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Josh Kantor
@jtkantor.bsky.social
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Organist for Boston Red Sox games at Fenway Park. I also do a bunch of other music stuff.
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Good find at the used record store. #AnotherHitFromBudweiser
Cover art for a shrink-wrapped copy of a record album called "super sox '75" includes painted action images of Tiant, Lynn, Rice, Yaz, Fisk and others against a Fenway green backdrop. Small black text beneath the stylized red title reads, "All the exciting play-by-play action, highlights and interviews of the Red Sox 1975 Championship Season, including play-offs and World Series. Narrated by Ned Martin." A banner in the upper-left corner reads, "Another hit... from Budweiser, King of Beers." A green price tag reads, "$9.99"
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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A snippet of Ryan from Guster and wesleystace.bsky.social and me singing Robyn's "Dancing on My Own" (the saddest of all sad bangers) at Passim last weekend. 🎥 by narkiewicz.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I know a place. She took me there.
Mavis Staples ticket stub from tonight
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Wesley Stace's show at Club Passim this Sunday night will include guest performances by the great Bob Pernice and a secret handsome accordionist. Tickets via passim.org/live-music/events/wesley-stace (and there will be a livestream option on the day of).
I'm smiling and playing accordion. I have very fake-looking computer-drawn Groucho-style glasses, eyebrows, and mustache.
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Just seems unnecessarily confusing.
Poster advertising a music performance shows five men dressed in black standing on rocks in a snow-covered field. Above the tree line in the distant background appear the words: Sat Dec 20th 7PM The THE BAND Band The Band Tribute
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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9,999th percentile in height, 5th percentile in weight.
A 12-foot-tall skeleton standing on a front lawn and holding a pink “It’s a girl” card that’s in the shape of a bassinet.
November 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Happy Halloween from our home to yours. #AtomicPumpkin
Close-up of two carved pumpkins lit from the inside by candles in a dark room. The carving on the left is a traditional Halloween pumpkin face design. The carving on the right is the Van Halen logo.
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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My lady-friend found a FRIGGIN’ SEVEN-LEAF CLOVER
overhead shot of a 7-leaf clover in a small vase on a counter
October 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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My Halloween costume this year is J Mascis fronting a one-man John Carpenter tribute band.
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Internet is telling me it was 21 years ago tonight the first time I got to play at a World Series game.
photo from behind and to the side of me playing organ in 2004 as I look out at Fenway
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Me & @petermulvey43.bsky.social & Sean are singing & playing our favorite baseball songs at Club Passim in Harvard Square next Thursday. Chris Anzalone brings the color commentary. Tickets at TinyURL.com/KnuckleballSuite
A poster for the show has an old-fashioned-looking pitcher in a white uniform mid-windup against a red & black backdrop. The text reads: LAMPLIGHTER SESSIONS THE KNUCKLEBALL SUITE THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 PETER MULVEY SEAN STAPLES JOSH KANTOR CLUB PASSIM
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Remember that one season when MLB tried to spice things up by using dirt and bulldozers in place of grass and outfielders?
three bulldozers on a completely dirt-covered Fenway Park outfield
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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I'm playing piano with the very awesome @lisabastoni.bsky.social AND the very awesome @jiminfantino.com on their co-bill this Saturday 10/18 from 1:00pm-5:00pm at Hyland Orchard Pavilion in Sturbridge MA.

There will be a gazillion apples and all kinds of tasty beverages there.
On the left: a tight shot of Lisa sitting in a field and playing acoustic guitar while smiling. On the right: a tight shot of Jim leaning on a chair and wearing a guitar strap.
October 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I played "Wipeout" too fast and paid the price on the drum solo. Rookie mistake.
October 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I'm in the band for this cavalcade of all-stars on Friday. Are you kidding me with this lineup?! Tickets at citywinery.com/boston/event...
A poster for a variety show called "Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders" happening at City Winery in Boston this Friday. Pictured on the poster are Willie Loco Alexander, Tanya Donelly, James Parker, Matthew Caws, Wesley Stace, Dave Hill, Patrick Stickles, and Ryan Walsh.
October 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Some day, I'll realize how foolish this is. Until then, here's another year-end list from New England's biggest & weirdest covers gig.
Screenshot of a list of the 741 songs I played by request this year on the Fenway organ (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
October 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Very thoughtful of MLB to pay tribute during these playoffs to the 200th birthday of Austrian operetta composer Johann Baptist Strauss II, which occurs on the same day as Game 2 of this year’s World Series.
Aaron Judge’s head as he stands in the batter’s box tonight with a STRAUSS logo on his NY batting helmet.
September 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Another September has come and gone without me learning the words to "September."
September 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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from the last three regular-season games of the year:
A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 9/26/25 thru 9/28/25 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
September 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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#PositiveMentalAttitude

📷 by @jfree36008.bsky.social
I'm on the big screen at Fenway with an optimistic handmade sign that reads "THANK U, SEE U 10/7"
September 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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I take zero credit for tonight's playoff-clinching come-from-behind walk-off victory, but I did put this (clearly) handmade "LET'S RALLY" sign up on the big screen when the Sox were trailing 3-1 in the 7th, and then they scored one in the 7th, one in the 8th, and one in the 9th.
me on the big screen at Fenway
September 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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"Someone in the audience just said, 'Hooray for accordion.' I think our work is done here." -Peter Buck, 9/23/25

📷 by @midnightx.bsky.social
I'm standing on stage playing accordion. To my left is Peter Buck playing a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar.
September 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I'm not allowed to disclose the identity of the handsome surprise guest accordionist at tomorrow night's Baseball Project / Minus 5 show at the Crystal Ballroom. Tickets via crystalballroomboston.com/events/the-b...
Photo of Linda Pitmon taking a selfie of The Baseball Project standing together on a stage with the theater seating behind them. Mike Mills, Linda, and Scott McCaughey (L-R) are in the front row; Peter Buck and Steve Wynn (L-R) are in the back row. To the right of Scott's head, I've inserted a traditional yellow smiley face to imply the guest performer.
September 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Please don't tell my family... they think I have a reputable job.
A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 9/12/25 thru 9/18/25 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
September 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM