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pumping irony 🧠 in the Dutch lowlands • communications guy • occasional scribblings for @aquariumdrunkard.com

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A biography of Alice Coltrane, by Andy Beta? Yes please. (Coming from Hachette in March.)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
New Jana Horn incoming.
Jana Horn, by Jana Horn
10 track album
janahorn.bandcamp.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Excellent vibes contained herein.
Natural Information Society :: Perseverance Flow

aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/12/n...

Perseverance Flow does everything its title promises. It perseveres, certainly, moving with a stubborn intent in a way that feels both mechanical and wholly organic . . .
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Happy Veterans Day to all who celebrate. 🫡
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
When @aimeemann.bsky.social covers ‘Rainy Days and Mondays’ for Tim Robinson’s ‘The Chair Company’ = 👌🏻
The Chair Company Soundtrack | Rainy Days and Mondays - Aimee Mann | WaterTower Music
YouTube video by WaterTower Music
m.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New Bill Callahan incoming. billcallahan.bandcamp.com/album/my-day...
My Days of 58, by Bill Callahan
12 track album
billcallahan.bandcamp.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This neophyte just bought the Tone Poet reissue (on Blue Note) of this, based on @andrewmale.bsky.social's review in the new issue of MOJO. Any other melancholy autumnal recommendations? Only the Lonely? Watertown?
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This just turned up in my inbox. Can’t say I’m not intrigued. 🤔
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Alright, one more then…

if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Tempted.
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Joan and Nathan are heading to Europe (again). Tickets are on sale. 🎟️
TOUR — JOAN SHELLEY
www.joanshelley.net
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Agatha Christie invites you to a Netflix mystery…

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials debuts 15 January on Netflix, starring Mia McKenna-Bruce, Helena Bonham Carter and Martin Freeman.
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Malcolm Gladwell takes “a signed book is a sold book” to extremes.
malcolmgladwell on Instagram
www.instagram.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When KLM cancels your flight from Dublin to Amsterdam and offers to reroute you via… Minneapolis! 🤯
October 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings were phenomenal in Dublin tonight. London, Glasgow, Manchester… you are in for a long-awaited treat.
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My show of the year so far.
October 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My mood tonight and random web searches have led me to discover the perfect soundtrack, @andrewmale.bsky.social’s ‘Flow My Tears’ playlist.
Flow My Tears
open.spotify.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Run. Don’t walk. And be sure to bring plenty of 💵
Lingua Franca X The Guardian
The Guardian is fiercely independent. Nobody influences their journalism. They believe that facts are sacred and deliver truth, humanity, and global insight to bring people the whole picture, for free...
linguafranca.nyc
September 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I can wholeheartedly recommend this candid and far-reaching interview on @philipsherburne.bsky.social’s Futurism Restated. If you don’t subscribe yet, this alone is an excellent reason!
Happy belated release day to William Tyler and Four Tet's wonderful new album, which isn't like anything you might have expected from either of them. I published a fascinating conversation with Tyler earlier this week futurismrestated.substack.com/p/fr-134-wil...
FR 134: William Tyler Is Chasing Spirits at the Crossroads of Ambient and Folk
The Nashville guitarist on working with Four Tet, seeking catharsis, and cultivating a Southern strain of hauntology
futurismrestated.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Fewer, Zuckerberg. Fewer! 😡
September 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I'm in. @aquariumdrunkard.com re-ups two sought-after mixes from 2006.

"A faded aural imprint of the canyons, beaches, wildfires, neighborhoods, late-nights and early mornings of a bygone L.A. Play this mix around dusk while driving through Topanga with the windows rolled down [...]."
L.A. Burnout: Volumes One & Two - Aquarium Drunkard
Via 2006, back by subscriber request as Autumn approaches. L.A. Burnout is made up of the sounds floating around Los Angeles in the late ’60s and ’70s. A faded aural imprint of the canyons, beaches, w...
aquariumdrunkard.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.
September 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Happy ‘Papa Was a Rolling Stone’ Day to all who celebrate.
The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
YouTube video by Michael Thomas
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM