Jeff Schwartz
@jeff-schwartz.bsky.social
musician, writer, activist, former librarian
They are also missing their only chance to recognize Marc Maron.
Hickey is a genius, but we are promised at least 319 more episodes...
Hickey is a genius, but we are promised at least 319 more episodes...
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
They are also missing their only chance to recognize Marc Maron.
Hickey is a genius, but we are promised at least 319 more episodes...
Hickey is a genius, but we are promised at least 319 more episodes...
Have you seen the catalog from the Hammer Museum show?
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Have you seen the catalog from the Hammer Museum show?
(not counting notes, index, etc), so there's a lot more detail to be filled in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
(not counting notes, index, etc), so there's a lot more detail to be filled in.
My memory was that Berkman didn't have a lot of stuff about her life, that she just went through the stages of her musical career, but I just checked and Berkman does everything you'd expect from a "full biography:" family history, education, apprenticeship, etc, but the whole thing is 110 pages
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My memory was that Berkman didn't have a lot of stuff about her life, that she just went through the stages of her musical career, but I just checked and Berkman does everything you'd expect from a "full biography:" family history, education, apprenticeship, etc, but the whole thing is 110 pages
It's not really a full biography, eh?
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It's not really a full biography, eh?
The pizza party wasn't enough?
October 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The pizza party wasn't enough?
Also a Carcass deep cut.
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Also a Carcass deep cut.
Unfair to dogs.
October 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Unfair to dogs.
But Fogerty's creation of his blue-collar working man persona is as curious as Dylan's or Springsteen's. What is that accent?
October 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
But Fogerty's creation of his blue-collar working man persona is as curious as Dylan's or Springsteen's. What is that accent?
Steve Waxman's books are very good in this respect.
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Steve Waxman's books are very good in this respect.
Well, that sucks, but it also doesn’t change that they would’ve been down anyway.
September 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Well, that sucks, but it also doesn’t change that they would’ve been down anyway.
I call BS. They're lowered for 9/11.
September 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I call BS. They're lowered for 9/11.
Is it necessary to insult performance art?
September 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Is it necessary to insult performance art?
Post a screenshot please. I'm not clicking on that shit.
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Post a screenshot please. I'm not clicking on that shit.
I am skeptical that Mr. Hickey likes Led Zeppelin either.
August 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I am skeptical that Mr. Hickey likes Led Zeppelin either.
Thanks for putting this together so clearly. I have been trying to reckon with why I'm OK with David Cope's work & Peter Jackson's use of AI in "Get Back," and you have nailed it: they are not trying to replace human artists with AI but to use technology to better understand them.
August 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Thanks for putting this together so clearly. I have been trying to reckon with why I'm OK with David Cope's work & Peter Jackson's use of AI in "Get Back," and you have nailed it: they are not trying to replace human artists with AI but to use technology to better understand them.
WTF happened to Terry Eagleton?
August 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
WTF happened to Terry Eagleton?
I am impressed that they asked, and that it was opt-in. Routledge didn't even ask.
August 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I am impressed that they asked, and that it was opt-in. Routledge didn't even ask.
William Burroughs
Vince Neal
Vince Neal
August 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
William Burroughs
Vince Neal
Vince Neal
Since Jim Gordon is taken I'm going with Louis Althusser.
August 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Since Jim Gordon is taken I'm going with Louis Althusser.
8PM at 2220 Arts & Archives in the Rampart District with Anna Homler and David Javelosa. Benefit show for William Roper who lost his home and damn near everything else in the Altadena fire. Giant all-star lineup. $20. Tickets here: dice.fm/event/k6eb8q...
William Roper Wildfire Recovery Benefit Tickets | From $20 | 12 Jul @ 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles | DICE
A benefit for multi-instrumentalist, improvisor and composer **William Roper**, who lost everything in the Eaton Fire. Celebrating William with a wide-rangin...
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July 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
8PM at 2220 Arts & Archives in the Rampart District with Anna Homler and David Javelosa. Benefit show for William Roper who lost his home and damn near everything else in the Altadena fire. Giant all-star lineup. $20. Tickets here: dice.fm/event/k6eb8q...