I write about music & my latest book is “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape” http://highbiasbook.com/ I host the Music Book Podcast. I am a Nationals & D-backs fanatic. DON'T USE AI.
Marc Masters 🌵
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A fun game to play is to imagine all the "it"s in Slate headlines refer to the same thing and try to figure out what thing could possibly meet all these criteria.
LOL Nationals were ahead 9-1 in the 8th and only needed to get 6 outs to win. They only got three and lost 11-10 on a walk off grand slam. why do I watch baseball.
I still love and respect Third Man Records/Books but lately every time I get an email or see a post from them I wanna say "Ok, sure, I'll buy something...IF YOU BRING BACK MAGGOT BRAIN MAGAZINE."
Walters on Morissey. So good.
I did not know until reading @alshipley.bsky.social's movie diary that Terrence Malick is pictured on the back cover of a Carly Simon album!?I? Remember back when there was only the one pic of Malick that everyone used? This one was there the whole time. narrowcast.blogspot.com/2026/05/movi...
I've been doing food diary/calorie counting and it's weirdly similar to following pitch counts in MLB games, like after breakfast I'll be like, well I'm probably not going to last six innings today
My monthly deeper-dive into one good experimental release is up now on goodexperimentalmusic.com, exploring "Paiva River Songs" by Niblock Hooker Soldier First. Post for paid subs only, you can become one for just $3/mo or $30 year, thanks! www.goodexperimentalmusic.com/a-good-exper...
Barry Walters' new book "Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000" is incredible. Here's an excerpt, a chapter on Sylvester, who I did not know started his very first LP with a cover of Neil Young's "Southern Man"! www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/pride-2...
Hey I wrote something for the esteemed @aquariumdrunkard.com for the first time! Review of Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe's excellent new album on Kou, "Manifestations in the Shadow of an Uncertain Land." aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/06/12/r...
