Josh Kantor
@jtkantor.bsky.social
Organist for Boston Red Sox games at Fenway Park. I also do a bunch of other music stuff.
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Josh Kantor
@jtkantor.bsky.social
· Apr 3
If you're at a Red Sox home game and you want to send me a song request, this is the best place to do it. If you prefer to send it via Twitter, that's okay. If you prefer to send it via some other means, I may or may not see it in time. Thanks! Let's have an awesome Red Sox season together! ⚾ 🎹
"Melania" opening weekend in Boston has sold 92 tickets out of 3,847 seats.
January 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Melania" opening weekend in Boston has sold 92 tickets out of 3,847 seats.
Reposted by Josh Kantor
Our country was founded on protesting unjust laws.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 24, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Our country was founded on protesting unjust laws.
If anyone needs me, I'll just be over here making out with the entire showroom at Control Voltage in NE PDX OR.
January 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
If anyone needs me, I'll just be over here making out with the entire showroom at Control Voltage in NE PDX OR.
Try harder, street! You can do it!
January 19, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Try harder, street! You can do it!
Recording an album in Seattle this week with The Split Squad at a studio that is pretty much keyboard heaven.
January 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Recording an album in Seattle this week with The Split Squad at a studio that is pretty much keyboard heaven.
Okay, maybe I’ll just skip my flight.
January 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Okay, maybe I’ll just skip my flight.
Saints be praised! I found my 1992 “End of the Road” cassingle with “Instrumental Version” on the B-side.
Also, shame on spellcheck for not recognizing “cassingle.”
Also, shame on spellcheck for not recognizing “cassingle.”
January 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Saints be praised! I found my 1992 “End of the Road” cassingle with “Instrumental Version” on the B-side.
Also, shame on spellcheck for not recognizing “cassingle.”
Also, shame on spellcheck for not recognizing “cassingle.”
@tookymonster.bsky.social Saw this license plate in Illinois today and thought of you…
January 3, 2026 at 3:14 AM
@tookymonster.bsky.social Saw this license plate in Illinois today and thought of you…
Blood, Sweat & Tears has had eleven Daves and twenty-one drummers, but they've never had a drummer named Dave.
January 1, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Blood, Sweat & Tears has had eleven Daves and twenty-one drummers, but they've never had a drummer named Dave.
Time to try and figure out how and why this movie left such a lasting mark on me back in the ‘80s.
December 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Time to try and figure out how and why this movie left such a lasting mark on me back in the ‘80s.
Friend: Josh, can you put some guitar on this song? And it should sound kind of bad, like almost (but not quite) on purpose.
Me: You've come to the right place.
Me: You've come to the right place.
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Friend: Josh, can you put some guitar on this song? And it should sound kind of bad, like almost (but not quite) on purpose.
Me: You've come to the right place.
Me: You've come to the right place.
Don Henley, backstage after a Brian Wilson show telling Wilson how much his music meant, asked him to sign a first-pressing vinyl copy of "Pet Sounds." Wilson signed it: "Don, thanks for the great songs" and started to hand it back, but then decided to cross out "great" before returning it to him.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Don Henley, backstage after a Brian Wilson show telling Wilson how much his music meant, asked him to sign a first-pressing vinyl copy of "Pet Sounds." Wilson signed it: "Don, thanks for the great songs" and started to hand it back, but then decided to cross out "great" before returning it to him.
7th anniversary of getting to lead sing-alongs at one of Yo La Tengo's Hanukah shows at the Bowery Ballroom
December 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
7th anniversary of getting to lead sing-alongs at one of Yo La Tengo's Hanukah shows at the Bowery Ballroom
Here I come a-wassailing.
December 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Here I come a-wassailing.
The fine ornament makers at Hallmark really nailed my likeness. And my aversion to wearing pants while at work.
📷 by @yourcanadiangf.bsky.social
📷 by @yourcanadiangf.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The fine ornament makers at Hallmark really nailed my likeness. And my aversion to wearing pants while at work.
📷 by @yourcanadiangf.bsky.social
📷 by @yourcanadiangf.bsky.social
I recorded this Christmas organ version of "Brass Bonanza." The original version was the official theme song of the Hartford Whalers, who played in the National Hockey League from 1979-1997.
December 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I recorded this Christmas organ version of "Brass Bonanza." The original version was the official theme song of the Hartford Whalers, who played in the National Hockey League from 1979-1997.
Got presents for my cousins at tonight’s annual family Hanukah party.
December 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Got presents for my cousins at tonight’s annual family Hanukah party.
Need to ask this guy at the airport with the "Best Husband Ever" t-shirt if he's willing to give me some pointers.
December 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Need to ask this guy at the airport with the "Best Husband Ever" t-shirt if he's willing to give me some pointers.
I’m playing accordion this afternoon from 3:30 to 6:30 with Mike Verge, Joe Klompus, and Danielle Miraglia at Toad in Porter Square. No cover. Come say hello!
December 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I’m playing accordion this afternoon from 3:30 to 6:30 with Mike Verge, Joe Klompus, and Danielle Miraglia at Toad in Porter Square. No cover. Come say hello!
Sun Ra's Christmas song is among his most normal AND most deranged works. Some time from 1956-1960, Ra produced & played harmonium on this song he co-wrote for unknown Chicago teen doo-wop group The Qualities. Pretty sure the woodblock player wasn't allowed to listen to playback during recording. A+
Sun Ra presents The Qualities - It's Christmas Time (1960)
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December 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sun Ra's Christmas song is among his most normal AND most deranged works. Some time from 1956-1960, Ra produced & played harmonium on this song he co-wrote for unknown Chicago teen doo-wop group The Qualities. Pretty sure the woodblock player wasn't allowed to listen to playback during recording. A+
This isn't my first rodeo, though my last one was before The Great Rodeo Reforms of 1982, so, in a way, it is.
December 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This isn't my first rodeo, though my last one was before The Great Rodeo Reforms of 1982, so, in a way, it is.
Here at Jim's Big Ego headquarters, we've got the song that's missing from your holiday party playlist.
"I (Don't Know How to) Party" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrok...
"I (Don't Know How to) Party" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrok...
I (Don't Know How to) Party
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December 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Here at Jim's Big Ego headquarters, we've got the song that's missing from your holiday party playlist.
"I (Don't Know How to) Party" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrok...
"I (Don't Know How to) Party" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrok...
This song rules. Luther being Luther (fittingly, this 1976 track was released by Luther's pre-solo group, which is called Luther), Smooth-R&B arrangements (by former Motown legend Paul Riser) that are both tight and lush, and a killer bass-line that's frenetic without sacrificing groove/purpose/joy.
May Christmas Bring You Happiness (Remastered 2023)
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December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This song rules. Luther being Luther (fittingly, this 1976 track was released by Luther's pre-solo group, which is called Luther), Smooth-R&B arrangements (by former Motown legend Paul Riser) that are both tight and lush, and a killer bass-line that's frenetic without sacrificing groove/purpose/joy.