Crispin Kott
@stuporfly.bsky.social
Father, writer, drummer, gadfly
Pinned
Whenever I’m knee deep in a book project I dig out this selfie from May 2017, where I’m sitting on our back deck in Bed-Stuy, drinking a Modelo and plugging away on the Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City manuscript.
Resident Punk’s pub date is September 15, 2026. Much more soon.
Resident Punk’s pub date is September 15, 2026. Much more soon.
My favorite albums of 2025:
1. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo
2. Pulp - More
3. De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky
4. Stereolab - Instant Holograms on Metal Film
5. The Charlatans - We Are Love
6. Sports Team - Boys These Days
7. Little Simz - Lotus
8. Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon
1. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo
2. Pulp - More
3. De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky
4. Stereolab - Instant Holograms on Metal Film
5. The Charlatans - We Are Love
6. Sports Team - Boys These Days
7. Little Simz - Lotus
8. Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
My favorite albums of 2025:
1. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo
2. Pulp - More
3. De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky
4. Stereolab - Instant Holograms on Metal Film
5. The Charlatans - We Are Love
6. Sports Team - Boys These Days
7. Little Simz - Lotus
8. Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon
1. Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo
2. Pulp - More
3. De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky
4. Stereolab - Instant Holograms on Metal Film
5. The Charlatans - We Are Love
6. Sports Team - Boys These Days
7. Little Simz - Lotus
8. Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon
Always take time out to glitch and smell the roses.
November 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Always take time out to glitch and smell the roses.
George Harrison forever.
November 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
George Harrison forever.
Good.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Good.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times
Blur
Sonic Youth
Grizzly Bear
Pavement
Stereolab
Blur
Sonic Youth
Grizzly Bear
Pavement
Stereolab
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Portishead
Sonic Youth
The Stooges
Swans
Butthole Surfers
Portishead
Sonic Youth
The Stooges
Swans
Butthole Surfers
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times
Blur
Sonic Youth
Grizzly Bear
Pavement
Stereolab
Blur
Sonic Youth
Grizzly Bear
Pavement
Stereolab
…for which I am thankful.
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
…for which I am thankful.
Music for a Tuesday night. This Tuesday night in particular. As in right now.
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Music for a Tuesday night. This Tuesday night in particular. As in right now.
Jimmy Cliff, R.I.P.
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Jimmy Cliff, R.I.P.
At the moment Oasis took the stage in São Paulo for the final show of their 2025 reunion tour tonight I dropped the needle on the first track of this new reissue of Familiar to Millions, which boasts a bombastic performance at Wembley Stadium from 25 years ago.
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
At the moment Oasis took the stage in São Paulo for the final show of their 2025 reunion tour tonight I dropped the needle on the first track of this new reissue of Familiar to Millions, which boasts a bombastic performance at Wembley Stadium from 25 years ago.
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Go to that gig. listen to that song, dust off that record player, learn to play that guitar.
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
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Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
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November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Go to that gig. listen to that song, dust off that record player, learn to play that guitar.
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
x
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
x
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Join us Friday December 19 for a special benefit show in partnership with Rad Mission Neighbors, who provide support to sex workers, ppl experiencing homelessness, and working class ppl in the Misson.
Feat Chime School, The Kitchenettes, and Will Ivy from LA (member of many great SF/LA diy bands)
Feat Chime School, The Kitchenettes, and Will Ivy from LA (member of many great SF/LA diy bands)
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Join us Friday December 19 for a special benefit show in partnership with Rad Mission Neighbors, who provide support to sex workers, ppl experiencing homelessness, and working class ppl in the Misson.
Feat Chime School, The Kitchenettes, and Will Ivy from LA (member of many great SF/LA diy bands)
Feat Chime School, The Kitchenettes, and Will Ivy from LA (member of many great SF/LA diy bands)
Bay Area, come through!
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Bay Area, come through!
John Lennon, Anne Murray, Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper and Micky Dolenz: Hollywood Vampires at the Troubadour (November 21, 1973)
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
John Lennon, Anne Murray, Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper and Micky Dolenz: Hollywood Vampires at the Troubadour (November 21, 1973)
Reposted by Crispin Kott
happy trans day of remembrance. you are beautifully and wonderfully made and I will never stop fighting for you. the world is better because you are in it
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
happy trans day of remembrance. you are beautifully and wonderfully made and I will never stop fighting for you. the world is better because you are in it
💩🚀☀️ If you dream it you can achieve it. 💩🚀☀️
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
💩🚀☀️ If you dream it you can achieve it. 💩🚀☀️
I was lucky enough to see Mani play with the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, and there has never been a greater conduit of the pure communal joy of playing music. All love to anyone who caught that smile radiating from the stage to the back row and their night improved by incalculable measures.
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I was lucky enough to see Mani play with the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, and there has never been a greater conduit of the pure communal joy of playing music. All love to anyone who caught that smile radiating from the stage to the back row and their night improved by incalculable measures.
November 20, 2016, Bedford-Stuyvesant: Great Moments in Manly Ineptitude
1. While I removed all the air-conditioners from throughout the house weeks ago, I hadn't removed the unit from the window in my office because I'm dumb and I think it might get hot enough to use it again.
1. While I removed all the air-conditioners from throughout the house weeks ago, I hadn't removed the unit from the window in my office because I'm dumb and I think it might get hot enough to use it again.
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
November 20, 2016, Bedford-Stuyvesant: Great Moments in Manly Ineptitude
1. While I removed all the air-conditioners from throughout the house weeks ago, I hadn't removed the unit from the window in my office because I'm dumb and I think it might get hot enough to use it again.
1. While I removed all the air-conditioners from throughout the house weeks ago, I hadn't removed the unit from the window in my office because I'm dumb and I think it might get hot enough to use it again.
Grizzly Bear forever.
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Grizzly Bear forever.
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
Grizzly Bear at the Warfield. I Live With You > Foreground broke me. I am so grateful for these shows.
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Grizzly Bear at the Warfield. I Live With You > Foreground broke me. I am so grateful for these shows.
Bay Area pals! My Rock and Roll Explorer Guide co-conspirator Mike Katz and I are stoked to participate in an author talk at maximum volume at the West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library on Dec. 18 from 6-7:30 p.m.
See you there/then!
berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/15112064
See you there/then!
berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/15112064
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Bay Area pals! My Rock and Roll Explorer Guide co-conspirator Mike Katz and I are stoked to participate in an author talk at maximum volume at the West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library on Dec. 18 from 6-7:30 p.m.
See you there/then!
berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/15112064
See you there/then!
berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/15112064
Everything that happened today has led me to this moment.
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Everything that happened today has led me to this moment.
“I just discovered the most amazing thing!”
The most amazing thing:
The most amazing thing:
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“I just discovered the most amazing thing!”
The most amazing thing:
The most amazing thing: