@JBarney

Music and Culture Reporter @WNXPnashville @wpln. ✍@NPR : 🦌Milwaukee native

 Nashville, TN
wnxp.org/people/justin-barney/
Joined February 2009
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Henry Rollins to open two-day punk and hardcore exhibit in Nashville wpln.org/post/henry-rollins-…

Henry Rollins to open two-day punk and hardcore exhibit in Nashville

A few years ago, music legend Henry Rollins moved from Los Angeles to Nashville. He said that it was to work on some kind of visual display of his collection of punk and hardcore posters, albums and...

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it's fun seeing people finally realize there's such a thing called the "music industry"
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@WIREDApr 14
The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was. wired.com/story/geese-chaoti…

The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a Psyop

The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was.

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Fun little feature story about the Wisconsin connection of a famous leather bike seat. Compliments of @JBarney. wpr.org/culture/made-in-wisc…

Made in Wisconsin: Selle Anatomica leather bike saddles 

Selle Anatomica saddles are available in shops around the world — stamped and developed in Elkhorn.

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WNXP Nashville@WNXPnashvilleMar 25
.@pitchfork's number 1 album of 2025 came from Los Thuthanaka. This Friday, March 27, one half of the duo, Nashville's Chuquimamani-Condori, joins WNXP for an exclusive live DJ set from 8-9pm CT feat. new edits, unreleased originals and an announcement: wnxp.org/exclusive-unrelease…
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michael@worstmichaelMar 2
I have traveled all over the world and nowhere compares to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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I hated seeing the old format go, but slimming down to three weekends seems to be much better for booking. These names are huge. Happy for Milwaukee
Summerfest@SummerfestFeb 19
Turn up the music 🔊 Your Summerfest 2026 lineup presented by @amfam just dropped 🎉 ⭐PLUS grab a @TMobile 9-Day Power Pass for just $58 now through February 25: store.summerfest.com/tickets See you at the lakefront!
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$12 pitchers. Back room to ourselves. Free pool. This is Wisconsin
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@DivesOfWI Fin N Feather. Greenfield, WI
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They are playing Wednesday at Landmark. Everything is good
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@hradzka18 Dec 2025
PIANO. *plays the softest, most heartbreaking melody you ever heard in your life* TOM WAITS, leaning into microphone.
SQUASH B’GOSH@otherjrobbins18 Dec 2025
There’s a fake leg for sale at the thrift store
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Geese pits are going hard. Tonight at Terminal West in Atlanta
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Cameron Winter of Geese at Terminal West in Atlanta, GA tonight
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I lost my Mickey Mouse watch in the pit at the Geese show in Atlanta tonight. If this somehow reaches someone who found it, please let me know
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Justin Wills
@itsjwills6 Nov 2025
bro almost became a Milwaukee barista
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@ZohranKMamdani5 Jan 2014
After 3.5 yrs of #Bowdoin, I sit on pg 19 of my eBear search & wonder: should I take up Milwaukee #Starbucks' offer & become a barista?
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Nashville movies have become more accessible in recent months. Regal and the Belcourt Theatre have recently started to offer films with captions on the screen — called “open captioning” — of all their films. wpln.org/post/theaters-are-s…

Theaters are showing more movies with captions on the screen. Will the trend grow?

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Cordell Hell@Chris4TN628 Aug 2025
There are songs from this era that I loved (and I even know the title/artist) but they're just gone. To the ether. So this is cool
WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio@WPLN7 Aug 2025
Nashville’s Alex Caress had all but given up on music. Little did he know, passionate fans of a song that he wrote more than 20 years ago, have been trying to find him for years. It all started with a mix tape. wpln.org/post/lostwave-song-…

Worldwide hunt for long lost song ends in Nashville

Nashville's Alex Caress had all but given up on music. But passionate fans of a song that he wrote, have been trying to find him for years.

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Nashville singer Emily Hines' growth from farmer to breakout indie artist @WPLN News #music #indiemusic #Nashville wpln.org/post/wnxp-nashville…

Nashville singer Emily Hines' growth from farmer to breakout indie artist

On summer mornings Emily Hines is up at daybreak harvesting the season’s fruits and vegetables. This year she’s also been tending to the garden of song.

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You can order a gyro at Arby’s now because one night in the 70s a woman in Milwaukee had the idea to make gyros a nationwide staple and made it happen podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Was the Modern Gyro Invented in Chicago?

Podcast Episode · Proof · August 21, 2025 · 57m

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Nashville’s Alex Caress had all but given up on music. Little did he know, passionate fans of a song that he wrote more than 20 years ago, have been trying to find him for years. It all started with a mix tape. wpln.org/post/lostwave-song-…

Worldwide hunt for long lost song ends in Nashville

Nashville's Alex Caress had all but given up on music. But passionate fans of a song that he wrote, have been trying to find him for years.

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