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this lamp in my hotel room looks like it was modeled after Brion Gysin’s Dreamachine
❝ It is the ultimate Gothic inversion: the living child is transformed into a data set to be optimized, while the host performs a pantomime of joy to mask the sound of a tomb clicking shut. → https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-banal-horror-of-jimmy-fallon
a remake of Logan's Run but it's set in a futuristic Brooklyn where those who turn 30 are forced to quit their indie rock bands
❝ “Sometimes I can’t stop remembering and talking about him,” he said, and sighed. “But I would’ve never had the nerve to get onstage without him. There’s something about that I won’t ever get over. I still carry it with me. I owe D. Boon for everything.” → https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/arts/music/minutemen-d-boon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XVA.V2ZW.-J2sG2K7hnji&smid=url-share
that prior to the 1500s the only place you could find potatoes was in the Andes never ceases to blow my mind … and then the hypothesis that the 'little ice age' of the 1600s might have been caused in part by an explosion of wild growth in farmland abandoned by all the people who died over here wtf
pls read this essay (The Tonearm debut of writer Jon Buckland) on Metal Machine Music and its unlikely tribute albums and then, once finished, go back and read the Lester Bangs review linked within the article →
https://www.thetonearm.com/power-to-consume-and-lou-reed-metal-machine-music-afterlife/
when Florian Fricke appears on screen in Werner Herzog's 1968 film Signs of Life
getting back to my roots with a Cajun-inspired dish for tonight's din-din — collards from the garden, kidney beans, crispy tofu, tomato sauce, smoked chipotle peppers, lots of spicy goings-on, to be served over rice
ambitious home dinner creation after several days of travel — vegan vindaloo curry with collards (from the garden), peppers, broccoli, and tofu — huzzah!
jeez more like Stingy amirite
the latest Talk Of The Tonearm email newsletter has spread its leathery wings and is now descending upon the unsuspecting villagers
features a rundown of our week's stories, a bevy of recommendations + clickable links, and the inside scoop on a new remix project featuring The Sun Ra Arkestra
https://www.thetonearm.com/invented-phonetics-theatrical-instincts-newsletter/
glad I'm not baked rn as this would probably make me way paranoid
me, recently: Letterboxd is at its best when members post thoughtful and respectful film reviews rather than dropping goofy one-liners
me, reviewing Fassbinder's Satan's Brew just now: Fass-bonkers!
"do you consider yourselves noise merchants?" is perhaps the GOAT of interview questions
❝ In his weirdest and best-known images, Meatyard staged fantastical scenarios in wooded areas or inside abandoned old houses, featuring his wife, children and friends wearing macabre masks and surrounded by dismembered dolls and other props. → https://undermainarts.org/meatyard
gotta say if you have the psychic need to detach your brain from the state of the world for a couple of hours that new Elvis movie will really do the trick
❝ How many scenes in the canon depict farting? … a few years ago, my friend Cassey Lottman and I created the Great Farts of Literature database, an ongoing project dedicated to cataloging the best butt bombs in print and from which this list is adapted. →
an excellent mini-doc on how Yasujirō Ozu adapted his characteristic meticulousness, objectivity, and use of 'rhyming' shots to the advent of color in film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5P22nEmF3k
I'll be in Knoxville tomorrow through Monday with a couple other members of the team, representing The Tonearm at Big Ears 2026 💥
here's a handy guide I put together, just published on the site and featuring many of the artists I'm v excited to check out in person →
the only Oscar that matters let's be honest
the new Spielberg movie trailer is here →
❝ For the temple, this marks the first time a robot has participated in the sugye initiation ceremony, when followers pledge their devotion to the Buddha and his teachings … While a human monk normally receives a small incense burn on the arm, instead Gabi received a lotus lantern festival sticker and a prayer bead necklace. →
there was a vintage era when we might have called this trip-hop or downtempo or what have you but it's perennially fresh and sly feel-good groove music for downbeat times ✨
and thus cue Sam Bradley to tell us all about the cool German duo Modha in today's feature presentation on The Tonearm →
https://www.thetonearm.com/the-groove-centered-ease-of-modha-at-your-pace/
hi! this week's new issue of Talk Of The Tonearm features a newsletter-exclusive interview with Mary Ocher on her politically and personally-charged album, 'Weimar' … also: Bette A., The Raincoats, Lost Noises Office, Modha, Michael Graves, and a whole bunch more ✨
the voodoo that you do so well →
https://www.thetonearm.com/the-ethics-of-serving-the-archive-newsletter/
way too many bands out there called Sky Mall
just one of the uncountable multitudes victimized by the administration's federal goon patrol, but this one hits Orlando's music scene pretty hard
and they grabbed him in his own fucking club
so stoked to have Maria Schneider on the podcast today — there's a good bit of bird talk, too →
https://podcast.thetonearm.com/maria-schneider-composing-in-the-age-of-curated-rage-american-crow/
Moroccan rocket building → https://mossandfog.com/a-rocket-shaped-building-rises-in-morocco/
❝ In 1962, the American Legion picketed the Pasadena Art Museum for showing one of his constructions built around a crumpled American flag. After someone broke into the museum at night and tore off the flag, Mr. Herms left the shell of the artwork on display, inserting a note that read, “Despite this degradation, the forces of creation will go on.” → https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/arts/george-herms-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hFA.7gfh.4rRmkD8QYOYK&smid=url-share
like a model rocket, the latest Talk Of The Tonearm is now sputtering up to the sky before parachuting gently into your email inbox
this weekend's edition features a newsletter-exclusive interview with saxophonist Chris Potter about his John Brown-inspired album, 'Alive With Ghosts Today'
dig in! subscribe! →
https://www.thetonearm.com/her-instrument-damaging-technique-newsletter/
it's a handy rundown of everything happening on our humble online magazine, via this weekend's Talk Of The Tonearm newsletter
Zeena Parkins, Momoko Gill, Sam Wenc, Kodomo, Special Friend, Bayeté … and a newsletter-exclusive interview with cool as ice NYC band Amiture
brand new, good for you →
https://www.thetonearm.com/a-deliberate-case-of-serendipity-newsletter/
❝ Celebrating losers in the battle is exactly what we need right now, because we need to fight without a guarantee, and sometimes seemingly even without a prospect of victory. It’s the only way to counter the gross iniquities of our time. →
a handy recap of our jam-packed week on The Tonearm (Winged Wheel! Ratboys! Marija Kovačević! Lala Lala!) plus a newsletter-exclusive interview with field-recording artist + musician Ian Wellman, discussing the devastating concept behind his extraordinary album, Particulary Dangerous Situation
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https://www.thetonearm.com/the-honesty-of-instruments-newsletter/
here's a fun idea:
sure, watch the Oscars, but with the sound muted, and then blast today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast with Zeena Parkins over it … showbiz! →
https://podcast.thetonearm.com/zeena-parkins-invention-loss-and-the-living-harp-mills-college/
a pair of fantastic articles posted on The Tonearm that dive into a musician's creative process
firstly, Mariam Abdel-Razek joins Momoko Gill for chocolates in a London cafe to discuss her brilliant new album 'Momoko,' as well as displacement, community, and, as a migrant, finding a home in music:
after a few days at Big Ears hearing most of the performing bands using loopers and effects, Tom Skinner's acoustic jazz combo (drums+cello+double bass+two winds) was refreshing … and v. good!
here's the conversation The Tonearm's Jonah Evans and I had with Tom after the show →
https://www.thetonearm.com/tom-skinner-silhouette-music-kaleidoscopic-visions/
