Tom Humphrey
@thumphreypdx.bsky.social
Backroad to Nowhere, xray.fm radio show. History, tradition, vanguard, new/old sounds. Portland, OR. Sundays, 6-7pm PT 91.1 / 107.1
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This is a lie: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is a lie: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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The DOJ is investigating unusual NBA prop betting, but it seems to me that insider trading coming out of the White House is a much much bigger problem.
October 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The DOJ is investigating unusual NBA prop betting, but it seems to me that insider trading coming out of the White House is a much much bigger problem.
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PALEO SOL
Written in collaboration with Barry Walker, Rob Smith, and Jason Willmon. Listen to Quiessence, Leaving Lower Big Basin, and A Trip Into Town now, and check out a physical copy on Opaque Red LP or CD!
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Written in collaboration with Barry Walker, Rob Smith, and Jason Willmon. Listen to Quiessence, Leaving Lower Big Basin, and A Trip Into Town now, and check out a physical copy on Opaque Red LP or CD!
thrilljockey.com/products/pal...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
PALEO SOL
Written in collaboration with Barry Walker, Rob Smith, and Jason Willmon. Listen to Quiessence, Leaving Lower Big Basin, and A Trip Into Town now, and check out a physical copy on Opaque Red LP or CD!
thrilljockey.com/products/pal...
thrilljockey.com/products/pal...
Written in collaboration with Barry Walker, Rob Smith, and Jason Willmon. Listen to Quiessence, Leaving Lower Big Basin, and A Trip Into Town now, and check out a physical copy on Opaque Red LP or CD!
thrilljockey.com/products/pal...
thrilljockey.com/products/pal...
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"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
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Un américain à Paris, Cole Mitchek, a créé cette belle vidéo de Myriam Gendron lors de son dernier passage là-bas. Un moment hors du temps.
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An american in Paris, Cole Mitchek, created this beautiful video of Myriam last time she was there. An out-of-time moment.
youtu.be/65biC_KigV0?...
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An american in Paris, Cole Mitchek, created this beautiful video of Myriam last time she was there. An out-of-time moment.
youtu.be/65biC_KigV0?...
MYRiAM GENDRON iN PARiS
YouTube video by EAR FiLM
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September 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Un américain à Paris, Cole Mitchek, a créé cette belle vidéo de Myriam Gendron lors de son dernier passage là-bas. Un moment hors du temps.
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An american in Paris, Cole Mitchek, created this beautiful video of Myriam last time she was there. An out-of-time moment.
youtu.be/65biC_KigV0?...
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An american in Paris, Cole Mitchek, created this beautiful video of Myriam last time she was there. An out-of-time moment.
youtu.be/65biC_KigV0?...
I hadn’t thought about Fellini, the cafe bar next to Satyricon, for along time before reading this article. I remember Jackie-O Motherfucker playing weekly brunch sessions for a while there in the early 2000s. What a place.
From 1984-2011, this downtown dive was a venue where, impossibly, musical legends, locals, and total unknowns shared a stage—as well as its disgusting bathroom.
Satyricon Was a Portland Dive Venue Where Legends, Locals, and Total Unknowns Shared a Stage
Before Michaela Watkins’ first shift behind the bar at Satyricon, the manager gave her the tour. “He said to me: ‘Okay, here’s the taps, here’s the keg, here’s the bat.’ And I was, like, the bat? And ...
www.portlandmercury.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I hadn’t thought about Fellini, the cafe bar next to Satyricon, for along time before reading this article. I remember Jackie-O Motherfucker playing weekly brunch sessions for a while there in the early 2000s. What a place.
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Woody, from a letter to his son.
September 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Woody, from a letter to his son.
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RIP GOAT
Be like Robert. Support badass journalism.
Be like Robert. Support badass journalism.
September 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
RIP GOAT
Be like Robert. Support badass journalism.
Be like Robert. Support badass journalism.
I subconsciously chose to listen to this last weekend while cleaning up the mess my dead garage fridge left and it was perfect.
rec of the day WATER DAMAGE "instruments" (12XU 2LP) with grubbs & shiroishi along for the ride, these TX tornadoes swap some of their drones for a psychedelic pulse rumble, creating 4 more sides of instrumental yearning & delivery. bang your head slowly.
waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com/album/instru...
waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com/album/instru...
Instruments, by Water Damage
4 track album
waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I subconsciously chose to listen to this last weekend while cleaning up the mess my dead garage fridge left and it was perfect.
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So true. And also one of the most brilliant and hilarious album covers ever.
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
perfect heading-into-fall music. and, y'know, a timeless masterpiece in general.
perfect heading-into-fall music. and, y'know, a timeless masterpiece in general.
August 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
So true. And also one of the most brilliant and hilarious album covers ever.
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Ridiculously great Rosali + Mowed Sound show in Denver last night. America’s best rock band???!!!
August 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ridiculously great Rosali + Mowed Sound show in Denver last night. America’s best rock band???!!!
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"Plastic harms human health at every stage of the plastic life cycle," says Dr. Philip Landrigan of @bostoncollege.bsky.social, lead author of a new Lancet report. Worldwide plastic production is on track to double by 2040, and triple by 2060.
August 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Plastic harms human health at every stage of the plastic life cycle," says Dr. Philip Landrigan of @bostoncollege.bsky.social, lead author of a new Lancet report. Worldwide plastic production is on track to double by 2040, and triple by 2060.
