Lars Gotrich
@totalvibration.bsky.social
Editor, NPR Music's Tiny Desk and Tiny Desk Radio. World's Okayist Guitarist. #FreeDC. Mixtapes, tea and whatnot: https://www.vikingschoice.org
According to the Polar Bear Express Experience in Bryson City, N.C., Santa Claus is Southern Baptist. I am really holding myself back from the jokes.
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
According to the Polar Bear Express Experience in Bryson City, N.C., Santa Claus is Southern Baptist. I am really holding myself back from the jokes.
Last night I had a dream that @kimletgordon.bsky.social gave a dance performance in my neighbor’s house as the living room quickly filled with water. My kid, thankfully, brought her floaties.
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Last night I had a dream that @kimletgordon.bsky.social gave a dance performance in my neighbor’s house as the living room quickly filled with water. My kid, thankfully, brought her floaties.
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I was a goo goo dolls truther, like, twenty days before the tiny desk, just fyi
Stop pretending like the goo goo dolls weren’t fucking awesome. This was a band whose main purpose was to make you feel like you’re the only person in the world as you walk through the grocery store aisle, and they excelled.
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was a goo goo dolls truther, like, twenty days before the tiny desk, just fyi
All I want for Christmas is the Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special soundtrack on vinyl.
youtu.be/t_qFK37L6rM?...
youtu.be/t_qFK37L6rM?...
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
All I want for Christmas is the Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special soundtrack on vinyl.
youtu.be/t_qFK37L6rM?...
youtu.be/t_qFK37L6rM?...
D.C. folks: I'm gonna sell 5 boxes of vinyl this Saturday, Nov. 22 at St. Stephen's for D.C. Punk Rock Flea. Metal, punk, jazz, indie, ambient, electronic music mostly. Lotta $1, $5 and $10 records -- all good stuff, just wanna pass them onto good homes!
There will also be a giant box of free CDs!
There will also be a giant box of free CDs!
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
D.C. folks: I'm gonna sell 5 boxes of vinyl this Saturday, Nov. 22 at St. Stephen's for D.C. Punk Rock Flea. Metal, punk, jazz, indie, ambient, electronic music mostly. Lotta $1, $5 and $10 records -- all good stuff, just wanna pass them onto good homes!
There will also be a giant box of free CDs!
There will also be a giant box of free CDs!
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You know you want to scream THAT line at the top of your lungs every day. @artsorority.bsky.social and I go deep on "Killing in the Name" in our latest episode for All Songs Plus. Rage Against the Machine forever! Sign up to hear the pod here: www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
All Songs+: “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine : All Songs Considered
This is a new series on All Songs Considered, hosted by NPR Music critic Ann Powers and editor Daoud Tyler-Ameen. Most of what you hear on All Songs is focused on new music, but now, every other Thurs...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
You know you want to scream THAT line at the top of your lungs every day. @artsorority.bsky.social and I go deep on "Killing in the Name" in our latest episode for All Songs Plus. Rage Against the Machine forever! Sign up to hear the pod here: www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
The only thing I find annoying about IdiotBox Effects is that I don't play metal and so many of these pedals are for HEAVY RIFFS.
That said, I'm a really big fan of Heavy Weapon and Deathray. They're well built, kinda weird, very affordable, all currently on sale.
idiotboxeffects.bigcartel.com
That said, I'm a really big fan of Heavy Weapon and Deathray. They're well built, kinda weird, very affordable, all currently on sale.
idiotboxeffects.bigcartel.com
IdiotBox Effects
A dude in a hot Texas garage making interesting guitar and bass effects pedals since 2011. Distortion, Fuzz, Noise, Delay, Chorus, Stutter and more.
idiotboxeffects.bigcartel.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The only thing I find annoying about IdiotBox Effects is that I don't play metal and so many of these pedals are for HEAVY RIFFS.
