Sign in

David DeKeyser

@daviddk.bsky.social
124 followers 217 following 104 posts

This and there, here and there. I do some writing stuff with NPR, I do some radio stuff with Spinitron, and I do a lot of other boring stuff for other companies. yespressy.tumblr.com/Writing

PostsRepliesMedia
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The song in particular, one that I’d now consider one of my favorite of all time, was “Paranoid Parade” which just hits every time I hear it. Desperately sad the band broke up (though admittedly their albums after signing to a major weren’t that great) youtu.be/3H-g0IcKSGY?...
youtu.be
きのこ帝国 (Kinoko Teikoku) - パラノイドパレード (Paranoid Parade) [ENG SUB + ROM + KAN]
YouTube video by Kuruneel1
000
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Deep into lockdown I got out of a post-working in music industry, multi-year issue of not meaningfully engaging with music by diving deep into Japanese indie rock of 90s-10s & what broke the rut was Kinoko Teikoku’s Long Goodbye which miraculously was just pressed for the 1st time by their old label
A hand holding a sealed LP of the Kinoko Teikoku EP Long Goodbye in front of a book shelf. The cover is a deep blue background with a pattern of small flowers with white pedal and yellow centers
110
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Skies of Arcadia is one of those games I remember loving so very much back in the day but also one in which I currently could not tell you a single detail about outside of “there were airship battles”
110
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My 9 games that shaped who I am: Zelda II, Metal Gear Solid, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Pokémon Yellow, Sim City 2000, Destiny, Final Fantasy 10, Super Mario Bros 3, and Final Fantasy 7
140
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Want to feel excited about the future? Go talk to DJs at a college radio station & listen to the joy they have about music and building community. I feel lucky to do it often via @spinitron.bsky.social but now also wrote about it in a piece about WCSF's two student PDs noncommusic.org/stories/wcsf/
noncommusic.org
At WCSF, Two Student Leaders Found a Radio Home
The University of St. Francis station runs on indie rock, a rotating cast of freshman year radio classes, and a student and volunteer team that aims to immediately connect anyone who walks in the door...
130
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Irreverisble soundtrack into XTC? Some said it couldn’t be done A chopped and screwed remix of Party in the USA? Of course Multiple 2manydjs mashups? Yes please Hipster rap and rap remixes done by hipster bands? We wouldn’t have it any other way And balearic pop and chillwave? Out the wazoo
000
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’ve listened to a bunch of playlists trying to sort out what “indie sleaze” was and frankly I don’t think any of them match the zenith I hit with this playlist I made for a boudoir-themed Christmas party in December 2009
100
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Before I started reporting on rural public media, I did not comprehend the amount of work devoted to the regular natural disasters and climate emergencies they see. It’s been eye opening. Glad KVNF and @kuer.org are doing it, especially this terrible wildfire season ruralpublic.org/blog/west-wi...
ruralpublic.org
Through the West's Worst Fire Season in Years, Local Public Media Keeps their Communities Informed
In Paonia, CO and Salt Lake City, UT, KVNF and KUER’s two small newsrooms are covering a fast-moving disaster. Their reporters describe what it takes.
021
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hitting the “priority” button on the torrent and watching the mb/s shift down immediately
010
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We seem to be losing so many wonderful minds lately, & I’m somewhat stuck on this one. Soraya wrote a hugely lasting piece of music writing for me, where she explores something I’ve often felt since I was a teen: that tedious friction of hating art everyone else loves. longreads.com/2020/05/04/i...
A screen grab from an piece called What Happens If I Don’t Like Fiona Apple? by Soraya Roberts: “After all of that, Wilson’s final words could have very well been all he had written: “[M]aybe you just find Fiona Apple a bit much.” The irony is that the same thing I critique her for — for being too solipsistic, for making it all too self-centered — is the same reason I can’t hear her straight. My reactions to art are as impulsive as my consumption is lonely. It’s why, ultimately, I can’t trust critics’ taste though I can trust their analysis, and why I can’t trust the artists themselves, only their art and my own experience of it. If you think about it, it’s a little crazy to believe in your gut when your gut is at least in part influenced by exposure: “acquired taste” is a thing for a reason. And yet I always seem hellbent on independently deciding on the quality of everything. If nothing else, I am entirely secure in my judgment, because, the thinking goes, I may not know much about anything else, but I know myself perfectly”
010
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I mostly just like to imagine it as the vehicle for Travis to get some proper closure on his creative output
000
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
You ever hear a performance that makes you love and appreciate music that much more? One where you realize this is just as good as it gets? That the musicians just have found something perfect? Despite being 40+ minutes long, I have listened to this more than I can count youtu.be/U_5iALgdLYw?...
youtu.be
Fishmans - LONG SEASON (Live at Akasaka Blitz, 1998) [4K, CD Audio]
YouTube video by spnii_
020
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Always a pleasure to chat with a station outside the contiguous 48 and KKCR in Kaua’i was no different. “Community radio” means something different when you’re surrounded by water but the station & their volunteer DJs broadcast a lot further than the tiny island noncommusic.org/stories/kkcr/
noncommusic.org
On Kaua'i, KKCR Is the Island's Only Community Station - But It’s Half the World's Radio
From Japan to the mainland to all of Hawaii’s islands, the dozens of volunteer DJs that make up KKCR broadcast the small island’s sense of community far and wide
000
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
There’s a very specific man who gets a Knicks themed kei truck and frankly, I’d like to meet that man
A small “kei” truck parked on a NYC street that has been painted the Knicks blue and has a Knicks logo on the front
000
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Have a memory of going to a hardcore show in DC around ‘07 and realizing there was a fully nude man (with shoes and socks at least) who had sidled up near me and just was there, cross armed and nodding along. It was a pretty packed show too and no one really did anything. Didn’t know it was A THING
020
Reposted by David DeKeyser
maffew going to MAGFest @maffewgregg.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
watched Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is a 1985 biographical drama film directed by Paul Schrader

Japanese author Yukio Mishima and his private militia took control of the Japan Self-Defense Forces base in Ichigaya. Mishima felt that a speech would be enough to convince the JSDF members to abolish Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution.

Sadly for Mishima, he declined to use a microphone so his speech was barely audible amongst the crowd (not helped by the presence of low-flying helicopters) and received jeers instead.

After the speech, Mishima would make himself faster by putting sword-holes in him.
171521339
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The preview is tediously incorrect but the URL and link should be ok!
000
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Proud to get to write about public media but especially happy with this one. Talked to Native Public Media and had an especially affecting chat with KOYA about the need for tribal radio to survive and what it means to have community radio continue a cultural history ruralpublic.org/blog/tribal-...
ruralpublic.org
For Visually-Impaired Kansans in Rural Areas, Audio-Reader Brings the Local Stories
Audio-Reader has served individuals who are blind or print-disabled for more than 50 years. The program is carried across the state by a network of public radio stations that make the signal possible.
101
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Picked back up our A Day In The Life series with a position I actually don’t interview much: Music Director, namely Stephen Philip Harvey at Delmarva Public Media about what it means to be less than a year into the job at an org that’s never readlly had an MD before noncommusic.org/stories/musi...
noncommusic.org
A Day in the Life of a Public Radio Music Director: Delmarva Public Media
Eight months into a newly created role, a saxophonist and educator shapes the sound of three stations on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
010
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Did one not about a station or a show but a program that's largely done THROUGH radio: Audio-Reader, a beautifully simple service to share local print media to those who are blind or print-disabled, volunteer-powered across KS and western MO for 50+ years ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...
ruralpublic.org
For Visually-Impaired Kansans in Rural Areas, Audio-Reader Brings the Local Stories
Audio-Reader has served individuals who are blind or print-disabled for more than 50 years. The program is carried across the state by a network of public radio stations that make the signal possible.
000
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
For the noncomMUSIC Alliance side of @wyomingpublicmedia.bsky.social, I dug into 'Wyoming Sounds.' Had the chance to talk to its host and two WY bandleaders about how the show has helped them, built a scene among fans and musicians, and helped shape what the sound is noncommusic.org/stories/wyom...
noncommusic.org
Turn on Wyoming Sounds. You'll Hear a Friend on the Radio.
Wyoming Public Media's music program has spent ten years creating connections that make the nation's least populated state feel like “one big local scene.”
000
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The really exciting coda to this one was that as we went to publish, public media in the state got its full appropriation, a hard fought battle that owes its legislative success to the community, staff, and musicians who love what it means for the state and all it gives back
010
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Doing deep dives in states has been a joy in my reporting, and in Feb, I got to do Wyoming. On the Alliance for Rural Public Media side: a fight to define the value of state-level funding for @wyomingpublicmedia.bsky.social and public media in the state, then at risk ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...
ruralpublic.org
In Wyoming Public Media’s Budget Battle, Emergency Communications Hang in the Balance
The statewide broadcaster faces additional state funding cuts that threaten not just programming but public safety infrastructure rural communities depend on.
110
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
So we’re just going to have to live in a world where in every public space we’re forever going to have to listen to the murmurs of 15-30 second video snippets of whatever some stray person is scrolling through on their phone huh. Anything we can do to stop this?
100
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Shout out to Gonzaga for making it mandatory that every student sit in a room for an hour their senior year as they turn 18 to show us how to respond to the selective service draft card to bolster proof you’re a conscientious objector and won’t have to go to war
010
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Seeing a bunch of idiots arguing with a priest, offering flaccid appeals to just war theory is giving me flashbacks to sitting in my Catholic high school, Jesuit-taught philosophy class in 2003 hearing patient explanations to a bunch of Republicans’ kids why it wasn’t applicable to the war on terror
110
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Music world in all sectors is pretty rotten right now but what the rise of AI has reminded me is that you should be human forward (sucks to have to remind oneself of that but still). Don’t make fake fans, don’t hire tech companies to prop you up, don’t play into forces that devalue artistic scenes
