The last time the Milwaukee Brewers were in the World Series you could get 12 8-track tapes for only a dollar through The Gorman Thomas Tape Club®.
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Music biz guy. Sailing, mountaineering, film, dad hacks, pizza oven tips…
i think it is fun when people write things that are just totally in tension with easily observable reality. like, this is “charlie brown had hoes” levels of nonsense: “in his first term Trump largely respected the cultural consensus of the Obama years.” www.compactmag.com/article/how-...
How ‘Woke 1’ Radicalized the GOP
On May 30, 2020, five days after the death of George Floyd, the head of a prominent DC-area think tank issued a stentorian condemnation of the killing and the bigotry she said had enabled it.
compactmag.com
Didn’t know she hung out at the Zebulon patio
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.This is the only Carrie discourse I’m interested in
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
variety.com
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
forbes.com
“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
nytimes.com
So this Rolling Stone article is making The Rounds on Bluesky, and I might as well throw in my 2 cents, which is probably worth not even that, but whatever: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
What Some Folks Really Mean When They Claim to Have Never Heard 'Choosin' Texas'
Claiming to have never heard Ella Langley's record-setting country song 'Choosin' Texas' is similar to saying, 'I listen to anything but country.'
rollingstone.com
spilled iced coffee all over myself interviewing for a job at a bank & an HR recruitment coordinator shouted "this applicant drinking iced coffee" & everyone laughed.
[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel with ‘ Make Me Smile ‘. youtu.be/dAoaVU3-ve0?...
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Chrysalis Records
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dig through the TINKER and burn through the TAILOR and slam in the back of my SOLDIER SPY
1. Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, WA. This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.
So funny watching the media try to write 2000's era Grand Theft Auto Outrage articles now that the whole country is a casino run by murderers.
Released 49 years ago today Lust for Life, the second studio album by Iggy Pop, with the eponymous titel track Iggy Pop - Lust for Life #punkrock #iggypop #lustforlife #history #punkrockhistory #otd
I don't agree with arsonists but firefighters are too aggressive for me. I wish there was a... third way
Root Beer Float is more American than anything else, more American than the hot dog and the hamburger
‘I had to learn how to be a feminist’: Greg Dulli on surviving grunge, shunning misogyny, and Afghan Whigs’ glorious return
‘I had to learn how to be a feminist’: Greg Dulli on surviving grunge, shunning misogyny, and Afghan Whigs’ glorious return
With a soulful sound and soul-baring lyrics, the Afghan Whigs rode the post-Nirvana boom to the big leagues. Their frontman explains his exploration of the male ego – and how Usher got the band back together
theguardian.com
This book is wild: Rocky won’t convert from Catholicism to the Church of England and even though they’re friends, Chase has him executed 😳
Thrilled that @theguardian.com has run this fantastic profile of @gilduran.com and his intrepid reporting on the hard right turn coming out of Silicon Valley-- his forthcoming THE NERD REICH is as gripping and urgent as they come, a staggering piece of writing that puts the bigger picture together
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
theguardian.com
My latest on the Russian missile that landed in Poland, repeated drone incursions into Romania, and why NATO allies are sounding the alarm…
A Russian Missile Landed in Poland in the Latest Escalation Against NATO
Yesterday, Russia launched yet another massive missile and drone attack as cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and drones tore through homes and residential buildings across Ukraine.
open.substack.com