That said, I'm a really big fan of Heavy Weapon and Deathray. They're well built, kinda weird, very affordable, all currently on sale.
idiotboxeffects.bigcartel.com
That said, I'm a really big fan of Heavy Weapon and Deathray. They're well built, kinda weird, very affordable, all currently on sale.
idiotboxeffects.bigcartel.com
Porter Records was a distinctive avant-jazz and psych underground label that mostly operated in the late 2000s/early 2010s. If the Big Ears festival had been around then, Porter’s roster would’ve been well represented.
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Porter Records was a distinctive avant-jazz and psych underground label that mostly operated in the late 2000s/early 2010s. If the Big Ears festival had been around then, Porter’s roster would’ve been well represented.
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A little late to the party, but this @clppng.bsky.social Tiny Desk is so fucking good man. They basically strapped up a whole office's worth of clutter to a MIDI sequencer and let fly, along with the most beautiful piano I've ever heard: youtu.be/h0-k7vW9Xek?...
clipping.: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A little late to the party, but this @clppng.bsky.social Tiny Desk is so fucking good man. They basically strapped up a whole office's worth of clutter to a MIDI sequencer and let fly, along with the most beautiful piano I've ever heard: youtu.be/h0-k7vW9Xek?...
spotify stop ruining everything challenge www.whosampled.com/news/2025/11...
www.whosampled.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
spotify stop ruining everything challenge www.whosampled.com/news/2025/11...
I think I have a few dingers from back in the day on here.
Unfortunately, NPR's move toward the "headline is just a sentence" has sorta taken the fun/format out of dumb puns.
Unfortunately, NPR's move toward the "headline is just a sentence" has sorta taken the fun/format out of dumb puns.
Upon request, I have reopened submissions to HEDS WILL ROLL, my very occasionally updated pun-headline Tumblr. hedswillroll.tumblr.com
Heds Will Roll
All editors write headlines they dare not use. Put them here instead. Submissions: jonathanlfischer...
hedswillroll.tumblr.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I think I have a few dingers from back in the day on here.
Unfortunately, NPR's move toward the "headline is just a sentence" has sorta taken the fun/format out of dumb puns.
Unfortunately, NPR's move toward the "headline is just a sentence" has sorta taken the fun/format out of dumb puns.
Listening to this again and my assessment remains the same: Scratches that SubRosa itch! In addition to lots of fiddle shred, there's also a lot of nyckelharpa, a keyed Nordic fiddle that you also bow. Folkloric post-metal without the kooky stuff.
November 14: Monograf - Occultation (2025)
Catching up! Lars @totalvibration.bsky.social perked my ears up by comparing these guys to SubRosa, which would be a dirty trick if it wasn't accurate. Good stuff.
Catching up! Lars @totalvibration.bsky.social perked my ears up by comparing these guys to SubRosa, which would be a dirty trick if it wasn't accurate. Good stuff.
Occultation, by Monograf
5 track album
nordicmission.bandcamp.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Listening to this again and my assessment remains the same: Scratches that SubRosa itch! In addition to lots of fiddle shred, there's also a lot of nyckelharpa, a keyed Nordic fiddle that you also bow. Folkloric post-metal without the kooky stuff.
Me: How many deviled eggs is too many deviled eggs?
You: Well— [I place a finger on your lips]
Me: Shh, there is no answer.
You: Well— [I place a finger on your lips]
Me: Shh, there is no answer.
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Me: How many deviled eggs is too many deviled eggs?
You: Well— [I place a finger on your lips]
Me: Shh, there is no answer.
You: Well— [I place a finger on your lips]
Me: Shh, there is no answer.
ooohhhhh
Transmissions :: Kate Pierson (The B-52s)
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/19/t...
Kate Pierson joins us to discuss the band’s history, Yoko Ono, her time with Julee Cruise, and much more.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/19/t...
Kate Pierson joins us to discuss the band’s history, Yoko Ono, her time with Julee Cruise, and much more.
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
ooohhhhh
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Once again in "the Tiny Desk is a sentient being that reads my dreams and makes them real", the Goo Goo Dolls are here, and they bookended with Slide and Iris.
Goo Goo Dolls: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Once again in "the Tiny Desk is a sentient being that reads my dreams and makes them real", the Goo Goo Dolls are here, and they bookended with Slide and Iris.
oh dang
JUST ANNOUNCED
www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2...
www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2...
