Rich Bird
@inkstainedrich.bsky.social
“Mitte advocatos, arma et pecuniary.” ~ W. Zevon
Cartoon pig in a past life. Lapsed piper, recovering journo, card-carrying non-conformist. Trying to be a better dad. Marilyn name drops me in "Some Like It Hot."
I spin/post vinyl, DH right & vote blue. 💙
Cartoon pig in a past life. Lapsed piper, recovering journo, card-carrying non-conformist. Trying to be a better dad. Marilyn name drops me in "Some Like It Hot."
I spin/post vinyl, DH right & vote blue. 💙
Dead Kennedys “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables” 1980 Cherry Red/IRS
This is a fairly new pressing on the Manifesto label. 45 years later, the track list reads the same as some new teen punk band’s set list. Except “California UA” would be a Newsome campaign theme.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
This is a fairly new pressing on the Manifesto label. 45 years later, the track list reads the same as some new teen punk band’s set list. Except “California UA” would be a Newsome campaign theme.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Dead Kennedys “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables” 1980 Cherry Red/IRS
This is a fairly new pressing on the Manifesto label. 45 years later, the track list reads the same as some new teen punk band’s set list. Except “California UA” would be a Newsome campaign theme.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
This is a fairly new pressing on the Manifesto label. 45 years later, the track list reads the same as some new teen punk band’s set list. Except “California UA” would be a Newsome campaign theme.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
The Dead Poets are curious about their first Christmas. Gwendolyn, Seamus and Shel are going to put the “Holy $@&%!” in the holidays.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The Dead Poets are curious about their first Christmas. Gwendolyn, Seamus and Shel are going to put the “Holy $@&%!” in the holidays.
Plastics “Welcome Back” 1981 Island Records
Influential Japanese new wave band. They were signed and released in the states, championed by David Byrne of Talking Heads, as well as the B-52s.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Influential Japanese new wave band. They were signed and released in the states, championed by David Byrne of Talking Heads, as well as the B-52s.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Plastics “Welcome Back” 1981 Island Records
Influential Japanese new wave band. They were signed and released in the states, championed by David Byrne of Talking Heads, as well as the B-52s.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Influential Japanese new wave band. They were signed and released in the states, championed by David Byrne of Talking Heads, as well as the B-52s.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Anyway, these guys killed at that show, so I bought the record. I talk a lot about the Chicago scene, but ZBs were churning out crisp, top-shelf hard core punk in the heart of Indiana in the early ‘80s.
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Anyway, these guys killed at that show, so I bought the record. I talk a lot about the Chicago scene, but ZBs were churning out crisp, top-shelf hard core punk in the heart of Indiana in the early ‘80s.
Lead singer of The Crombies, Mike Park, also plays the bagpipes and we were both in the Chicago Stockyard Kilty Band for a while. I got there early to see Mike’s set, and he found me later and gave me his backstage pass.
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Lead singer of The Crombies, Mike Park, also plays the bagpipes and we were both in the Chicago Stockyard Kilty Band for a while. I got there early to see Mike’s set, and he found me later and gave me his backstage pass.
Zero Boys “History Of” 2009 Secretly Canadian
🧵 I had never heard of these guys, but they were one of the openers for Naked Raygun during a two-night stand to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Metro in Chicago. The other opener was The Crombies …
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🧵 I had never heard of these guys, but they were one of the openers for Naked Raygun during a two-night stand to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Metro in Chicago. The other opener was The Crombies …
#NowSpinning #vinylsky #Vinyl #punk #ZeroBoys
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Zero Boys “History Of” 2009 Secretly Canadian
🧵 I had never heard of these guys, but they were one of the openers for Naked Raygun during a two-night stand to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Metro in Chicago. The other opener was The Crombies …
#NowSpinning #vinylsky #Vinyl #punk #ZeroBoys
🧵 I had never heard of these guys, but they were one of the openers for Naked Raygun during a two-night stand to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Metro in Chicago. The other opener was The Crombies …
#NowSpinning #vinylsky #Vinyl #punk #ZeroBoys
Maybe I posted this before and forgot, but it didn’t occur to me that Warren Zevon and R.E.M. were listening to The Georgia Satellites who were all over MTV a few years before they recorded this album.
Celebrities, they’re just like us.
Celebrities, they’re just like us.
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Maybe I posted this before and forgot, but it didn’t occur to me that Warren Zevon and R.E.M. were listening to The Georgia Satellites who were all over MTV a few years before they recorded this album.
