Ruben van Dijk 🌱
@rubenvandijk.bsky.social
ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴜᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ • Freelance (music) writer for Gonzo (circus), Vers Beton, OOR et al., amateur dylanologist, ecosocialist • Too many birds
New post! Wrote about LGW? some more + recent albums by Pim van de Werken, Ries de Vuyst, Kinloch Nelson and Mavis Staples. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Dried roses #15: Le Guess Who? and Dutch-language folk
Guarded chauvinism and deconsecrated churches.
toomanybirds.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New post! Wrote about LGW? some more + recent albums by Pim van de Werken, Ries de Vuyst, Kinloch Nelson and Mavis Staples. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Mijn verslag van Le Guess Who? is nu te lezen op de website van Gonzo -- met o.a. mijn persoonlijke hoogtepunten One Leg One Eye en Los Thutanaka. www.gonzocircus.com/recensies/le...
Le Guess Who? 2025: Niemand die hetzelfde ziet - Gonzo (circus)
Een lang weekend doorbrengen op Le Guess Who? betekent dat je zaterdagavond laat mensen tegenkomt die moeie voeten hebben van het dansen, terwijl jij alleen maar topzware herrie en ongezellige ambient...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Mijn verslag van Le Guess Who? is nu te lezen op de website van Gonzo -- met o.a. mijn persoonlijke hoogtepunten One Leg One Eye en Los Thutanaka. www.gonzocircus.com/recensies/le...
Newsletter alert! I wrote about the Most Beautiful R.E.M. song, Jeff Tweedy, late-career Kath Bloom, and more. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Dried roses #14: Jeff Tweedy, Kath Bloom
And the most beautiful R.E.M. song.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Newsletter alert! I wrote about the Most Beautiful R.E.M. song, Jeff Tweedy, late-career Kath Bloom, and more. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
More Substack! toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Dried roses #13: Birch & Nowacka, Hebden & Tyler
I said me upon my pony on my boat.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
More Substack! toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Gathered some new recommendations for Ambient Curation. ambientcuration.substack.com/p/ambient-cu...
Ambient Curation #5 ~ flutes in hot springs, cinematic microtones, bass guitar drone loops
Editor Ruben van Dijk providing wonderful recs this edition of the newsletter. Including our most recent release by Lishes, previous compilation artist M. Sage and hot spring induced flute playing.
ambientcuration.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Gathered some new recommendations for Ambient Curation. ambientcuration.substack.com/p/ambient-cu...
Here's my first Substack in about four months. open.substack.com/pub/toomanyb...
Dried roses #12: James McMurtry, Ryan Davis
Thoughts on Spanish moss and American patriotism.
open.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Here's my first Substack in about four months. open.substack.com/pub/toomanyb...
Listened to a LOT of Jim White last year. Finally found some time to write some of my favorite of his contributions. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Dried roses #8: All about Jim White
A bunch of fablelike (mis)adventures.
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January 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Listened to a LOT of Jim White last year. Finally found some time to write some of my favorite of his contributions. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Reposted by Ruben van Dijk 🌱
Here's my musical overview of 2024 in scattered thoughts and meticulous lists. Ft. Shania Twain, Shovel Dance Collective, А. Котов, С. Старостин / В. Волков, Л. Фёдоров, and more. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Dried roses #7: My favourite music of 2024
Scattered thoughts and meticulous lists.
toomanybirds.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Here's my musical overview of 2024 in scattered thoughts and meticulous lists. Ft. Shania Twain, Shovel Dance Collective, А. Котов, С. Старостин / В. Волков, Л. Фёдоров, and more. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Here's my musical overview of 2024 in scattered thoughts and meticulous lists. Ft. Shania Twain, Shovel Dance Collective, А. Котов, С. Старостин / В. Волков, Л. Фёдоров, and more. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Dried roses #7: My favourite music of 2024
Scattered thoughts and meticulous lists.
toomanybirds.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Here's my musical overview of 2024 in scattered thoughts and meticulous lists. Ft. Shania Twain, Shovel Dance Collective, А. Котов, С. Старостин / В. Волков, Л. Фёдоров, and more. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Hello Bluesky. I keep a semi-weekly newsletter in which I write 1000 words on various subjects, based on music I've recently enjoyed. This week: Hurray For The Riff Raff, a Communist poet, some Afghan rabab music, and no hope. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...
Dried roses #6: Hurray For The Riff Raff, Edgar Wappenhalter
Sorry, no hope this week.
toomanybirds.substack.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Hello Bluesky. I keep a semi-weekly newsletter in which I write 1000 words on various subjects, based on music I've recently enjoyed. This week: Hurray For The Riff Raff, a Communist poet, some Afghan rabab music, and no hope. toomanybirds.substack.com/p/dried-rose...