020
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
If an artist is upfront about their ethical considerations for themselves as a product as flexible and they want to enter into the world as a meme and sound yet to seed their fame, go for it. But it deserves questions and judgement and it deserves the artist not hide that fact.
120
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Astroturfing is looked down on because it’s sweaty and it doesn’t have faith in its product and the practice does that, it commodifies something. This approach explicitly did, putting music and clips into the background noise of a increasingly context-less social and media ecosystem
120
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Ted as sharp as always on this. I came to Geese through consensus- “a lot of people are into this, might as well check it out” & to learn that part of this was astroturfing just feels gross. It feels like a marketing team manipulated the market and not actual community of fans and that’s loser shit
120
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My first 2026 story was a positive addendum to the year end batch on the after effects of losing CPB: documenting the work @npr.org did to pick up slack negotiating and executing the not terribly exciting but vitally important work of public media music licensing noncommusic.org/stories/musi...
noncommusic.org
Navigating Public Media Music Licensing After the Loss of CPB
NPR and PBS jointly launched a new portal to handle performing rights agreements for public media stations nationwide, with plans to continue supporting future licensing negotiations
010
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Should be better about sharing my writing so will start with one I missed from 2025- a short piece exploring when @blueridgepublic.bsky.social became an ad-hoc emergency hub after Hurricane Helene, the kind of rural community action made harder by the loss of the CPB ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...
ruralpublic.org
In the Long Wake of Helene, Blue Ridge Public Radio is a Lifeline
When Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, Blue Ridge Public Radio (BPR) was a vital lifeline. Providing 24-hour coverage when no one else could, BPR kept the community safe and informed...
010
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
You say that and yet we have this hard hitting documentary about Quebec and music coming out soon youtu.be/mzaCmw_VrlI?...
youtu.be
MILE END KICKS | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Elevation Pictures
130
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Has there ever been a person who has done politics this well
000
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This wasn’t told to me but I’ll never forget it from another similar thread: “If there is a dog in your story- name the dog.” It has honestly become a mantra for me as a way to think about and dig into details you otherwise wouldn’t consider. “Name the dog”
010
Reposted by David DeKeyser
Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I’m excited to share I have a work of short fiction published in @kwelijournal.bsky.social. The story is excerpted from my novel set in mid-2000s Shanghai. I’m so honored the story found a home in a journal whose contributions the community I admire so much. www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2025...
kwelijournal.org
Encounter on the Bund by Mimi Wong — KWELI / Truth From the Diaspora's Boldest Voices
He watched as his companion for the past hour left, not bothering to cast even a backwards glance as she exited the bar arm in arm with another man.
061
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
honestly I know this scene because of it being referenced in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back so there's that youtu.be/nnESedN4vSI?...
youtu.be
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (9/12) Movie CLIP - Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season (2001) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
010
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
110
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
But the most important and inspiring story with talking to a stations @wxpnfm.bsky.social, Delmarva Public Media, & @wvpublic.bsky.social about the very real future of new income streams, further community commitment, and what hope helps bolster the work to come noncommusic.org/stories/prmd...
noncommusic.org
After the Cut, Public Radio Stations Are Solidifying Trust, Audiences, and Their Future
Public Radio Music Day spotlights a public media ecosystem amidst a time of huge change, and the shared work of keeping music discovery, curation, performance, and community essential.
000
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
After taking time to regroup, refocus, and listen to the stations after the rescission vote, we wanted to chat with the industry, including friends and colleagues @co-sign.bsky.social, @heyrobwilcox.bsky.social, as well as NIVA and Radio Rescue about what was next noncommusic.org/stories/musi...
noncommusic.org
After Public Media Rescission, the Music Industry Focuses on What’s to Be Done
