Music

I never got into Bowie in a big way, but I’m eternally grateful to anyone who makes oddity meaningfully accessible. We are all weirdos. RIP.

When I hear Blind Boys of Alabama’s cover of “Way Down in the Hole” (The Wire, Season 1), I see Bubbles singing it. vimeo.com/150635087

RIP Lemmy. May we all wring as much life out of our short time here as you did.

Trying to use @stamp_importer to move my music from @Rdio to @Spotify, a task that will apparently take several lifetimes to complete.

Help settle a dispute for the missus and me. Which is a shittier band name: Can or Leftover Salmon?

The shuffle is killing it today. last.fm/user/cowpiesur…

The best article I’ve read to date about music’s failing marriage to capitalism. stereogum.com/1848677/stream…

Thanks for the memories, @Rdio. rdio.com/farewell/ #RdioFarewell

My music was interrupted by a treatise on Angry Orchard Refreshing Hard Cider With Attitude. An unceremonious end to my @Rdio subscription.

Can we just skip to the part where Killer Mike is president?

Was @Rdio’s survival tied to my freelance career? Its beta began when I left @Harmonix, and now its sale is announced as I join @propublica.

Over a few years, I wrote about 3,500 words’ worth of short music reviews on @Rdio. But I knew this day would come. v5.robweychert.com/writing/rdio-r…

I don’t like any of the alternatives to @Rdio. I don’t want it to go away.

Regardless of how you feel about U2, can we agree that forming a U2 tribute band is just about the lamest thing a person can do?

Last night I braved the Times Square throngs to pick up a @RockBand guitar for the first time in years, and it put a HUGE smile on my face.

Megadeth’s Rust in Peace just turned 25. I wrote about it for the @RockBand blog awhile back. web.archive.org/web/2011051315…

Dear everyone,

Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift wasn’t an event until you made it one. You are boring.

Love,
Rob

It’s been a shitty week, but luckily @lowtheband came to town tonight to wash off the muck.

The new @lowtheband album is, unsurprisingly, excellent. Excited I get to see them play on two continents this fall! lowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/ones-and…

Every band should license Killing Joke’s “Requiem” and open every album with it. youtu.be/U7WPI4TJImo

Someday, I will be the first person to ever bring an Epiphone Les Paul onto a stage. I will insist on a spotlight for the headstock.

As Mondays go, it turns out that the one where you get to see a free, surprise Stevie Wonder show is a winner.

More people should be excited that I saw Hum tonight so here is my video of Hum playing a Hum song in front of me.

♫ Went to the doctor, guess what he told me, guess what he told me? He said boy I’m gonna prescribe you Flonase and amoxicillin.

I’m not much more than a casual fan, but god damn if the right New Order song popping up at the right moment isn’t a recipe for goosebumps.

Fixed an error:

80% all white,
80% all male,
64% all white and all male,
4% neither all white nor all male.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

The 100 artists I listened to most in the last 10 years are:

80% all white,
80% all male,
68% all white and all male.

Gotta fix that.

Today I learned that the “Hangar 18” intro recycles the chord progression from the “Call of Ktulu” intro, and all the world is new again.

Apple, stop trolling.

As I exit the train station and enter Philadelphia, the shuffle serves this up on my headphones. youtu.be/IrFzvCHihdE

Following John Coltrane on Apple Music. Hope he puts out a new record soon!

Apple Music: Tell us what you like! Choose genres and artists!
Me: LOOK AT THE 14 YEARS OF DATA ITUNES HAS COLLECTED ABOUT WHAT I LISTEN TO

The rain ruined my evening plans but then @lowtheband announced new album details and tour dates and may as well have parted the clouds.

On #CouchTo5K run 20 of 27 today, I crossed the 3-mile mark at 24:57. My thanks to Civ for the boost at the end. youtu.be/nqpiXMgrEZg

If I could justify the cost, the Metal Eagle Edition of the new Slayer album would greet my home’s every visitor. avclub.com/article/slayer…

So, who’s going to see Hum with me in August? brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/…

Snagged a ticket to see @Refused’s surprise late show at @saintvitusbar tonight. Kiiiind of excited about it.