Tales from the Weekend of Garage Sales: 1: 3 LPS for $1!!!! Score! 2. America's capacity for ridiculous kitchen gadgetry remains unsurpassed 3. WTF? Nightmare fuel. No sleep last night. Can't unsee. Bury it! Bury it now! During a full moon! #garagesales #vinyl #kitchengadgets #dollparts

Spotted in the wild by my eagle-eyed editor @marthabayne.bsky.social at the @barbarasbookstore.bsky.social in O'Hare. Terminal 3 G Concourse, in case you were wondering. It's sure to help the time...ahem...FLY by on any flight. #airportbooks @illinoispress.bsky.social #chicagobooks

Love it when attendees show up at my book store events sporting vintage #bloodshotrecords gear. This loon showed up in #kalamazoo a couple weeks back at the great This Is A Bookstore Bring it on! @illinoispress.bsky.social #chicagomusichistory #booksky📚 #authorevents

THIS SATURDAY at 4PM. Replay at 6pm Sunday Streaming at nolaradionow.com We talk about my book, NOLA, & the DJ just shared w/me the music being featured. It'll be a hoot, and/or a gas! Laissez les bon temps roulez! @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #rootsradio #musicbooks #altcountry

Finished last night. Answers the question that we all intuitively know the answer to, but can't articulate the reasoning. So many sentences stopped me in my tracks. Solid thumbs up. #booksky📚 #robertmacfarlane #rivers #reading #books #nature

Music nerds! Join me tmrw at 4pm EDT for Miller's Cave on WRHC-FM or sttreaming at www.radioharborcountry.org Digging into the weird underbelly of roots music. Got @calexicoband.bsky.social #wandajackson #aretha #otisredding Tiny Topsy & more. The Cure for the Common Radio! #rootsradio

"No," says God. Honorable mention to the Post-9/11: “America Stronger Than Ever Says Quadragon Officials.”

32nd anniversary of storied #chicago club #loungeax giving an untested and unheard of label their 1st ever showcase celebrating their 1st ever release. Image appears in full cover in my book (link in bio). Artwork by Mike Werner

Always a joy, a gen-u-wine joy. Once---and it might have been this night---he played 3 sets, and ended right up at 2 am. When told the clocks were falling back an hour due to daylight savings, he played another hour. Solid.

Saw him AT LEAST 20 times, and he never failed to go beyond "entertaining" and reach "astounding"

My 2026 MICHIGAN NOTABLE BOOK tour ends this week. If you are in the area, would love to see you. Depending on what @craigmaki.bsky.social asks me, it could get weird. Detroit/Ann Arbor music history, the importance of community...we'll hit it all. #booksky📚 #musicbooks #insurgentcountry

If you read my book (& for shame if not...), you'll know what an impact college radio had on me. I returned to the scene of the crime & recorded an interview on #wcbn in Ann Arbor for their Living Writers program. Streaming TODAY at 5pm Eastern. wcbn.org #booksky📚 #detroitmusichistory #altcountry

SE MICHIGAN! My 2026 Michigan Notable Book tour hits Saline and Northville next week. Fellow author & record nerd @craigmaki.bsky.social joins me in convo. Support events at public libraries! @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #musichistory #detroitmusichistory

#KALAMAZOO! 1 week from today. Join myself & Maggie as we discuss our new books & life's work to make essential space for story, music, and art. RSVP here: live-bookbug1722461349.pantheonsite.io/event/2026-0... @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #bookevents #musicbooks #theaterbooks

Thanks to all for coming to my Michigan Notable Book event in #dearborn last night. And, lemme tell ya, seeing my book above an #ernieharwell one gave all kinds of #detroittigers feels. He's mentioned in my book, am I in this one? Nah... @illinoispress.bsky.social #detroitmusichistory #booksky📚

Attn: crate-diving nerds! Finished this short book by @craigmaki.bsky.social. Reads like a mystery novel, but instead of bodies, he's digging up obscure records from the Detroit area. A look into the world of record-seeking, & a peek into the crazy amount of music history that is all around us.

Pic sent to me today: I've been told that cocka-poodles are smart, but this N. Carolina pooch proves it. Also been told that Chapel Hill/Carrboro/Pittsboro area bookshops may rub a little Allen & Son BBQ on the covers, which might explain the dog's fondness for the book. #booksky📚 #dogsofbluesky

Had a grand time in NC for DexFest. The talk w/ @dmenconi.bsky.social flew by. Thanks to Dex's sister Monica (even tho she had me in tears during the event), Flyleaf Books, Read Band Books, & everyone at the Fest. Community at its Finest. @illinoispress.bsky.social #dexromweber #dexfest

In Chapel Hill for #dexfest but had to stop by Allen & Son BBQ in Pittsboro. Priorities. I gave a shout out to it in my book, but it's been 20+ yrs since I've been. The vinegar-y pig meat, slaw, mac & cheese, hush pupplies & heavenly banana pudding did not disappoint. #ncbbq

Digging some of the graffiti on the door to Chapel Hill's #readbandbooks #rageagainstthemachine

That Third Man Records space in Detroit is cool. Felt the vibes with Meg White & the Gories looming over myself & @amygore.bsky.social during my book event last weekend. Thanks to all who came. Many more MI-related events in July. Check website for more info @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚

Nope, still not getting tired of folks sending pics of my book (link in bio) out in the wild. This from Scuppernong Books in Greensboro NC. It's ESPECIALLY nice cuz I'm shelved right near @dmenconi.bsky.social who I'll be with in a couple of weeks for DEXFEST. @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky

Bricks from the original Stax Records building in Memphis. 1 of THE greatest labels in music history. For years, my computer was on top of them at my desk in the Bloodshot office. 1 is "authenticated"---the other I just picked up from a pile of rubble on my 1st visit to the city in 1988. #stax

Reminder of this event at @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social in Detroit with @amygore.bsky.social And a reminder of the remaining days of the 50% sale from the publisher @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #bookevents #detroitmusichistory

Excellent framing. And now I can connect Nick Offerman to Howlin' Wolf in one easy step.

Just confirmed! Thrilled that I'll be appearing this Saturday on Detroit's @wdet.bsky.social at 1pm Eastern w/local radio legend Ann Delisi prior to my book event at @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social w/ @amygore.bsky.social @ 3pm. www.instagram.com/p/DZLPj9CDzpi/ @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚

Heck of a show...

It both supremely gratifying to get pics of people enjoying my new book, this from the Carolina coast, and fist-shakingly annoying that I am not ALSO there. So, if you are going somewhere grand, for a small fee, I will come and READ it to you. Deal? @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #beach

44yr anniversary (almost) of this show in #Detroit. (I think I felt a rib break typing that). Kind of the beginning of the end of my love affair w/the hardcore scene. #dischordrecords #governmentissue #dchardcore #necros #freezertheater #detroitmusichistory #booksky📚