Josh Kantor

@jtkantor.bsky.social

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Organist for Boston Red Sox games at Fenway Park. I also do a bunch of other music stuff.

Video of a seated person playing a romantic waltz in a minor key on accordion in a Viennese public park. The person is wearing sneakers, black jeans, a white t-shirt, and a white horse-head rubber mask. At the person’s feet is a clear plastic cube-shaped tip bucket with the word DANKE written on it in all-caps and blank ink, with a red heart symbol beneath the word.
Front cover of orange book jacket. At the bottom is an early R.E.M. black-&-white photo. At the top, the text reads, “KAPEL, KTORÁ NECHELA BYŤ SLÁVNA R.E.M. Peter Ames Carlin”
exterior of an old church whose contours and mostly light-blue color make it look like a gigantic cake
Enormous ornate old European-looking building illuminated splendidly with the light reflected in the river. The backdrop is a deep-blue night sky.
A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 6/25/26 thru 7/1/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
Me sitting at the Fenway organ. A swath of the ballpark is visible in the background. Jesse is in the foreground handling selfie duties. We’re both smiling.
Fenway organ medley
List of final scores of the Red Sox beating the Yankees each of the last 4 days.
radio interview
A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 6/12/26 thru 6/18/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
The text of a very dumb joke I wrote years ago about the song "Centerfield."
A handful of clips of several thousand Scottish soccer fans at Fenway singing very boisterously to both traditional and popular melodies.
A container labelled Peanuts Butter Cups is full of long asparagus stalks.
A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 6/2/26 thru 6/4/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
A chorus of "Don't Look Back in Anger." I'm playing piano, and everyone else is singing in lovely harmony, with Ethan from Wolves of Glendale and Darrin also strumming acoustic guitars.
A multi-tiered rack full of medicine balls, with some hula hoops hanging from its side.
A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 5/22/26 thru 5/28/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
Black-and white show poster. Photo is an image of a person in the distance walking away down a big curved hallway. Text reads: Brookline Teen Center. 40 Aspinwall Avenue. Alex Edelman (from Brookline!), Ryan Miller (from Guster!), and Friends They Asked For Favors: "HONEST IS EASY." Friday, May 29th, 9:30pm. a music and comedy show with amazing special guests.
close-up of my forehead with a rainbow and hearts and stars drawn on it
Screenshot of a tweet I posted in 2021 reads, "Me, scrolling through Twitter on 5/20/15: 'Am I the only musician who was never on Letterman?' Me, scrolling through Twitter on 6/24/21: 'Am I the only musician who was never on Conan?' Me, scrolling through Twitter on 8/31/29: 'Am I the only musician who was never on Colbert?'"
old-school ticket stub reads, "Portal 12, Sec 208, Row J, Seat 10, $15.00. Pace Concerts presents Van Halen at the Omni (no cameras). Tue May 20, 1986, 8:00pm"
Screenshot of the first three paragraphs of the Wikipedia page for the song "My Boyfriend's Back." Highlighted text in the 3rd paragraph reads, "This song features a young Ronnie Dio on the trumpet."
26-second clip from near the end of the music video for Blondie's 1999 comeback song "Maria." A splendiferous chorus with an adrenaline-pumping drum fill at the end.
A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 5/7/26 thru 5/14/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
Headshot of Phillies pitcher with his name -- Jesus Luzardo -- to the right of his face.
photo of the 1970s Red Sox bullpen cart, on display in a Fenway Park concourse. It’s a golf cart with body in the shape and design of a giant baseball. The frame of the “windshield” is made of baseball bats, the headlights are recessed into baseball gloves, and the hood is a giant blue Red Sox cap with the red “B” on the front.
View from behind the pitcher's mound of (L-R) Yaz, Pudge, Rice, Boggs, Pedro, and Papi wearing their home Red Sox jerseys and each throwing a pitch to current Red Sox players in green jerseys.
pic of old newspaper article previewing the Red Sox first home game on 5/8/1901
photo of the cover of Clem Burke's new memoir: white cover, young Clem in a black coat in the lower-right quadrant. Text above him reads, "CLEM BURKE: The Other Side of the Dream. My Life in and out of Blondie"
A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 5/1/26 thru 5/3/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
A groovy, sort of psychedelic short video that shows lots of groovy things happening on old TV screens while groovy music plays.
Cast list for the film. DM me if you need a text version to read it.
