Associate editor at ANTIGRAVITY // Writing about music // Recent returnee to New Orleans after getting an MA in musicology at Osaka Universityhttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarsox.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarsox.bsky.social/post/3m3aulejpv22k"...As a weirdo rocker in New Orleans, I think it’s worth the cost of admission just to see Paul McCartney next to an Eyehategod poster." I wrote about Spinal Tap II in this month's @antigravitymag.bsky.social https://antigravitymagazine.com/reviews/reviews-107/15 Oct 2025 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:dls2fsbffqor7dmiomcl5pdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3aulejpv22khttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarsox.bsky.social/post/3m2mnmaavns2dMy @antigravitymag.bsky.social interview with @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social is online now! It was lots of fun to dig into some odd topics with Canada's most notorious interviewer and even present him with a few gifts. https://antigravitymagazine.com/feature/willie-vs-nardwuar/07 Oct 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:dls2fsbffqor7dmiomcl5pdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mnmaavns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarsox.bsky.social/post/3m25inyrge22vIt is an absolute honor (and quite surreal!) to announce that I got to interview the one and only @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social for @antigravitymag.bsky.social ! It was a privilege to turn the tables on him and come up with all kinds of odd questions for Canada's most notorious interviewer. (1/3)01 Oct 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:dls2fsbffqor7dmiomcl5pdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25inyrge22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarsox.bsky.social/post/3lvfal5blhk2lI'm proud to announce that I have a couple of pictures in @antigravitymag.bsky.social 's annual photo issue! 📸 Top picture: The Little Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans' sister city Matsue, Japan Bottom picture: @airilyarts.bsky.social on the back of a relative's motorbike in Saigon, Vietnam02 Aug 2025 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:dls2fsbffqor7dmiomcl5pdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvfal5blhk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarsox.bsky.social/post/3lo4lghkyd22yI caught the second Acid Bath reunion gig last night. It's surreal that a local metal band sold out The Fillmore for two nights during Jazz Fest season!01 May 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:dls2fsbffqor7dmiomcl5pdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4lghkyd22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarsox.bsky.social/post/3lnxdxidljc2zYesterday: Bo Dolis Jr, Kermit Ruffins, and James Andrews played at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Afterwards, anthropologist Helen Regis talked about Jazz Fest map making at the Jazz and Heritage Center. Check out Alex McMurray's map!29 Apr 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:dls2fsbffqor7dmiomcl5pdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnxdxidljc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarsox.bsky.social/post/3lnst6ur5nc2sDay 2 at Jazz Fest 2025: Big Freedia, Tank and the Bangas, Midnite Disturbers, and Lil Wayne with the Roots27 Apr 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:dls2fsbffqor7dmiomcl5pdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnst6ur5nc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarsox.bsky.social/post/3lnppvvwr7s2wYesterday, I made it out to Jazz Fest ! I caught Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli, Cheap Trick, and a bit of Buckwheat Zydeco Jr.26 Apr 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:dls2fsbffqor7dmiomcl5pdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnppvvwr7s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarsox.bsky.social/post/3lngswcnnl22tHey y'all! I recently returned to New Orleans after three years in Osaka, Japan! Last month, Osaka University awarded me a master's degree in musicology for my research on musical connections between New Orleans and Japan! Here is a picture of me with my advisor Yusuke Wajima after my grad ceremony.22 Apr 2025 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:dls2fsbffqor7dmiomcl5pdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngswcnnl22t