Tim Lake

audiovisual preservation @BAVCmedia | sweater enthusiast | egghead dilettante | he/him

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

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

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

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

[COSMIC 🖖🏾 SLOP @afrocosmist]

art by akio matsuyoshi from video magazine, october 1988

[Arhoolie Foundation @ArhoolieFdn]

Today we celebrate the launch of Arhoolie Foundation Digital Collections!

https://t.co/J7Yb5oTdq4

[BAVC Preservation @BAVCPreserve]

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.

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

a few things i found on the east coast.

[David Grubbs @blackfaurest]

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

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

Work-adjacent 7” find in DC.

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

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’ …

[The Jazz Estate @thejazzestate]

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

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

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.

[jocelyn romo @theeroamer]

people on discogs will straight up spend $1000 on a late 80s private press album that sounds like this

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

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

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

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

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

@brianna_toth_ alas, the airline of my famished imagination.

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

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

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

me when the client isn’t looking

[CommodoreBlog @CommodoreBlog]

Mr. Tape, DMC World DJ Championships, London, 1991. Soviet reel to reel DJ Modris Skaistkalns. Sound up, this shit will blow your mind! Watch the full video here: https://t.co/ExBgAhotRK

[Tim Lake @preservationlab]

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