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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good luck tomorrow, old buddy. My mother adored you and we wanted that 2012 World Series so badly before she passed. #detroittigers #baseball #detroitbaseball #justinverlander

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1 of my fave things about watching #filmnoir movies from the 50s, is seeing unexpected appearances by people I came to know later via childhood TV. I mean, who knew that Darren's hapless boss Larry Tate on #bewitched played a lecherous scumbag in "Sweet Smell of Success" w/Tony Curtis? #oldmovies

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy 44th anniversary to this show in #detroit. No algorithm could have prepared me for what I walked into that night. There are a handful of shows I would love to re-experience in full sensory verisimilitude. This is one of them. #badbrains #negativeapproach #hardcoreflyers #punkhistory

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

thisispygmalion.com/rob-miller/ Reminder for the Champaign/Urbana area Sunday @ 4pm at the famed #rosebowltavern, I'll be in convo w/ Matt Lunsford from @polyvinyl.bsky.social Label founder/owner to label founder/owner. A different twist I'm excited about. #pygmalion @illinoispress.bsky.social

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The Hours Are Long But the Pay is Low" Spotted in the wild at McNally Jackson books in NYC by my eagle-eyed editor @marthabayne.bsky.social Now, don't hurt yourselves rushing on over there to snap it up. @millerscave.bsky.social @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #alternativecountry

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Look at this demented cutie I saw on the door of the #nashville #publiclibrary.

A crazed looking momma possum with 4 babies on her back, in bronze, on a door panel.

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The people who adhere to the "Shut up and Play" ethos must have incredibly boring record collections.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A quick primer for those not already in the know. (no relation to me, btw)

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Don't miss @millerscave.bsky.social, cofounder of Bloodshot Records and author of THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW at Rose Bowl Tavern on Sun, September 27, 2026 at 4pm CT! thisispygmalion.com/rob-miller/

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Instead of watching or paying attention to the Nuremberg, TX rally tonight, I went to a theater to see a movie just as alarmingly relevant as it was almost 70 years. All we are missing is a Patricia Neal to tear the mask off the fraud. #andygriffith #vickerstheater #afaceinthecrowd

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10/09/2026

Watching my twenty-something kids fall in love with CDs and vinyl is something else. "I can listen without paying every month?" "Nobody knows what I put on or when?" They're not being nostalgic. They're discovering, for the first time, that a song can belong to you and only you.

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just finished this great read by @davidmaraniss.bsky.social As a Detroit-born lad, son of a "car guy", & who worked shows down the street from #motown, it was rich w/history & context that were new to me. I had NO idea how close Detroit was to getting the '68 Olympics. #booksky📚 #authors #reading

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yow! I'm feeling a hip break as I type this. It's the 31st anniv. of the 1st Bloodshot guerrilla CMJ BBQ, where we unveiled the #old97s to greater world & met fellow rootspunk loonies like World Famous Blue Jays. Artwork by Mike Werner. @old97.bsky.social @lauracannellmusic.bsky.social

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

At #americanafest next week in Nashville? I'll be on a couple of panels that will be fun. Especially excited to talk about #justintownesearle & his legacy on his home turf w/ @jonbern.bsky.social C'mon by. @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #americana #authors #altcountry #insurgentcountry

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Try a little tenderness, people. Otis Redding, born on this day in 1941. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqNc...

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Otis Redding "Try A Little Tenderness" Live 1967

YouTube video by RochesFan

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A reminder for Chicago folks coming down to the Printers Row List Fest. We can hang and talk music, you tell me your fave Italian Beef joint, I'll tell you my fave Thai spot, whatever. @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #printersrow

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THE ANOINTED ATHEIST @theanointedatheist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When a baseball player crosses the plate after hitting a home run, looks up to the sky, and thanks God, it makes you wonder why the same God decided to screw the pitcher.

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Andrea @parramaterial.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Great interview with Poison Ivy. "Nobody ever talks to me about music or guitar,” she once said. “I’m the queen of rock ’n’ roll, and for this not to be recognized is pure sexism.” Thanks to @bhtransmissions.bsky.social for the repost, as I've never read this. www.guitarworld.com/features/poi...

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Poison Ivy: “It was easier for me to consider playing guitar because I was such a misfit. For me, anything was fair game”

In this previously unpublished interview, the guitarist, songwriter and producer of the Cramps looks back over decades of hoodlum music

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Still got my copy. Bought it at Blackout! Always a big hit when I Dj'd country night at Crash Palace/Delilah's. #loungeax #delilahs #crashpalace #badlivers

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

NEWS! I'll be at the Rose Bowl Tavern 9/27 4pm in discussion w/Matt Lunsford (Polyvinyl Records) PYGMALION is an annual multi-day interdisciplinary event in Champaign-Urbana, featuring music, literature, film, comedy, technology, and food. Tix & info here: thisispygmalion.com/rob-miller/ #booksky📚

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Don't miss @millerscave.bsky.social, author of THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW: A Curious Life in Independent Music at Printers Row Lit Fest (Tent E) on Sat, Sept 12, 2026 at 2pm CT! printersrowlitfest.org/schedule-grid/

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

As a Chicagoan, if I had gotten a "Not in the words list" error message for this, I would have driven to their headquarters with a bag of them from George's on Halsted and demanded to see Mr Spellsbee in person. #chicago #gyros #chicagofood #spellsbee

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Barry Ryerson @barryryerson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If you've read a book lately, please leave a review. Doesn't matter if it was one of mine or someone else's. Bonus brownie points if it was from an indie author, though. Reviews don't have to be full blogs; just a little, "It was alright," will do. But every review is helpful in this day and age.

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Enjoying my new read. Only 50 pages in and lots of fun. Laughing out load." Can say it enough: connections like this can make one's day. If you find something in the creative indie world that moves you, tell them, your friends, your local shop, anyone. @illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #books

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Since it is unbearably humid, for those sheltering in dark cool rooms, thought I'd post a link to an interview I did on the NOLA County podcast couple weeks back. Great, enthusiastic interviewer, interspersed w/a LOT of his favorite BS music. Have a listen: www.mixcloud.com/jimi-palacio...

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Add my voice to the chorus of "Give it a big thumbs"-ers. Heard adults AND kids laughing HARD thru out. #coyotevsacme #wyliecoyote #roadrunner #movies #nowplaying

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Join me in Miller's Cave Saturday @4pm Eastern. Replay Sun. 9pm. Streaming at www.radioharborcountry.org I'll be spinning #johnnycash @irisdement.bsky.social #barkays #aretha, &, of course, a long set of #dollyparton #radioharborcountry #rockabillyradio #communityradio #alternativecountry

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.

Looking into bookstore from
The street at night

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

it should be legally mandated that surveillance glasses can only come in one style:

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Those who know me know I would have gouged my ears out with a rusty knitting needle.

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here are a series of essays I wrote about Dolly tied to albums at the beginning, middle and end of her vast, prolific career, if you're looking for a little themed reading. www.dontrocktheinbox.com/on-dolly-par...

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On Dolly Parton, Brilliant In Every Era

Today marks an unfathomable loss: Dolly Parton has died. Brilliant artist, devoted philanthropist, remarkable human; to list her achievements here feels redundant, as the cult of Dolly has long since ...

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Good gravy. Been kinda raw since the news dropped, not so much for her-it was a full life-but for us, for how shitty most super wealthy are, how much GOOD they could do, but CHOOSE not to, but this busted the dike. Blubbering. And I HATED this song as a youth. #dolly #dollyparton

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Picked up at a weird record shop/bait store in Ville Platte LA in the 80s. Goldband Records. Collection featuring #dollyparton 's 1st single, "Puppy Love," at age 13. What a ride she had. #dolly #vinyl #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #vinylcollection

LP album cover "Dolly Parton and friends at Goldband" in cursive. Track listing along sides, and black and whit photo of 13 year old Dolly in the center.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We really did lose one of the best advocates for books that there ever was.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Got word from the label that mine shipped today! Giddy with anticipation.

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This just in! I'll be milling around Chicago's Printers Row Lit Fest at the @illinoispress.bsky.social tent signing books--any book, even mine! Pop on by. I'll be the guy with the cooler of fizzy gin drinks, & my feet in a kiddie pool. It'll be a hoot. #printersrow #litfest #booksky📚 #musicbooks

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Among one of hundreds of tidbits I learned from this fascinating book is that Estelle Axton, 1 of Stax's co-founders, went on to help get "Disco Duck" released. To this day, the only disco 7" single I have ever bought. #stax #discoduck #recordlabels #memphis #robertgordon

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What they said.... The indie community is BUILT on people working together, on mutual support. We can't rely on Big Media to get the word out. #booksky📚

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hey, that's me, 4th one down, 2nd column. IN. A. BOOK. WITH. A. MEMBER. OF. D E V O. I'm over the moon about it. #booksky📚 @illinoispress.bsky.social

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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

RADIO ALERT! Join me today in Miller's Cave at 4PM Eastern time, replay tmrw 9PM Streaming www.radioharborcountry.org Today we've got some #Stax, #knitters, a Betty Harris request, #johnnycash #detroitcobras, #hounddogtaylor & more. #rootsradio #rockabillyradio #radioharborcountry #americana

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