Substacks recommended by Ghosts In The Machine

Recommended by Ghosts In The Machine

Secret Expert

By Molly Wright Steenson

New realms of secret expertise

Shinyribs

By Kevin Russell

Music, Poetry, Photography, Collage, Essays,Quips,Quotes and Mustelids

Ready for Nothing

By John Strohm

A newsletter about whatever John P. Strohm cares to write about, mostly music business, culture, technology, and stories from my career as a musician and music professional

John P. Strohm is a musician and lawyer and writer of the first order, no matter how you organize those things. I look forward to Ready for Nothing every week.

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NFL, Weakly

Brian Daboll, gabagool on a roll

Jon’s Newsletter

By Jon Pruett

Where The Getting is GOOD and GONE

The Horror Xpress

Deep dives into horror films and fiction with masters of the genre.

Great interviews with folks like the late, lamented David J Skal, and John Landis, on American Werewolf in London. Good stuff here for the discerning horror afficianado.

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LANDLINE by Jay Babcock

An almanac/newsletter of ideas, nudges and recommendations that hopefully form a small bailiwick outside the cruddiness at large, from the founding editor of Arthur Magazine.

What I Deserve

By Kelly Willis

Kelly Willis's Substack

What Jack Boulware Fails to Realize

By Jack Boulware

News & culture, a bit of memoir, a bit of the ridiculous.

Boulware's an old guard journalist and one of my favorite writers, with BTO blaring in the background and a stiff drink in front of him.

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Inconspicuous Consumption

By Paul Lukas

Big Enthusiasm for Small Details

Bucky Sinister

By Update

I'm a poet, self-help author, novelist, kettlebell athlete, and pop culture nerd. Likely you know me from one of these descriptions if you're here. Hopefully, I'll share the rest of my world with you.

Four Track Substack

By Joe Pernice

Musician and writer Joe Pernice shares recordings and some words about making them.

Joe Pernice is one of the bright, shining lights in the music cosmos, even if he writes songs about flaming wrecks and committing suicide in your garage.

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Words And Music

By Peter Blackstock

I'll be writing here primarily about popular music, which I've covered since the 1980s for various newspapers and magazines (No Depression, Austin American-Statesman, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, etc.). May also sneak in occasional food posts about salsa.

My pal and the co-founder of No Depression Magazine.

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Mrs. Doe

By Krissy Teegerstrom

Hi, I'm Krissy Teegerstrom. I am an artist living in Austin, Texas. I live according to my values, some of which are: the Earth, sustainability, creativity, reciprocity, magic, joy, evolution, freedom, beauty, kindness, humanity & mystery

The Greatest Living American Substack

By Neal Pollack

Saving the world from evil

Neal is hilarious as always, and he might even have Dave Eggers' email address

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Lost Control

By Sean Garrett

Mostly comms thoughts from Sean Garrett, Mixing Board founder.

Postcards from Chad

By Chad Beck

I write short and silly notes for friends and future friends.

Fatal Strategies

By Will York

Interviews with musicians and artists from around the world on making music in the digital age. Metal, electronic, experimental, and gray areas in between.

I've known Will York for a long time, going back to the pre-Rhapsody salad days of Listen.com. His book Who Cares Anyway about Post-Punk San Francisco is a must read. Looking forward to seeing what he does next with this, Fatal Strategies -- in his words, "Interviews with musicians and artists from around the world on making music in the digital age. Metal, electronic, experimental, and gray areas in between."

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