It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 https://t.co/6AGmFrB7x4
I think my favorite account on here is Brooks Jensen cause all his tweets are like "tape study: Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Ikeda, 2005" and then you look at his cagematch and it's him tagging with Lexis King vs. Shiloh Hill and Dante Chen in an NXT house show in St. Petersburg, FL
The math on this collection should mass-humble every streaming service on the planet.
One guy. A Sony cassette recorder. 10,000 concerts over 40 years. 30,000 individual sets from 3,000+ artists. R.E.M., The Cure, Nirvana, Björk, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth, Phish, Tracy Chapman, Boogie Down Productions.
His first recording of Nirvana was July 8, 1989 at a tiny club called Dreamerz. Kurt Cobain was 20 years old. The band introduced themselves by saying they were from Seattle. This was two full years before Nevermind existed. That tape is now cleaned up and streaming for free.
The digitization operation alone is wild. One volunteer drives to Jacobs' house monthly, picks up 10-20 boxes of 50-100 tapes each, runs them through 10 simultaneous cassette decks he repaired himself. 5,500 tapes digitized since late 2024. Dozens more volunteers across the US and Europe do mastering, metadata, and setlist verification. Sometimes they contact the actual artists to confirm what songs were played.
The collection went from 171 recordings in January 2025 to over 2,300 by April 2026. At this rate it'll take years to upload everything.
Spotify has 100 million tracks. Apple Music has 100 million. Neither has a recording of Nirvana's first Chicago show. A guy with a tape recorder in his pocket does.
I believe in indie wrestling. I fought w/ my peers to get the Theatrical Wrestling Regulation Amendment Act of 2025, a bill presented this week providing equity to indie wrestling. We hope to see this bill passed so Grapitol Region can again enjoy accessible wrestling. 🙏🏾❤️
Nah, this needs way more retweets.
You know how f*cking RARE it is to have live footage of pre-metalface DOOM? Ya mans had a red bandana and a straw hat. And did Sear go in his pocket and pay him for his time on stage? Sheesh.
RIP to all three. 🕊️
you know I was gonna question the ethics of giving harvey weinstein a profile interview in 2026, but I gotta be honest, 10,000 words of him going "oh God, this is awful, I hate my life" was a pretty feel good read.