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djjohnrichards.bsky.social
Host of the Morning Show on KEXP (90.3 in Seattle, 92.7 in the Bay, kexp.org worldwide). Owner of Life On Mars (bar). Head of the DJ John Richards Vinyl Club (djjohnrichards.com) and here to remind you, You Are Not Alone.
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Chicago Pope's here

submitted 22 hours ago • 231 comments

With a heavy collective heart, KUOW remembers Kevin Diers, announcer and board operator at the station and longtime Seattle radio host, who died unexpectedly on Wednesday.

submitted 14 hours ago • 4 comments

My thread on how bad shortages could become because of tariffs (short version: surprisingly bad for specific goods) netted replies full of the kinds of scenarios that could hit and we’d never see them coming…

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

Once again, despite being in totally different time zones, latitudes, and climates (social, political, AND meteorological), @djjohnrichards.bsky.social somehow knew the *exact* right sonic mood I needed this morning. HOW DOES HE DO IT?!? #youarenotalone

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

I’ve lived here my entire adult life and saw this the other day. It was empty. I’ve never seen it empty. Shocking

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Cool democracy news: Spokane’s Spokesman-Review newspaper pivots to a nonprofit model. The 131-year-old publication will be donated by the Cowles family to help preserve a crucial source of local news. (By @maiphoang.bsky.social @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social) www.cascadepbs.org/news/2025/04...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

THIS THIS THIS

submitted 8 days ago • 249 comments

It’s so weird seeing the Port of Seattle without any ships. I don’t see how we get out of this without a ton of supply shortages. Empty shelves are coming.

submitted 11 days ago • 327 comments

Wake up to Dead Can Dance being played by @djjohnrichards.bsky.social a mystical way to start the day. #morningshowdiaries An Amplifier in WSEA

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Hey Kaiser how about turning the radio to the left of the dial in radiation oncology for the next 10 mornings. @djjohnrichards.bsky.social #kexp #seattle

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submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

People will be upset….at the small businesses. 1 star.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

So much for Brooklyn Born Chocolate

submitted 13 days ago • 41 comments

one thing very beautiful about this to me is that KEXP is still out there turning people on to new music every single day. a blessing

submitted 14 days ago • 22 comments

Checks SM for 5 seconds….experiences the daily pure evil….

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

I got chills hearing "that's how it starts" in Hot Chip's Dancing in the Dark cover this morning on @djjohnrichards.bsky.social show and "I wouldn't trade one stupid decision" was just what I needed to hear today #kexp

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

HBD Iggy Pop (aka, James Newell Osterberg Jr.). In case you haven't seen this, a 15-minute Dutch documentary by Bram Van Splunteren from 1993 follows Iggy around parts of the East Village. It's definitely worth a watch: evgrieve.com/2013/06/go-o...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Sidelines. Sitting on the sidelines and never getting in the game then bitter at anyone who does.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I moved to Seattle but really miles and miles from Seattle. I had to take a ferry and they aren’t like buses or subways and actually the PNW isn’t anything like NYC so I moved back. I feel like 5 min of research would have helped Emma. I will never get those 5 min back after reading this.

submitted 19 days ago • 8 comments

A guy at Panera saw my KEXP sticker and dropped by to tell me about how much he was into the drummer in this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKMx...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

This is great www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

This is bad. Very very bad. Like everything else that is being destroyed. Many public radio stations won’t survive. All will suffer.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Sometimes ya gotta find some joy amidst the chaos. Waiting for Bob Mould to go on at the Neptune Theater in Seattle.

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

Happy Rex Manning Day to all who celebrate.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Been off line and on a break all week, anything happohfuuuuuuuckme

submitted 34 days ago • 7 comments

We can't even pedestrianize Pike Place.

submitted 46 days ago • 6 comments

Why KEXP? Here’s the reason why….. www.spin.com/2025/03/left... #musicsky #radiosky @djjohnrichards.bsky.social @larrymizelljr.bsky.social

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

“Music Heals days set us far apart from anything else on any airwaves. There’s good curation, there’s great DJs everywhere, but nobody persons like us. Nobody humans like us and has license to do that.” I ❤️ DJ @larrymizelljr.bsky.social and @djjohnrichards.bsky.social www.spin.com/2025/03/left...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

You could…just not ever use this ever? That’s an option, yes?

submitted 49 days ago • 6 comments

Today on @kexp.bsky.social 's Drive Time! Me and @djeviestokes.bsky.social pay tribute to Wes Anderson! Tune in 4-7pm PST

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

More than 50 years @kexp.bsky.social has stood by folks! It is great to see our Seattle friends + heroes @djjohnrichards.bsky.social @larrymizelljr.bsky.social get featured in Spin 📸 Left of the Dial: Seattle’s KEXP Heals What Ails Its Listeners via Spin Magazine ❤️ 📻 🤘 www.spin.com/2025/03/left...

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

Best Station Ever is an understatement. KEXP plays the heart and soul of Seattle and is one of the beautiful things that makes me proud to be a Seattleite. @djjohnrichards.bsky.social www.spin.com/2025/03/left...

submitted 50 days ago • 4 comments

Yes, I'm a longtime @kexp.bsky.social nerd, from the KCMU (pre KEXP call letters) days. Best station ever. Great article here. www.spin.com/2025/03/left...

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Cutting back….checks notes, “music”.

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments

So when do all those side effects from my vaccines kick in? It’s been decades in some cases so is it just all at once or do I just not notice I’m dead?

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

the feminine urge to

submitted 59 days ago • 1305 comments

This is called: 'Karma on the Rocks"

submitted 59 days ago • 2 comments

My son made bracelets for a youth mental health support house called Sean’s House and borrowed the beautiful words of @djjohnrichards.bsky.social seanshousesl24.com

submitted 60 days ago • 2 comments

Happy International Women's Day to this classic banger

submitted 61 days ago • 201 comments

That Lady Gaga SNL performance was an all timer. Wow.

submitted 61 days ago • 2 comments

Smells Like Team Spirit

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

We had this in my bar. We no longer will. It was the worst option on the shelf and so really everyone is winning.

submitted 63 days ago • 3 comments

Meme in real life

submitted 64 days ago • 66 comments

My god we are in the dumbest time line

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments