Steve McPherson
@steventurous.bsky.social
writer // guitar teacher at sarah jane’s music school // guitarist for big trouble, 120 mins band // nice cooker // picking the wrong line since 1976 // that's just unconscious knowledge
getinbigtrouble.com
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Was working with a guitar student on “I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5 last night and I think it might be one of the first “I’m ready to run through a brick wall” songs.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Was working with a guitar student on “I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5 last night and I think it might be one of the first “I’m ready to run through a brick wall” songs.
Thought this said “illiterate boner ape” and, frankly, same spirit.
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Thought this said “illiterate boner ape” and, frankly, same spirit.
“Our progressive outsiders slowly turn into reactionary fuckwits!”
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Our progressive outsiders slowly turn into reactionary fuckwits!”
Fighting for princesses? Get fukt.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Fighting for princesses? Get fukt.
Few bands have delivered a "first song on an album thesis" as clearly as they did with "Feelgood Hit of the Summer."
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Few bands have delivered a "first song on an album thesis" as clearly as they did with "Feelgood Hit of the Summer."
A little while back I wrote about LP2 and @ihavethatonvinyl.com was kind enough to publish it.
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/sunny...
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/sunny...
Sunny Day Real Estate Never Finished their Second Album and It’s Perfect
It’s possible to take the story around an album’s creation as nothing but window dressing, as fodder for PR efforts. Not every album has a story worth telling, and not every one that does can make the...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A little while back I wrote about LP2 and @ihavethatonvinyl.com was kind enough to publish it.
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/sunny...
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/sunny...
I would be hurling carry-ons.
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I would be hurling carry-ons.
What we should really be focusing on is how both cities are better than all the OTHER cities.
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What we should really be focusing on is how both cities are better than all the OTHER cities.
Doo doo doo doo doo dah doo doo
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Doo doo doo doo doo dah doo doo
I believe this is what they call “snatched.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I believe this is what they call “snatched.”
Looking forward to getting into it when I get back into town.
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Looking forward to getting into it when I get back into town.