Peter Huestis
@peterhuestis.bsky.social
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Peter Huestis
@peterhuestis.bsky.social
· May 25
Self-Portrait with industrial ketchup bladder, 2014:
I knew this was going to be incredible, because there are no bad Command Records from this period, the early 60s. These are all loud, aggressive and jumpy Cha Cha arrangements of standards with lots of horns and organ and exotic percussion, and by the end your head feels completely battered.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I knew this was going to be incredible, because there are no bad Command Records from this period, the early 60s. These are all loud, aggressive and jumpy Cha Cha arrangements of standards with lots of horns and organ and exotic percussion, and by the end your head feels completely battered.
These are beautiful!
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
These are beautiful!
This album is fabulous! It's a beautifully recorded live concert featuring a mix of standards and original compositions. It's strictly percussion, so the mallet instruments do a lot of the heavy lifting. It's solidly in the Exotica wheelhouse and I can't believe I haven't heard it before today. 😀😀😀
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This album is fabulous! It's a beautifully recorded live concert featuring a mix of standards and original compositions. It's strictly percussion, so the mallet instruments do a lot of the heavy lifting. It's solidly in the Exotica wheelhouse and I can't believe I haven't heard it before today. 😀😀😀
One thing the 90s "Lounge Music Revival" got right was that Esquivel really was a special unicorn, a Mexican bandleader whose nutty, gimmicky arrangements of pop standards never fail to surprise and entertain. This record would have been $100 in 1996, but I picked up a beautiful copy today for $20.
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
One thing the 90s "Lounge Music Revival" got right was that Esquivel really was a special unicorn, a Mexican bandleader whose nutty, gimmicky arrangements of pop standards never fail to surprise and entertain. This record would have been $100 in 1996, but I picked up a beautiful copy today for $20.
Another furlough day, another record store. This one is Rail Records and is in.... Union Station? It's awful: obviously somebody bought the stock of a collapsed record store and shoved it into a storefront with little organization. Saw a Martin Denny album and knew I had to look through it all...
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Another furlough day, another record store. This one is Rail Records and is in.... Union Station? It's awful: obviously somebody bought the stock of a collapsed record store and shoved it into a storefront with little organization. Saw a Martin Denny album and knew I had to look through it all...
Another music upload, this one featuring the 1985 Tucson version of the band, with @dianegsocialist.bsky.social killing it on bass, doing a cover of "In Life My Friends" by Flipper. This is one of two recordings featuring me playing guitar, such as it is. LMAO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGHH...
PS Bingo: In Life My Friends (Flipper cover), 1985
YouTube video by Peter Huestis
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Another music upload, this one featuring the 1985 Tucson version of the band, with @dianegsocialist.bsky.social killing it on bass, doing a cover of "In Life My Friends" by Flipper. This is one of two recordings featuring me playing guitar, such as it is. LMAO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGHH...
Obsessed with this photo of Edward G. Robinson standing proudly with his Modigliani, mostly because the painting has disappeared completely and isn't mentioned anywhere on the web other than scammy prints. Seems to me like there is a very high chance of this being a forgery? Where are you, Zouave?
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Obsessed with this photo of Edward G. Robinson standing proudly with his Modigliani, mostly because the painting has disappeared completely and isn't mentioned anywhere on the web other than scammy prints. Seems to me like there is a very high chance of this being a forgery? Where are you, Zouave?
This album is a big favorite from my "miscellaneous" section: Dr. Bennett L. Gemson's My Doctor, My Friend. The songs are SO SO GOOD that I posted them on my blog and then got a cease-and-desist letter from his estate. I wish you could hear "I'm Gonna Get a Shot" and especially "Earache".
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This album is a big favorite from my "miscellaneous" section: Dr. Bennett L. Gemson's My Doctor, My Friend. The songs are SO SO GOOD that I posted them on my blog and then got a cease-and-desist letter from his estate. I wish you could hear "I'm Gonna Get a Shot" and especially "Earache".
My record collection is organized in two big sections and one small section. The first section is all rock/pop/soul/funk/industrial etc. arranged by artist or band name, with compilations at the end arranged by title.
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My record collection is organized in two big sections and one small section. The first section is all rock/pop/soul/funk/industrial etc. arranged by artist or band name, with compilations at the end arranged by title.
Today I went to Som Records hiding in plain site on 14th St. It's a classic basement record store and it is wonderful, organized, if a bit small. It's like how Crooked Beat used to be 20 years ago. I picked up some unexpected treats!
One of my shutdown activities is going to all the area record stores. I haven't found any more Fall vinyl, but I did pick up an obscure Nurse with Wound LP at Crooked Beat in Alexandria and Prince Live at Glam Slam at Records and Rarities in Springfield.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today I went to Som Records hiding in plain site on 14th St. It's a classic basement record store and it is wonderful, organized, if a bit small. It's like how Crooked Beat used to be 20 years ago. I picked up some unexpected treats!
Cursed photograph of an actor with his pantomime horse, ca. 1870:
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Cursed photograph of an actor with his pantomime horse, ca. 1870:
One of my shutdown activities is going to all the area record stores. I haven't found any more Fall vinyl, but I did pick up an obscure Nurse with Wound LP at Crooked Beat in Alexandria and Prince Live at Glam Slam at Records and Rarities in Springfield.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
One of my shutdown activities is going to all the area record stores. I haven't found any more Fall vinyl, but I did pick up an obscure Nurse with Wound LP at Crooked Beat in Alexandria and Prince Live at Glam Slam at Records and Rarities in Springfield.
Shout-out to the actor in the schizophrenia medication ads.
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Shout-out to the actor in the schizophrenia medication ads.
It's World Pianist Day! Woodcut by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1928:
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's World Pianist Day! Woodcut by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1928:
Was just informed that "Art But Make It Sports" did this exact comparison on Twitter! I did not see their post first! Gratified that it was a logical comparison!
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Was just informed that "Art But Make It Sports" did this exact comparison on Twitter! I did not see their post first! Gratified that it was a logical comparison!
Speaking of The Bongos, their superb cover of T Rex's Mambo Sun: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkFN...
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Speaking of The Bongos, their superb cover of T Rex's Mambo Sun: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkFN...
It's National Saxophone Day! Screenprint by Joseph Holston, 1990:
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's National Saxophone Day! Screenprint by Joseph Holston, 1990:
New music upload, and this is a 1983 studio recording of my teen garbage (not a typo) rock band Bible Party, and features @cherylgraham.bsky.social on drums. I feel absolutely zero embarrassment by this recording, and I think it is great. I was 18. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fth6...
Bible Party: Lenny Lenny (studio recording, 1983)
YouTube video by Peter Huestis
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
New music upload, and this is a 1983 studio recording of my teen garbage (not a typo) rock band Bible Party, and features @cherylgraham.bsky.social on drums. I feel absolutely zero embarrassment by this recording, and I think it is great. I was 18. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fth6...
Few words are as overused as "iconic" but... c'mon now: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iconic Nipper painting acquired by Huguenot Museum in Rochester
The famous His Master's Voice, painted in 1898, is a globally-recognised entertainment trademark.
www.bbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Few words are as overused as "iconic" but... c'mon now: www.bbc.com/news/article...
How it started/how it's going, etc.
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
How it started/how it's going, etc.
Photograph by Reuters' Larry Downing, 2006:
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Photograph by Reuters' Larry Downing, 2006:
RIP Diane Ladd. Unforgettable.
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
RIP Diane Ladd. Unforgettable.