Tim Lake

of course, Bill Wilson might be the best American singer/songwriter.

maybe, just maybe, Mission of Burma is the best American band.

art by akio matsuyoshi from video magazine, october 1988

Today we celebrate the launch of Arhoolie Foundation Digital Collections! digitalcollections.arhoolie.org

We had a blast @LibraryQc @QueensMemory instructing our hands-on training course with analog video preservation! And shoutout to @av_morgan for developing these course materials.

a few things i found on the east coast.

So sad to hear of the passing of Phill Niblock, indefatigable artist, force of nature, familiar grinning face. RIP to a great soul.

Work-adjacent 7” find in DC.

Working on a playlist of songs by British Invasion bands about incarcerated female partners. So far I have Zombies ‘Care of Cell 44’ and Kinks ‘Holloway Jail’ …

Saxophonist and composer Jackie McLean talking to his class about Sun Ra.

I feel like this meme only works when the clip is clearly Bad, or at least questionable, but this clip is clearly Good and worthy of my $1k.

Changing my Venmo username to GeorgeHarrison so every time I send money I can write “thanks for the pepperoni!”

KALX: plays Tom Waits GF: if I wanted to listen to Cookie Monster I would just put on a Sesame Street record.

@brianna_toth_ alas, the airline of my famished imagination.

@preservationlab What airline is this?

can’t believe my flight to Tulsa included a prime rib carving station on a rolling cart.

me when the client isn’t looking

@SlumberlandRecs pretty sure I saw them open for b&s at 930 club in 2003