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Sayonara Cupcake

Music Culture | Storytelling | Rabbit Holes | Breadcrumbs
Community driven. Heavy on the gluten.
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Sayonara Cupcake, a quirky podcast hosted by LV that blends music, stories, and surprises into an eclectic audio experience.

22/09/2026

My t-shirt today is rad. That is all.

15/09/2026

Imagine hating on me and I’m just over here helping disabled birds bath 😂

Pete got into something so he was happy to come with me and get his routine bath. Note, he is 100% free…..I took him in years ago because I worried about him only having one leg, but he’s fully capable…except when bathing….because the balance…..so he flies to me when he wants a warm bath and after some food, vitamins, and rest, he’s back on his way…

12/09/2026

The music sounds better with you.

11/09/2026

HEEDfest 14.

For the uninitiated, HEEDfest is an annual gathering of Guided By Voices fans — a celebration of Robert Pollard, GBV, the music, and the community that has grown around it over the years. Held in Dayton, Ohio — Pollard and GBV’s hometown — it brings people together from all over to see bands, hear music, swap stories and generally celebrate all things GBV.

This year, the festivities kicked off with a celebration at The Barrel House, with DJ Mark Shue getting things underway.

We couldn’t be in Dayton ourselves, so we asked our man on the ground, James Reader of Dewey Defeats Truman and Red Dye No. 5, if he’d chat with some of the people there.

James spent some time talking with attendees at HEEDfest 14 about Robert Pollard, Guided By Voices, the songs, the memories, and what keeps bringing this community back together year after year.

And a special shoutout to Andrew, who came all the way from Sheffield, England, to be there — which gives you some idea of just how far this little musical universe reaches.

Swipe through for a little field report from Dayton — straight from the people who were there.

And if you’ve been to HEEDfest, seen GBV over the years, or have a Robert Pollard/GBV memory of your own, leave it below. These stories are worth keeping around for the people who were there — and for the people just discovering the music now.

Additionally, if anyone knows who did the original artwork for the poster; please let me know so I can give credit!

Are you a GBV fan? What song would you recommend for someone who wants to get into them?

27/08/2026

My bff from 7th grade on, Eric Feith, told me to give Pearl Jam a listen. I couldn’t afford the album, so he made me a tape. I’d been working through the catalogs of British bands—the Cure, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, the Smiths. This was something completely different.

These guys looked like the average Hessians I knew from school—the cool ones who liked playing guitars and smoking w**d. Every song sounded like friends having a jam session, almost impromptu. Eddie’s vocals were incredible, but as a lyricist, even better. What he sang about seemed important. It hit deeper. I was obsessed.

There were no skips on Ten for me. The following summer I got my first car. I’d lived a sheltered childhood, and suddenly I could just drive. I ditched university more than I should have and drove everywhere, alone, nowhere in particular. Ten was in the CD player, and somehow that album became freedom.

Then came European singles and Japanese imports for B-sides—“Dirty Frank,” “Footsteps”…whoever did the ordering at Lou’s Records knew what they were doing. They got all my money.

When Napster came along, I grabbed every Pearl Jam live bootleg I could find. I listened so much that even now, decades later, I know every pause. Every breath. Every howl, every grunt, every little sound Eddie makes between words. They’re ingrained in my memory.

I’ve been lucky enough to see Pearl Jam many times, and I’m always struck by the feeling in the crowd afterward. You leave feeling good. There’s something Eddie said in a 1992 Raw Power interview about how music saves people that stayed with me. I’ll include it in this carousel.

I think he was onto something.

How did you find them?

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27/08/2026

albums in my kid’s music collection….he said it was cool if I shared….this one here sorta makes up for Drake….

i’m just sitting on the floor listening…..there’s something that’s still so nice about putting a CD into a player and just sitting there listening to an album…..while a koel bird calls away outside.

i’ll throw a video of my noisy little neighbor up on stories….we called him Joe-el

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27/08/2026

the first time i listened to TheFutureEmbrace was in 2006. i was going particularly hard into music from Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, fascinated by the different instrumentation and sounds. maybe that opened my mind—and my ears—to listen more deeply to the textures and layers of music.

i don’t know that i had any expectations of what BC’s first solo effort should sound like, but i’m endlessly curious about what happens when an artist steps away and creates something entirely on their own.

when it came out, there were always a few griping that it didn’t sound like the Pumpkins. 20 years later, some still gripe. one thing i love about the current generation of younger listeners is that they don’t seem particularly interested in inheriting somebody else’s opinion. they listen and decide for themselves, and label the naysayers grumpy old heads. that’s pretty fu***ng punk rock.

and this album is good. the songs, beautifully crafted. BC and Robert Smith covering the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody” alone is quite the breadcrumb. but it’s the textures and layers that keep pulling me back.

the short film was created as a promo for the album, but it’s always felt like a piece of art in its own right. songs appear in sometimes rawer forms, pieces pulled apart. the whole thing feels almost like a beautiful collage. it’s one of my favorite pieces from this era. 20 years later, i’m still finding things inside it.

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26/08/2026

She was the best of us.
Vocal isolation from .voceux 🫶

26/08/2026

I grew up in a household that loved Dolly….my dad was a fan of country and he grew up listening to Dolly….my mother, a Thai national, would find her later when she duetted with Kenny Rogers, whom my mother loved….her voice has always filled the empty spaces we inhabited….so it was a shock to wake up a couple of hours ago to this news….my mother, who lives next door, was already up and the first thing she said was Dolly passed….and we had a cry together…..I just hear her listening to Dolly this morning….the familiar songs she played in my youth….….82 years old, my mom….but a fan of music always….she kept calling me over to show me photos of Dolly she saw posted….all beautiful….my heart is heavy…we remarked that it reminded us of Johnny Cash….how soon after June died did he go? Just a few months…..sometimes when you’ve been with someone so long, it’s hard to navigate without them…..I don’t think Dolly recovered fully from Carl’s passing….maybe the same way Debbie Reynolds couldn’t live without her beloved Carrie on this planet….our hearts are so heavy in this house today, as I am sure they are around the world…Dolly transcended borders, language, genres….her heart was pure — and one could see and feel that without having to meet her…some energies vibrate and broadcast on such a strong level, you just feel it….we all felt Dolly’s presence, I’m sure….one of our rescue pigeons is even named Jolene!

The heartbreak of this can only be offset knowing she is with the love of her life….her legacy will continue…so many will come out with the most beautiful stories of her in the next few weeks….be sure to listen to every one…..thank you, Dolly….for everything 🥹🖤🫶