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Rob Miller
@millerscave.bsky.social
https://www.robmillerwriting.com/
Author. Cofounder Bloodshot Records. DJ at Miller’s Cave.
Exploring the murky recesses of roots music:
Streaming at radioharborcountry.org
Sat: 4 to 5 PM & Sun: 9 to 10pm (Eastern)
Chicago via Detroit
Took me a few days, but I found my "Mickey" ball---Lolich and Stanley---from a time when every team, it seemed, had someone named "Mickey" on it. We had two.
RIP #mickeylolich
#baseball #mickeystanley #detroittigers #detroithistory
February 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Finished this over the weekend. Heartbreaking. Made me sad, angry, but most of all made me miss him. As a person and an artist.
@jonbern.bsky.social did a remarkable job putting this story together.
#justintownesearle #booksky📚 #altcountry #nashville
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
People asking me a lot these (book link in bio) what made Chicago such a haven for #altcountry in the 90s.
Cuz shit like THIS happened all the time. On MONDAYS! Check out that stacked lineup. Good grief.

#chicagoflyers #chicagomusichistory #buckowens #schubas @stevedawsonmusic.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Look was spotted in the wild at the @ferndalelibrary.bsky.social public library! Makes sense, as 1 one of THE great indie record stores that got me on my path---SAM'S JAMS---was in that city. SUPPORT PUBLIC LIBRARIES!
@illinoispress.bsky.social #robmillerwriting #booksky📚
#detroitmusichistory
February 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
#oakpark IL, Heads up!
One week from today! @marthabayne.bsky.social and I take the gloves off and talk about "The Hours Are Long But The Pay Is Low" on @illinoispress.bsky.social
Come for the witty banter, stay for the unrelenting questioning.
#booksky📚 #robmillerwriting #americana #musicbooks
February 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Want to thank everyone who came out to City Lit Books in Chicago's Logan Square for @marthabayne.bsky.social grilling me about "The Hours Are Long But the Pay Is Low" on @illinoispress.bsky.social . I left some signed copies behind if you missed it. Support Indie Bookstores!
#booksky📚 #musicbooks
February 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Tune in tmrw 4pmEastern for MILLER'S CAVE! Streaming at www.radioharborcountry.org
You'll hear @jdmcpherson.bsky.social @kdlang.bsky.social #howlinwolf #flatlanders, and all sorts of weird and wonderful tunes. The cure for the common radio
#communityradio #rockabillyradio #americanaradio
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Holy cow! Just found this flyer in a box of crapola. #iggypop show in Japan in 94. In Tokyo visiting a friend (and interviewing the 5,6,7.8's for a fanzine!!!). Wild, wild show.
A minor earthquake struck during show---we didn't notice. Building collapsed across the street.
#punkflyers #5678s
February 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Been a quiet few years in SW MI in terms of snowfall.
Not this year.
Finally got to set up the sled ramp I built at the top of the hill.

Broken ribs at the bottom.
Tumbler of peaty scotch by the firepit at the top.

#harborcountry #sledding #sledzeppelin #puremichigan
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Writing book: REALLY hard. Publishing it: terrifying. Promoting it: tiresome. Folks telling me stories of THEIR connection to music? Awesome. @illinoispress.bsky.social sent me fan mail they got for me. Let artists know their work reached you. It means a lot. Indie community at it best. #booksky📚
February 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Join me for Miller's Cave tmrw at 4pm Eastern
Streaming at www.radioharborcountry.org
Some things I've got queued up: #nikkilane #wilsonpickett #buddyguy #johnnycash #emmylouharris and more.
The cure for the common radio!
#indieradio #rootsradio #harborcountry #rockabillyradio #americanaradio
January 30, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Small bizzes are making very personal decisions on how to protect our rights and our communities today. Thinking of bizzes in #lincolnsquare that went under during Covid and how quickly they can disappear. If a beloved local shop closes for today, support them extra hard tomorrow, and days beyond
January 30, 2026 at 3:52 PM
And we'll toss in admiration for Gromit's amazing ability to sniff out his fave wintertime delicacy, freshly frozen deer poop, thru 2 feet of snow.
January 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
An epic show I got to work.
Closing night of a storied club in #annarbor and this gang of legends got together for one last hurrah. #pattismith #lennykaye members of #MC5 & #stooges
I did a good job & afterwards they gave me this signed poster.
#booksky📚 #flyers #robmillerwriting #musichistory
January 28, 2026 at 11:25 PM
First time I considered the possibility of permanent hearing loss. Next morning, I could see the homeroom teacher's lips moving, but all I could hear was static. After that, I never went to a show w/o ear plugs. Text from my new book (link in bio)
#motorhead #booksky📚 #detroitflyers #punkflyers
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Gromit on his never-ending quest for his favorite treat: fresh frozen deer poop.
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Checking in with a college friend who is now a minister (you read that right, not ALL my friends are rocket-sledding to hell) at a true social justice church in Minneapolis. I asked how I could help. Please help if you, as I am, are feeling helpless and outraged.
www.saint-nicks.org
#minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
It's cold. The news is shitty. For a distraction while you are defrosting your fingers or unsticking your tongue from a pole, here's a UK podcast I was on recently. He describes my middle school years as "a cul de sac of loneliness." Ouch, but true.

www.c86show.org/e/rob-miller...
January 23, 2026 at 5:25 PM
1st book read of the year (hey, I've been busy with my own book, ok?) (Link in bio). I will never look at the tufts of rabbit fur I find on walks along the Chicago River the same way again. We are never far from wilderness. Big thumbs up!
@christopherbrown.bsky.social #booksky #urbannature
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Another genuine pleasure of putting my book out there (link in bio) on @illinoispress.bsky.social has been people telling me how they have to put the book down and go listen to the music I'm talking about, either to revisit old faves, or discover something new. Love, love, love it!
#booksky
January 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Tune into Miller's Cave Sat at 4pm eastern. www.radioharborcountry.org
You'll hear #bottlerockets, Lefty Frizzell, #irmathomas, #davealvin #magicsam and more!
The cure for the common radio!
Replayed Sun night 9pm
#robmillerwriting #harborcountry #rootsradio #indieradio #altcountryradio
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
In the madness of the holidays, I forgot to pass along that my @illinoispress.bsky.social book "The Hours Are Long But The Pay Is Low" was named one of the BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF 2025 by @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Check it out! Me, #ozzy, and some bum named McCartney
January 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Attn: Oak Parkers! Oak Parkians? The book release tour for "The Hours Are Long But The Pay Is Low" hits yer town 2/15 at 4pm. My sparring partner will be @marthabayne.bsky.social so you know it will be good.

@illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #robmillerwriting #chicagomusichistory #oakpark
January 14, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Holy cow! "The Hours Are Long But The Pay Is Low" is a January staff pick at the @americanwritersmuseum.org !!!
These people know their writing. It's not like when I was the staff pick at the American Sour Pickle Museum. I thank them mightily.

@illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #chicagomusic
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Do you have an artist, an LP, that, no matter what, elevates your mood? I believe every music fan does--and, dang, we need that record more than ever.

For me, it's #Irmathomas , the Soul Queen of New Orleans.

#vinylcommunity #booksky📚💙 #robmillerwriting #musicbooks @illinoispress.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM