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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Time for another post. This time I'm picking nits with David Scherer Water about Olympia bands. Do you know some unknown Olympia bands?

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yes, Virginia, there will be a Green Monkey Records Christmas album this year if you are a musician who wants to do an Xmas song this year, you should read this and then make your jolly plans. Ho Ho greenmonkeytom.substack.com/p/announceme...

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Announcement: Ye Olde Green Monkey Christmas Album 2026!

Gaba Gaba, Fa-la-la

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The Glorious NEW Purdins "Greatest Hits Vol. 2" LP is coming out this Friday at their record release party at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard (and everywhere else)! See ya at the Tractor! Read all about it here: greenmonkeytom.substack.com/p/i-love-the... www.ticketweb.com/event/the-pu...

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I love The Purdins

(and you should too)

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The 100% "true" story behind my long running radio show FreeForm NW on KAOS 89.3 FM Olympia!

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

New on Tom's Green Monkey blog thing on the Substack, it's the story of the long-running GMR AotM, plus the damn GMR August AotM itself. Lordy May! greenmonkeytom.substack.com/publish/post...

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Our new album of the month is out! Except it ain't an album. It's four singles instead! And it's on our newly spiffed up Green Monkey Records website. That's just crazy. Check it all out right here. greenmonkeyrecords.com

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Green Monkey Records

Northwest Underground Rock 1980-2021

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ye olde Icons are back! Forty-some years after I started the band with Rockin' Stevie T, we is cutting our third album — no bullshit rehearsals, just crummy demos, then bang-it-out-in-the-room sessions, now with Karl Wilhelm (ex-Green Pajamas). Full story on how we got here - on the Substack now!

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

An Atheist Goes To Church: The latest bloggy stuff from Tom Dyer's Green Monkey Noize!

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Yipes! We just released a new Kaz Murphey single two days ago and I completely forgot to use my new social posting gizmo. Wake up, buddy! From his upcoming album, "Making Noise".

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Next week we start tracking for the 3rd album by my band, The Icons. Our first 1983. Our second 2011. Who dat? This 2003 film fastival movie (with a very young John Richchards - KEXP) made about us explanins it all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=49BF...

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The Icons: Proof That They Rocked

Get some: http://greenmonkeyrecords.com/product/the-icons-masters-of-disaster/ Short film about The Icons made for Fly Film Festival in 2003 by Jen Peel, prior to us even thinking about making a…

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

My recording system for the First Christian Church Organ album is assembled and functioning properly! I will be recording into Logic Pro on the iPad, which then I can dump directly into my Mac computer and move it over to ProTools to mix. As Iggy Pop once said, “here comes success“!

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Taylor Swift is nervous! Just published "Living The Bot Life" on Substack: what happens when a 73-year-old indie label guy starts working with an AI chatbot. Spoiler: there's cursing, mushroom capsules, and questionable life choices. Read it here → open.substack.com/pub/greenmon...

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Living The Bot Life

Adventures in Artificial Intelligence

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🐒 Tom Dyer's Green Monkey Noize is live on Substack! First post is up and at 'em — with welcome notes, Strongbow news, Icons update, pipe organ madness and more. Come read it now and subscribe: greenmonkeytom.substack.com

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Tom Dyer's Green Monkey Noize | Substack

Guaranteed Great News, Stories, and Music from Tom Dyer's Green Monkey Records. Click to read Tom Dyer's Green Monkey Noize, a Substack publication.

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Tom Dyer @greenmonkeytom.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

🎵 Sweet mama! Unearthed from 1991 — Jon Strongbow's Music For Intense Cities is back from the beyond! Eight instrumental tracks, freshly remastered by Mr. Steve Turnidge, including the fabulous Ms. Christine Gunn on cello. Never released on any of Jon's Mystery School albums — this one's fresh!