Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Heavenly Intonations tour! This Sunday, Sept. 13, at Laurel Hill East! 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Hey there! I will be leading my "Heavenly Intonations" music-related tour at Laurel Hill Cemetery East on September 13. Click this link for more information and to buy tickets if you'd like to come along. It'll be fun! laurelhillphl.com/event/heaven...laurelhillphl.comHeavenly Intonations: Laurel Hill's Musical Legacy - Laurel Hill 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Today’s Daily Record (October 1982 series) is Prince’s ‘1999.’ As provocative and catchy and danceable and weird as ever. 010
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Today’s Daily Record (October 1982 series) has been ‘H2O’ by Daryl Hall & John Oates. Despite the presence of three hit singles, ‘H20’ feels like the least enticing album from H&O’s superstar era. 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Today’s Album of the Day has been Donald Fagen’s ‘The Nightfly’, released in October 1982. I enjoy this album, which combines Fagen’s memories of growing up in the early 1960s with music that was state-of-the-art modern in 1982. 020
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you’ve got a passion for podcasts, and you’ve got a craving for popsicles and icicles, you’re going to want to check out the new episode of the Losing My Opinion podcast! I am on it, speaking with co-hosts Matt and Thomas. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts! @losingmyopinion.bsky.social 011
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Today’s Daily Record has been Joni Mitchell’s 1982 album, ‘Wild Things Run Fast,’ which is a largely successful attempt by Mitchell to make a modern pop record circa 1982. Also, my attempts to resurrect “Huzzah!” are starting to pay off, at least in the English muffin sector. 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Pretty much everything RFK Jr. is saying here is wrong but what else is new? RFK Jr. is the absurdity. 030
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Hello! Today’s Daily Record is the 7-inch single of “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” (backed with “A New Life”) by Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield. I hope you have a good day. 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I bought a letter board at a Habitat for Humanity thrift store today and I am going to use the hell out of it. 020
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I was talking to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes earlier this morning and he told me he thinks Foreign Tongues is the best Stones album since Dirty Work. Maybe even since Undercover. 150
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Taylor and Travis are allegedly celebrating their wedding at Madison Square Garden tomorrow, which is the 75th anniversary of Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s marriage to her manager in a Washington D.C. baseball stadium. Coincidence or is Taylor about to announce her new Sister Rosetta tribute album? 100
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Rich’s Daily Record, 7/2/26: Anita Kerr Singers—Anita Kerr Singers Reflect on the Hits of Burt Bacharach & Hal David (1969). What is your favorite Bacharach/David hit on which to reflect? 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Note: Rick James’ Super Freak is the kind of girl you read about in “new wave” magazines, not “Newsweek” magazine. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Today is the 21st anniversary of the day when a woman sitting next to me turned toward me and, by way of introduction, said, “My name is London, ‘cause that’s where I was conceived.” That was before I saw the guy and his puppet. www.setlist.fm/setlist/bob-...setlist.fmBob Dylan Setlist at Campbell's Field, CamdenGet the Bob Dylan Setlist of the concert at Campbell's Field, Camden, NJ, USA on June 16, 2005 from the Never Ending Tour and other Bob Dylan Setlists for free on setlist.fm! 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I reviewed Life Slime, the evocative new album by Scottish singer/songwriter Johnny Lynch (aka Pictish Trail), for @popmatters.com . 010
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Donna and I met up with Russ and Sue tonight so that Russ and could iron out the details of our “Blue Signs” tour at Laurel Hill Cemetery this Sunday from 11-1. More details on the tour here: laurelhillphl.com/event/blue-s... 020
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I wrote about how I've been keeping a journal for nearly 50 years and what it feels like to still have all those journal notebooks and what I ought to do about them all. Includes an actual journal entry from 1983! dichotomy-of-the-dog.beehiiv.com/p/what-good-...dichotomy-of-the-dog.beehiiv.comWhat Good Are Notebooks?Nail polish on a train. 020
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Today is both Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday and the fifth anniversary of this list of 10 underrated Dylan albums that @ingalls1969.bsky.social and I wrote for PopMatters. www.popmatters.com/ten-underrat...popmatters.comUnrequited Desire: 10 Underrated Bob Dylan Albums » PopMattersSure, you can celebrate Bob Dylan's 80th birthday with one of his classic albums, but why not try one of these other sides of Robert Allen Zimmerman instead? 021
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 19/05/2026After decades of enjoying Brave Combo via CD, I received my first vinyl BC record in the mail today. Here’s an article I wrote about Brave Combo 30 years ago for Cool and Strange Music magazine. richs-house-of-vinyl.beehiiv.com/p/the-braves...richs-house-of-vinyl.beehiiv.comThe Bravest Little Combo of All(Originally published in the summer 1996 edition of 'Cool and Strange Music' magazine!) 110
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Daily Record: Shoot Out the Lights — Richard and Linda Thompson (1982). 010
