Boston, Massachusetts. Find more here: https://linktr.ee/nathanpyritz
Good morning. It's Friday! Another ice-cold day, I'm afraid.
Looking backward is important, but going backward will only lead to misery. Those insisting on driving in reverse are also trying to stop everyone from looking in their rearview mirror.
Have a good morning.
Keep trying.
Be loud.
Looking backward is important, but going backward will only lead to misery. Those insisting on driving in reverse are also trying to stop everyone from looking in their rearview mirror.
Have a good morning.
Keep trying.
Be loud.
![Le Morte d'Arthur — by [Thomas] Malory | in Two Volumes | Volume One | Everyman's Library | 45 [cover illustration by ef | hardcover book front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreicrus4m4olj2q53mvmg77ipwf5cyfutnw7k5yrnnvd3msgdtk55ga@jpeg)
![Lord Jim — by Joseph Conrad | A Signet Classic•451-CJ 1195•$1.95 | Lambert [cover illustration by Saul Lambert | mass market paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreih4n7uvvgfuy4x3ghhfety4xxzqsaxeypp2gvpedlrtzc4ljlwvgq@jpeg)
![Looking Backward — by Edward Bellamy | A Signet Classic•451-CW870•$1.50 [cover illustrator(s) unknown | mass market paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreicnsz7p77ngj4f6wm2ohfybcjq363rhdwragswc33aulrom5tplxa@jpeg)
![[front cover detail from Le Morte d'Arthur — by (Thomas) Malory | illustration by ef | hardcover book front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreibrcf7c62guvrvpg5jg3lu3utvoxargkm2zg5rtxppes6ovsogp5a@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Good morning. It's Friday! Another ice-cold day, I'm afraid.
Looking backward is important, but going backward will only lead to misery. Those insisting on driving in reverse are also trying to stop everyone from looking in their rearview mirror.
Have a good morning.
Keep trying.
Be loud.
Looking backward is important, but going backward will only lead to misery. Those insisting on driving in reverse are also trying to stop everyone from looking in their rearview mirror.
Have a good morning.
Keep trying.
Be loud.
A fascinating history of the careers of Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, and the rise of electronic instruments in dance music.
What did you read last year? What are you reading now?
What did you read last year? What are you reading now?
![2025 Reads | 8 of 9 [paperback book front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigzinliwxnmbprhb75f2kv2qycvpf42ywodmqlftzincisl3v3zga@jpeg)
![I Feel Love: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, and How They Reinvented Music | Dave Thompson [paperback book front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreig4aeoo4hcqufxpr22xqjrr6jzkgsiv2jco3uggl5ydyqmjlmnemy@jpeg)
![What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreif2obfpls6uivjt6yzkheexopuk4amhfhx2y4rpapqat6u2lbgo4i@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 7:32 PM
A fascinating history of the careers of Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, and the rise of electronic instruments in dance music.
What did you read last year? What are you reading now?
What did you read last year? What are you reading now?
I have a fascination w/ stories set in hotels and motels. Like a lot of fiction in the "genre", The Plaza tells a lot of stories — about NY, money and power, writers, artists, architecture, famous classless bigots, and those at the top & bottom of social hierarchy.
What have you been reading?
What have you been reading?
![2025 Reads | 7 of 9 [hardcover front cover design]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreiec2zko6jgfmi74mdhse47qyccqztmndhlztncm3ygehjbbttmiy4@jpeg)
![The Plaza — by Julie Satow | The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel | Julie Satow [hardcover book front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreihztoo7zyfwbsjnyzifgeqqdxaqzcqpjinygaad37c7lhqtni7ioq@jpeg)
![What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigi66rmukpjuy6c5cm55eejkiczrtfo6wwpxenodh476dkaxoexbi@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I have a fascination w/ stories set in hotels and motels. Like a lot of fiction in the "genre", The Plaza tells a lot of stories — about NY, money and power, writers, artists, architecture, famous classless bigots, and those at the top & bottom of social hierarchy.
What have you been reading?
What have you been reading?
A fun thriller set in multiple decades, told from the perspective of multiple characters.