Celebrities, they’re just like us.
Celebrities, they’re just like us.
Hindu Love Gods (eponymous) 1990 Giant/Reprise.
Back on my $hit: Zevon edition. This is one of the first albums I identify with college because a friend introduced it to me, and it was “new” music from artists I’d heard, but not together, and these were covers.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Back on my $hit: Zevon edition. This is one of the first albums I identify with college because a friend introduced it to me, and it was “new” music from artists I’d heard, but not together, and these were covers.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Hindu Love Gods (eponymous) 1990 Giant/Reprise.
Back on my $hit: Zevon edition. This is one of the first albums I identify with college because a friend introduced it to me, and it was “new” music from artists I’d heard, but not together, and these were covers.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Back on my $hit: Zevon edition. This is one of the first albums I identify with college because a friend introduced it to me, and it was “new” music from artists I’d heard, but not together, and these were covers.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Warren Zevon “Excitable Boy” 1978 Elektra/Asylum
Missed the Rock and Roll HOF last night, but I caught a short clip of Letterman’s induction speech for WZ. Do find it if you’re of a mind. Touching, funny words.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Missed the Rock and Roll HOF last night, but I caught a short clip of Letterman’s induction speech for WZ. Do find it if you’re of a mind. Touching, funny words.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Warren Zevon “Excitable Boy” 1978 Elektra/Asylum
Missed the Rock and Roll HOF last night, but I caught a short clip of Letterman’s induction speech for WZ. Do find it if you’re of a mind. Touching, funny words.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Missed the Rock and Roll HOF last night, but I caught a short clip of Letterman’s induction speech for WZ. Do find it if you’re of a mind. Touching, funny words.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Various “Paranoia You Can Dance To” 1986 Weird System
This is a West German compilation of the best of the American vinyl fanzine Flipside.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
This is a West German compilation of the best of the American vinyl fanzine Flipside.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Various “Paranoia You Can Dance To” 1986 Weird System
This is a West German compilation of the best of the American vinyl fanzine Flipside.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
This is a West German compilation of the best of the American vinyl fanzine Flipside.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
“Rankers Chant” on side 2 sounds like low-intensity Strummer strumming reggae, railing on class warfare. British accents and the music style doesn’t exactly scream Chicago’s NW ‘burbs but, fight the fight in front of you, right? Pic is the band at Graceland. 🎼🎼
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“Rankers Chant” on side 2 sounds like low-intensity Strummer strumming reggae, railing on class warfare. British accents and the music style doesn’t exactly scream Chicago’s NW ‘burbs but, fight the fight in front of you, right? Pic is the band at Graceland. 🎼🎼
Bonemen of Barumba - eponymous - 1981 Barumba Stereo (Bone 001)
This is a weird 10” 33-RPM EP of protopunk, goth punk & goth reggae?!?
“Government Money” is a protest song: “Give us money, give us food, give us things we need.”
Sound familiar?
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This is a weird 10” 33-RPM EP of protopunk, goth punk & goth reggae?!?
“Government Money” is a protest song: “Give us money, give us food, give us things we need.”
Sound familiar?
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Bonemen of Barumba - eponymous - 1981 Barumba Stereo (Bone 001)
This is a weird 10” 33-RPM EP of protopunk, goth punk & goth reggae?!?
“Government Money” is a protest song: “Give us money, give us food, give us things we need.”
Sound familiar?
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
This is a weird 10” 33-RPM EP of protopunk, goth punk & goth reggae?!?
“Government Money” is a protest song: “Give us money, give us food, give us things we need.”
Sound familiar?
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
“Something’s Gone Wrong Again: The Buzzcocks Covers Compilation” 1992 C/Z Records
Fun tribute to the Manchester punks by early’90s punks bands like the Didjits, Coffin Break, the Accüsed and Naked Raygun.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Fun tribute to the Manchester punks by early’90s punks bands like the Didjits, Coffin Break, the Accüsed and Naked Raygun.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“Something’s Gone Wrong Again: The Buzzcocks Covers Compilation” 1992 C/Z Records
Fun tribute to the Manchester punks by early’90s punks bands like the Didjits, Coffin Break, the Accüsed and Naked Raygun.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Fun tribute to the Manchester punks by early’90s punks bands like the Didjits, Coffin Break, the Accüsed and Naked Raygun.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
“Beautiful Happiness” 1988 Sounds/Shigaku Ltd.
Cool comp by UK rock weekly zine SOUNDS and Shigaku Ltd., a world-wide indie label. I bought it for the Raygun, but stayed for the D.J. Lebowitz’s lounge cover of DK’s “Holliday in Cambodia.”
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Cool comp by UK rock weekly zine SOUNDS and Shigaku Ltd., a world-wide indie label. I bought it for the Raygun, but stayed for the D.J. Lebowitz’s lounge cover of DK’s “Holliday in Cambodia.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“Beautiful Happiness” 1988 Sounds/Shigaku Ltd.
Cool comp by UK rock weekly zine SOUNDS and Shigaku Ltd., a world-wide indie label. I bought it for the Raygun, but stayed for the D.J. Lebowitz’s lounge cover of DK’s “Holliday in Cambodia.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Cool comp by UK rock weekly zine SOUNDS and Shigaku Ltd., a world-wide indie label. I bought it for the Raygun, but stayed for the D.J. Lebowitz’s lounge cover of DK’s “Holliday in Cambodia.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Neil Diamond “Stones” 1971 MCA
Mix of Neil Diamond originals and some great covers: “Chelsea Morning” Joni Mitchell, “Suzanne” Leonard Cohen, “I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today” Randy Newman, “Husbands and Wives” Roger Miller.
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Mix of Neil Diamond originals and some great covers: “Chelsea Morning” Joni Mitchell, “Suzanne” Leonard Cohen, “I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today” Randy Newman, “Husbands and Wives” Roger Miller.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Neil Diamond “Stones” 1971 MCA
Mix of Neil Diamond originals and some great covers: “Chelsea Morning” Joni Mitchell, “Suzanne” Leonard Cohen, “I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today” Randy Newman, “Husbands and Wives” Roger Miller.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Mix of Neil Diamond originals and some great covers: “Chelsea Morning” Joni Mitchell, “Suzanne” Leonard Cohen, “I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today” Randy Newman, “Husbands and Wives” Roger Miller.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Jim Croce “Photographs and Memories: His Greatest Hits” 1974 ABC
My fall-back, extra hour replay: “Time in a Bottle”
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My fall-back, extra hour replay: “Time in a Bottle”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Jim Croce “Photographs and Memories: His Greatest Hits” 1974 ABC
My fall-back, extra hour replay: “Time in a Bottle”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
My fall-back, extra hour replay: “Time in a Bottle”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Misfits “Die, Die My Darling” 1984 Plan 9
Happy Halloween. This is a 2000’s 12” reprint of the original 45. B-Sides are “Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?” and “We Bite.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Happy Halloween. This is a 2000’s 12” reprint of the original 45. B-Sides are “Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?” and “We Bite.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
November 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Misfits “Die, Die My Darling” 1984 Plan 9
Happy Halloween. This is a 2000’s 12” reprint of the original 45. B-Sides are “Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?” and “We Bite.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Happy Halloween. This is a 2000’s 12” reprint of the original 45. B-Sides are “Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?” and “We Bite.”
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Nina Hagen “NunSexMonkRock” 1982 CBS/Columbia
First solo album by the German singer (first in English), which Rolling Stone dubbed the “most unlistenable” album of all time. Harsh. I’ve heard waaaaay worse. The baby, Cosma Shiva Hagen, is now 43.
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First solo album by the German singer (first in English), which Rolling Stone dubbed the “most unlistenable” album of all time. Harsh. I’ve heard waaaaay worse. The baby, Cosma Shiva Hagen, is now 43.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Nina Hagen “NunSexMonkRock” 1982 CBS/Columbia
First solo album by the German singer (first in English), which Rolling Stone dubbed the “most unlistenable” album of all time. Harsh. I’ve heard waaaaay worse. The baby, Cosma Shiva Hagen, is now 43.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
First solo album by the German singer (first in English), which Rolling Stone dubbed the “most unlistenable” album of all time. Harsh. I’ve heard waaaaay worse. The baby, Cosma Shiva Hagen, is now 43.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Articles of Faith “Give Thanks” 1984 Reflex Records/Dutch East India Trading
Singer Vic Bondi turned a Springsteen/Clash cover band into an influential hardcore punk outfit (‘81-‘85) after seeing Bad Brains in D.C. Bob Mould produced it.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #ChicagoPunk
Singer Vic Bondi turned a Springsteen/Clash cover band into an influential hardcore punk outfit (‘81-‘85) after seeing Bad Brains in D.C. Bob Mould produced it.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #ChicagoPunk
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Articles of Faith “Give Thanks” 1984 Reflex Records/Dutch East India Trading
Singer Vic Bondi turned a Springsteen/Clash cover band into an influential hardcore punk outfit (‘81-‘85) after seeing Bad Brains in D.C. Bob Mould produced it.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #ChicagoPunk
Singer Vic Bondi turned a Springsteen/Clash cover band into an influential hardcore punk outfit (‘81-‘85) after seeing Bad Brains in D.C. Bob Mould produced it.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl #ChicagoPunk
The Black Sheep Band “A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration for the Kids Vol. 1” 2011 distributed by underground communication records
🧵John Toland created this weird, benificent gem out of a love of DIY music … and food.
