Hullabaloo

waterbaby // Beck n Call - Hullabaloo I have been very interested recently in memory – its tricks, obfuscations, and peculiarities. And nostalgia. How quickly people and things from the past become symbols. Unburdened of the complexity an...

TUNES // waterbaby - Beck n Call

+ some words about memory.

(out via @subpop.bsky.social )

www.hullabalootunes.com/2026/03/06/w...

CAN // Tago Mago - Hullabaloo Recently, I’ve been watching a lot of movies from the 70s. One of my New Years things was to stop watching TV and fill in some of the large gaps in my cinema knowledge. I went to film school, so a lot...

ALBUMS // CAN - Tago Mago

A classic + a mini essay about 70s cinema.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2026/02/27/c...

Art Gecko // Kuiper Belt - Hullabaloo I listened to this song and it reminded me of a dream I had recently, about clouds. The clouds are suspended on long cables from the rigging of a soundstage. They are made from large blocks of what ap...

Art Gecko // Kuiper Belt

+ some words about clouds, dreams, and cloud dreams

www.hullabalootunes.com/2026/02/13/a...

Tranquility // Grace Rogers - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // Because it is a hard time in which to have a lot of hopeful type emotions, I try to pay extra attention to the ones that present themselves, even if they are small and fleeting. Someo...

TUNES // Grace Rogers - Tranquility

+ a little essay about hope and books.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/06/25/t...

Wednesday // Elderberry Wine - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // I just finished a week of 12 hour work days. Not the kind of 12 hours where you clock in and sit around waiting to be told what to do, but 12 hours of the breakneck, acute awareness t...

TUNES // Wednesday - Elderberry Wine

A perfect little tune from Wednesday and a little healthy railing against the 12 hour workday.

Out via @deadoceans.bsky.social

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/05/26/w...

Tranquility // Grace Rogers - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // Because it is a hard time in which to have a lot of hopeful type emotions, I try to pay extra attention to the ones that present themselves, even if they are small and fleeting. Someo...

TUNES // Grace Rogers - Tranquility

+ a little essay about hope and books.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/06/25/t...

Nuovo Testamento // Picture Perfect - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // This song makes me wonder when the last time I went dancing was. Which itself is a sort of answer to the question: long enough that I can’t readily remember when it was. Anyway when I...

TUNES // Nuovo Testamamento - Picture Perfect

Forgive the long time between posts. I have been busy and sick. Please enjoy this delightful disco song + some words on Italy and dancing.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/06/21/n...

Men I Trust - Equus Caballus - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // Last weekend we drove over to Olympia for a day. Olympia is the kind of mid-size town where there is not one or even two but three bookstores with radical politics within a few minute...

ALBUMS // Men I Trust - Equus Caballus

+ some words about perfect summer days and the music that soundtracks them.

@menitrust.bsky.social

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/06/10/m...

Men I Trust - Equus Caballus - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // Last weekend we drove over to Olympia for a day. Olympia is the kind of mid-size town where there is not one or even two but three bookstores with radical politics within a few minute...

ALBUMS // Men I Trust - Equus Caballus

+ some words about perfect summer days and the music that soundtracks them.

@menitrust.bsky.social

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/06/10/m...

Lauren Auder, Wendy & Lisa // I Would Die 4 U - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // I have sometimes written here about the place I grew up: a very small town in a very rural corner of a very beautiful part of Washington State. Like many very rural places, the town w...

TUNES // Lauren Auder, Wendy & Lisa - I Would Die 4 U

A track from the wonderful TRANSA compilation from @redhotorg.bsky.social , plus some words about local libraries and the importance of protecting them at all costs.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/05/29/l...

King Hannah // Crème Brûlée - Hullabaloo Post by Misha There are certain guitar solos that make me go weak at the knees. And not only the knees, but all the seams of my body. They make me aware of the porousness of the skin, and the hollowne...

TUNES // King Hannah - Crème Brûlée

A little King Hannah for your day + some words about my favorite kind of guitar solos.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/06/02/k...

With Rural Libraries Under Attack, a Washington Town Rallies to Defend Its Own After a state senator pulled funding from the Republic Library, community members are organizing to protect the library—and its culture of inclusion.

If you're interested in learning more about attacks on rural libraries and what communities can do to fight back, check out this article I (Misha) wrote for @barnraiser.bsky.social

And support your local library!

barnraisingmedia.com/republic-was...

Lauren Auder, Wendy & Lisa // I Would Die 4 U - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // I have sometimes written here about the place I grew up: a very small town in a very rural corner of a very beautiful part of Washington State. Like many very rural places, the town w...

TUNES // Lauren Auder, Wendy & Lisa - I Would Die 4 U

A track from the wonderful TRANSA compilation from @redhotorg.bsky.social , plus some words about local libraries and the importance of protecting them at all costs.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/05/29/l...

Eli Winter // A Trick of the Light - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // This record is like a little box containing all the pieces of a summer storm. The kind we’re always waiting for in bored moments, without really knowing what we’re waiting for. And th...

ALBUMS // Eli Winter - A Trick of the Light

+some words on the anatomy of a storm.

@thebookofeliw.bsky.social // Out via @3lobed.bsky.social

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/05/08/e...

Wednesday // Elderberry Wine - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // I just finished a week of 12 hour work days. Not the kind of 12 hours where you clock in and sit around waiting to be told what to do, but 12 hours of the breakneck, acute awareness t...

