Steve Silverstein
@stevesilverst.bsky.social
Recording and live sound engineer, music writer for Tape Op and others, DJ at East Village Radio, Swarmatron squeakmaker
the recent news of the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline alone makes me skeptical of your top 5 rating, but I'll still enthusiastically vote for her over Stefanik, and am happy to see this poll
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
the recent news of the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline alone makes me skeptical of your top 5 rating, but I'll still enthusiastically vote for her over Stefanik, and am happy to see this poll
my favorite lineage from New Kingdom is Scott Harding's incredible work mixing Ka albums. His mixes are a big part of why those are my favorite hip hop albums of the last decade or so.
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
my favorite lineage from New Kingdom is Scott Harding's incredible work mixing Ka albums. His mixes are a big part of why those are my favorite hip hop albums of the last decade or so.
Gordon Gee is an academic lightweight with a background in student life, who pretty clearly thinks this should be the future of a university.
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Gordon Gee is an academic lightweight with a background in student life, who pretty clearly thinks this should be the future of a university.
Crazy that there is a new Officer! album!!
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Crazy that there is a new Officer! album!!
I was hoping for "T Bone" (and am more rationally sad about the omission of "Albuquerque").
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I was hoping for "T Bone" (and am more rationally sad about the omission of "Albuquerque").
Cuomo had historically done VERY well with the groups that you list. Mamdani's solid-enough performance among them can be interpreted multiple ways, from a credit to his campaign and policy ideas, to an indictment of Cuomo's clumsy campaign that lost some of his key legacy supporters
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Cuomo had historically done VERY well with the groups that you list. Mamdani's solid-enough performance among them can be interpreted multiple ways, from a credit to his campaign and policy ideas, to an indictment of Cuomo's clumsy campaign that lost some of his key legacy supporters
I was there, and enjoyed it!
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I was there, and enjoyed it!
This is the exact logic that led establishment NY Democrats to enthusiastically back Cuomo over a handful of qualified candidates who actually live in New York City.
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This is the exact logic that led establishment NY Democrats to enthusiastically back Cuomo over a handful of qualified candidates who actually live in New York City.
Ironically, what's likely to protect Jefferies from Chi Ossé's challenge next year are the white voters in Gerritsen Beach, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, and Gravesend. Last week, Ossé's friend did much better in the majority-Black parts of NY-8.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ironically, what's likely to protect Jefferies from Chi Ossé's challenge next year are the white voters in Gerritsen Beach, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, and Gravesend. Last week, Ossé's friend did much better in the majority-Black parts of NY-8.
Have you never been Mello (TM)?
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Have you never been Mello (TM)?
I just remembered that James Elkington was also part of that show
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I just remembered that James Elkington was also part of that show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwJf...
(The Chicago show on the same micro-tour)
(The Chicago show on the same micro-tour)
Tortoise | TNT Full Set | Midwinter 2019
YouTube video by Pitchfork
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwJf...
(The Chicago show on the same micro-tour)
(The Chicago show on the same micro-tour)
The guests at the TNT show were Lester St Louis, Jaimie Branch 😢, and a bassoonist with whom I'm not familiar (Sara wasn't available). Jeff wrote the arrangements that they played in different parts of the set.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The guests at the TNT show were Lester St Louis, Jaimie Branch 😢, and a bassoonist with whom I'm not familiar (Sara wasn't available). Jeff wrote the arrangements that they played in different parts of the set.
It's crazy to me that Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasance, and Denholm Elliott were in these Amicus shorts!
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
It's crazy to me that Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasance, and Denholm Elliott were in these Amicus shorts!
I usually define an album as a recording which one experiences by listening back. And to be among the best of the year, it needs to have been unavaiable the previous year.
Tape music concerts are an interesting one, in an era when physical media is no longer required.
Tape music concerts are an interesting one, in an era when physical media is no longer required.
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I usually define an album as a recording which one experiences by listening back. And to be among the best of the year, it needs to have been unavaiable the previous year.
Tape music concerts are an interesting one, in an era when physical media is no longer required.
Tape music concerts are an interesting one, in an era when physical media is no longer required.
"When a Man Loves a Woman" has some good backing vocals, and that Cher album has some great parts too!
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"When a Man Loves a Woman" has some good backing vocals, and that Cher album has some great parts too!
Three decades plus, going back to Clinton for sure
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Three decades plus, going back to Clinton for sure
maybe more hard rock than punk, I hadn't heard this song in ages
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
maybe more hard rock than punk, I hadn't heard this song in ages
this was an Illinois punk band...
dupagecountyhardcore.bandcamp.com/track/the-pu...
dupagecountyhardcore.bandcamp.com/track/the-pu...
The Punisher, by Vic Tayback And The Violent Payback
from the album Beluga . . . On The Rocks Round 2
dupagecountyhardcore.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
this was an Illinois punk band...
dupagecountyhardcore.bandcamp.com/track/the-pu...
dupagecountyhardcore.bandcamp.com/track/the-pu...
Many years ago, thankfully
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Many years ago, thankfully
Better than finding a dead baby starling above the drop ceiling in my living room!
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Better than finding a dead baby starling above the drop ceiling in my living room!
after 1961's Who Put the Bomp (on ABC-Paramount, with a hit title song), Barry Mann did not release another album until 1969. Obviously, he wrote many hits, but he did not perform them.
November 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
after 1961's Who Put the Bomp (on ABC-Paramount, with a hit title song), Barry Mann did not release another album until 1969. Obviously, he wrote many hits, but he did not perform them.