tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 04/12/2025an index of go your way's greatness: how often it gets interpolated into other songs. bert jansch and beth orton did it. robert plant did it. laura marling, pg six, kitty macfarlane... i'm pretty sure rt wrote *beeswing* about anne briggs. i get the sense everybody on that scene was in awe of her. 120
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 01/12/2025let me tell you a story. on friday, we will be reading *rafe*, a tale of a demon who wants to play the drums, in the theater at art house productions (345 marin blvd., jc). it's free! our storytelling will be augmented by songs, synth, projections, and (maybe) a few opinions. 071
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 20/05/2025*spike* is my favorite album of '89, so i am very biased. there are several beautifully arranged, ambitious songs on that set that have stayed in the repertoire for 30+ years: deep dark truthful mirror, god's comic, baby plays around... anyway, imho it's much more than just veronica! 141
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025that guy was a prophet. if anybody ever has been. 000
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 28/03/2025it's a good sign that there's enough variation among reviewers (and enough history of bg video criticism) that people have strong preferences and are passionate about them. the "it's just not the same" stage in rock criticism was the '80s, and now we look back on that era with warranted nostalgia. 000
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 17/03/2025i've been meaning to check out quique crudo, the casa enrique spinoff in the west village. i've heard it's great. 010
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 10/03/2025it really is a beautiful show. the afro sentinels gave me the chills. 000
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 23/02/2025written as if this *isn't* a town in which a driver can run over a bicyclist, leave the scene, and retain her seat on the city council and the good will of the mayor. also, let's leave sabrina carpenter out of this. 000
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 12/02/2025spoon is like genesis in that there’s no consensus pick for their best set. my favorite is kill the moonlight. 020
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 09/02/2025you may be interested in my list and commentary on my favorite music of 2024. trismccall.net/the-best-of-... it is better than doomscrolling, i promise. click the link at the bottom to get to part two. i'll write the third section next week. xotmctrismccall.netBest Of 2024 — Albums – the tris mccall report 032
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 04/02/2025premiering in one week — *eye level* reviews, posts and commentary about art in jersey city, every tuesday morning at 8 p.m. written by me, and brought to you by a grant from the andy warhol foundation. coming feb. 11: www.eye-level dot net. made with love in the garden state. 041
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 21/01/2025or revealing/scoring the castillo in el grande. always fantastic! 010
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 21/01/2025i love unboxing. but i think the greatest excitement comes four or five plays in when there's still plenty to discover but you're starting to master the systems. and some games never get old. no matter how many times i turn a clay house to a stone one in agricola, i am still thrilled. 110
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 20/01/2025this is very interesting (i would expect no less from you). it also reminds me of the way that white flight and discriminatory policies shaped the landscape of the place where i live -- northern new jersey. wherever you are, you look around and there are scars as far as the eye can see. 000
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 20/01/2025don't remember much about pavement *but* southern harmony is so good. i think it's down to making eddie hawrysch a proper part of the group. he really brought the gospel to thorn in my pride. that whole "love light shine" section is glorious. they named that album after a hymnal for a good reason. 131
Reposted by tris mccallNJArts.net @njartsnews.bsky.social · 17/12/2024@trismccall.bsky.social picks his favorite NJ art shows of 2024. www.njarts.net/133009njarts.netTop 15 NJ art shows of 2024: Elana Herzog, Nan Ring, Richard Whitten and moreAlso Ben Jones, Didier William and Paul Gardère, Kate Dodd ... 072
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 12/12/2024i strongly agree with this, but i wonder what frank would have wanted. he was so often so negative about rock. 100
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 10/12/2024hi! mostly i'm writing about visual art these days. but yes, we did a big show on friday, so i do continue to play music! 120
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 09/12/2024the 2024 pop music abstract is now live. forty thousand words on 150+ '24 albums, written as fast as i can with no editing allowed. the object of the game is to try to write faster than i can think, and in so doing, figure out what it is i think. www.trismccall.net/pop-music-ab...trismccall.netPop Music Abstract 2024 – the tris mccall report 1137
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 01/12/2024looking for a holiday present for the most incendiary person in your life? that person is you, isn’t it? stuff your stocking with *mccall’s almanac* — twelve barbed tales from jersey city’s #1 draft pick (me). get your copy at the rock show: 8 p.m., dec. 6, art house productions. see you there! 010
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 30/11/2024look on the bright side. you get to write with honesty and compassion about the world of work as you’ve experienced it. they have to be a little phony about their relationship to money and class, and that shows in their songwriting. 010
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 28/11/2024i agree with this piece so much. people don’t realize how much we’ve given up. 010
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 20/11/2024honestly, "forever & always". i heard that song for the first time on the fearless tour, and that was the moment i knew. 000
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 20/11/2024reserve your seats for *tris mccall: songs and stories*. it’s free. ttps://www.arthouseproductions.org/products/tris-mccall-songs-stories-december-6-2024 *mccall’s almanac*, short stories narrated by the characters in the songs, will be available. a nice holiday gift for the anxious and paranoid. 021
tris mccall @trismccall.bsky.social · 19/11/2024"old man on the farm," the last track on randy newman's *little criminals*. 010
