Music

Revisiting the uniquely incisive teen angst of the mixtape mainstay that is Violent Femmes’ landmark debut. pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

Soundgarden was also one of the first bands I saw live. twitter.com/robweychert/st…

Soundgarden made only one album I like, but I LOVE that album. Nothing like it before or since. RIP Chris Cornell. youtube.com/watch?v=pBZs_P…

A Metallica concert in 2017 is pretty unnecessary but I went anyway and my main takeaway was that Lars’s drums were purple and sparkly.

For pretty much every Slowdive record, I’m loving it at the beginning and kinda bored by the end. 😕

Wall-to-wall joy at the Revolution show tonight. I never got to witness the man himself, but I’m so glad I got to at least do this.

I worked for Jared Kushner. He’s the wrong businessman to reinvent government.

I worry that this new office will be more of the same: a vanity project, one that exists primarily to put Kushner in the same room with people he admires whom he wouldn’t have had access to before, glossing government agencies in the process with a thin veneer of what appears to be capitalism but is really just nihilistic cost-cutting designed to project… See more →

Here are two new and fun rock records to get you ready for summer.
whitereaper.bandcamp.com/album/the-worl…
charlybliss.bandcamp.com/album/guppy

I like finding precise language to describe music to unfamiliar listeners. Tonight’s spin: “atonal, misanthropic, deeply unpleasant noise.”

looked at my cds and jesus lizard was placed alphabetically after metallica and ive torn the whole place apart but still cant find the bug

Just saw Sign o’ the Times on the big screen and I guess I have to go home now but I just wanna dance. 💜

“Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you. I only want you to have some fun.” 💜

My first 3 albums, age 8–9, all on cassette:

Duran Duran: Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Van Halen: 1984
Prince: Purple Rain

Still 💜 ’em all.

You know the one. Dr. Everything’ll Be All Right.

I’d like to try the new @pandoramusic Premium since it presumably contains @Rdio’s DNA, but I think I’ll wait until it has a desktop option.

First episode of the new @MST3K is fun. Tone is right. Love the addition of @HarMarSuperstar. Miss the closing credits’ final guitar twang.

Raising kids seems like a lot of work just for the distant possibility that I could make someone else give a shit about my favorite records.

I’m a bit late to the @palmmlap party, glad to see math rock is alive and well. Confusing music for confusing times. palmnewyork.bandcamp.com/album/trading-…

When you hear a song you were really into eons ago and had since forgotten it exists, and you still know its every last vibration.

Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking

While assessing the significance of Flynn’s and Sessions’s meetings with Kislyak, an ambassador, consider this:

The label ‘intelligence official’ is not always cleanly applied in Russia, where ex-spies, oligarchs and government officials often report back to the intelligence services and elsewhere in the Kremlin.

What Is Race?

A good crash course on race from Whit Taylor.

Pissed Jeans: Why Love Now

I’ll probably have this… See more →

A&R guy: “Maybe you could incorporate some harmonies?”
Bananarama: “Unison exclusivity clause or we walk.”

Learning that Sammy Hagar recorded an Otis Redding cover is the stuff morbid curiosity is made of, but I won’t give in.

Sad we lost original Boston drummer Sib Hashian, but glad he went out doing his thing. RIP. pitchfork.com/news/72441-ex-…

Working late, starting to fade, when this sonic coke bump appears out of nowhere to deliver the necessary jitters. staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/all-of-t…

In honor of the forthcoming release of Trainspotting 2, I reevaluated Underworld’s “Born Slippy.”

Still sucks.

Hi. I share this song because I like it. It has no relevance to the current federal healthcare and budget proposals. youtu.be/sgpa7wEAz7I

Hey NYC friends, I have an extra ticket for the @TRTS show at @thehallbrooklyn tonight. Who wants to go with me?

You had me at “miniature retro papercraft synthesizers.” thisiscolossal.com/2017/03/miniat…

The Rush album ended and then I put on The Birthday Party and this is why I’m not a DJ.

For two truly fascinating seconds, this headline led me to believe a Swiss thrash metal band had unique insight into George Michael’s death. twitter.com/TheAVClub/stat…

I’ll probably have this on repeat for most of the weekend. pissedjeans.bandcamp.com/album/why-love…

Blown Away

If you’re suffering from an excess of self-respect, the Corey Haim/Feldman erotic thriller is now available on Hulu.

King Crimson: Starless

RIP John Wetton. Colon cancer. Here’s my favorite King Crimson song, which he co-wrote, sang, and played bass on.

What Can Ivanka Trump Possibly Do for Women Who Work?

Before the election, her main interest in women was getting them to buy her clothing, her handbags, and her shoes. Who can forget… See more →

With every repetition of ⇧🔊 on a Mac, I expect Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” to kick in.

Listening to Lungfish today for the first time in ages and feeling really good about it. lungfish.bandcamp.com/album/the-unan…

“[A]bout 70 members of the Rock Sorting Committee met to discuss […] whether ‘Don’t Hurt Yourself’ is a rock song.” nytimes.com/2017/02/06/art…

who is this joaquin and why were these boots made for him

RIP John Wetton. Colon cancer. Here’s my favorite King Crimson song, which he co-wrote, sang, and played bass on. youtu.be/OfR6_V91fG8

Rob Weychert’s Year in Review

My personal movie-watching stats for 2016, provided by the always delightful Letterboxd.

Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be

But do radio stations rely at all on the institutional knowledge of their DJs to decide what to play?

Nope. The role of the song-picking DJ is dead. “I know there are some stations and some companies where if you change a song it’s a fireable offense,” Wellman said,… See more →

Every YouTube upload of Chaplin’s amazing monologue from The Great Dictator is retrofitted with corny-ass Hans Zimmer music. 😒

When Rdio’s demise pushed me over to Spotify, Discover Weekly was the main saving grace, but a year later, it is talking right past me. 😴

“But do radio stations rely at all on the institutional knowledge of their DJs to decide what to play? Nope.” fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-c…

What’s Your Ideal Community? The Answer Is Political

It’s conceivable that people who live in cities come to value more active government. Or they’re more receptive to investing in welfare because they pass the homeless every day. Or they appreciate immigration because their cab rides and lunch depend on immigrants. This argument is partly about the people we’re exposed to in cities (the poor, foreigners), and partly about the logistics of living there.

The suburbs… See more →

2016 was what it was, but at least I was reunited with this beauty just before the finish line.

Saw this t-shirt today. A take-off on Metallica’s Kill ’Em All: “America: Free ’Em All” with “tour dates” listing all of our wars. Cute.