Cheryl Graham
@cherylgraham.bsky.social
Writer, rider 🚲. Music essays at KORD, PopMatters. I have a Substack about mixtapes. Formerly @FreeTransform on the bird app. 🏳️🌈
"That's what all art's about - a sense of moving away from boundaries that you can't in real life." - Kate Bush Happy Birthday to the truly original and influential Grammy-nominated English singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, and record producer, who was #BOTD on 7/30/1958.
Saw The Odyssey tonight. I have to concur with the guy behind me who enthused, “Dude, that was so fire.”
What, exactly, is “beyond thrilled”? Like, I’d be good with just being thrilled about something rn.
My dad was a high school teacher in the 70s, and in summer would bring home records students left behind. I remember Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, BeeGees (pre disco), Simon & Garfunkel, and Wilson Picket.
Charles Louis Richter@richterscale.bsky.social · last mo.what's the music your parents played all the time when you were a kid? for me, it's a dead heat between Neil Diamond and Linda Ronstadt
“Instead of cutting off the heads, just fill them up.”
What Does It All Mean? Once a Year, French Students Try to Explain.
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This just in: These guys have agreed to perform at the Freedom 250 concert.
Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds
Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds
Emma Thompson among voices supporting anti-ageism campaign, which has uncovered striking findings in top-grossing UK films over past three years Box office hit films are four times more likely to star a talking animal than a woman over 60, according to a new survey by Age Without Limits. The anti-ageism campaign studied the 100 highest performing films released in the UK in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and found that while five starred an older woman, about 20 featured creatures who chat. Continue reading...
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Why are people on Craigslist so flaky? Me: Is the chair still available? I can come by today. Seller: I will be there tomorrow. Me: Where? Seller: Yes.
I saw an Enya decal on a van’s rear window. No other stickers or decals on the vehicle. I almost sat in my car waiting for the driver to return, because I was just so curious.
Is there a word for the sadness you feel after finishing a good book?
Refraining (for now) from adding a hundred Christmas songs to the @marchxness.bsky.social preliminary list.
“When Folds sings ‘she’s a brick’ and he’s ‘drowning slowly,’ I can’t help but wonder if the song is being fair, if there is not some way to take more ownership for the events unfolding.” @cicilybennion.bsky.social has my vote! marchxness.com#/sadnesscham... @marchxness.bsky.social
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
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Found this at the bottom of a little-used bag this morning. “(Chap) stick around.” @angermonsoon.bsky.social #predator
Good game, @erinkeane.bsky.social and best of luck in the Final Four™
3/23, Elite 8: (1) GUNS N’ ROSES 135, (11) Kate Bush 118 — March Sadness 90s Edition
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I know it’s not possible, but my ideal @marchxness.bsky.social Final Four™ would be Kate Bush vs. Bush, and Black Crowes vs. Counting Crows. #marchsadness
with a last-minute surge from kate bush stans (lovehounds or fish people), hootie & my essay have been defeated in this year's @marchxness.bsky.social. hats off to @cherylgraham.bsky.social's essay & margarita campaign! we're sad over here, but not all that sad in the grand scheme.
March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 5mo agoMARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 1 FINAL SCORES KATE BUSH 114, Hootie 99 CELINE DION145, Kristin Hersh 111 Congrats to our winners, who are dancing to the ELITE 8 next week!
“The most indelible art has something wrong with it…” Good game and great essay to @kjmoulton.bsky.social It was a squeaker, but @katebushmusic.bsky.social hive rose up at the end. @marchxness.bsky.social