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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 4h

Today on @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions: Cosmic Tones Research Trio join us for a talk about their new s/t album on Mississippi Records, the influence of Sun Ra & the Coltranes, & how music allows us access to our inner cosmos.

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 20h

"Songs belong to everyone who can sing along." I caught up with Craig Finn of The Hold Steady at @aquariumdrunkard.com to discuss movies, Springsteen, and the narrative at the core of his latest solo album, Always Been.
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Songs Belong to Everyone Who Can Sing Along :: Craig Finn on Always Been - Aquarium Drunkard

The cover of Craig Finn's latest solo album, Always Been, directly nods to Randy Newman's 1977 lp Little Criminals. Shot in the same location, on the West 7th Street overpass over the I-110, it presen...

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 6d

Rick Veitch followed Alan Moore's legendary Swamp Thing run with an arc so religiously controversial DC wouldn't print it—until now!

DC to finally let Swamp Thing meet Jesus Christ in new four-part restoration of a cancelled controversial 1989 storyline

Rick Veitch's lost issues of Swamp Thing will see print in 2026 as Swamp Thing 1989.

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 6d

“I remember people dissing Pet Sounds. I really do, in the late ’80s. And 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 about Bread.”

This week on Range & Basin, I reflect on the dreamy new record from Wilco-side project The Autumn Defense and share a vintage 2012 interview with bassist John Stirratt.

"I Remember People Dissing Pet Sounds"

A soft rock talk with Wilco's John Stirratt in 2012

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 7d

Incoming transmission: Autumn Defense.

John Stirratt & Pat Sansone discuss Here & Nowhere (@yeproc.bsky.social), Wilco, & playing in the Big Star Quintet: “I tell people it’s like playing in a Beatles cover band with Ringo on drums.”

Listen wherever via @talkhouse.bsky.social & direct at AD.

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Dillon @freeyourradio.bsky.social · 8d

#NowPlaying
JPW @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social - Something Happening / Always Happening
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Something Happening / Always Happening, by JPW

9 track album

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joshua wayne hensley @joshuawaynehensley.bsky.social · 8d

needed this today

Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 8d

Now streaming wherever you access celestial soundscapes: ambient pedal steel by Rick Heins. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Live at Sopra - YouTube

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 8d

Now streaming wherever you access celestial soundscapes: ambient pedal steel by Rick Heins. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Live at Sopra - YouTube

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 9d

Who's ready to boycott heaven with @theformat.com? www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLCG...

The Format - Holy Roller [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by The Format

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 13d

Today is the 75th anniversary of Peanuts and to celebrate, I noted a few of my favorite Vince Guaraldi tunes—including some words about this jazz mass featuring Philip K. Dick-associate Bishop James Pike.

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Season of the Bird

A few favorites from Vince Guaraldi's vast catalog of sound.

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 14d

Today on @aquariumdrunkard.com: poetry, video games, and songwriting cheat codes with Dan Wriggins of Friendship. Listen wherever you get podcasts and direct at AD.
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The Female Bob Dylan @thefemalebobdylan.bsky.social · 16d

We also learned that she was a renowned cooker of beans, apparent Michael Hurley adapter, and early feminist who liked hangin out with weird people (Cheech Marin among them)!

Listen, rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

The Female Bob Dylan @thefemalebobdylan.bsky.social · 16d

We kick off Season 2 w/ the late great Karen Dalton! We chat about who and how she was “in her own time”: a sublime, confident folk musician & interpreter who made everything she played sound like a Karen Dalton song.

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S2 Episode 1: Do It Or Die!: On Karen Dalton

Podcast Episode · The Female Bob Dylan · 09/29/2025 · 53m

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 15d

Lucia Berlin reads her story “My Jockey” for The Poetry Center in 1984 at the New College of California, San Francisco.

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Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 15d

For a time shortly after the soundtrack came out I was obsessed with finding a quality recording of the version of "Blood of Eden" that's in the film (since it wasn't on the soundtrack). I think I finally tracked down a CD single that had it, which felt like a huge victory at the time.

Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · Aug 29

How does a song become a prayer?

As part of @southwestreview.bsky.social's Needle Drops column, I penned a few words about Peter Gabriel's "Blood of Eden" and Wim Wenders' 1991 tech noir dreamtime masterpiece Until The End of the World.

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Needle Drops | Peter Gabriel’s “Blood of Eden”

By Jason P. Woodbury

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 17d

look, i'm not really sure if music sounds better on vinyl (& not terribly interested in debating) *but* books definitely read better as mass market paperbacks.

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Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · 17d

And @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social’s transmissions ep with Joan this week is fantastic as well. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/24/t...

Transmissions :: Joan Shelley (2025) - Aquarium Drunkard

Welcome to Transmissions. This week, singer/songwriter Joan Shelley. Her haunted folk songs and crystal clear voice have long made her a favorite of the Aquarium Drunkard crew. Writing about her last ...

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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 18d

Some important info on Kaleb Horton and his writing for MTV: as I learned, he'd reupped the Merle piece on his site earlier this year, but otherwise his 2016-2017 work there was scrubbed and long unavailable. Happily, I was able to find a Wayback link with them all. Share, read, and remember.

News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity

The ultimate news source for music, celebrity, entertainment, movies, and current events on the web. It&#039;s pop culture on steroids.

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 18d

I'm so sad to learn about @kalebhorton.bsky.social's passing; he was one of my favorite writers, eagle-eyed, full of heart, and always on point. He was so good I once asked him for some general tips, and here's what he shared. It's a dimmer world without him.

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you @phoenixnewtimes.com for naming JPW & Dad Weed's Amassed Like a Rat King the best album of 2025 in their Best of Phoenix feature. A huge surprise and really appreciated.

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 20d

That show is gonna rule!

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 20d

In advance of this weekend's State Fair show, here's a new live version of our song "Everybody's Talking (Again)," recorded at The Dirty Drummer, our favorite spot to play.

JPW & Dad Weed - Everybody's Talking (Again) - Live at The Dirty Drummer

YouTube video by jason woodbury

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 20d

I wrote a few words about what it means to open for one of Arizona's biggest indie pop exports, @theformat.com, as they return for their first full show in nearly 20 years. More at Range and Basin, my weekly newsletter.

You Know Me (Or You Think You Do)

On Opening For The Format at the Arizona State Fair

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Fabriek @fabriek.bsky.social · 21d

Joan Shelley is ook een Graeberist!

Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 21d

This week on @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions, Joan Shelley on her remarkable LP Real Warmth, anthropologist David Graeber & her daughter's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" fascination.

Listen wherever you get pods & direct at AD:
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/24/t... @talkhouse.bsky.social

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 21d

This week on @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions, Joan Shelley on her remarkable LP Real Warmth, anthropologist David Graeber & her daughter's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" fascination.

Listen wherever you get pods & direct at AD:
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/24/t... @talkhouse.bsky.social

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Dillon @freeyourradio.bsky.social · 21d

100%

Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 22d

This spiritual jazz version of Nick Drake couldn't be any more perfect.

Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com · 22d

The Lagniappe Sessions :: Phi-Psonics

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LA's Phi-Psonics collective delivers a pair of Duke Ellington compositions (including “Fleurette Africaine” from the seminal Money Jungle), early sixties Sun Ra, and “River Man” from Nick Drake’s debut album.

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