Portland Town
One of my greatest joys in 2026 has been the release of new material by British riot twee band Heavenly. I’ll admit I approached the release of this year’s brilliantly named Highway to Heavenly LP with a certain amount of skepticism. After decades of radio silence, it’s
Attie
I just signed up for access to Attie, a new AI-based app from Bluesky, which allows you to shape your feed on the social network using plain language. To be honest, I wasn’t that excited about the app when it was first announced. It can be hard these days
The Novel Cure
Every time I finish a novel in which I have invested a lot of time and emotion, I feel a bit unmoored. What other worlds are out there now that this one is gone? It’s like the characters in that world died and will be grieved. Some even after
A Change In The Atmosphere
With the announcement on the A New Social blog that Bridgy Fed, was bringing longform to the Atmosphere, I found myself wanting to play with some of the current blogging tools running on AT Proto.1 Bridgy Fed has been helpful in syndicating my Fediverse posts from Ghost to Bluesky
Hurts Like Hell
Charlotte Cornfield is the latest musician to put out something via Durham, NC’s Merge Records. Hurts Like Hell is also the first long player by the Canadian singer/songwriter since becoming a mother. The title track, “Hurts Like Hell,” wallows in a remembered sentimentality with the advantage of looking
Bishop Militia
Is arguing online about high Christology a frutiful activity?
If You Change
Widowspeak has a new record coming this June and produced a video for the lead single, “If You Change.” I first heard the band when they covered Dire Straits’ “Romeo and Juliet,” a song that never landed with me previously. Widowspeak won me over with the wistful tenderness they gave
The Shape of Paris
This week’s Saturday Night Video is a bit different than the usual fare. It’s technically more of a skate video than a music video (but it does feature music). Powell Peralta-sponsored skateboard pro Andy Anderson and I have very different styles, but I enjoy his skating and his
A Side Hustle As The Doors
We all know by now that it’s getting tougher to make a living as a musician. While tools for producing music have gotten cheaper and more accessible, the ways to make decent money as a professional in the music industry have been drying up. Alex Marshall and Joanna Yee
Clandestine Noise Operations
Bill Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan) recently pondered the decline in popularity of rock music on his podcast The Magnificent Others. “Rock was the greatest single social-changing force of the 20th century,” he said. “And here we are 25 years into the 21st century and rock couldn’t be any less