Bill Sherman
@billsherman.bsky.social
Mostly enviro, law, music, PNW, that kind of thing.
Gamelan envy isn't pretty. Go Wes!
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Gamelan envy isn't pretty. Go Wes!
It was the hardest citecheck and edit I had any part of (check out some of the sources cited - for one I relied on my own personal cassette of a pre-stardom Dixie Chicks album) but I assure you everything MLR published got checked from stem to stern.
October 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It was the hardest citecheck and edit I had any part of (check out some of the sources cited - for one I relied on my own personal cassette of a pre-stardom Dixie Chicks album) but I assure you everything MLR published got checked from stem to stern.
(raises hand) Sigh. I was there when we published it. It had been accepted two volumes earlier, and the editing and citechecking took so long that it didn't get published until 1998.
October 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
(raises hand) Sigh. I was there when we published it. It had been accepted two volumes earlier, and the editing and citechecking took so long that it didn't get published until 1998.
YES re: Bill Withers. Watch him start "Use Me" on acoustic guitar, and tell me that's not a folk-soul song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luzl...
Bill Withers - Use Me (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)
YouTube video by BillWithersVEVO
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
YES re: Bill Withers. Watch him start "Use Me" on acoustic guitar, and tell me that's not a folk-soul song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luzl...
This is such a lovely conversation. Thanks so much for sharing it with us (the world).
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This is such a lovely conversation. Thanks so much for sharing it with us (the world).
I love how, every game, Naylor untucks his shirt almost immediately after the last out. He is my favorite muppet on the M's.
October 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I love how, every game, Naylor untucks his shirt almost immediately after the last out. He is my favorite muppet on the M's.
Loved Angie's reaction too
September 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Loved Angie's reaction too
At Newport this summer, people were over the moon about him. Folks raving about his set the next day, every act bringing him up on stage. I just don't get it.
September 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
At Newport this summer, people were over the moon about him. Folks raving about his set the next day, every act bringing him up on stage. I just don't get it.
Really enjoyed this essay.
September 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Really enjoyed this essay.
The scene in Fleishman where she asks the spa to schedule "more screaming" was perfect.
September 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The scene in Fleishman where she asks the spa to schedule "more screaming" was perfect.
but Sark lost so....
August 31, 2025 at 6:47 AM
but Sark lost so....
Love the new album. But I think she means what she's saying in "need a ride." When I saw her last year, she had a lot to say about how COVID restrictions did in her coffeeshop. At the end of the story, she said "so, f*** the government." And it was not in a Woody Guthrie way.
August 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Love the new album. But I think she means what she's saying in "need a ride." When I saw her last year, she had a lot to say about how COVID restrictions did in her coffeeshop. At the end of the story, she said "so, f*** the government." And it was not in a Woody Guthrie way.
The folks at Backlisted had a great chat about that one a year or two ago. You might like it: www.backlisted.fm/episodes/195...
195. Kurt Vonnegut - Galapágos — Backlisted
In this episode we are delighted to welcome 2023 Booker Prize Winner Shehan Karunatilaka to discuss Kurt Vonnegut ’s eleventh novel, Galapágos . First published in 1985, it is one of his mo...
www.backlisted.fm
August 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The folks at Backlisted had a great chat about that one a year or two ago. You might like it: www.backlisted.fm/episodes/195...
I have seen Newport's future, and its name is Luke Combs.
July 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I have seen Newport's future, and its name is Luke Combs.
Less honkin', more tonkin'
July 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Less honkin', more tonkin'
Great article and perfect timing - I get to see them Friday!
July 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Great article and perfect timing - I get to see them Friday!
Lola Kirke at the Tractor on Friday!
June 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Lola Kirke at the Tractor on Friday!
Yes. Caroline Spence would like a word!
May 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Yes. Caroline Spence would like a word!