Ira Robbins's Starter Pack
Music, journalism, publishing, politics, cats
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@irarobbins.bsky.social
@michaelazerrad.bsky.social
Author of _The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana_ and _Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991_. Bylines: the New Yorker, the Yale Review, the New York Times, etc.
@stevewlauden.bsky.social
Writer, author, drummer. Edits the guitar pop newsletter Remember The Lightning: https://rememberthelightning.substack.com/. Contributor for Big Takeover. Drummer for Tsar, The Brothers Steve, Ken Layne & The Corvids, and Ridel High (aka "Coulter").
@wardeditor.bsky.social
Magazine Editor - Today in Mississippi. Tamale and unsweet tea fan. Husband. Father. U.S. Navy vet. NOLA raised. Book hoarder. Jackson, Mississippi.
@donmcleese.bsky.social
UIowa prof emeritus, rock crit emeritus, recovering journalist, rabid Cub fan
@vinyldistrict.bsky.social
Your daily indie record store fix: vinyl, news, reviews. Grab our free record store finder app: https://bit.ly/2ozMmqX thevinyldistrict.com
@markopringbat.bsky.social
Co-founder and chief archivist at music journalism history site Rock’s Backpages (www.rocksbackpages.com), former third of Heather Small’s first band, Hot House - on Spotify! - and lifelong centrist dad socialist.
@jhiggy.bsky.social
Arts & books editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Writer. Husband. Dad (30,27). Marquette University alum. Pittsburgh native. In recovery. Author of “Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground.” Ubi caritas
@greengerg.bsky.social
Guitarist with The Harrow HEMA fencer at Long Island Historical Fencing Society Syntax publicist Horror/sci-fi/fantasy fan Foodie, hiker, gardener Scholar of prehistory/Bronze Age/ancient DNA YouTube channel curator
@endofanear.com
A record store in Austin TX est 2005 linktree.ee/endofanear endofanear.com
@jimderogatis.bsky.social
Co-host, "Sound Opinions"; author, critic, journalist; professor.
@davidsheridan.bsky.social
You’re offered so much, but you’re frightened to take it. Music (punk, garage, new wave, jazz, indie, post-punk, glam, classical, whatever), Mets/Jets/Rangers, cats, beer, higher ed, travel, art, etc. Pro democracy, pro justice. Jersey since birth.
@reynoldstop20.bsky.social
Day job: content typer for iHeartMedia. Night job: DJ, Party Like It’s 1999.
@cleasimon.bsky.social
Writer, cat lover, human. She/her. Firm believer in the strong female character (in fiction, too!). Author of many books, most recently "slow-burn thriller" THE BUTTERFLY TRAP. More at http://www.CleaSimon.com
@charlesshaarmurray.bsky.social
Elderly gentleman of scholarly mien and sedentary ways. Spent most of the last half century hanging around with musicians. Author of Crosstown Traffic (about Jimi Hendrix) and Boogie Man (about John Lee Hooker). Not a fan of the current state of the world
@dotdashdc.bsky.social
band in d.c. records out on The Beautiful Music (Can.) & Country Mile (UK) labels email = dotdashdc@gmail.com dotdashdc.bandcamp.com
@jefftamarkin.bsky.social
Freelance writer/editor specializing in rock, jazz and other music. Proud lifelong liberal. No MAGA/Repubs. Husband of Caroline (with a C!) Leavitt. Dad of Max. No posts or profile=block. No DM unless I know you. Resist Trump!
@jimmerlis.bsky.social
Publicist to the stars. Former third basemen of the Jacksonville Suns. Currator of the Alan Hale Jr and Sr film festival.
@caryroo.bsky.social
...as in Baker. City boy, desert rat. Author: 'Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music' (available now from Amazon, Bookshop[dot]org and your local bookseller) Solid 💙
@dannybenair.bsky.social
Owner naturalenergylab.com Drums The Quick The Three O’Clock Clapper Boy
@ginafrary.bsky.social
DJ Someday Matinee and Big Planet Noise on WFMU’s Drummer Stream, Project Manager at Owepar.
@marcissist.bsky.social
I write about music and my latest book is “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape” http://highbiasbook.com/ I am a Nationals & D-backs fanatic.
@efd.bsky.social
🎶🎧🎙️🐈😻 ⚾️ Volunteer DJ at WFMU radio in Jersey City NJ (Weds noon-3pm Eastern on air & online). I play lesser-known catchy records, new (mostly) and old, rock (mostly) and not. Also: baseball, cats, NYT puzzles Playlists etc.: https://linktr.ee/efdefd
@skepwax.bsky.social
Releasing Swansea Sound, Sassyhiya, Crumbs, Heavenly, The Orchids, The Gentle Spring, Panic Pocket, Special Friend and all the indiepop and punk stuff
@gregkot.bsky.social
Co-host "Sound Opinions." Former music critic at Chicago Tribune. Author of 7 books, including "I'll Take You There," “Learning How to Die," "Ripped."
@carolinebinnie.bsky.social
Velvets to the Voidoids and beyond. Live music, post punk and lots of other stuff.
@debraraecohen.bsky.social
Finally here. Distinguished Professor of English Emerita, University of South Carolina; former co-editor, M/m; past president, CELJ. Modernism and media, especially the BBC. Anti-fascist, trans ally. Bean soup, pickles, word games. She/her. 🍉
@chrisstein.bsky.social
Guitar with Blondie 50 years. Wrote those songs. Writer, photographer, animist etc 'Of what is past, or passing, or to come' 🌀
@maura.bsky.social
boston-based writer and journalism instructor at @bostoncollege.bsky.social who has probably been online longer than you.
@markyarm.bsky.social
Exec editor, features & special projects, PCMag 🐙 adjunct, Columbia Journalism 🐙 bylines: the New Yorker, NYT Mag, Flaming Hydra, etc. 🐙 author, EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN 🐙 markyarm@gmail.com; Signal: markyarm.99 🐙 https://markyarm.journoportfolio.com
@irarobbins.bsky.social
Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books, journalist, novelist, critic, editor, currently catless, red diaper baby, lifetime New Yorker bio.site/TrouserPressBooks