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· Oct 18
it’s useful to think of reclaiming one’s attention and agency as the magical act of warding off evil spells
we might have just seen the first hints of dark matter
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
we might have just seen the first hints of dark matter
I like how the producers of Wong Kar-wai's Blossoms Shanghai thought no one outside of China is ever gonna see this so we might as well completely rip off the Succession song for our opening theme
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I like how the producers of Wong Kar-wai's Blossoms Shanghai thought no one outside of China is ever gonna see this so we might as well completely rip off the Succession song for our opening theme
this is a pretty great lil' EP released today, tracks 2 and 4 in particular → adriansherwood.bandcamp.com/album/barbic...
Barbican Heights, by Adrian Sherwood, African Head Charge & Speakers Corner Quartet
4 track album
adriansherwood.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
this is a pretty great lil' EP released today, tracks 2 and 4 in particular → adriansherwood.bandcamp.com/album/barbic...
Reposted by MDonaldson →
re: The Tonearm
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
The Tonearm | putting a needle on the cultural wax
Interviews, commentary, and creative kudos abound.
www.thetonearm.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
re: The Tonearm
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
re: The Tonearm
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
The Tonearm | putting a needle on the cultural wax
Interviews, commentary, and creative kudos abound.
www.thetonearm.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
re: The Tonearm
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
post a famous bathroom scene
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
post a famous bathroom scene
Reposted by MDonaldson →
Reposted by MDonaldson →
I live sweat
But I dream light years
But I dream light years
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I live sweat
But I dream light years
But I dream light years
something about this week feels pivotal for The Tonearm — there were so many great stories published on the site and some truly exceptional writing
I am so proud of our contributors ✨
I run it all down in today's Talk Of The Tonearm newsletter, which is hitting your inbox right at this very moment
I am so proud of our contributors ✨
I run it all down in today's Talk Of The Tonearm newsletter, which is hitting your inbox right at this very moment
On the Hunt for That Perfect Ten
Ride the wave with Linda May Han Oh, Tiberius, Robert Callender, Miguel Zenón, and more. Plus heaps of links, discoveries, and tubular vibes.
www.thetonearm.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
something about this week feels pivotal for The Tonearm — there were so many great stories published on the site and some truly exceptional writing
I am so proud of our contributors ✨
I run it all down in today's Talk Of The Tonearm newsletter, which is hitting your inbox right at this very moment
I am so proud of our contributors ✨
I run it all down in today's Talk Of The Tonearm newsletter, which is hitting your inbox right at this very moment
watched Savanah Leaf's 2023 film Earth Mama last night — it was quite fantastic and very much on my mind today … everyone involved should (and probably will) go on to bigger things → www.screenslate.com/articles/ear...
Earth Mama | Official Trailer HD | A24
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November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
watched Savanah Leaf's 2023 film Earth Mama last night — it was quite fantastic and very much on my mind today … everyone involved should (and probably will) go on to bigger things → www.screenslate.com/articles/ear...
I have a few curious 'did I dream that?' stories about the times I've stayed at The Phoenix, but the funniest is probably when there was a knock at my room's door, and here were two girls trying to find which room Keanu Reeves was supposedly staying in … they were knocking on every door in the hotel
Another Legendary Rock Spot Is Shutting Down
The Phoenix Hotel, which welcomed everyone from David Bowie to Radiohead, and will always be linked with Kurt Cobain, is set to close in January 2026.
ultimateclassicrock.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have a few curious 'did I dream that?' stories about the times I've stayed at The Phoenix, but the funniest is probably when there was a knock at my room's door, and here were two girls trying to find which room Keanu Reeves was supposedly staying in … they were knocking on every door in the hotel
Reposted by MDonaldson →
oh, alas, i've been informed that there was another velvet underground of paducah, kentucky, and this was almost certainly them.
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
oh, alas, i've been informed that there was another velvet underground of paducah, kentucky, and this was almost certainly them.
remember when it was revealed that privately GWB referred to Putin as "Pootie Poot"? that was fun
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
remember when it was revealed that privately GWB referred to Putin as "Pootie Poot"? that was fun
lol: ❝ And there have been so many acrimonious splits with former Black Flag bandmates that it seems difficult to find someone who doesn’t have something negative to say. Through a representative, Rollins “declined with great enthusiasm” to an interview request for this article. →
Black Flag’s Latest Reboot Has Everyone Talking (Even Greg Ginn)
At 71, Ginn has remade his hardcore institution once again — this time with zoomer-aged bandmates. Is it a punk statement or karaoke?
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
lol: ❝ And there have been so many acrimonious splits with former Black Flag bandmates that it seems difficult to find someone who doesn’t have something negative to say. Through a representative, Rollins “declined with great enthusiasm” to an interview request for this article. →
good job everyone nice work
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
good job everyone nice work
I can't believe Florian Schneider's vintage dentist's chair only went for $1600
Florian Schneider | Vintage Dentist's Chair
www.juliensauctions.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I can't believe Florian Schneider's vintage dentist's chair only went for $1600
I may have set myself up for trouble because I just told one of our writers to read this Lester Bangs 'political manifesto' on Meat Loaf for inspiration → musicpresspantheon.blogspot.com/2025/05/lest...
Lester Bangs - Meat Loaf: A Political Manifesto of Sorts - Hit Parader - January 1979
Not sure if this counts as wrongfooted or rightfooted by history (the dissage of Wire is certainly wrongfooted - I assume the lifeless recor...
musicpresspantheon.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I may have set myself up for trouble because I just told one of our writers to read this Lester Bangs 'political manifesto' on Meat Loaf for inspiration → musicpresspantheon.blogspot.com/2025/05/lest...
❝ Another highlight is Gysin’s manuscript notebook detailing the crucial period between 1958 and 1961 when he was living in the Beat Hotel in Paris … unpublished [and] entirely unknown to the literary and academic communities … an unparalleled opportunity for research into Gysin’s art and life. →
Starr aide's counterculture cache
Rare Burroughs items in 'seven figure' hoard
simonwarner.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
❝ Another highlight is Gysin’s manuscript notebook detailing the crucial period between 1958 and 1961 when he was living in the Beat Hotel in Paris … unpublished [and] entirely unknown to the literary and academic communities … an unparalleled opportunity for research into Gysin’s art and life. →
George Grella dropped this excellent thinkpiece on The Tonearm today, examining entropy through Tim Harrison's 'A Strange Loop' + William Basinski's 'The Disintegration Loops
echoing (no pun intended) much of my own curiosity re: the concept of time and how it relates to the kinetic art of music
echoing (no pun intended) much of my own curiosity re: the concept of time and how it relates to the kinetic art of music
From Signal to Noise — Loop Music and Entropy
Examining Tim Harrison's 'A Strange Loop' alongside William Basinski's 'The Disintegration Loops,' George Grella finds complementary visions of how loop music engages the universe's inexorable movement from order to chaos.
www.thetonearm.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
George Grella dropped this excellent thinkpiece on The Tonearm today, examining entropy through Tim Harrison's 'A Strange Loop' + William Basinski's 'The Disintegration Loops
echoing (no pun intended) much of my own curiosity re: the concept of time and how it relates to the kinetic art of music
echoing (no pun intended) much of my own curiosity re: the concept of time and how it relates to the kinetic art of music
this is all you need to know about Florida
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
this is all you need to know about Florida
Reposted by MDonaldson →
my favorite film genres:
5. wait did you pause the video or is this one long scene
4. wait is this another documentary about mountain climbing
3. wait the movie started 20 min ago how are these the opening credits
2. wait how is this set in the 1920s he has a cell phone
1. whatever The Jerk is
5. wait did you pause the video or is this one long scene
4. wait is this another documentary about mountain climbing
3. wait the movie started 20 min ago how are these the opening credits
2. wait how is this set in the 1920s he has a cell phone
1. whatever The Jerk is
March 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
my favorite film genres:
5. wait did you pause the video or is this one long scene
4. wait is this another documentary about mountain climbing
3. wait the movie started 20 min ago how are these the opening credits
2. wait how is this set in the 1920s he has a cell phone
1. whatever The Jerk is
5. wait did you pause the video or is this one long scene
4. wait is this another documentary about mountain climbing
3. wait the movie started 20 min ago how are these the opening credits
2. wait how is this set in the 1920s he has a cell phone
1. whatever The Jerk is
the Blue Origin New Glenn 2 live stream is like that scene in Star Wars where C3PO thinks it sounds like everyone died in the trash compactor
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
the Blue Origin New Glenn 2 live stream is like that scene in Star Wars where C3PO thinks it sounds like everyone died in the trash compactor
tech companies: all of our 2026 innovations involve AI integrations that no one asked for
Apple: here's a cloth holster for your iPhone
Apple: here's a cloth holster for your iPhone
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
tech companies: all of our 2026 innovations involve AI integrations that no one asked for
Apple: here's a cloth holster for your iPhone
Apple: here's a cloth holster for your iPhone
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Polish poster for RAN (1985)
Directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai - RIP
Directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai - RIP
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Polish poster for RAN (1985)
Directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai - RIP
Directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai - RIP