the thing about cultural journalism moving towards a newsletter-based ecosystem is I'm totally happy to throw money to a few writers I like but I wouldn't have found them in the first place without their having come up through wider institutions that were free to read

chris@yrpalchris.bsky.social · 2h ago

knew I recognised the name Veeps from somewhere (aside from the Good Charlotte connection) - it's where Dylan premiered Shadow Kingdom

knew I recognised the name Veeps from somewhere (aside from the Good Charlotte connection) - it's where Dylan premiered Shadow Kingdom

Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 3h ago

“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”

Bay Area Children Set Up Adrenochrome Stand On Side Of Road https://theonion.com/bay-area-children-set-up-adrenochrome-stand-on-side-of-road/

we talking Me and You and Everyone We Know

chris@yrpalchris.bsky.social · 2y ago

this really captures what it was like to live through 2004-2008 (derogatory)

new This Is Lorelei sounds like Alex G with a bit more crunch, touch of Fripp to the guitars for good measure, good shit

This is Lorelei - "Oh No Now My" (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by This Is Lorelei

youtube.com

films visible in a fake video shop sting from S2 of Spooks (2003): Holland's Europa Europa, Malle's Au revoir les enfants, Chabrol's Merci pour le chocolat and Le boucher, Makavejev's Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator, Miller's Whistle and I'll Come to You

and to think if you'd shown up a few seconds later I might have drowned in that septic tank

Bleeding Cool@bleedingcool.com · 16h ago

Liquid Death teamed up with MrBeast to make the Feastables' branded Peanut Butter Cup water. #LiquidDeath #MrBeast

Noting that there were no empty seats to switch to on the entirely full bus, sources confirmed Tuesday morning that a belching, groaning passenger seated directly behind a local woman had announced, “Oh fuck.”

‘Oh Fuck,’ Announces Belching, Groaning Bus Passenger Directly Behind Woman

CHICAGO—Noting that there were no empty seats to switch to on the entirely full bus, sources confirmed Tuesday morning that a belching, groaning passenger seated directly behind a local woman had anno...

theonion.com

the craziest thing about it being 15 years since Tom Waits last released an album is that means he was only 61 when Bad As Me dropped even though it sounds like the work of someone who has been alive for the entirety of human history

Up next on TCM@tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 22h ago

I LOVE MY WIFE BUT! (1947) — 3:45 pm ET — 9m (TCM Extras) Dorothy Short, Anne O'Neal, Dave O'Brien; directed by David Barclay A short film about the various types of wives that one can have and how to deal with them. #TCM #TCMParty

John Douglas of Trashcan Sinatras is dead at 63

Trashcan Sinatras’ John Douglas Dead At 63

John Douglas, longtime guitarist for Scottish indie rock band Trashcan Sinatras, has passed away. The band shared the news in a social media post today, writing that Douglas passed away peacefully on ...

stereogum.com

Oh my god I think I found the video.

CSketch@csketch.bsky.social · 23h ago

tfw you're having a normal one

USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST@blockedforthispost.bsky.social · yesterday

Celtic - & Rangers - should be thrown out of Scottish football by the Scottish government, as sectarian organisations that do nothing to root out the violent thugs in their respective supports. Scottish football is meaningless in the face of the mob rule of Celtic & Rangers.

good Homer face

knew it was taking a gamble buying tickets a year out for The Greatest 20th anniversary tour but I'll admit this isn't the way I was expecting

kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · yesterday

Cat Power is antivax

Joel McCrea, at least in this era, exists in a weird space between looking like an archetypical classic Hollywood star but also looking like someone who you could still see walking down the street, like he doesn't have iPhone face but there's something distinctly modern about him

chris@yrpalchris.bsky.social · yesterday

imagine having five years like this

imagine having five years like this

learning about the Radio 4 show co-starring Kim Cattrall and Kelsey Grammer where Grammer plays LBJ

Limelight - Central Intelligence: Series 3 - Episode 1 - BBC Sounds

In Chile, democracy threatens to deliver the wrong result. Starring Kim Cattrall.

bbc.co.uk

Pitchfork:5.5/10 Paste:8.2/10 Rolling Stone: ★★★★ Robert Christgau: 🐎🔫🥚✂️+

Local Idiot To Post Comment On Internet https://theonion.com/local-idiot-to-post-comment-on-internet-1819569981/

don't think I've seen Goldfinger since I was old enough to register this but pretty fucked up that a character played by an ex-Nazi gasses a room full of people he's trapped there!

heavy sigh

Bleak House undefeated

DickensYouSay@dickensyousay.bsky.social · 2d ago

Grandfather Smallweed has been gradually sliding down in his chair since his last adjustment and is now a bundle of clothes with a voice in it calling for Judy. #CharlesDickens

do we have one more guy who looks like this to make it officially a trend

hey Gregg Araki has a top ten movie! (heavily caveated)

then shut up you