Jason P. Woodbury
@jasonpwoodbury
“When you begin a note, it comes from somewhere and keeps going forever…Part of it does, anyway…Nothing is lost. Everything keeps going around.” —W.A. Mathieu Writer, podcaster, musician.
A scene from Peter Adair’s 1967 vérité doc The Holy Ghost People, about a snake handling, faith healing, tongues speaking Pentecostal congregation in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia. Interesting note: minimalist composer Steve Reich served as a sound recordist.
"When I'm listening to a piece of music, I'm living it." @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions: Lenny Kaye talks Nuggets, Buddy Holly's motorcycle, & his new @yeproc.bsky.social album, Goin' Local—his first proper solo LP at the age of 79. Listen: pod.link/transmissions @talkhouse.bsky.social
Lenny Kaye is on @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions tomorrow. One of my favorite chats ever. We discuss Buddy Holly's motorcycle, Patti Smith, sci-fi fanzines, his first proper solo LP on @yeproc.bsky.social, & more. Subscribe now so you can listen as it drops in your feed: pod.link/transmissions
Sonny & Linda Sharrock playing “Peanut,” from Black Woman (1969) live on French TV in 1970. Full video: youtu.be/QvkUSUlPkZs?...
We've got an all-new @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmission: Annahstasia on Live at Glasshaus, her parents' CDs, the influence of Terry Callier, & how music puts you in touch with the divine. Listen direct at AD & wherever you get podcasts: pod.link/transmissions @talkhouse.bsky.social
David Lynch’s body of work is full of unsolvable mysteries, but my favorite Lynchian enigma is: what Bible verse did he read to crystallize his vision for his “most spiritual film,” Eraserhead?
After a break & @tylerwilcox.bsky.social's A+ Neil Young mini-series, @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions is back with Don Was, offering us a crash course on Ted Lucas & Detroit counterculture history. Listen direct at AD & wherever you get pods: pod.link/transmissions @talkhouse.bsky.social
Them: What's your favorite song of 2026? Me: Well, probably this YouTube video from five years ago where Dave Foley performed his own version of Gil Mellé's "Death Lends a Hand" from the 1971 Columbo episode of the same name.
Today for the launch of the Public Broadcast interview series, I spoke with @seanonolennon.bsky.social about his collaborative efforts with Les Claypool, the sonic influence of @yokoono.bsky.social & John Zorn, the question of AI consciousness, & other matters: publicrecord.online/post/94c8d5d...
This essay, in which Justin outlines just some of the recurring series/obsessions that have come to define AD, is a blast. And this note about my own evolution as a writer/listener/broadcaster makes me feel profoundly understood. Thank you, JG.
I have a lot of favorite comic illustrators, but it's pretty hard to beat the great Barry Windsor-Smith, who turns 77 today. Happy birthday, BWS!
Today at @aquariumdrunkard.com, I spoke with MC Taylor about the new Hiss Golden Messenger LP "I'm People," Coast to Coast AM (Art Bell-era only) & Sinead O'Connor's out of print roots reggae classic Throw Down Your Arms. Available only for AD subscribers: aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/05/08/i...
For Public Record, I interviewed Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO: "[A]s long as no crazy people start detonating atomic weapons in the meantime, we can straighten things out and make it bigger and better. There’s a chance for more unity now." publicrecord.online/2026/04/07/m...
Here I am talking about X-Files, '90s alien-focused pop culture, and Sheryl Crow's "Maybe Angels" for One Great Thing from @talkhouse.bsky.social: mailchi.mp/thetalkhouse...
"I love my funny poems, but I’d rather break your heart...If I can do both...that’s the best." At the official site of poet @jamestatepoet.bsky.social, I've shared a reading of his heartbreaking & funny poem Uneasy About the Sounds of Some Night-Wandering Animal: www.jamestate.net/instances-oc...
For Bill Frisell, music at its best feels dreamlike. His latest, In My Dreams (@bluenoterecords.bsky.social), demonstrates this phenomenon. He joins @aquariumdrunkard.com to discuss the LP, dreams, and, of course, Gary Larson’s The Far Side: aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/03/02/b...
"I believe that goofiness is sacred." Another @aquariumdrunkard.com piece: I spoke with Peter Stampfel (Holy Modal Rounders, Fugs) about his latest album of jingles and devotionals, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Harry Smith, and praying while stoned. Read: aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/24/p...
From the PBS doc Introducing Roy Buchanan - The World’s Greatest Unknown Guitarist (1971). Unreal feel and touch.
"Every time we think we have it, it shifts and turns in our hands, changes shape, becomes something else. That's the grace and beauty of this weirdness we call art. That's why, as readers, as writers, we go on." RIP Phoenix's own, James Sallis, author of Drive, plus dozens more crime & SF novels.
"I learned about Mitochondria...It’s the first living cell and it’s been dividing ever since. Therefore, every single living thing contains a version of the original mother cell." What a fascinating @grantmorrison.bsky.social interview over at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: tcj.com/grant-morris...
Ben Chasny of @6organs.bsky.social: “A really cool combo of late night desert driving music with a Rockpile vibe...There’s a sparseness to the production that recalls Tom Verlaine’s Warm and Cool or something by a vocal group like The Platters.” alwayshappeningrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jason-...
My new LP with The Night Bird Singing Quartet is out March 13. Pre-order @hellomerch.com: www.hellomerch.com/products/jas... Listen to "Get To Meet Them" & "When I Get Lonesome (Again)" wherever but I recommend @bandcamp.com above all: alwayshappeningrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jason-...
I'm back on the 'Stack in the new year. I've just shared this ode to Judee Sill, which includes an audio embed of me reading the piece, as I intend to do more often with my newsletter. I hope you enjoy reading and/or listening: jasonpwoodbury.substack.com/p/a-prayer-f...
“I do so dearly believe that no half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.” JRR Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973)
In this 1999 oversized prestige edition, Paul Dini & Alex Ross portray Superman attempting to end world hunger—if only for a day. Poignant, beautiful & more than a little heartbreaking, it made for a good Christmastime read last night.