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Somebody needs to throw bureaucratic roadblocks in front of this project until after he’s gone and we don’t have to pursue it anymore. 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Daily Record—the 1982 5-song EP by Philadelphia legends Robert Hazard & the Heroes. Features the immortal “Escalator of Life.” Music for shopping in the human mall. 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I am about to do a thing. See you on the other side. 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Daily Record: Many Disappeared, the brand new album by singer/songwriter Thin Lear, is a meditation on mortality and mourning. It is a deeply beautiful collection of songs. 020
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 19/04/2026It was a great Record Store Day afternoon at Forever Changes today, featuring Wesley ‘John Wesley Harding’ Stace and Anna Spackman. @foreverchangespxv.bsky.social @annaspackmanmusic.bsky.social @wesleystace.bsky.social 130
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Bonnie Tyler hot take: “It’s a Heartache” is exponentially more awesome than “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 31/03/2026There is good-Bob-Dylan-weird and bad-Bob-Dylan-weird and it’s important to know the difference. Bob launching an AI-based Patreon is bad-Bob-Dylan-weird. 020
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 29/03/202641 years ago today, I saw Roger Waters perform his entire Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking album live. It was the 2nd time in six months I saw him play that album live. I am going to celebrate that anniversary today by NOT listening to The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. www.setlist.fm/setlist/roge...setlist.fmRoger Waters Setlist at Spectrum, PhiladelphiaGet the Roger Waters Setlist of the concert at Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA on March 29, 1985 from the The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking Tour and other Roger Waters Setlists for free on setlist.fm! 010
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Greetings from Philadelphia, complaining about kings for 250 years. #nokings 011
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Lifelong Pennsylvanian here. When I was in 7th grade, after years of practicing cursive, my teacher, Sister So-and-So, screamed in no uncertain terms, “You write like a banshee!” She was referring to my cursive, not my creative writing style. My cursive has not improved in the 50 years since then. 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 26/03/2026“Hard Luck Woman” by KISS has no right being as awesome as it is. 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 24/03/2026My Daily Records for March 23 were Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt’s new song, “I Played the Fool” and Clyde McPhatter’s Greatest Hits. @michaelstipe.bsky.social richs-house-of-vinyl.beehiiv.com/p/daily-reco...richs-house-of-vinyl.beehiiv.comDaily Records: March 23, 2026Michael Stipe! Clyde McPhatter! 010
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026As today is winding down, I'm here to announce that my present and past Daily Records today are by Thin Lear and Sun Ra respectively. You can read about them on my Rich's House of Vinyl blog. richs-house-of-vinyl.beehiiv.com/p/daily-reco...richs-house-of-vinyl.beehiiv.comDaily Record: March 22, 2026Thin Lear! Sun Ra! 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Yesterday’s Daily Records were by Jesper Lindell and Elvis Presley. richs-house-of-vinyl.beehiiv.com/p/daily-reco...richs-house-of-vinyl.beehiiv.comDaily Record: March 21, 2026Today: Jesper Lindell! Elvis Presley! 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I am reviving my Rich’s House of Vinyl website with a new entry about “Wind Blows Through,” the evocative new single by @annaspackmanmusic.bsky.social ; and a WFIL compilation album from 1972. richs-house-of-vinyl.beehiiv.com/p/daily-reco...richs-house-of-vinyl.beehiiv.comDaily Records: March 20, 2026Today: Anna Spackman! WFIL AM Radio Gold! 010
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Getting Steve McCroskey vibes from this stupid Trump coin. 100
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Sad to hear that the I Have That on Vinyl website is closing but I am thankful to Michele for starting it and making space for great essays that met at the intersection of music writing and memoir. IHTOV was the perfect space for the Frank Black piece @ingalls1969.bsky.social and I wrote together. 210
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 09/03/2026What album could you write a book about? And will a third proposal be a charm for me? 020
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 09/03/2026For @popmatters.com , I reviewed I fantastic career-spanning compilation of zydeco master Clifton Chenier. Accordion to most people, Chenier was the King of Zydeco. 020
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I saw Mavis Staples at the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville last Thursday. It was a profoundly moving experience that I wrote about for @popmatters.com 140
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I will have more to say about Neil Sedaka but for now, here’s a song. youtu.be/9xJEojWXOJsyoutu.beNeil Sedaka - The Immigrant (Official Audio)YouTube video by Craft Recordings 000
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I am going to spend this evening listening to Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco. Way more fun that the State of the Union address, at least accordion to me. youtu.be/4-75sb34uOoyoutu.beClifton Chenier - "Mr. Charlie" (Official Audio)YouTube video by Smithsonian Folkways 010
Reposted by Rich WilhelmPerennial @perennialtheband.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Soundtrack from Connecticut to Delaware: The Kinks - Arthur (Deluxe Edition) The Animals - s/t The Sonics - Psycho-Sonic The Temptations - Psychedelic Soul 031
Rich Wilhelm @rfwilhelm.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Hey, I will be giving my “Presidential Connections” tour at Laurel Hill Cemetery tomorrow from 1:00-3:00! Abandoned your plans for tomorrow and come on my tour instead! laurelhillphl.com/event/pres-c...laurelhillphl.comPresidential Connections - Laurel Hill 000