TUNES // Wednesday - Elderberry Wine

A perfect little tune from Wednesday and a little healthy railing against the 12 hour workday.

Out via @deadoceans.bsky.social

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/05/26/w...

Kali Uchis // Sincerely, - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // I’ve listened to this album every morning for the past few days. It’s especially good in the morning, as a way to begin. I used to do the same thing with Kali Uchis’ last album, Orquí...

ALBUMS // Kali Uchis - Sincerely,

On Kali Uchis and gratitude.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/05/13/k...

Perfume Genius // It's A Mirror - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // When I was a kid I took swimming lessons at the pool in the winter. I don’t really remember what we learned in the lessons (I’m an unrepentant doggy-paddler to this day), but I rememb...

TUNES // Perfume Genius - It's a Mirror

One of my favorites of the year so far and some words about memories and mirrors (sort of).

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/04/30/p...

Eli Winter // A Trick of the Light - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // This record is like a little box containing all the pieces of a summer storm. The kind we’re always waiting for in bored moments, without really knowing what we’re waiting for. And th...

ALBUMS // Eli Winter - A Trick of the Light

+some words on the anatomy of a storm.

@thebookofeliw.bsky.social // Out via @3lobed.bsky.social

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/05/08/e...

Lily Seabird // Trash Mountain (1pm) - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // There’s a breathless off-kilter-ness to this song that puts you on notice, even in the midst of what seems like familiar – even comforting – territory. It still finds a way to unseat ...

TUNES // Lily Seabird - Trash Mountain (1pm) (via @lameorecords.bsky.social)

+ some words about strangeness in the midst of the familiar.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/05/06/l...

Smerz // Feisty - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // This thing lives right up on the line between fun and scary. You think a bunch of times that it’s going to drop down into either one or the other (are we having a Good Time or are we ...

TUNES // Smerz - Feisty

Just in time for the weekend, a tone poem for every best / worst night out.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/05/03/s...

Squirrel Flower // When A Plant Is Dying - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // There is something oddly meditative about picking slugs off the lawn in the dark. I know this because it’s what I’ve been doing at least twice a week for the last two months. I’ve rea...

TUNES // Squirrel Flower - When A Plant Is Dying

One of my favorite songs from when we were on hiatus, plus some thoughts about keeping plants alive.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/04/24/s...

Perfume Genius // It's A Mirror - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // When I was a kid I took swimming lessons at the pool in the winter. I don’t really remember what we learned in the lessons (I’m an unrepentant doggy-paddler to this day), but I rememb...

TUNES // Perfume Genius - It's a Mirror

One of my favorites of the year so far and some words about memories and mirrors (sort of).

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/04/30/p...

CMAT // Running/Planning - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // I’m currently waiting on some big news, and I don’t know if it will come tomorrow or next week or in three months (or never!). Like most news, it could either be good or not so good. ...

TUNES // CMAT (@cmatbaby.bsky.social) - Running/Planning

First single from an album that I'm very excited about, and a little essay about the intolerability of waiting.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/04/18/c...

Kacey Musgraves // Sounds from the Heart of the Woods - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // Frankly, I don’t have good enough health insurance to get into mushroom foraging. That’s what I realized after finding what I’m almost positive were perfectly edible wild oyster mushr...

TUNES // Kacey Musgraves - Sounds from the Heart of the Woods

Do you long to be outside? Do you instead find yourself in front of a computer? This one is for you.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/04/28/k...

Common Holly // Aegean Blue - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // I think I like rivers best because they are the only form of water which suggests transportation in such an immediate way. Always undulating, eddying, moving forward. Impossible not t...

TUNES // Common Holly - Aegean blue (out via @keeledscales.bsky.social)

Stunningly lovely track from Common Holly + a few words about rivers.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/04/14/c...

Squirrel Flower // When A Plant Is Dying - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // There is something oddly meditative about picking slugs off the lawn in the dark. I know this because it’s what I’ve been doing at least twice a week for the last two months. I’ve rea...

TUNES // Squirrel Flower - When A Plant Is Dying

One of my favorite songs from when we were on hiatus, plus some thoughts about keeping plants alive.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/04/24/s...

Angie McMahon // Beginner - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // There’s this philosophy in Miranda July’s novel All Fours which is described as “every day is Tuesday.” It’s said by one of the characters (a very famous fictional pop star, possibly ...

TUNES // Angie McMahon - Beginner

One of my faves from Angie McMahon's 2024 EP, Light Sides + some words on the wisdom of Miranda July's "every day is Tuesday."

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/04/22/a...

Ty!! Can't wait for the album :)

Leif Vollebekk & Angie McMahon - Take It to the Limit - Hullabaloo Post by Misha Everyone told me that I wasn’t going to like the weather in Seattle. I told them I liked the rain and they said you say that now. And I guess technically it hasn’t been a full year yet, ...

TUNES // Leif Vollebekk & Angie McMahon - Take It to the Limit

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/04/08/l...

CMAT // Running/Planning - Hullabaloo Post by Misha // I’m currently waiting on some big news, and I don’t know if it will come tomorrow or next week or in three months (or never!). Like most news, it could either be good or not so good. ...

TUNES // CMAT (@cmatbaby.bsky.social) - Running/Planning

First single from an album that I'm very excited about, and a little essay about the intolerability of waiting.

www.hullabalootunes.com/2025/04/18/c...