Blurt is a magazine and website covering music, comedy, politics, culture and more. Oh, VINYL too! Editorial address: Fred Mills POB 15028, Asheville NC 28813
damn, Jason - that's the sweetest version ever. I'm getting my guitar back on Friday - just moved from NC to AZ - and P&L will be the first song I attempt. y'all make it seem natural to an amateur like me. -Fred Mills (Blurt, Harp, No Depression, etc etc.)
Watch @JasonIsbell perform “Pancho and Lefty” from the opening concert for "Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s." Exhibit open now through June 7.
PS to everyone else: no, I'm not really aiming to start loading up junk on Twitter again, but at the moment its expedient. Plus, I hung with Elon Musk's gal Grimes at Moogfest a few years back, so there's that....
A shout-out to Jeff Rogers at KXCI-FM @KXCIofficial - Jeff, this is your friend Fred Mills listening to your show over the actual airwaves, as we are back in Tucson. I left a voicemail for you on the main line with my phone number. Meanwhile, more Trudell - miss him always.
Ordered the LP, can't wait to hear it! Meanwhile, here's an Asheville blast from the past - you signed it prior to the 2008 gig to my then-toddler Eli, and it has remained prominently on my office wall next to Patti. All the best to you and Amanda, Fred Mills
Loved today's Velvets trib, @wncw @wncwMartin - that CJs cover of Sweet Jane always slays me. Here's an image of a semi-related VU / REM project I oversaw all those years ago, including the original (later corrected) typo.
For the record, @roybittan IS in the original No Nukes cover shot — just tough to fit in a square. They made sure to keep him in the frame for the poster (comes with the LP)
"Springsteen upset as beloved E Street Band member left off new album cover" https://t.co/DV1Kvre0ow
Holy shit, @wncwjoe, I never take to Twitter anymore, but your last few shifts have had me falling outta trees. Keep it coming.
We’re landscaping the yard so @wncw is my go-to soundtrack, go figure. Now excuse me, but some matchstick men are coming up the street… ;-)
@SethAbramson Gen Z may be our only credible last stand. I can state for record my 19-year old is zillion times more aware than I. He’s a gamer, knows this drill; and I grew up under Nixon’s toxic shadow.
Feb. 1993, my brother Mike was on SNL, so I came to NYC because McCartney was the musical guest. Magic. Next day, Mike and I went up to Strawberry Fields to pay our respects to John. Across the “Imagine” mosaic, we noticed Bill Murray and HIS brother doing the exact same thing.
@chick_in_kiev The white supremacist dating site had a particular resonance because I grew up with the kids of Klansmen and sundry other racists. Posted a blog entry at FB today that I hope rings true. Now, more than ever, and by any means necessary.
https://t.co/4MD3unVzMm
Trump’s tweets always fascinating, as every armchair psychiatrist knows. To be honest, though, it’s the clown car of fans here that just kills me. Kids, this ain’t Beatles vs. Stones - more like Pixies vs. GG Allin. Whose music has endured? Buh- bye.
@tybuddhaboy Why does this asshole with the clownish facial hair constantly keep turning up in my Apple newsfeed, and what does he have to do with financial advice?
“Like a catfish dancing on the end of my line”: Well, citizens, we’ve just about reached the end of that fukken fishin’ line. If you do not vote, please move away from my country and start your own. We won’t miss you one whit. https://t.co/RFigNGka1x
In the 60s, I read poems of Diane di Prima and was inspired by the jazz tropes of her revolutionary & womanly verses. Rather than grieve, shall we celebrate her transcendence from this mortal plane and from her life fully realized and at one with fecund, lunar harmonies?