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With huge thanks to David @obsofdeviance.bsky.social I now have all three of Richard Berry’s private-press late 60s* live LPs. If you’re wondering why that’s a big deal, lend an ear.
*They’re undated but that’s my guess.
youtu.be/6fdkxGzJ15Q?...
*They’re undated but that’s my guess.
youtu.be/6fdkxGzJ15Q?...
Richard Berry and the Soul Searchers / Get That Church (Live)
YouTube video by Observations of Deviance
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July 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
With huge thanks to David @obsofdeviance.bsky.social I now have all three of Richard Berry’s private-press late 60s* live LPs. If you’re wondering why that’s a big deal, lend an ear.
*They’re undated but that’s my guess.
youtu.be/6fdkxGzJ15Q?...
*They’re undated but that’s my guess.
youtu.be/6fdkxGzJ15Q?...
I'm DJing at the festival again and playing an hour of Snock tunes on site after the Croakers' set. Come say hi!
July 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I'm DJing at the festival again and playing an hour of Snock tunes on site after the Croakers' set. Come say hi!
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woody guthrie's sole (& stark af) recording of "deportee," from 1951-1952, written a few years earlier. martin hoffman wrote the more familiar music a decade or so later. from the cool new woody guthrie demos collection. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjlr...
"Deportee (Woody's Home Tape)" - Woody Guthrie
YouTube video by Shamus Records
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July 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
woody guthrie's sole (& stark af) recording of "deportee," from 1951-1952, written a few years earlier. martin hoffman wrote the more familiar music a decade or so later. from the cool new woody guthrie demos collection. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjlr...
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Over on @aquariumdrunkard.com today — I chatted with pedal steel genius Barry Walker, Jr. about his volcanic new live LP. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/07/10/b...
Barry Walker Jr. : The Aquarium Drunkard Interview : Aquarium Drunkard
The Barry Walker Unit’s At the 13th Moon Gravity Well is very much a band effort, an exploratory collection of live recordings.
aquariumdrunkard.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Over on @aquariumdrunkard.com today — I chatted with pedal steel genius Barry Walker, Jr. about his volcanic new live LP. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/07/10/b...
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On the radio this week I focused on John Whitson's visionary Holy Mountain label as he prepared to merge with the infinite. I wanted to stir up some positive energy for his travels the best way I know—by sharing music. It's a small sample of an amazing catalog. Enjoy www.mixcloud.com/jeff-conklin...
July 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
On the radio this week I focused on John Whitson's visionary Holy Mountain label as he prepared to merge with the infinite. I wanted to stir up some positive energy for his travels the best way I know—by sharing music. It's a small sample of an amazing catalog. Enjoy www.mixcloud.com/jeff-conklin...
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newly discovered stash of woody guthrie demos includes his never-heard original of "deportees" (presumably with different music)
July 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
newly discovered stash of woody guthrie demos includes his never-heard original of "deportees" (presumably with different music)
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Folks, the first six issues of Arthur magazine, pub'd in 2002-3, are now available as free PDFs. Donations to defray and recover costs are extremely appreciated, trust me.
arthurmag.com/read-the-mag...
Pictured: cover of Arthur No. 2 (Jan. 2003)
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Pictured: cover of Arthur No. 2 (Jan. 2003)
June 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Folks, the first six issues of Arthur magazine, pub'd in 2002-3, are now available as free PDFs. Donations to defray and recover costs are extremely appreciated, trust me.
arthurmag.com/read-the-mag...
Pictured: cover of Arthur No. 2 (Jan. 2003)
arthurmag.com/read-the-mag...
Pictured: cover of Arthur No. 2 (Jan. 2003)
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“There are extremely few writing-and-performing artists who are comfortable dispensing with almost all bullshit. ... He didn’t make a big deal out of anything, but his diligence betrayed a view that absolutely everything was, in fact, the big deal.”
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‘Like visiting the pyramids basically’: Will Oldham on the outsized impact of the late Michael Hurley – Matter News
Oldham, billed as ‘master of ceremonies’ for a tribute to the outsider folk icon scheduled to take place at the Nelsonville Music Festival on Sunday, June 22, expounds on the towering life and legacy ...
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June 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“There are extremely few writing-and-performing artists who are comfortable dispensing with almost all bullshit. ... He didn’t make a big deal out of anything, but his diligence betrayed a view that absolutely everything was, in fact, the big deal.”
matternews.org/culture/musi...
matternews.org/culture/musi...
So much love for Michael Hurley's creation alive in the park.
1.) Adios, Snock! Touching public memorial for Michael Hurley at Cherry Sprout Park yesterday...
Felix Hatfield's (www.felixhatfield.com) cardboard cutouts of Hurley cartoon characters accompanied his original tune about Michael:
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Felix Hatfield's (www.felixhatfield.com) cardboard cutouts of Hurley cartoon characters accompanied his original tune about Michael:
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May 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
So much love for Michael Hurley's creation alive in the park.
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Awesome 3-hour tribute to Michael Hurley on @xrayfm.bsky.social by @thumphreypdx.bsky.social h/t @jaywbabcock.bsky.social
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The Singular World of Michael Hurley - Backroad To Nowhere /// XRAY.fm
Unvarnished sounds, unsung singers, demo obscurities, vanguard traditionalists, buried history.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Awesome 3-hour tribute to Michael Hurley on @xrayfm.bsky.social by @thumphreypdx.bsky.social h/t @jaywbabcock.bsky.social
xray.fm/broadcasts/6...
xray.fm/broadcasts/6...