In a 1970s font and color scheme: "COME SEE THIS AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS. I'm in a new movie called 'Programme 4.' It's a loving ode to 1970s local television programming, and it is great. It's playing this coming Sunday, May 3rd, at 7:00pm at The Regent Theatre in Arlington MA. I'll be playing mellow '70s hits live on Fender Rhodes electric piano before the movie starts. Comedian Chris Murphy will appear on stage as 'Programme 4' personality Jim Roebuck. Rachel Lichtman -- creator/writer/director of 'Programme 4' -- will be interviewed on stage by the legendary Juliana Hatfield (and I'm gonna try to talk Juliana into singing a song with me)."
A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 4/17/26 thru 4/23/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
blue & white poster for this year's "Hot Stove Cool Music" show featuring Fountains of Wayne and Peter Gammons' Hot Stove All-Stars
A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 4/3/26 thru 4/8/28 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).
I’m smiling and wearing a big green button that has Wally and Tessie on it and reads “My 1st Game”
Video of snow falling in my neighborhood. Accompanying song is "It's a Beautiful Day for a Ballgame."
Ceremonial First Pitch script reads, “…recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer, and the most sampled voice in the history of hip-hop, won’t you please welcome a champion of all athletes, Flavor Flav!”
Pre-game ceremonies script reads, “Fans: for over 50 years, Hello Kitty has been spreading her message of friendship and kindness, creating smiles, and having supercute adventures. Those adventures continue tonight as we welcome her back to Fenway Park to deliver a ceremonial first pitch. Please welcome Hello Kitty.”
Speaker broadcasts Fenway PA announcer reading names from the Red Sox starting lineup. Video shows hands playing organ fanfares in response to names.
Wide shot of Fenway Park, taken from the stands on the 3rd-base side. The sky is cloudy and grey.
Car is parked between two other cars with no space on either end.
I’m playing keyboards on stage. Kathy is standing in the wings with a big smile.
Gig poster that looks sort of like an old-school marquee and reads, “March 25 & 26th live at the Bowery Palace, 327 Bowery NYC. Clem Burke Memorial: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Legend. Downstairs: Performance is sold out! Feat. Members of: Blondie, Sex Pistols, The Go-Go’s, Guns N’ Roses, The Replacements, Gang of Four, The Romantics, Scissor Sisters, D Generation, Toilet Boys, L.A.M.F., The Dream Syndicate, The Baseball Project. Upstairs: watch it live on big screen TVs, no cover and cheap drinks.”
Lower half of the rear exterior of a red Volvo with a British license (licence?) plate that reads KY66 SUX
A sign with a drawing of a staircase at the top, and the words “PLEASE KEEP TO THE LEFT ON THE STAIRS” at the bottom.
Off-white stone ceiling with elaborate and slightly psychedelic carvings of people and objects.
Road sign reads “Dolgellau” with an arrow pointing to the left and “Betws-y-coed,” “Porthmadog,” and “Gweilich Glaslyn” to the right
The Beatles statue in Liverpool
A toy dinosaur standing on top of a toy airplane while talking on a toy rotary-dial telephone
A bull’s head mounted on a wall at a bar staring straight into the camera.
A green sign reading “Naisc Eitilte / Flight Connections, Dublin Airport” with an image of two planes with a dotted line connecting them
"This photo is from The Split Squad's final show before Clem passed: Halloween 2023 at The Central Bar in Gateshead, England. Once in a very rare while, Clem would assemble the band up front at show's end and take the mic for a few words of gratitude. This Wednesday, we begin our first run of shows post-Clem, fittingly, back at The Central Bar (maybe we'll debut our new song about Clem there). Then on to Portmeirion Village in Wales on Saturday to play with The Vapors. Then stateside next week for two Clem tribute shows (Weds/Thurs) on the Bowery in NYC with Steve Wynn, Jesse Malin, Tommy Stinson, John Easdale, Diane Gentile, Psycher (new supergroup: Kathy Valentine, Linda Pitmon, Gail F'ing Greenwood, Brix Smith), members of Blondie, and more, and a show next Friday in Beacon NY with Vibeke Saugestad's band."
a drawing in red crayon on white paper that was clearly drawn by a child
An old white cassette tape tucked into a cassette case with a cassette card. The label on the tape indicates that it’s Ampex brand. The handwriting on the top line of the label reads “NIXON’S RESIGNATION”
Video is clip-art of a sliced avocado repeatedly zooming in and out from a couple different angles. Audio is 30 seconds of a sort of free-time atmospheric piece with several layers of different organ sounds and a layer of percussion.
George Benson doing smooth rollerskating moves while playing electric guitar on a beachside boardwalk with palm trees in the background as the song's groovy intro plays. Cut to George in the studio with his band behind him while he scat sings in unison with his guitar lick.
The guy who fronted the "alternate" halftime show is in the foreground, standing beside the stage laughing, with a Bud Light and a cigar in his hand. I'm in the background, standing on the stage and looking at him with annoyance.
A blue sign in the shape of a Stop sign reads “YOU ARE HERE” with the icon of a map pin beneath.