It's one year since we went public with @thetonearm.com.

My partner in it, and our editor-in-chief @8sided.blog, has brought extraordinary vision to building a creative and principles-based independent media publication.

Please consider becoming a supporter:

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This month's episode of The Buzz features excerpts from a 2023 conversation with three veteran jazz journalists, collected here to remind us all why we fell in love with music in the first place. Check it out here or wherever you get your podcasts

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Both Spotlight On and @thetonearm.com won Silvers from the Davey Awards. Spotlight On for our live episode last year at The Royal Room and The Tonearm for music website. Yay!

𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. Here is the RSVP Link for the FREE Nov. 4th #iVoted NYC Concert at Irving Plaza w/ Lay Bankz, Connie Diiamond, JayR Rashiq, DJ Nick Seale, HOT 97’s Miabelle, and more:

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I hope all of my PNW friends and colleagues will come out for this mini jazz festival that we are putting on as the finale of Normandy Park's 2025 Music in the Park series. Sunday, August 24 from 3 - 7pm. Three great bands AND drum circles between each set!

Help us go out with a BANG.

Who: Me, Cat Henry, Liza Levy and Tom DeGeorge
What: A discussion on the state of independent live music
Where: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
When: Tuesday, May 20, 1PM ET

Register (for free) today.

Seeing Spotlight On alum Kevin Sun play has been a highlight of my trip to NYC this week.

He is at Lowlands Bar in Brooklyn every Monday night. I encourage you to listen to our talk and see him live.

www.spotlightonpodcast.com/kevin-sun-em...

We are at it again. Save the dates/see you there.

January Subscriber News from @thetonearm.com (and Spotlight On).

What we're up to now and what's coming up...

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Building on the success of Spotlight On’s five years of literary programming, @8sided.blog and I are excited to announce @thetonearm.com's new Virtual Book Tour Livestream Series.

If you are an author, publicist or publisher interested in the Series, please contact me for more information.

Happy Christmas, you Crazy Diamonds.

While it is so exciting for me to know how many people listen to Spotlight On, where they're from, how we've grown, etc., this is really the one stat that matters. Whether it is 1 listener or 100,000, this is the reaction we strive for.

Thank you. And #fuckspotify

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