Tim Quirk
@tbquirk.bsky.social
I sing in Too Much Joy and Wonderlick and work in tech (Rhapsody/Google Play/Freeform/Zedge).
I tend to post about music, movies, and the death throes of democracy.
I tend to post about music, movies, and the death throes of democracy.
I admire South Park because even a simple joke (like a song titled “Pete Hegseth Is a Fucking Douche”) will contain profundities (like, “Your kids are gonna hear this and their friends will watch it too”).
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I admire South Park because even a simple joke (like a song titled “Pete Hegseth Is a Fucking Douche”) will contain profundities (like, “Your kids are gonna hear this and their friends will watch it too”).
Saw the latest Knives Out today, which is pretty perfect by the way, but 90 minutes into it an older lady in front of us exclaimed, "I don't think this is Hamnet!" and left.
Still trying to figure out why it took her an hour and a half to reach that conclusion.
Still trying to figure out why it took her an hour and a half to reach that conclusion.
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Saw the latest Knives Out today, which is pretty perfect by the way, but 90 minutes into it an older lady in front of us exclaimed, "I don't think this is Hamnet!" and left.
Still trying to figure out why it took her an hour and a half to reach that conclusion.
Still trying to figure out why it took her an hour and a half to reach that conclusion.
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
One day each year this old TMJ song gets some love. Based on a true story!
While reading a book in a nursing home parking lot earlier today, waiting for my SO to finish a visit, this came up in my 50 gb playlist organically. Perfect timing, no notes.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
One day each year this old TMJ song gets some love. Based on a true story!
Did some more blathering about Tapedeck with the Signal Chain podcast:
The Music Platform That Pays 1 Cent Per Stream
YouTube video by Signal Chain Stories
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November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Did some more blathering about Tapedeck with the Signal Chain podcast:
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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Getting mail from People Suck Music will always bring me joy. I haven't pulled the plastic off a CD in a while. But that thumb nail still does the trick between the black part and the clear cover. @tbquirk.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Getting mail from People Suck Music will always bring me joy. I haven't pulled the plastic off a CD in a while. But that thumb nail still does the trick between the black part and the clear cover. @tbquirk.bsky.social
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It's always a good day when receiving a package from People Suck Music & @tbquirk.bsky.social ... and a day earlier than expected
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It's always a good day when receiving a package from People Suck Music & @tbquirk.bsky.social ... and a day earlier than expected
I confess I was unsure about including so many outtakes and demos on the reissued Son of Sam I Am, but this reviewer seems very glad we did:
"There are reissues, and then there are resurrections...This isn’t just 'the album + a demo or two.' This is the full ecosystem of Son of Sam I Am."
"There are reissues, and then there are resurrections...This isn’t just 'the album + a demo or two.' This is the full ecosystem of Son of Sam I Am."
“Son of Sam I Am (Tommy's Version)” - Too Much Joy — ODYSSEY
There are reissues, and then there are resurrections. Son of Sam I Am (Tommy’s Version) is the latter: not just a re-release, but a reclamation—an album finally returned to the hands of the people who...
odysseymagazines.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I confess I was unsure about including so many outtakes and demos on the reissued Son of Sam I Am, but this reviewer seems very glad we did:
"There are reissues, and then there are resurrections...This isn’t just 'the album + a demo or two.' This is the full ecosystem of Son of Sam I Am."
"There are reissues, and then there are resurrections...This isn’t just 'the album + a demo or two.' This is the full ecosystem of Son of Sam I Am."
Glide Magazine has a nice piece about a new version of an old song of ours called Clowns -- includes a lyric video.
LISTEN: Too Much Joy Rejuvenate Their Punk Classic On Colorful "Clowns (but Ska)" - Glide Magazine
When Too Much Joy first released Son of Sam I Am on the San Francisco-based indie label Alias Records, critics were delighted. Rolling Stone called it “an
glidemagazine.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Glide Magazine has a nice piece about a new version of an old song of ours called Clowns -- includes a lyric video.
