David Turkel @paleoctopi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026In honor of his birthday m.youtube.com/watch?v=ttCg... Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn downm.youtube.comBrownsville Girl (Album Version)YouTube video by Bob Dylan - Topic 000
David Turkel @paleoctopi.bsky.social · 05/04/2026“What Comes After Certainty” by Bill Callahan is my pick. 110
David Turkel @paleoctopi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Thank you! I was just reading your great essay again and thinking about how similar ours are—following these strange creatures of Waits and Bush from the 80s into a 90s that they both helped shape and were so wonderfully at odds with. 010
David Turkel @paleoctopi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026In the 90’s I thought the two most powerful words in the English language were “fuck it.” These days “hold on” hits with a power I didn’t used to appreciate. It gets sadder every time I hear it. 060
David Turkel @paleoctopi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026m.youtube.com/watch?v=0_wq... Long but I thought worth the timem.youtube.comHow Tom Waits gets THE BEST musicians to sound like AMATEURSYouTube video by Dead Wax 110
David Turkel @paleoctopi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Joe Gore has a great story about Waits replacing Stuart Copeland’s bass drum with a parade drum—I wonder if it’s the same one? It has a bit of that sound. 110
David Turkel @paleoctopi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Thanks! I know zero about the BSB (except for what you wrote) but that was such a fresh and funny essay—well played! 010
David Turkel @paleoctopi.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Oh shoot—just saw that. Weep worthy footage from the last concert. 020
David Turkel @paleoctopi.bsky.social · 26/07/2025It was on my shortlist. Especially after this file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/88/08/71DC8293-A72E-4B5C-8903-D873FE7454A4/ScreenRecording_07-23-2025%2019-46-02_1.mov 110
