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With all this talk about opera right now, I thought I’d bring back this piece I did years ago on Evelyn Mandac, the first Filipino to ever sing at the Metropolitan Opera House. It took me years to track her down, I still find myself thinking back on her inspiring story www.kexp.org/read/2021/5/...
Good morning! Yes, this is he
Lately, I’ve found myself falling into a rabbit hole of early 2000s nostalgia, and it’s weirdly freaked me out! For this week’s Another Thought, I wrote about coming to terms with nostalgia and approaching the past with a critical eye. anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/when-you-w...
#Seattle readers can join Gabriel T. Saxton-Ruiz (“Interpol's Antics”) and @dustyhenry.bsky.social (“20th Century Ambient”) at Elliott Bay Book Company.
📆 Tues Feb 17, 2026, 7–8pm (PST)
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#BookSky #MusicSky @3313books.bsky.social @bloomsburymus.bsky.social
Wow thank you so much, Corey!
This is some of the best / most practical advice I've ever seen regarding the eternal question "why write about music?" I wish someone had shared it with ME say, 30 years ago or so? TYSM @dustyhenry.bsky.social 🙏
anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
I’ll be on The Afternoon Show with Larry Mizell, Jr. on KEXP.org at 2 PM PT today, sharing clips from an interview I recently did with Beverly Glenn-Copeland and his wife Elizabeth ahead of their upcoming Vancouver BC show. The full interview comes out on the A Deeper Listen podcast in early Feb 🖤
I wrote (and drew) something of a manifesto, a call to arms for writing about music. Our field is in dire straits, but I’m feeling oddly more hopeful than ever.
The tides are always shifting, but writing lasts forever.
anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/why-write-...
Thank you so much, Evan. I've been so inspired by what you're doing with See Saw. One of the things that makes me hopeful for the future of our field.
really relate to a lot of what @dustyhenry.bsky.social writes here
Check out our #nonfiction books and authors that are hot this week!
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This week on Another Thought, I’m digging into the brilliant new Earl Sweatshirt album, Forge from X-Men, and why it’s not cringe to “live laugh love.” anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/earl-sweat...
My need to collect records is insatiable with no end in sight. This week on Another Thought, I wanted to zoom out and self-investigate “why?” I found this to be a great exercise to try to understand why I value collecting so much. anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/why-collec...
Ambient and generally “immersive” music continues to consume my world. This list is far from comprehensive, but I felt compelled to share a few of the albums that fit into this realm that have been meaningful to me so far this year.
this week's newsletter is all about music, environment, and enjoying the sounds of life anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/ambient-en...
Sharp Pins' 'Radio DDR' is one of my favorite albums of the year. I was lucky enough to talk with Kai Slater to dig into the record and the idea of youth, not as age but as a constant pursuit of creativity.
Up now on the A Deeper Listen podcast
kexp.org/podcasts/a-d...
exactly hahaha
the person standing behind him makes it look like he has a mullet when he says this, which makes it even better. vibes are immaculate.
Why don’t men dress like this anymore?
Had the chance not long ago to speak with Hiro Ama about his beautiful album Music for Peace & Harmony. We talked about what “peace and harmony” means during chaotic times, and he gave me a demonstration of the Waraku synthesizer for KEXP's A Deeper Listen podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojoa...
can't wait for this!
Talked with Gregg Deal from Dead Pioneers, one of my favorite punk bands in recent years, about disillusionment with the American dream, Indigenous representation in media, and their great new album PO$T AMERICAN. Listen here: kexp.org/podcasts/a-d...
📸: Amber Knecht
Hopping on The Afternoon Show on KEXP at 2 PM with @douglasmartini.bsky.social to talk about The Cobain 50 and our live podcast finale event this Saturday! Come see us live in Seattle April 26 at 7 PM. Details and tickets here: www.kexp.org/events/kexp-...
We're also up for a Webby Award! We'd greatly appreciate your vote. We're in some rare company with bona fide legends of music. But do any of them say the word "butthole" more than 50 times in an episode? I think not! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
This isn't the last episode of The Cobain 50 but the last one I scripted/produced. And I can't think of a better way to "go out" than with...Butthole Surfers. One of the wildest underground bands that somehow made it to the mainstream. Listen here: kexp.org/podcasts/cob...
for Another Thought this week, I'm breaking down some of my favorite "spring ambient/atmospheric records" as if they were a plant journal. featuring Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Green-House, and Harold Budd/Brian Eno.
Check it here: anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com
Cindy Lee’s ‘Diamond Jubilee’ turns one today! It took me a full year to sort out my feelings about, wrote it up recently for Another Thought. Favorite tracks from the album? (Plenty to choose from lol)
anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/cindy-lee-...
lately been feeling the same! those first three records are pretty much flawless.
Been thinking a lot about Greg Sage and Wipers lately. Some of the best punk music ever made, but also some of the most existential. And what are "these times" today if not existential? I babble about this and the genius of Sage: anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/wipers-gre...