@lizmoorebooks.bsky.social
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social
@lizmoorebooks.bsky.social
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social
![2025 Reads | 6 of 9 [hardcover book front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreictthv673efvlp65ptiep2oopnlrx6rwyf4kj63hfmnwmr72h2vyq@jpeg)
![The God of the Woods | A Novel — by Liz Moore | New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright River [hardcover book front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreibc76ereftxqre37kt54xofnt3pgsq57n6mcibvagggnx4th6miky@jpeg)
![What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigbybejoi6ozvpe2wenjgwd5b2h2lw3f3tcl33pgkizblft6kcvqu@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
A fun thriller set in multiple decades, told from the perspective of multiple characters.
@lizmoorebooks.bsky.social
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social
@lizmoorebooks.bsky.social
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social
A wild YA read about a time when the "Couple of the Year" award at the high school is the most important event of the year, and the fact that a 14-year-old is dating a grown man is met with mild disapproval from her guardian, but mostly just because he is a hippie.
What did you read last year?
What did you read last year?
![2025 Reads | 5 of 9 [mass market paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreidfcdgaqeohu7atby3maop4kutejss7w2rq5ypryhhooahqr4it74@jpeg)
![Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell | Archway Pocket Books | 1997 [mass market paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreia7dh4c2lxwe7w2vho6kyndu5m57kvw7zem4iud3o7qw53krtygd4@jpeg)
![Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell | A prank phone call leads to terror | ARCH | 29708 • 95¢ | 19813 86 9/27/91 [handwritten in pencil] [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreiduouscla36ta3yeujzjnvo72yzq45l77rjzfusxhsjcdwi3dqsdi@jpeg)
![What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreiag2n3rvranf2xcqmqnm6cijqy6jo63iznzlucmmfxxgcwxbdzcm4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A wild YA read about a time when the "Couple of the Year" award at the high school is the most important event of the year, and the fact that a 14-year-old is dating a grown man is met with mild disapproval from her guardian, but mostly just because he is a hippie.
What did you read last year?
What did you read last year?
Wonderful and weird metaphysical sci-fi noir graphic novel. I read their self-published @kickstarter.com HC. It's now also available from @imagecomics.com.
What did you read last year? What are you reading now?
@jefflemire171.bsky.social
@mattkindt.bsky.social
@davidrubin.bsky.social
What did you read last year? What are you reading now?
@jefflemire171.bsky.social
@mattkindt.bsky.social
@davidrubin.bsky.social
![2025 Reads | 4 of 9 [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigbr2v2fnc25weseqbktpokp7thammmbvas7ykycvum6vfrowzh4a@jpeg)
![Cosmic Detective | Jeff Lemire | Matt Kindt | David Rubín [hardcover front cover]Cosmic Detective | Jeff Lemire | Matt Kindt | David Rubín [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreieb37qfw6cu7xkq2btybblqzl7lx6bwnsif2n5rklltliuzwbi7xi@jpeg)
![What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreif67deic37f7yt5nwado62czygb2wv5rvgwr3tkj73gs7ivwu4vze@jpeg)
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Wonderful and weird metaphysical sci-fi noir graphic novel. I read their self-published @kickstarter.com HC. It's now also available from @imagecomics.com.
What did you read last year? What are you reading now?
@jefflemire171.bsky.social
@mattkindt.bsky.social
@davidrubin.bsky.social
What did you read last year? What are you reading now?
@jefflemire171.bsky.social
@mattkindt.bsky.social
@davidrubin.bsky.social
Good morning. It's cold. And this week we're seeing a lot of cold cold hearts. Stick by the warm ones.
Keep trying.
Be loud.
Keep your heart warm.
@duttonbooks.bsky.social
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
Keep trying.
Be loud.
Keep your heart warm.
