I def care too much about logging things accurately for my collection, which I do weirdly enjoy. But yeah, the frequent rudeness is taxing.

Honest mistakes happen, esp if you're not a giant nerd (like me) who has multiple pressings to compare. But it blows my mind how folks push back even when I say I have these copies in hand, and yes, they are different. Maybe I need to change my avatar to something gender-neutral... *sigh*

Oh, I just remembered the most hilarious example of this, when the label owner himself ended up weighing in.

"let's make lots of biscuits"

I just got back from the SoDo store. Let’s just say I’m glad I took the bus.

Love this. I ordered sooo many records from Ajax—both the label and the distro—back in the day. Tim’s record blurbs in the Ajax catalog were essential reading.

I’m glad you were able to! I wrote some things for an Australian fanzine around the same time, and I remember simply not knowing if and when my scribblings would it make it via international mail from Boston to Melbourne.

Playing Seattle next (Sunday night)!

And this week's show has the world radio debut of a lost post-C86 gem from a new collection out later this month on Harriet Records. Hear it here first!

bsky.app/profile/jims...

This woman was wearing a bright yellow argyle cardigan w/sharp-chopped, fluorescent green hair, one of many excellent styles on display.

Also, someone complimented my style and said I reminded them of Poison Ivy of The Cramps. I’ll take it!

Fascinating session today with former Washington Post editorial cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social in conversation w/ @bretthamil.bsky.social, covering her background in animation thru to her time at the Post and how she came to leave the paper.

Also worth mentioning that every part of this show, including the cover art, is assembled by myself. (No AI here... ever!!) Images from old catalogs, magazines, record sleeves are colored, textured and reimagined for each week's show. Here's one example:

Clever! There was a McTells record they put on Bandcamp last year. All new songs, still excellent: mctells.bandcamp.com/album/mix-up-2