Dan Blickensderfer
@danblick.bsky.social
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As Bar Harbor and nearby towns try to adjust to ever-increasing tourist traffic, the number of monthly visits to Acadia National Park has topped 800,000 for the first time ever.
Acadia National Park breaks visit record for 2nd month in a row
Acadia had a record number of nearly 843,000 visits last month, according to data from the National Park Service published on Friday.
www.bangordailynews.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
As Bar Harbor and nearby towns try to adjust to ever-increasing tourist traffic, the number of monthly visits to Acadia National Park has topped 800,000 for the first time ever.
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Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light
Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light
Having escaped a life of drudgery in Birmingham, Ozzy became the rare rock frontman you could relate to – and then, against the odds, a national treasure
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light
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"People might think of their music as quite difficult or atonal, but I just think it’s really, really beautiful. Very melodic, full of tunes and incredible rhythms."
Jack Barnett of #TheseNewPuritans on Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Doc At The Radar Station
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Jack Barnett of #TheseNewPuritans on Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Doc At The Radar Station
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July 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"People might think of their music as quite difficult or atonal, but I just think it’s really, really beautiful. Very melodic, full of tunes and incredible rhythms."
Jack Barnett of #TheseNewPuritans on Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Doc At The Radar Station
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Jack Barnett of #TheseNewPuritans on Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Doc At The Radar Station
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Less a #MusicChallenge than a 'music thing', but please join me in helping turn Bluesky nicely GBV-y during July with #JulydedByVoices!
Feel free to pick from their countless million-selling chart-toppers, or perhaps dig out something a bit deep cuttier with a weird title - there must be a few...
Feel free to pick from their countless million-selling chart-toppers, or perhaps dig out something a bit deep cuttier with a weird title - there must be a few...
June 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Less a #MusicChallenge than a 'music thing', but please join me in helping turn Bluesky nicely GBV-y during July with #JulydedByVoices!
Feel free to pick from their countless million-selling chart-toppers, or perhaps dig out something a bit deep cuttier with a weird title - there must be a few...
Feel free to pick from their countless million-selling chart-toppers, or perhaps dig out something a bit deep cuttier with a weird title - there must be a few...
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In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.
I’m worried about @ibogost.bsky.social and also he’s not wrong. see also @lizpelly.bsky.social’s _Mood Machine_
I spent two hours in the car this week with a maybe-probably AI band as my soundtrack. It was fine, because music today is for feeling nothing.
Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore
“Rubber burns, the map fades away / Chasing the ghosts of yesterday.” Sure, fine.
www.theatlantic.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I’m worried about @ibogost.bsky.social and also he’s not wrong. see also @lizpelly.bsky.social’s _Mood Machine_
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Kids today! But the kids are all 37
July 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Kids today! But the kids are all 37
An arguably important read for anyone even adjacent to higher ed academics at the moment. @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
www.newyorker.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
An arguably important read for anyone even adjacent to higher ed academics at the moment. @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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while carry the zero is their *best* song, my favorite is car
Built to Spill
June 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
while carry the zero is their *best* song, my favorite is car
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Great news from the Pine Tree state: www.mainepublic.org/business-and...
Maine's new ticketing transparency law could be a model for others, music industry advocates say
The law will impose a 10% price cap on tickets that are resold for events at a Maine venue.
www.mainepublic.org
June 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Great news from the Pine Tree state: www.mainepublic.org/business-and...
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In the 1980s scratch-and-sniff stickers were a technology of equal interest, and with a seemingly equally unbounded future, as computers.
June 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In the 1980s scratch-and-sniff stickers were a technology of equal interest, and with a seemingly equally unbounded future, as computers.
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Probably something off Earth 2 or The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
If you had to introduce an alien to Earth’s music, which song would you play first?
June 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Probably something off Earth 2 or The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
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The owners of the Congress Street building say the theater has several years left on its lease and they'd like to see it operating there well into the future.
Portland’s State Theatre building for sale
The owners of the Congress Street landmark, which houses about 120 tenants, say the theater has several years left on its lease and they'd like to see it operating there well into the future.
www.pressherald.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The owners of the Congress Street building say the theater has several years left on its lease and they'd like to see it operating there well into the future.
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How different is what accomplished historian Steven Johnson is described as doing in this piece from what this Twitter troll (below) describes? What are the affordances we give different people when they utilize this technology? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
June 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
How different is what accomplished historian Steven Johnson is described as doing in this piece from what this Twitter troll (below) describes? What are the affordances we give different people when they utilize this technology? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
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May 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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“So it was like, okay, how can we figure out a way to capitalize on these user habits while also making the major labels happy? Which is not the same thing as figuring out [how to] use technology to make it easier for people to support artists,… the people whose work they are listening to.”
Music Is Too Important To Be Left To The Marketplace
A Conversation with Liz Pelly
dadadrummer.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“So it was like, okay, how can we figure out a way to capitalize on these user habits while also making the major labels happy? Which is not the same thing as figuring out [how to] use technology to make it easier for people to support artists,… the people whose work they are listening to.”
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On Dada Drummer Almanach, a conversation with Liz Pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social dadadrummer.substack.com/p/music-is-t...
Music Is Too Important To Be Left To The Marketplace
A Conversation with Liz Pelly
dadadrummer.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
On Dada Drummer Almanach, a conversation with Liz Pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social dadadrummer.substack.com/p/music-is-t...
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Join us Sunday at Space in Portland ME
some more book events coming up next week in Missouri, Kansas, New Hampshire & Maine ! info/links @ lizpelly.info/events
May 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Join us Sunday at Space in Portland ME
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it's not that subcultures don't exist, it's that their definitions have changed. the kids want hip-hop, noise, and breakcore all on a single bill and the DJ is going to play nu-metal in between sets and it will be socially cohesive if you can get off your high horse.
May 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
it's not that subcultures don't exist, it's that their definitions have changed. the kids want hip-hop, noise, and breakcore all on a single bill and the DJ is going to play nu-metal in between sets and it will be socially cohesive if you can get off your high horse.
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When I talk about the appeal of gravel riding in my area, this is something I always mention. There are so many incredible places in my area that you will never see from a car. I think people feel differently about our open spaces when they see how interconnected they are via bike.
April 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
When I talk about the appeal of gravel riding in my area, this is something I always mention. There are so many incredible places in my area that you will never see from a car. I think people feel differently about our open spaces when they see how interconnected they are via bike.
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The very best thing about having one of those big CD binders back in the day is that you could just give it to someone to look through like “here is my whole personality for you to browse”
March 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The very best thing about having one of those big CD binders back in the day is that you could just give it to someone to look through like “here is my whole personality for you to browse”
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Happy release day to 'Dan's Boogie' by Destroyer! 🎉
Stream wherever you get your music, or pick up a physical copy in the Merge store today!
Find it all (including a CD/LP superbundle that includes a unique signed print) at the link in our bio ✨
Stream wherever you get your music, or pick up a physical copy in the Merge store today!
Find it all (including a CD/LP superbundle that includes a unique signed print) at the link in our bio ✨
March 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy release day to 'Dan's Boogie' by Destroyer! 🎉
Stream wherever you get your music, or pick up a physical copy in the Merge store today!
Find it all (including a CD/LP superbundle that includes a unique signed print) at the link in our bio ✨
Stream wherever you get your music, or pick up a physical copy in the Merge store today!
Find it all (including a CD/LP superbundle that includes a unique signed print) at the link in our bio ✨
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March 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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"This is my favorite Velvet Underground record. I can listen and see myself lying on my bed when I’m a teenager and experiencing heartbreaks for the first time."
Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road on #TheVelvetUnderground - The Velvet Underground
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Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road on #TheVelvetUnderground - The Velvet Underground
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March 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"This is my favorite Velvet Underground record. I can listen and see myself lying on my bed when I’m a teenager and experiencing heartbreaks for the first time."
Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road on #TheVelvetUnderground - The Velvet Underground
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Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road on #TheVelvetUnderground - The Velvet Underground
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I don’t know how today went. I’m not even supposed to comment on it. I was busy. Today I produced a Tiny Desk, talked to students interested in the music industry, edited a script and attended a taping. I do the work. I want to do the work.
The public broadcasting CEOs defended their networks against accusations from House Republicans of bias in news and cultural programming.
NPR, PBS heads answer lawmakers' allegations of bias
The public broadcasting CEOs defended their networks against accusations from House Republicans of bias in news and cultural programming.
www.npr.org
March 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I don’t know how today went. I’m not even supposed to comment on it. I was busy. Today I produced a Tiny Desk, talked to students interested in the music industry, edited a script and attended a taping. I do the work. I want to do the work.