OFFSITE - Matthew Shipp, solo piano — Rhizome DC
Friday February 6 * doors at 7, music at 7:30 * OFFSITE at Tonal Park * $25-35 * TICKETS Transparent Productions presents pianist Matthew Shipp, solo, at Tonal Park Studios. Tonal Park is at...
www.rhizomedc.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
oh dang
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[watching goo goo dolls tiny desk, rocking myself back and forth] john rzeznik turns 60 next month
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
[watching goo goo dolls tiny desk, rocking myself back and forth] john rzeznik turns 60 next month
You can only do so much in the moment. People get excited! They wanna cheer about their favorite song and then they forget there's a coda!
But mentally I was here: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
But mentally I was here: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
The Tiny Desk is out now btw. It's really good, except the last song, Iris, where after the extended bridge/solo the music drops out before the last, triumphant chorus. everyone except me, my friend brandon, and the band thought the song was over and just kept cheering. 🤷♂️
Goo Goo Dolls: Tiny Desk Concert
At the Tiny Desk, our small office crowd joins the thousands who have been inside of these power ballads and felt something real.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
You can only do so much in the moment. People get excited! They wanna cheer about their favorite song and then they forget there's a coda!
But mentally I was here: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
But mentally I was here: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
For years, someone would text me a video of Goo Goo Dolls' first-ever TV appearance (via Sound FX in 1995) where the boys sat on a couch and played "Name" and ask, "Tiny Desk?"
So here it is: I finally brought the Goo Goo Dolls to the Tiny Desk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0X1...
So here it is: I finally brought the Goo Goo Dolls to the Tiny Desk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0X1...
Goo Goo Dolls: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For years, someone would text me a video of Goo Goo Dolls' first-ever TV appearance (via Sound FX in 1995) where the boys sat on a couch and played "Name" and ask, "Tiny Desk?"
So here it is: I finally brought the Goo Goo Dolls to the Tiny Desk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0X1...
So here it is: I finally brought the Goo Goo Dolls to the Tiny Desk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0X1...
Me and my favorite Scumdogs of the Universe
(This right after the photographer asked us to chant FUCK YOU LARS. So honored.)
(This right after the photographer asked us to chant FUCK YOU LARS. So honored.)
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Me and my favorite Scumdogs of the Universe
(This right after the photographer asked us to chant FUCK YOU LARS. So honored.)
(This right after the photographer asked us to chant FUCK YOU LARS. So honored.)
I should listen to more Helmet. Just really heavy, gross, gas-guzzling rock and fucking roll.
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I should listen to more Helmet. Just really heavy, gross, gas-guzzling rock and fucking roll.
Here's a story we didn't see anyone else note: Fab Morvan's been nominated for a Grammy... his first since having to return the best new artist trophy in 1990.
Nice, nerdy context from @idislikestephen.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
Nice, nerdy context from @idislikestephen.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
Milli Vanilli used to be Grammys poison… but not anymore
Thirty-five years after the Grammys revoked Milli Vanilli's best new artist award, former member Fab Morvan has been nominated in a surprising twist.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here's a story we didn't see anyone else note: Fab Morvan's been nominated for a Grammy... his first since having to return the best new artist trophy in 1990.
Nice, nerdy context from @idislikestephen.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
Nice, nerdy context from @idislikestephen.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
Jackass season 1 still some of the funniest, most unhinged television ever made. Beautiful, stupid men doing beautiful, stupid shit.
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Jackass season 1 still some of the funniest, most unhinged television ever made. Beautiful, stupid men doing beautiful, stupid shit.
Deep Elm is bringing back the Emo Diaries comp and I, for one, am crying.
deepelmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chapte...
deepelmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chapte...
Chapter 13: Confessions Of A Broken Man, by The Emo Diaries
13 track album
deepelmrecords.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Deep Elm is bringing back the Emo Diaries comp and I, for one, am crying.
deepelmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chapte...
deepelmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chapte...