Had a long, fun chat with The Music Lab podcast about Tapedeck (though the interviewer begins well back in my past):
4.63 Tim Quirk Interview
Spotify video
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October 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Had a long, fun chat with The Music Lab podcast about Tapedeck (though the interviewer begins well back in my past):
Was watching something else when my TV hiccuped and sent me to TCM, where a shot that was perfectly composed but patently ridiculous made me rewind to see which Brian DePalma movie I was missing.
Turned out it was The Fury, and I watched it to the end, and I'm glad I did. Ludicrous fun.
Turned out it was The Fury, and I watched it to the end, and I'm glad I did. Ludicrous fun.
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Was watching something else when my TV hiccuped and sent me to TCM, where a shot that was perfectly composed but patently ridiculous made me rewind to see which Brian DePalma movie I was missing.
Turned out it was The Fury, and I watched it to the end, and I'm glad I did. Ludicrous fun.
Turned out it was The Fury, and I watched it to the end, and I'm glad I did. Ludicrous fun.
I'd like to thank all the reviewers who lowered my expectations for Nebraska '82, because I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I do if they hadn't convinced me I'd wasted my money pre-ordering it.
The multiple versions of "Downbound Train" are, surprisingly, what I like most so far.
The multiple versions of "Downbound Train" are, surprisingly, what I like most so far.
October 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'd like to thank all the reviewers who lowered my expectations for Nebraska '82, because I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I do if they hadn't convinced me I'd wasted my money pre-ordering it.
The multiple versions of "Downbound Train" are, surprisingly, what I like most so far.
The multiple versions of "Downbound Train" are, surprisingly, what I like most so far.
Every once in a while I think about the far kinder and safer and less expensive and scary country we could all be living in right now if enough people had understood what he was gonna do, and voted for Harris.
None of this shit was a secret!
None of this shit was a secret!
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Every once in a while I think about the far kinder and safer and less expensive and scary country we could all be living in right now if enough people had understood what he was gonna do, and voted for Harris.
None of this shit was a secret!
None of this shit was a secret!
I endorse this sentiment!
No Kings except the King of Beers
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Too Much Joy "King of Beers" LIVE
YouTube video by Concerts Hub
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October 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I endorse this sentiment!
Oakland No Kings March just getting started.
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Oakland No Kings March just getting started.
I'm only four minutes into the latest South Park episode, but I've spent the last two of them laughing non-stop.
October 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I'm only four minutes into the latest South Park episode, but I've spent the last two of them laughing non-stop.
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they are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest and I simply do not think it is going to work
see you all there
see you all there
Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."
October 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
they are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest and I simply do not think it is going to work
see you all there
see you all there
The person who makes Connections is apparently a Big Star fan.
October 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The person who makes Connections is apparently a Big Star fan.
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I hate when they take away things you were just starting to really enjoy, like your favorite TV show or democracy.
November 24, 2024 at 4:44 PM
I hate when they take away things you were just starting to really enjoy, like your favorite TV show or democracy.
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Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
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Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize
October 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize
Kind of funny (but not ha-ha funny) that we liberals thought we were so smart for telling conservatives who wanted to return to the "good old days" that they weren't all that good for everybody because there was segregation and kids died from measles and stuff.
Apparently they actually wanted both!
Apparently they actually wanted both!
October 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Kind of funny (but not ha-ha funny) that we liberals thought we were so smart for telling conservatives who wanted to return to the "good old days" that they weren't all that good for everybody because there was segregation and kids died from measles and stuff.
Apparently they actually wanted both!
Apparently they actually wanted both!
If you missed this the other week, my company just launched a new music download store/streaming service that aims to make a penny per play the floor rather than the ceiling for streaming royalty rates:
Introducing Tapedeck: A Music Service That Pays Artists What They Want
by Tim Quirk
Zedge is pleased to announce the launch of Tapedeck, a new music download store and streaming service whose not-so-humble goal is to make a penny per play the floor, rather than the ceil...
blog.zedge.net
October 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you missed this the other week, my company just launched a new music download store/streaming service that aims to make a penny per play the floor rather than the ceiling for streaming royalty rates: