Me, when my lawn is unkempt: fuck mowing lawns, we need areas for animals and pollinators to take refuge. Lawncare is American fascism. Assimilation to a norm for no reason is fucked up Me, the minute I cut my grass and walk past a house with a slightly shaggy look: neighborhood is going to hell.

Everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful.

Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · last mo.

“If I don’t hear some ‘My Name is Mud,’ I’m going to die” - some lady at this Les Claypool show, inventing a never before said sentence.

The movie theater cd that we had to play one month had “Convoy” on it, and every time I had to clean the theater after ATTACK OF THE CLONES, that song would ruin my day. Fuck you, CW McCall

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

every person who has ever worked retail for even a week has at least one song they can never hear again without being involuntarily transported back to the store

The Underground Railroad saved a lot of lives, but did it ultimately hurt the train industry?

Public service announcement from the lowest rung of live music performance: there is never a reason to try to talk to a member of a band mid-song. If it is your friend’s birthday and you want them shouted out (or want to freestyle a verse?), please wait until a song or set break.

MLB.tv shows me two different CarShield commercials 10x per Mets game. One has Eric Byrnes being as obnoxiously loud as possible. The other has Howard Johnson as stoic and boring as possible. Why were these two extremes the only options? I would think most ex-ballplayers would fall in between.

My ten favorite films off the top of my head: Back to the Future Brazil Inside Llewyn Davis Being John Malkovich Before Sunset The Empire Strikes Back Help! Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Do the Right Thing Goodfellas (These will change as soon as I hit send)

yeah i’m addicted to porn. porn myself an ice cold refreshing ginger ale

My kids have two living grandmothers, but if someone mentions “Grandma” in our house, we are 100% talking about our neighbor’s mom who brings their kids to the bus stop every morning.

The ballot has been announced, and I predicted 6/8 that got in. No Mariah Carey, instead Phil Collins and Billy Idol got in. This is dumb, but I’m happy for Maiden, JD/NO, Sade, Vandross, and Wu-Tang. I feel fine about Oasis.

Brian@brianneedsanap.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The voters get seven votes. If I had a ballot, my seven would be: Mariah Carey Iron Maiden Joy Division/New Order Oasis Sade Luther Vandross Wu-Tang Clan

[slurps newly harvested milk from a sea creature on Ahch-To]

Tom@darthinternous.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What is your *FAVORITE* #StarWars quote? Doesn't matter the source -- Movie, tv show, animation / live action, video game, book, comic, audio drama, VR experience, etc. Your all-time, single, "can only take one to a desert island" quote.

#NoKings

This is XFL erasure

Every day Instagram shows me the first 2/3 of a Threads post, and curiosity gets the better of me. The surrounding posts fall into one of 4 categories: Trump horseshit, people using the magic text to try to entrap perverts, cranky Gen X libs, or Stan accounts for things like “70s bush.” What an app!

Which is funnier: Lee "The Refrigerator" Perry or William "Scratch" Perry?

It’s time for a time honored tradition that no one gives a shit about: Brin discusses the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! This year’s nominee list is going to make people mad for all the incorrect reasons, but let me tell you: it’s a terrible list!

I believe he was technically a year or two ahead of my high school opening, but Gary "Dream Weaver" Wright is from my hometown. One of the Mets' assistant GMs (John Ricco) is an alum, though.

William Adler@williamadler78.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Who's the most famous alum of your high school? I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed

Oh, you think you walk the path of Christ? Name one sex worker who would weep over your death

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Portrait of Basho as a Young Dragon

YouTube video by Glenn Jones - Topic

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Richard Waite@waiterich.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already. Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long? Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)

Paternal side: "Better life" horseshit Maternal side: Fleeing from a suspected manslaughter charge

virgotex@virgotex.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here? Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture

Me, watching TRAIN DREAMS: I could be a logger. I’m sure I’m physically fit enough for it. Ten minutes later, walking up a flight of stairs: Fuck, why didn’t we buy a ranch?

It is @michaelstipe.bsky.social’s birthday. He is someone whose work speaks to me more and more as I age. I can’t wait for some new music, but I will never tire of finding new layers in his lyrics and melodies. Maybe my favorite R.E.M. song? youtu.be/-0wsEzK-yJA?...

R.E.M. - "Fall On Me" [Live from Austin, TX]

YouTube video by Live From Austin TX

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Just had my yearly, lovely, 'catch up with my across the street neighbors while shoveling snow' discussion. We apparently have no desire to speak, just wave, every other day of the year. I think we are both cool with this arrangement.

I had a dream that I was hired to produce and write on a network variety show starring Stephen Malkmus, and I was leaning really hard into calling it “Steve!” I slowly became the darling of the production team and I let it go to my head. I can’t even have absurd dreams where I’m not an asshole.

Too many to name, but one I come back to often is the midnight release of FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING where there were cosplayers and lifelong Tolkien fans just losing their minds before the film started. Maybe the most positive theater vibe I've ever been in.

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences? Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.

Note To Self: a Bush cover band called “Merkin”