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Writer. Teacher. Musician. Country Soul. Why Bushwick Bill Matters. Pro wrestling coming soon. No Fences Review. Wisconsin and Southern. Disabled and disorderly. He/him.

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Nice! And yeah, I always love when Los Lobos brings out “Bertha.”

07.03.2026 17:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Turn It Up - 3/2/2026 Earworms, obsessions, recommendations

New at No Fences Review: a fresh round of Turn It Up recs from @cantkill.bsky.social and me. New country queens, a reimagining of the King, tributes to Neil Sedaka and Travis Wammack, and more! Please share and subscribe.

03.03.2026 15:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Loved the doc. Was so delighted by the Nick Lowe appearance.

28.02.2026 02:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Makes *sense

28.02.2026 00:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fair enough and makes - yeah, without that context, it’s pretty hard to see what you were specifically referring to.

28.02.2026 00:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m not sure what the deleted post you’re referencing says, but I’ve found The Pitt to be both really well-done and particularly tuned to issues of justice and access in a way that almost no other shows of its nature or prominence have been.

28.02.2026 00:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oh no, totally understand! So irritating.

27.02.2026 18:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yep lol

27.02.2026 17:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I've long wanted to get a t-shirt that says "I am aware that there are other songs."

27.02.2026 16:43 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

very cool

27.02.2026 16:17 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks so much!

27.02.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Living Dead: Three Grateful Dead tributes Charles Hughes on three Dead tribute albums, including a great new one

New at No Fences Review: I take a look at three Grateful Dead tribute albums, two of which are celebrating big anniversaries and one of which is brand new. (And wonderful - all hail Bertha and their grateful drag.) Please share and subscribe!

27.02.2026 16:10 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

Excellent news here.

26.02.2026 20:56 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Fantastic news!!!

26.02.2026 20:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The more that comes out the more it looks like a fucking setup.

25.02.2026 15:52 👍 33 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

A remarkable and essential scholar. Very sad news.

24.02.2026 21:27 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Here's a suggestion-let's listen to Black & Brown folks with Tourette's. Let's talk about systematic racism & ableism and how they work together in service of white supremacy. Center Black & Brown people with Tourette's and Black & Brown disabled people & de-center whiteness.

23.02.2026 14:51 👍 130 🔁 34 💬 5 📌 0
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Turn It Up - 2/23/2026 Earworms, obsessions, recommendations

New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social and I offer up some new Turn It Up recs. Jill Scott, Ratboys, a double-shot from The Paranoid Style, tributes to Joanne Bland and Robert Duvall, and more. Plus reading recs. Please share and subscribe!

23.02.2026 16:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not to pull this card BUT, as a disabled Black person: I’m gonna ask nondisabled Black people to not do the thing you’re thinking about doing in response to this story, and I’m gonna ask non-Black disabled people to not do the thing you’re thinking about doing in response to this story.

22.02.2026 22:10 👍 49 🔁 13 💬 3 📌 1

@brucespringsteen.net calling Minneapolis a city of heroes and marketing his tour off of our traumatic experience, then immediately charging us $900 for floor seats and $350 for regular seats is fucked up.

And I say that as a Jersey girl and lifelong fan.

20.02.2026 23:22 👍 92 🔁 18 💬 8 📌 6

Ooh thank you! I didn’t realize she had a new album out.

21.02.2026 14:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just so long as it doesn't lead us to slump partly.

20.02.2026 21:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They should never find rest.

20.02.2026 13:42 👍 416 🔁 71 💬 4 📌 2
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Turn It Up - 2/17/2026 Earworms, obsessions, recommendations

New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social and I offer up some fresh Turn It Up recommendations. New stuff from Public Enemy (and guests), I'm With Her, Charley Crockett, and more, as well as a trio of picks from the late great Jerry Kennedy. Plus reading recs. Pease share & subscribe!

17.02.2026 15:07 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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The shocking, rule-breaking new move in pro wrestling: getting specific about politics | CNN Business The viral-video chants of “F**k ICE” from the crowd at an All Elite Wrestling bout earlier this month were the latest, loudest sign of a shift within pro wrestling.

I love Brody King, and I love the chant. But to claim that this is the first time wrestling has gotten “specific” about politics is completely preposterous.

14.02.2026 16:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A photo of the wrestler Greg “The Hammer” Valentine.

A photo of the wrestler Greg “The Hammer” Valentine.

Happy Valentine’s Day.

14.02.2026 14:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Turn It Up - 2/11/2026 Earworms, obsessions, recommendations

New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social and I turn up some fresh recommendations. Great new records Rissi Palmer, Talibah Safiya, Ruthie Foster, NRBQ, and more! Plus reading recommendations. Pleaase share and subscribe!

11.02.2026 16:10 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Remembering Pete Finney The steel guitar ace and music historian died Feb. 7 at age 70.

Contributing editor Jack Silverman collects remembrances of steel guitar wizard Pete Finney, who died Feb. 7.

12.02.2026 22:00 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2

Worth it if only for "Helpless," which is an astonishingly effective early-00s R&B/pop riff.

12.02.2026 21:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0