@duttonbooks.bsky.social
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
![Amy's Dinosaur — Story and pictures by Syd Hoff [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigcxlzr4p7mfnm2bzb6f6b4ki7ehjgy3o3txeegzn467ajc4dw3bu@jpeg)
![And I Mean It, Stanley — by Crosby Bonsall | An EARLY I CAN READ Book [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreihueb4sbvtwm7h5zb2cjwct5weg23wwvxfpxjphxk2b7rli7tlwja@jpeg)
![Apes Find Shapes | A Book about Shapes | Magic Castle Readers [by Jane Belk Moncure | illustrated by Joy Friedman [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreificcqdfvgmzh547vhqxvqphjgkba66i3nojqnkvlmythaq4dppry@jpeg)
![F HOF | Hoff, Sydney | Amy's dinosaur | DATE DUE [library pocket detail]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreicsh6fjgh3hadyl4k6uqcilzaqhgfvqjedo6q3bp6lkvadhklqdfe@jpeg)
January 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Good morning. It's cold. And this week we're seeing a lot of cold cold hearts. Stick by the warm ones.
Keep trying.
Be loud.
Keep your heart warm.
@duttonbooks.bsky.social
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
Keep trying.
Be loud.
Keep your heart warm.
@duttonbooks.bsky.social
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
Part memoir, part design history, part social commentary. A must-read for all designers!
![2025 Reads | 3 of 9 [paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreidlxnpyb37e3yvb6pvh6hmwi6rtdtvagmxstipugnm567hqropywq@jpeg)
![Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller | A Life in Advocacy [paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreiglfprw237bj3bquevmfzewqerpx66bh3ybgwzrljkyconbe57ejq@jpeg)
![What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreifd3nom6wesnm4bvj7tjyu226t4s2aw7ul6ksazaesitkvsibwkuq@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Part memoir, part design history, part social commentary. A must-read for all designers!
A fascinating and compelling novel weaving together multiple points of view in what is ultimately an examination of True Crime, urban lore, and the incomplete, misleading, or false narratives which come to define real people and real events.
@themountaingoats.bsky.social
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
@themountaingoats.bsky.social
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
![2025 Reads | 2 of 9 [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreidbws3kfu6jyea2pwdcdqzpbd6ogds62eca2ayq3ve3mmd77xo62y@jpeg)
![Devil House — by John Darnielle | MCD Books x FSG | 2022 | johndarnielle.com | mcdbooks.com [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreia4cd7jdbydbatshtuyjpgpqa2nrgviqbottfpjpv43sugur5musm@jpeg)
![Devil House — by John Darnielle | Author of Wolf in White Van and Universal Harvester | A Novel [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreih62lt6c5idzp5rkwaelokhgwlk2lk3ifzdfgkxy3txw7vrvuxjsu@jpeg)
![What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreic5jitkvyooja6rtu54cm5mtg26omjwxz7576abjqzvrvj3xg7him@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
A fascinating and compelling novel weaving together multiple points of view in what is ultimately an examination of True Crime, urban lore, and the incomplete, misleading, or false narratives which come to define real people and real events.
@themountaingoats.bsky.social
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
@themountaingoats.bsky.social
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
What did you read last year? First on my list (in no particular order) is the 1st volume of the Library Edition of the delightful comic Giant Days by John Allison, created with Max Sarin, Lissa Treiman, and Whitney Cogar.
@badmachinery.com
@boom-studios.com
@badmachinery.com
@boom-studios.com
![2025 Reads | 1 of 9 [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreihajuylz7ywaqaci5lnwyp72z7hapxign6wbl7zwsuwllycsk2lqm@jpeg)
![Giant Days: Library Edition | 1 | Allison + Treiman + Sarin + Cogar [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreidqvlopkc2sx2gcurkaw2hwuha6dfntzmcxk3tuwz4r234qucqtdq@jpeg)
![What have you been reading? [Giant Days — by John Allison hardcover front cover | Devil House — by John Darnielle hardcover front cover | Here: Where the Black Designers Are — by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller paperback front cover | Cosmic Detective — by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt hardcover front cover | Just Dial a Number — by Edith Maxwell mass market paperback front cover | God of the Woods — by Liz Moore hardcover front cover | The Plaza — by Julie Satow hardcover front cover | I Feel Love — by Dave Thompson paperback front cover | Christmas Days — by Jeanette Winterson hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigjsfvrglxevmqqbhdydcj2zworn24fodbx2szbstnn7dc2bh7g4e@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
What did you read last year? First on my list (in no particular order) is the 1st volume of the Library Edition of the delightful comic Giant Days by John Allison, created with Max Sarin, Lissa Treiman, and Whitney Cogar.
