*"Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" swells in the background*
Brendan Menapace
@brendanmenapace.bsky.social
Writer for places like Spin, Stereogum, Esquire, Paste, Vice, Brooklyn Vegan, etc. Got my own thing over at www.snakesandsparklers.com. www.brendanmenapace.com
I think it’d be funny to be in a situation with Bam Margera where you’re forced to have small talk, and you ask him “so what kind of music are you into?”
Publishing a collection of my interview transcriptions where I raise a point and the subject says "Exactly" to show how much I get it.
There’s a pic of me at prob 9 years old receiving a Christmas complete of this board looking maybe the happiest I’ve ever been. Since they reissued that graphic, I’ve been grinding my teeth to nubs every day forcing myself not to get one to try to recapture that feeling at 34.
Brendan Menapace@brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 3d agoNew from me for SPIN: Ahead of the new Ceremony album "Tell Me Your Dream" out this week, I caught up with Ross and Anthony from the band to talk about their evolution, ethos, and how some things have changed most of it hasn't. www.spinmagazine.com/2026/08/cere...
Random sexy Gozer on a monday reading about Ceremony? Don't mind if I do.
Brendan Menapace@brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 3d agoNew from me for SPIN: Ahead of the new Ceremony album "Tell Me Your Dream" out this week, I caught up with Ross and Anthony from the band to talk about their evolution, ethos, and how some things have changed most of it hasn't. www.spinmagazine.com/2026/08/cere...
Happy new Ceremony week to all who celebrate.
Brendan Menapace@brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 3d agoNew from me for SPIN: Ahead of the new Ceremony album "Tell Me Your Dream" out this week, I caught up with Ross and Anthony from the band to talk about their evolution, ethos, and how some things have changed most of it hasn't. www.spinmagazine.com/2026/08/cere...
Sources: Infantino is beside himself. Driving around downtown Washington D.C. begging (thru texts) Rubio's family for address to Trump's home
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d agoFIFA President Gianni Infantino is seeking the Trump administration's help to stay in office and has scheduled private talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the NYP reports. Assistant Secretary of State Dylan Johnson later said Rubio had no plans to speak with Infantino.
New from me for SPIN: Ahead of the new Ceremony album "Tell Me Your Dream" out this week, I caught up with Ross and Anthony from the band to talk about their evolution, ethos, and how some things have changed most of it hasn't. www.spinmagazine.com/2026/08/cere...
Ceremony Is Who They’ve Always Been On ‘Tell Me Your Dream’ - SPIN
Who decides whether an album is a “return to form?” Is it the band or the fans who decide? What is the agreed upon form? A “return to form” can be The Bay Area punk rockers have evolved, but have neve...
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Didn’t quite see how this was the sequel but enjoyed nonetheless
I know I’ve posted this before but it bears repeating just how outrageous this EP/whatever is, this song especially. Hit my 17-year-old self like a truck.
Any editors commissioning 2010s Vice-style stunt journalism...?
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · last wk.Colorado GOP Gov candidate Victor Marx says God has given him a "gift" to uncover people's demons and rid them of evil spirits through a specialized prayer. Marx says you, too, can learn how to do it. The eight-part course is $99. www.9news.com/article/news...
Allow me to officially be the first person to welcome LeBron James to Philadelphia with some useful tips and local insight. www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/a-philadel...
A Philadelphian's Welcome to LeBron James
Some knowledge that might help you in your new career here in the best city on Earth.
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I shouldn’t be surprised by the sponsors of Rick Rubin’s podcast. But “Athletic Nicotine” lifted my eyelids a little.
If emo etc. is gonna be back in the popular culture, bands need to start doing "We have 'Jesus of Suburbia' at home" again www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU91...
Daybreak
YouTube video by Saves The Day - Topic
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And to think I couldn’t wait to move to the big city
I’m also obviously an albums guy, but there’s a real enviable quality about being a band that you can just shuffle and trust that it’ll all be good.
Brendan Menapace@brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 2w agoI understand the Pitchfork Menzingers album review if you’re looking at all music through the lens of it needing to push a needle of course. But also I think there’s tremendous value in putting out 10 or so very nice songs at once.
I understand the Pitchfork Menzingers album review if you’re looking at all music through the lens of it needing to push a needle of course. But also I think there’s tremendous value in putting out 10 or so very nice songs at once.
It might say something that all the richest guys in America are rushing to build domed, air-conditioned stadia
Nate Taylor@bynatetaylor.bsky.social · 2w agoNew story. The Chiefs have unveiled renderings of their planned $3 billion dome stadium in Kansas. The new stadium's design also pays homage to Arrowhead, built with the intention of amplifying crowd noise. "It honors the rich legacy of this franchise." www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
The World Cup is over. Multiple eras coming to an end, and not with the type of storybook ending that American sports seem to script - all despite the very American backdrop of it all. And that's good. Now we get to start all over. My last dispatch www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/world-cup-...
World Cup Watch Party: The Final
Well.
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The World Cup is over. Multiple eras coming to an end, and not with the type of storybook ending that American sports seem to script - all despite the very American backdrop of it all. And that's good. Now we get to start all over. My last dispatch www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/world-cup-...
World Cup Watch Party: The Final
Well.
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Not loving the amount of Germany kits I’m seeing before the Argentina match
The best part of The Odyssey is when Odysseus, in his great exasperation, says “Can't stop the gods from engineering. Feel no need for any interfering.”
ICYMI: Some quick thoughts after the World Cup Semifinal about accepting defeat, gambling both financial and emotional stakes, the reality of how few people win anything, and an incorrect vibes-based-prediction about useless “Bronze Final.” (Link below) www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/world-cup-...
World Cup Watch Party: Semifinal
You will always be a loser
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The penultimate post in my WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY series: A meditation on losing, by force or by choice. www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/world-cup-...
World Cup Watch Party: Semifinal
You will always be a loser
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The penultimate post in my WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY series: A meditation on losing, by force or by choice. www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/world-cup-...
World Cup Watch Party: Semifinal
You will always be a loser
snakesandsparklers.com
Philly, can we get an ID on this guy and get him some free snacks or something?
Brendan Menapace@brendanmenapace.bsky.social · 3w agoSay what you want about this family, but they understand writing a good plot twist.
