guitarist & writer | 🎸 jeff/death rosenstock + shinobu, hard girls, etc. | X'ED | writing the biography of
@asianmanrecords
for
@clashbooks
, out 2025 | 🩷💜💙
@elonmusk
@OzraeliAvi
Interesting, I'm seeing a lot of concerning tweets from the current owner of Twitter that show he's clearly giving preference to right wing candidates
When you've never heard of Pavement, Deerhoof, Built to Spill, Belle & Sebastian, Modest Mouse, Elliott Smith, The Weakerthans, Beulah, Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt or Sleater Kinney:
Today I come to you with some very exciting news: I have signed my first book contract.
It is my great honor to announce
ELVIS IS DEAD, I'M STILL ALIVE:
THE STORY OF ASIAN MAN RECORDS
Out in 2025 from
@CLASHBooks
Its the anniversary of when the Jeff Rosenstock band had all our equipment stolen in San Francisco. SF police never helped us recover a single item, despite it being on video. But look at how well they march in step when it's time to prevent people from raising their voices
Arrests currently happening on the bay bridge. It’s important to remember that every time police show up to arrest anti-war/pro-Palestinian protestors, American police are acting in solidarity with their training partners in the IDF.
#FreePalestine
Re: merch cuts
Once, Hard Girls played a big venue with some big bands. Probably 1,500 people there. We got paid $100. Sold maybe another $200 in merch (ie gas money). End of the night venue staff won't let us leave bc of merch. Accuses us of lying, questions us all individually
Almost can't believe it's been a year since NO DREAM came out, & that we've already recorded & released a second version of this album before ever playing this one in front of an audience...but it's true
Tested negative after the big masked gig. Wear a mask and don't listen to the idiots. If I can wear mine on stage while flailing around for 90 mins straight, you can handle wearing yours at the store for 5
Almost halfway through this tour, and I've played every one of those 90min aerobic punk shows in a mask. Anyone who tells you wearing a mask is difficult or bad for you is either lying or has an underlying condition that they should really get checked out
Finally, when she sees she can't get us to break and confess that we sold $200 and therefore owe her $40 in merch cuts, she says, "ok. I'll let you leave. But I'm gonna get you next time."
That is what this is about. End of story
By standing opposed to Bernie, the DNC has handed another 4 years to the impeached racist who currently operates concentration camps & can't speak his only language. Great job
In the January issue of
@GuitarWorld
I spoke to a little band called
@puptheband
about time signatures & songwriting, and got this great quote from Stefan
Managed to avoid it for two years, but I got COVID on tour and have to miss the last shows of this run. Tried very hard to be as safe as possible, but it's almost like when governments favor economics over public health people get sick. Strangest thing
Owing the US government taxes for 2020 feels like finishing up a show where you were first of 30 bands, no merch sold, and then the club owner says you owe him at the end of the night
Former Pitchfork writer, Tom Breihan, says the publication had a bias against Katy Perry back when ‘Teenage Dream’ dropped:
“At the time, the Pitchfork higher-ups had decided that Katy Perry was insufficiently cool… I was a grown-ass dad with an office job, writing about music
This was the last album we recorded at the old Atomic Garden, a place with a lot of recording memories. I'll never forget tracking the solo on 9/10 in the live room & looking over & seeing the reaction in the booth haha. A special record for me! Thanks to PV & the whole crew!
9 years since the first album the
@jeffrosenstock
crew made together came out. Blows my mind!! Thanks to everyone who's listened and/or seen us live over the last almost-decade!
This now has more RTs than the original post. Musicians embedded in the industry have a lot of power. Thank you all for helping to let her know that musicians should be on the side of the people, not the oligarchs ❤
The people in Scowl have been involved in the SJ/SC scene for over a decade. They were at Shinobu shows in the mid-2000s & opened RBS, essentially setting the current hardcore boom. Scowl forever
These shows have been really amazing. I still remember the first time Shinobu played DC, it was to literally nobody. The first time we played LA, only our merch person watched (bartender left the room). To play shows like these is surreal. Thank you to everyone who's been coming
Hi everyone, I have some news. I have accepted a job as the Arts & Entertainment Editor at
@metronewspaper
, the alt weekly in San Jose.
I love San Jose, & care deeply about its arts & artists, & I'm looking forward to bringing you great stories about what's happening in the 408
Dan and I have been discussing the ableist logic underpinning the "I don't care if I get COVID, I'll be ok" view that seems to have become the norm. YOU may be ok, but the elderly, children & those with preexisting conditions in your life & vicinity very well may not be
I still often think about the bit from Jon Benjamin Has a Van where the show's sound guy (Nathan Fielder) gets kidnapped & then there's no more sound in the rest of the episode
In hindsight, all the political punk bands I thought were maybe a little heavy-handed when I was younger were right, and Propagandhi summed it all up when they just sang: "What a stupid world"
This morning I am very happy to announce X'ED, my first solo full length, coming out on
@laurenrecords
on 9/4! Preorder link below
Let me tell you a bit about this record
I wonder how all the youtube commenters who complained about us wearing masks during one song on Seth Meyers will feel about us wearing them during an entire set on Oct 16... 🤔
A bit of news: this is my last week as Arts Editor of
@metronewspaper
. As a San Jose lifer, it's been an absolute honor to shine a light on the incredible art & wonderful writing that happens here every day. SJ is so much more than corporate tech. Thank you all for reading 🗞️
@BUMPJAS
@mrbenwexler
I'm guessing you screenshoted this instead of linking to the article because you dont want people to see that, in the article, it specifically says the drug is used to treat parasites, not a respiratory disease.
@emeriticus
The guy who couldn't remember 9/11, Bush or Columbine or simply wrap his head around the idea that other people had different experiences is now blaming...."bioleninism"