#NowSpinning #VinylRecords #Vinyl #ChicagoPunk
🧵John Toland created this weird, benificent gem out of a love of DIY music … and food.
#NowSpinning #VinylRecords #Vinyl #ChicagoPunk
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The Black Sheep Band “A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration for the Kids Vol. 1” 2011 distributed by underground communication records
🧵John Toland created this weird, benificent gem out of a love of DIY music … and food.
#NowSpinning #VinylRecords #Vinyl #ChicagoPunk
🧵John Toland created this weird, benificent gem out of a love of DIY music … and food.
#NowSpinning #VinylRecords #Vinyl #ChicagoPunk
The Germs “(GI)” 1979 Slash Records
🧵In 1977, the Germs took in a drummer named Dottie Danger, who never recorded or appeared live. She was sidelined by a case of mononucleosis, and quit.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
🧵In 1977, the Germs took in a drummer named Dottie Danger, who never recorded or appeared live. She was sidelined by a case of mononucleosis, and quit.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
October 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Germs “(GI)” 1979 Slash Records
🧵In 1977, the Germs took in a drummer named Dottie Danger, who never recorded or appeared live. She was sidelined by a case of mononucleosis, and quit.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
🧵In 1977, the Germs took in a drummer named Dottie Danger, who never recorded or appeared live. She was sidelined by a case of mononucleosis, and quit.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
Naked Raygun “The Last of the Demohicans” 2018 Dyslexic Records
A frequent flier at a friends’ circle Halloween party tonight revealed he spent a summer as a secretary for the lead singer @ an HVAC outfit before this was released. Original released on CD in 1997.
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A frequent flier at a friends’ circle Halloween party tonight revealed he spent a summer as a secretary for the lead singer @ an HVAC outfit before this was released. Original released on CD in 1997.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
October 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Naked Raygun “The Last of the Demohicans” 2018 Dyslexic Records
A frequent flier at a friends’ circle Halloween party tonight revealed he spent a summer as a secretary for the lead singer @ an HVAC outfit before this was released. Original released on CD in 1997.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
A frequent flier at a friends’ circle Halloween party tonight revealed he spent a summer as a secretary for the lead singer @ an HVAC outfit before this was released. Original released on CD in 1997.
#NowSpinning #VinylSky #Vinyl
“Jingle Bell Jazz” comp 1980 Columbia
I grew up listening to Glenn Miller, and I saw his orchestra and Count Basie and Lionel Hampton in my hometown of Evergreen Park, Ill., where I bought this LP.
Duke’s version of “Jingle Bells” is my favorite. Period.
#NowSpining #VinylSky #Vinyl #TromboneSolo
I grew up listening to Glenn Miller, and I saw his orchestra and Count Basie and Lionel Hampton in my hometown of Evergreen Park, Ill., where I bought this LP.
Duke’s version of “Jingle Bells” is my favorite. Period.
#NowSpining #VinylSky #Vinyl #TromboneSolo
October 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
“Jingle Bell Jazz” comp 1980 Columbia
I grew up listening to Glenn Miller, and I saw his orchestra and Count Basie and Lionel Hampton in my hometown of Evergreen Park, Ill., where I bought this LP.
Duke’s version of “Jingle Bells” is my favorite. Period.
#NowSpining #VinylSky #Vinyl #TromboneSolo
I grew up listening to Glenn Miller, and I saw his orchestra and Count Basie and Lionel Hampton in my hometown of Evergreen Park, Ill., where I bought this LP.
Duke’s version of “Jingle Bells” is my favorite. Period.
#NowSpining #VinylSky #Vinyl #TromboneSolo
Telemachus and the nameless pup.
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Telemachus and the nameless pup.