@badmachinery.com
@boom-studios.com
@badmachinery.com
@boom-studios.com
Good morning! It's Friday.
Wrap yourself in a warm blanket and put on your favorite records. It's really shitty outside.
And now, more than ever —
Be loud.
Keep trying.
Stick together.
Wrap yourself in a warm blanket and put on your favorite records. It's really shitty outside.
And now, more than ever —
Be loud.
Keep trying.
Stick together.
![Chris Connor — he loves me, he loves me not | atlantic 1240 [12" album front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreih76avgw7n4m6lzbhopj2i5fsj6msjrmnjphqhg6z6z3dd3xvldhu@jpeg)
![Tom Netherton — Just As I Am | Arranged and Conducted by Paul Johnson | WORD | WST•8690 [12" album front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreib4tz43t6ztgbee6byrehsnotubyk6ikzcf5g7x36dfgorgwenfrm@jpeg)
![Bob Booker and Earle Doud present: The First Family | featuring Vaughn Meader with Earle Doud ~ Naomi Brossart ~ Bob Booker ~ Norma MacMillan | Cadence | CLP 3060 [12" album front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreibinsvgwqdhfy5idrppa3fyhf3kc66qqf3pq3reloznrlhdskyq4q@jpeg)
![[Tom Netherton — Just As I Am | 12" album back cover detail]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreidahac4nt4toce2eadebgvb7qsfpnulqzsmxnkiaiyvfabakmkmiq@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Good morning! It's Friday.
Wrap yourself in a warm blanket and put on your favorite records. It's really shitty outside.
And now, more than ever —
Be loud.
Keep trying.
Stick together.
Wrap yourself in a warm blanket and put on your favorite records. It's really shitty outside.
And now, more than ever —
Be loud.
Keep trying.
Stick together.
I think I first bought this (on cassette) in 1989 or 1990 from Target. I listened to it a lot and then I kind of forgot about it as I discovered the Cure and the Smiths and punk rock. I've been rediscovering it this year. Strong recommend!
Tell me what you've been listening to this year!
Tell me what you've been listening to this year!
![Favorite Listens 2025 | 20 of 20 | Tears for Fears — The Seeds of Love [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreif25zlcucpsp6loo25ngjzxr6nua2bhvlb6pvbwblwcg5khap72w4@jpeg)
![Tears for Fears — The Seeds of Love [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreihffl6jk2xsu36l4g5l4eypfs7qwnvdtbbt7zdhxdjxykfel453ja@jpeg)
![What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers EP cover | Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second album cover | Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film album cover | STRFKR — Parallel Realms album cover | Tanika Charles — Reasons to Stay album cover | Tears for Fears — The Seeds of Love album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreidirc5dstuh5cmow76olo5z7gbkcfnhcj5hjmskptpbfw725dy3ie@jpeg)
December 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I think I first bought this (on cassette) in 1989 or 1990 from Target. I listened to it a lot and then I kind of forgot about it as I discovered the Cure and the Smiths and punk rock. I've been rediscovering it this year. Strong recommend!
Tell me what you've been listening to this year!
Tell me what you've been listening to this year!
Fantastic record by Canadian soul artist Tanika Charles on @recordkicks.bsky.social . Strong recommend!
![Favorite Listens 2025 | 19 of 20 | Tanika Charles — Reasons to Stay [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreihghp4u6ua7jet5mej323nymeeh72crkeeyd6pof4muzff6hpqhuy@jpeg)
![Tanika Charles — Reasons to Stay [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreiegda6awojhu7xeswmxfb33efkxxnbgikd7d3z7ddevi2cra6fyme@jpeg)
![What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers EP cover | Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second album cover | Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film album cover | STRFKR — Parallel Realms album cover | Tanika Charles — Reasons to Stay album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigqdsrmyjhwd7o6c2qyvnpvzaq74xmtsbirek4evtbnuk3ob3yuxq@jpeg)
December 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fantastic record by Canadian soul artist Tanika Charles on @recordkicks.bsky.social . Strong recommend!
Wonderful lush and sparkly fun pop record. Strong recommend!
