Archive - AHB's Goodies

Bob Dylan, concisely

plus new Brassland projects by Carriers, Buke & Gase and LANZ & a pair of deaths that hit home

Jun 13

April 2025

a family reunion in Dublin, Ireland

a Brassland-curated weekend at the National Concert Hall of Ireland on April 12 + 13

Apr 7

March 2025

A conversation with David Grubbs (Gastr Del Sol, CUNY professor, Squirrel Bait)

includes several gateway playlists to contemporary, post-genre instrumental music

Mar 17

Artist Primers (only for paid-subscribers)

an AHB's Goodies guide to some of my favorite artists

Mar 11

January 2025

goodbye to The Band who deserved to own that name

Garth Hudson passes & a re-share of Up a Creek: The Band that rings like a bell

Jan 28

a year in the rear view

how I found the quote-unquote "best" music of 2024 & some other bits of culture to briefly escape the world's cascading WTF energies

Jan 10

December 2024

a solstice playlist & a tale about Rockefeller Center's iconic tree

a holiday mix from 2024 MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner Justin Vivian Bond & Matt McGinley's journey from pop-punk to podcasts to accidental spruce…

Dec 21, 2024

"Early Blue" & other comfort food tunes

sensitive souls with meandering minds massaging the body with gentle songs

Dec 5, 2024

November 2024

comfort food tunes from sensitive souls with meandering minds

massaging the body with gentle songs during this Thanksgiving season

Nov 27, 2024

October 2024

Eeriemysterious instrumentals

an introduction for new subscribers & some non-chill music sans vox

Oct 21, 2024

September 2024

Your Own Private Idaho

Music inspired by a visit to Sun Valley & Ketchum. An escape into the American frontier sensibility inhabiting these places. A book on Vladimir Putin's…

Sep 10, 2024

June 2024

Steve Albini started fires, 1962–2024

a culture hero who defined my 1990s (mostly) trolled with a heart of gold

Jun 4, 2024

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