Marc Masters 🌵
@marcissist.bsky.social
I write about music & my latest book is “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape” http://highbiasbook.com/ I host the Music Book Podcast. I am a Nationals & D-backs fanatic. DON'T USE AI.
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Marc Masters 🌵
@marcissist.bsky.social
· Mar 18
Hey friends, I'm back on here for a sec - my friend @atomicovermind.bsky.social showed me some of the nice things people have said here about my Bandcamp Experimental column getting axed - so I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who read and supported it! I really appreciate it. Love you all!
I knew that Eno based his idea for the back cover of No New York on German police wanted posters from the time but didn't know til recently how he practically recreated one of them.
September 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I knew that Eno based his idea for the back cover of No New York on German police wanted posters from the time but didn't know til recently how he practically recreated one of them.
“Do you like fucking pigs? Apply to be a fucking pig!” www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Kash Patel defends FBI’s new policy on bestiality at Senate hearing
Sen. John Kennedy grilled the FBI director about a recently revised policy that doesn’t automatically disqualify job applicants who have engaged in bestiality.
www.nbcnews.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:33 AM
“Do you like fucking pigs? Apply to be a fucking pig!” www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
does anyone really think these "please regulate us" AI tech bros are not gonna spend all kinds of money to fight any regulation?
September 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
does anyone really think these "please regulate us" AI tech bros are not gonna spend all kinds of money to fight any regulation?
I wrote about @sapropelicpycnic.bsky.social & Chris Ryan Williams' excellent album"Enthalpy," coming soon on Outside Time, at goodexperimentalmusic.com. It's for paid subscribers only but if you can't afford it, DM me and I can send you a gift link. www.goodexperimentalmusic.com/a-good-exper...
A Good Experimental Album: Ka Baird & Chris Ryan Williams, "Enthalpy" (Outside Time)
Snaking out of the gate with chopped-up breath and strangled notes, "Enthalpy" is an aural activity machine, a mobius-strip journey of moving air that at times feels like an actual heat-map of this pa...
www.goodexperimentalmusic.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I wrote about @sapropelicpycnic.bsky.social & Chris Ryan Williams' excellent album"Enthalpy," coming soon on Outside Time, at goodexperimentalmusic.com. It's for paid subscribers only but if you can't afford it, DM me and I can send you a gift link. www.goodexperimentalmusic.com/a-good-exper...
friend of mine on FB asked if anyone had PR contacts for a certain artist and the first comment was someone posting a screen shot of google AI search results. are we really all this brain dead now.
September 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
friend of mine on FB asked if anyone had PR contacts for a certain artist and the first comment was someone posting a screen shot of google AI search results. are we really all this brain dead now.
idea for a festival:
Natural Information Society
75 Dollar Bill
Bitchin Bajas
Bill Orcutt Four Guitars
Water Damage
BASIC
Horse Lords
Setting
Ambarchi / Berthling / Werliin
Natural Information Society
75 Dollar Bill
Bitchin Bajas
Bill Orcutt Four Guitars
Water Damage
BASIC
Horse Lords
Setting
Ambarchi / Berthling / Werliin
September 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
idea for a festival:
Natural Information Society
75 Dollar Bill
Bitchin Bajas
Bill Orcutt Four Guitars
Water Damage
BASIC
Horse Lords
Setting
Ambarchi / Berthling / Werliin
Natural Information Society
75 Dollar Bill
Bitchin Bajas
Bill Orcutt Four Guitars
Water Damage
BASIC
Horse Lords
Setting
Ambarchi / Berthling / Werliin
Analog Africa new and old Dur Dur Band volumes are like the best things ever
September 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Analog Africa new and old Dur Dur Band volumes are like the best things ever
new Black Bananas album rules! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwUp...
Black Bananas - Nutrageous & Jam (Official Video)
YouTube video by firerecords
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
new Black Bananas album rules! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwUp...
The Damned at the WTC, 1977, photo by Roberta Bayley
September 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The Damned at the WTC, 1977, photo by Roberta Bayley
Beat Happening = emo Cramps? (complimentary) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODY_...
Pajama Party In A Haunted Hive
YouTube video by Beat Happening - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Beat Happening = emo Cramps? (complimentary) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODY_...
If we all pooled our $5000 GOP victory checks together we could build a time machine and go back and...
September 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
If we all pooled our $5000 GOP victory checks together we could build a time machine and go back and...
There's a Scharpling/Wurster call from earlier this year where Jon's character says he thought Jake Gyllenhaal was a three-person group comprised of people named Jake, Jill, and Hall (with the Hall being Daryl Hall) and that he wanted to write a screenplay called Glengarry Glendanzig.
September 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
There's a Scharpling/Wurster call from earlier this year where Jon's character says he thought Jake Gyllenhaal was a three-person group comprised of people named Jake, Jill, and Hall (with the Hall being Daryl Hall) and that he wanted to write a screenplay called Glengarry Glendanzig.
I don't use AI, but Zoom auto-transcribes chats (I assume using AI) so I'll glance at those for reference as I transcribe...today it transcribed a quote about 8-Eyed Spy and called them "AI Spy"...a little on the nose there.
September 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I don't use AI, but Zoom auto-transcribes chats (I assume using AI) so I'll glance at those for reference as I transcribe...today it transcribed a quote about 8-Eyed Spy and called them "AI Spy"...a little on the nose there.
Evergreen post. Nationals just set the MLB record for blown saves in a season.
It is really surreal to watch a team get an early lead so often and hold it so rarely. Even now that the season has long been over they keep doing it. #nationals.
September 9, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Evergreen post. Nationals just set the MLB record for blown saves in a season.
“Prediction markets” in the 80s
September 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
“Prediction markets” in the 80s
Reposted by Marc Masters 🌵
Marion Brown was born in Atlanta, Georgia on this day in 1931
📸 Larry Fink
📸 Larry Fink
September 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Marion Brown was born in Atlanta, Georgia on this day in 1931
📸 Larry Fink
📸 Larry Fink
On a new episode of the Music Book Podcast, we talk to Kip Lornell and Tom Mindte, co-authors of “Buzz Busby: Father of Washington, DC Bluegrass,” out now on @illinoispress.bsky.social. Great stories about an unsung Bluegrass hero! Link in bio. themusicbookpodcast.buzzsprout.com/2120946/epis...
September 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
On a new episode of the Music Book Podcast, we talk to Kip Lornell and Tom Mindte, co-authors of “Buzz Busby: Father of Washington, DC Bluegrass,” out now on @illinoispress.bsky.social. Great stories about an unsung Bluegrass hero! Link in bio. themusicbookpodcast.buzzsprout.com/2120946/epis...
It is really surreal to watch a team get an early lead so often and hold it so rarely. Even now that the season has long been over they keep doing it. #nationals.
September 7, 2026 at 4:55 AM
It is really surreal to watch a team get an early lead so often and hold it so rarely. Even now that the season has long been over they keep doing it. #nationals.
The ABS shows us instantly whether a pitch is a ball or a strike but it can’t show the ump? If they don’t change this next year I might actually be in favor of a lockout.
September 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The ABS shows us instantly whether a pitch is a ball or a strike but it can’t show the ump? If they don’t change this next year I might actually be in favor of a lockout.
I dunno how my second favorite team is still in it, the lineup is a mess and the pitching is inconsistent, maybe Lovullo is a good manager or something
Final:
Diamondbacks 4
Astros 3
Diamondbacks 4
Astros 3
September 6, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I dunno how my second favorite team is still in it, the lineup is a mess and the pitching is inconsistent, maybe Lovullo is a good manager or something
Check out this episode of Penn Jillette's podcast (thanks @joshbloom.bsky.social for the tip) where he remembers David Fair, including the always great story of how a stint on Miami Vice paid for Penn to put out some of Half Japanese's best records. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Just Happy About Everything
Podcast Episode · Penn's Sunday School · September 3 · 1h 48m
podcasts.apple.com
September 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Check out this episode of Penn Jillette's podcast (thanks @joshbloom.bsky.social for the tip) where he remembers David Fair, including the always great story of how a stint on Miami Vice paid for Penn to put out some of Half Japanese's best records. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
I really love the work of @cinchel.com, his new one "The 4 Stages of Long Phase" is great, and his whole discog on Bandcamp (64 releases) is just $1.70?!?!?! On this BC Friday I suggest you grab it all and pay more for it, you'll be glad you did. cinchel.bandcamp.com/album/the-4-...
The 4 Stages of Long Phase, by cinchel
4 track album
cinchel.bandcamp.com
September 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I really love the work of @cinchel.com, his new one "The 4 Stages of Long Phase" is great, and his whole discog on Bandcamp (64 releases) is just $1.70?!?!?! On this BC Friday I suggest you grab it all and pay more for it, you'll be glad you did. cinchel.bandcamp.com/album/the-4-...
Next week on the Music Book Podcast, we talk to Kip Lornell and Tom Mindte about their great biography “Buzz Busby: Father of Washington, DC Bluegrass,” out now on @illinoispress.bsky.social
In this clip, Tom talks about playing music with Buzz, and why so many people wanted to play with him.
In this clip, Tom talks about playing music with Buzz, and why so many people wanted to play with him.
September 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Next week on the Music Book Podcast, we talk to Kip Lornell and Tom Mindte about their great biography “Buzz Busby: Father of Washington, DC Bluegrass,” out now on @illinoispress.bsky.social
In this clip, Tom talks about playing music with Buzz, and why so many people wanted to play with him.
In this clip, Tom talks about playing music with Buzz, and why so many people wanted to play with him.