@strfkr-music.bsky.social
@polyvinyl.bsky.social
@strfkr-music.bsky.social
@polyvinyl.bsky.social
![Favorite Listens 2025 | 18 of 20 [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreieg4wbpsktswmsvnuxwe5iyliusv5zxpl3asmgjc33d7gx7qyhwim@jpeg)
![[STRFKR — Parallel Realms album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreif2q4hiql3ipacdnsc3c2tlwowaubvorx7anhxldftu2o2dhcgsau@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Wonderful lush and sparkly fun pop record. Strong recommend!
@strfkr-music.bsky.social
@polyvinyl.bsky.social
@strfkr-music.bsky.social
@polyvinyl.bsky.social
My wife is a long-time @stereolabgroop.bsky.social fan, but I never gave them a close listen myself until their latest album came out this year. I confess it was this beautiful album cover that caught my attention and I'm glad it did. Strong recommend!
![Favorite Listens 2025 | 17 of 20 | Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreihgwo5sdfpu3fjhwfwg2b7zo753ykb33zgpxbpxsmqwmdlri53ye4@jpeg)
![Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreieq4zaubgu3kkelycg46tuzfscymy7qftvae7sv6jbypjgobdemau@jpeg)
![What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers EP cover | Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second album cover | Stereolab — Instant Holograms on Metal Film album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreicfaqsxiqxe6wcyuh2nmqqgcbw4fxmgn775jwamwbyyv3isdk5wgq@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
My wife is a long-time @stereolabgroop.bsky.social fan, but I never gave them a close listen myself until their latest album came out this year. I confess it was this beautiful album cover that caught my attention and I'm glad it did. Strong recommend!
Absolutely incredible instrumental collaboration by 3 great musicians. Brendan Canty's drums are what make this album, though. Strong recommend.
@hahn-rowe.bsky.social
@hahn-rowe.bsky.social
![Favorite Listens 2025 | 16 of 20 | A1.Last Minute Guitar A2.Piece 2 at 77BPM A3.Rhythmic Rhodes A4.#6 B1.Rasum112 B2.First Improv B3.New Prepared Guitar B4.Mrphgtrs1 | Stephen Vitiello with [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreiab2tsla2hpx5ngbyil3tcxzztdxlyz2nc2hgcqwdi5lqzs7apx24@jpeg)
![Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second | A1.Last Minute Guitar A2.Piece 2 at 77BPM A3.Rhythmic Rhodes A4.#6 B1.Rasum112 B2.First Improv B3.New Prepared Guitar B4.Mrphgtrs1 [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreignm2j4zastftugb55jffn4pajx6fdeek25mnzxsactn3efv24vee@jpeg)
![What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers EP cover | Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe — Second album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreifeilzelrxrkjwaxe2onswkaqvnn2zuxfnpiq26njcetlnclsizci@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Absolutely incredible instrumental collaboration by 3 great musicians. Brendan Canty's drums are what make this album, though. Strong recommend.
@hahn-rowe.bsky.social
@hahn-rowe.bsky.social
A splendid EP. Only 4 songs but really lovely. Strong recommend.
![Favorite Listens 2025 | 15 of 20 [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreieiqoptz5wyoczddj4r7l473iute5jjbpua3ovmdi4lu2gb5ymvni@jpeg)
![[Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi — Wildflowers album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreihk63te23td5jtp3xzpgfrpfbqfavn44fnm24p2wh52e57fhhnsf4@jpeg)
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What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover]
What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Slowdive — Everything Is Alive album cover]
What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreibclgvznjzu37lzpyl6uqvsp7btdlhnj3koyabkb6465gj5bg2psu@jpeg)
December 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A splendid EP. Only 4 songs but really lovely. Strong recommend.
A magnificent album by @slowdiveofficial.bsky.social . Strong recommend!
![Favorite Listens 2025 | 14 of 20 [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreifn7qeamtbwckujunn6uxc5rw2yt3o47tnd247uvwhiyd244igohy@jpeg)
![[Slowdive — Everything Is Alive album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreia7lrq7jyr3hoytyvsfeznipyrnvjfx3jh6q4faxkagfq6yiq5kvq@jpeg)
![What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover]
What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover | Slowdive — Everything Is Alive album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigibwixnbpjipgux4syihp57eqj7tmrdn47qux33ah4w6thbdu6vy@jpeg)
December 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A magnificent album by @slowdiveofficial.bsky.social . Strong recommend!
Good morning. It's Friday!
May all your wishes be merry and bright! Or something like that.
Keep trying. Be loud. Do something for someone else today.
May all your wishes be merry and bright! Or something like that.
Keep trying. Be loud. Do something for someone else today.
![Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want — by Barbara Sher with Annie Gottlieb | A Unique, Step-by-Step Plan to Pinpoint Your Goals and Make Your Dreams Come True | "Comprehensive and inviting . . . Eminently practical." San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle | Ballantine / 31100 / $5.95 in USA / $7.75 in Canada [paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreiducvyen7wzugle45wt6yqcweaqbiiikoutxnzvvl56siqjyuvkbu@jpeg)
![Harold Prince in association with Ruth Mitchell presents - Company: A Musical Comedy — Book by George Furth • Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim • Sets and Projections designed by Boris Aronson • Musical Numbers staged by Michael Bennett • Production directed by Harold Prince | A Random House Play | Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical [hardcover front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreifdqpkuvqldymxwfnmdx4himgcn2fotqdl7lkbrdap4mizwn7akym@jpeg)
![Teamworks! — by Barbara Sher & Annie Gottlieb | From the authors of Wishcraft... the book that turns their bestselling dream machine into an action program that transforms wishes into real-life happiness! | Warner Books 39244-8 $12.95 U.S.A. ($16.25 CAN.) [paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigpi6qmi5e6ldtljia5fmhqyzofd7nvur2fdsdpcbxm4i6fkxx4da@jpeg)
![* A Musical Comedy * | * | book by George Furth | music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim [Company title page detail]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreibesbbnzkexbjpqr6wq3j4ggu3tjeyrsllb63ryeajf2sok3qzknu@jpeg)
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Good morning. It's Friday!
May all your wishes be merry and bright! Or something like that.
Keep trying. Be loud. Do something for someone else today.
May all your wishes be merry and bright! Or something like that.
Keep trying. Be loud. Do something for someone else today.
This one is a bit of a cheat. This album has been a favorite of mine for a couple of decades now. However it was only just finally released in 2025, so I am including it here. A brilliant, fun, complex, silly and melancholy pop masterpiece. Strong recommend!
![Favorite Listens 2025 | 13 of 20 [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreieaq47kzurfqvmc2efzllj4nqeo4wcobuc53ika6ixworkjamgkia@jpeg)
![Pragnus Gray & the Car Models Blue Project — Eric Left Riverton [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreiguop3x6bqlyfcpucfqg2djlnx5424te3r3numbmfsbnvmahwrdgy@jpeg)
![What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover | Pragnus Gray & Car Models Blue — Eric Left Riverton album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreif4ck3jkm63pxhfu5kj5wxewf7cejjh54mlodu6oeic5fv5crhgeq@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This one is a bit of a cheat. This album has been a favorite of mine for a couple of decades now. However it was only just finally released in 2025, so I am including it here. A brilliant, fun, complex, silly and melancholy pop masterpiece. Strong recommend!
I wish I had been aware of this band when they were still around. They were from the Midwest (always a plus in my book), played lots of instruments, and appeared to be having lots of fun doing so. Strong recommend.
![Favorite Listens 2025 | 12 of 20 [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreibxsxopasrbcduipi5m56p7at3a7tvhgw3wi5uekgtns4fjkfnps4@jpeg)
![Phox — Phox [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreidf4k67zx4plkp6ylfhow6fay5wf4ly37mmsotwglqbmctccohtuq@jpeg)
![What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover | Phox — Phox album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreibsq3r325thyazvtcgprxumziqc2q6qyh6pwmv3wvgljxfx7gs42u@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I wish I had been aware of this band when they were still around. They were from the Midwest (always a plus in my book), played lots of instruments, and appeared to be having lots of fun doing so. Strong recommend.
Next on my list is the latest from NY synth-pop trio @nationoflanguage.bsky.social, just out on @subpop.bsky.social. Strong recommend!
![Favorite Listens 2025 | 11 of 20 | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreifsnaiffkt3orq5txkxc4mz73okvryfylwc7jeln7poxfgkwtfpxm@jpeg)
![Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreiawnllsgkpr6y6mna7xwhxzaulpyxlr3cqetd5xealyz2dgtpa2ym@jpeg)
![What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover | Nation of Language — Dance Called Memory album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreie42fe2pg6fkozuvm4fowcnzdxpaainze3aellfvpjl7ogg4jreby@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Next on my list is the latest from NY synth-pop trio @nationoflanguage.bsky.social, just out on @subpop.bsky.social. Strong recommend!
This is not a ranked list, but if it were, Cruel Joke (@rounderrecords.bsky.social) would be #1. More than any other record on this list, these are the songs that have been stuck in my head, that made me stop what I was doing and put the album on so I could hear it again. Very strong recommend!
![Favorite Listens 2025 [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigckevrptmlubqlwd526bvt4k4pc2ysy3xyojyu7jwrqyf7zqtvta@jpeg)
![[Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreibmx4fm4dga6rnilie7d4pjvu7t3lwheiaqyrmt4lkyxvvosjowzy@jpeg)
![What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover | Ken Pomeroy — Cruel Joke album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigyqx2kariwtuvcfh55fpv4hgfmnzlyuipfbg5zuvrmurqyrmbydq@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This is not a ranked list, but if it were, Cruel Joke (@rounderrecords.bsky.social) would be #1. More than any other record on this list, these are the songs that have been stuck in my head, that made me stop what I was doing and put the album on so I could hear it again. Very strong recommend!
Amazing jazz record by Leeds saxophonist and composer Jasmine Myra, released in 2024 on @gondwanarecords.com. Strong recommend.
![Favorite Listens 2025 | Jasmine Myra — Rising [album cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreihgubiqmais7esjyvyrny2nq7qo4r3mmx4kwzivb45plu2x7uxkyu@jpeg)
![Jasmine Myra — Rising [album cover | artwork and design by Daniel Halsall]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreidumw7oxtdzzbhspw76e4tcaq2ecz3pkoek4nacg3glkfuxetw2ee@jpeg)
![What have you been listening to? [Caoilfhionn Rose — Awaken album cover | Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You album cover | Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee album cover | Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses album cover | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra — Promises album cover | Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye album cover | Hélène Vogelsinger — Contemplation album cover | Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee album cover | Jasmine Myra — Rising album cover]]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreicds5sgyhdljkiq7us3aw7psj447t7al2dapkuh3e7b5n2xndrdza@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Amazing jazz record by Leeds saxophonist and composer Jasmine Myra, released in 2024 on @gondwanarecords.com. Strong recommend.
Good day. It's Friday!
It's cold outside and I barely made it out of the house this morning. It's a shame.
Keep trying. Be loud. Keep warm.
It's cold outside and I barely made it out of the house this morning. It's a shame.
Keep trying. Be loud. Keep warm.
![enough is enough: A biblical call for moderation in a consumer-oriented society — John V. Taylor [paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreiam63voguravjpzp33leirwmm5dwhcfqmw7vyyzxtw2oc662mecsi@jpeg)
![Expensive People — by Joyce Carol Oates | National Book Award Winner | Fawcett Crest | M1408•95¢ [illustrator unknown | mass market paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreif645b7ub3uiucaate7i5tm36v4t7gikyy2hdnawv4dnfmignsdbu@jpeg)
![The Penny Pincher's Wine Guide — by Lucy Waverman | Evaluation of Over 500 Wines | •All Available in Canada •All Priced Under $8 •A "Best-Buy" Wine List | Menus with Recipes for All Occasions | AVON / 85027 / $5.95 [paperback front cover]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreihqmriel6qd2asgsusrzthdz4awk5e3qf6dd273he7xnetvctsi74@jpeg)
![EXPENSIVE [illustrator unknown | Expensive People mass market paperback front cover detail]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l26xrhgrbbace7suxakdp7w5/bafkreigbudud46bvm37wyv7f2zqakxw2kzf4slbox2f2g4h4qt2as2mtpq@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Good day. It's Friday!
It's cold outside and I barely made it out of the house this morning. It's a shame.
Keep trying. Be loud. Keep warm.
It's cold outside and I barely made it out of the house this morning. It's a shame.
Keep trying. Be loud. Keep warm.