Social media is equal parts fascinating and horrifying. For every one gift of a new bit of Mississippi John Hurt footage that gets uncovered and shared, there is … well … everything else. However, in the interest of trying to present a balanced assessment, I’ve done my level best to list out 11 musical things that I DO and DON’T like discovering via social media.

Today’s Top 11 musical things I DO like discovering via social media:

1. Vintage Captain Beefheart video footage I haven’t seen before
2. Unearthed guerrilla footage from inside recording studios when legendary albums were being recorded
3. Anything about Thelonious Monk
4. Stories about Kid Andersen saving vintage Hammond organs and putting them to use at his Greaseland studio
5. Any kind of evidence that there are new and excellent songs being written within a broad definition of the blues idiom
6. Anything about Mance Lipscomb
7. News that artists I admire are releasing new music
8. Examples of well-known and amazing artists sharing the music of lesser-known but equally amazing artists
9. Videos of that that baritone sax guy with the drummer playin’ house music in the Union Square subway station
10. Evidence that other people also miss and revere Chris Whitley
11. Excellent quality upright basses for sale, within 5 miles of my house, for less than $400.*

Today’s Top 11 musical things I DON’T like discovering via social media:

1. Home videos of people performing Beatles covers
2. Videos of Beatles covers, of any kind
3. Beatles songs
4. Videos about harmonica microphones that last for more than 3 seconds
5. New examples of Joe Bonamassa’s offensive claims to importance
6. Snarky posts from people aggressively defending the fact that they’re a cover band/act, especially when they presume that “no one wants to hear original songs” but fail to take into consideration that their own original songs might just suck.
7. Self-righteous posts from record labels posturing pro-artist stances when we all know behind the scenes that they f*&k over artists constantly
8. Bad lyrics
9. News about new Tribute Albums that don’t donate all their profits to organizations that work to ensure that new and talented artists don’t have to choose between starvation and giving up, the way the artists they’re paying tribute to did because no one was there to support them when they needed it most
10. Anything to do with that TajMo album
11. News about another good music club closing down

*note: this has never happened