Venues, labels, and artists are doing work to help public radio chart both local and national plans to keep essential services and local culture alive, from the grassroots to the big ideas
121
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The mood in the room as @npr.org's Marta McLellan Ross laid out the stakes of the different reality of what until then was a perennial defunding threat. NON-COMM attendees were at the time feeling some hope, but saw very real stakes and a need for collective planning noncommusic.org/stories/non-...
noncommusic.org
At NON-COMMvention 2025, Public Radio Rallied Amidst Funding Threats
At the noncommercial Triple A gathering, stations focused on the urgent steps that can be taken to protect public media’s unique blend of music, culture, and community service.
100
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The last 3 stories I did this year are of a set around the detestable GOP campaign & vote to defund public media in America of billions already set aside and voted on. This sadly might be a new norm for America, and we're worst of for it. But there's a hope this builds new, lasting forms of support
110
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The bummer I’ve felt doing these public media article wrapups on Bluesky the past two years is how few of the stations have accounts. If @npr.org can do it, so can you, local station! Promoters and music folk- do what you can to encourage them. I try to mention it at the end of my interviews now
010
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
When I talked to @mainepublic.org about their efforts to connect more and more of a hugely rural state, what stuck with me was the reminder of the radical nature of public media: it's free for all. The idea of media for and by the people is fundamental to democracy ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...
ruralpublic.org
Inside Maine Public’s Mission to Connect Every Corner of the State
Careful planning, local enthusiasm, and federal support come together to give every Mainer a chance to tune in through Maine Public's rural expansion efforts.
110
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I don't like to play favorites but I think talking to WMMT and learning about their Possum Den studio and rebuilding their studio after awful floods was one of my favorites. This is an uplifting, progressive station built on listening to and sharing underserved voices ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...
ruralpublic.org
How a Kentucky Community Radio Station Found Its Home in an RV
After catastrophic flooding hit eastern Kentucky in 2022, WMMT and Possum Radio kept local voices alive from an unorthodox but cozy studio.
110
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
We continued our "A Day in the Life" series with something near and dear to me: being a radio promoter! The truly exceptional Ayappa Biddanda offered some of his busy schedule helping run Concord's promotions team to share what it means to connect artists to radio noncommusic.org/stories/radi...
noncommusic.org
A Day in the Life of a Public Radio Promoter
From emerging artists to GRAMMY winners, Concord Label Group’s radio strategy contributes to the sound of noncommercial radio.
100
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
"Everybody eats" was the genius idea that prompted the development of Harvest Public Media, which explores food systems and the worlds around them, showing that public media offers a chance to tell the necessary stories that commercial stations think aren't worth it ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...
ruralpublic.org
Harvest Public Media Is Telling the Heartland’s Stories
Harvest Public Media offers coverage of our food system from the heart of the country, rich in detail and regional perspective.
100
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
One person stations aren't that uncommon across public media but Lori Gilbert at KNCC in Elko, NV was inspiring in the way she not only helps run this local affiliate that partners with KUNR but how she's the area's lone reporter championing local stories and causes ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...
ruralpublic.org
Across Northern Nevada, a One-Woman Station Amplifies Elko’s Voice
KNCC's Lori Gilbert blends deep local roots with public radio’s collaborative spirit, connecting even the most remote corners of Nevada.
100
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
In talking to @wxxieducation.bsky.social's Peter Dubois, I saw the kind of history that comes with hit shows like "With Heart and Voice" and how what some might see as niche genres find communion across the country (and globe) noncommusic.org/stories/with...
noncommusic.org
Sunday Mornings Are In Harmony on WXXI’s 'With Heart and Voice'
WXXI's 'With Heart and Voice' connects communities across public radio airwaves through a decades-long legacy of sacred choral and organ music.
100
David DeKeyser @daviddk.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Was my 7th year having the privilege to write for 2 public media support orgs, the noncomMUSIC Alliance & the Alliance of Rural Media. I got to talk to a diverse set of people across the country about the unique joy of public radio. It was heartbreaking year but there is still enough to celebrate:
100