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steven_mps

@stevenmps.bsky.social

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music editor at https://tonemadison.com

✍️/📸: rolling stone, npr, consequence, etc.

makes music.

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steven_mps

@stevenmps.bsky.social

Tangential, but I love instances of weird numerical symmetry

A screencap of the NHL playoff bracket’s first round. On the left side of the bracket, all four series are deadlocked at a 2-2 tie. On the right, all four series feature the leading team up 3 games to 1.

April 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM

steven_mps

@stevenmps.bsky.social

ty, my partner & i have been delighted/fascinated by this arc.

& a deal is a deal.

please also enjoy this truly unhinged song about the wisconsin dells as a bonus: lukeski.bandcamp.com/track/were-g...

A screencap showing a Website vote for Dropout.tv's Very Important People, starring Vic Michaelis. At the time of the vote, VIP was leading the nominees with 60% of the take. Onion News Network, the second-place vote-getter at time of capture, had 17%.

April 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM

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@stevenmps.bsky.social

playin this lil ripper in colorado in a few short weeks w new wave legend debora iyall (romeo void) & v much lookin fwd to it

also: yes, that is a @joepera.bsky.social hat + @gougeawayfl.bsky.social shirt combo. gentle & vicious. the duality of man.

A Facebook event poster for a show at The Trinidad Lounge in Trinidad, CO on Friday, April 18. Holly and the Nice Lions and the Raton 3. Photo is a press shot of Holly and the Nice Lions.

March 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM

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@stevenmps.bsky.social

Trying out Flashes and will be posting a lot more photos here as a result. Here’s a 2024 fav of @gougeawayfl.bsky.social to start.

Best set I saw last year; made me fall in love with seeing/playing live music all over again.

Gouge Away’s Christina Michelle screaming her heart out into a microphone at X-Ray Arcade in Cudahy, WI. She is wearing a plaid dress and power-kneeling on the ground, with one arm driving into the floor for support, while the other holds the mic.

March 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM

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Joe Pera waves at the audience in front of Lake Superior. He is wearing khakis, a plaid button-up, and a long, dark coat. The band of a watch is visible on his waving hand. He has blond hair, is sporting glasses, and smiling.

January 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM

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looking forward to next time, still buzzing from last time.

one from the collection:

Gouge Away's Christina Michelle crouches next to a half-stack to play a buttercream Jazzmaster. She is wearing a light yellow-and-black plaid dress, sheer stockings, and black boots with platform heels. One of the heels is lifted off the ground as she crouches. Her hair is over her eyes. She is smiling. A mic'd up bass drum takes up the far right of the image. A rack tom and ride are cut off by the image's border. The venue's stage floor shows significant wear.

January 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM

steven_mps

@stevenmps.bsky.social

let it burn.

November 12, 2024 at 5:31 AM

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@stevenmps.bsky.social

Madison's music scene is consistently under-represented & under-served for an array of reasons. My job is to seek out & celebrate the music that's being made here. Our year-end coverage this year reflects the richness of Madison music.

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