I had not yelled in a sports bar like this since the Miguel Montero grand slam in the 2016 NLCS

don’t forget to listen to earth wind and fire today (and every day)

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

You're welcome (a lot of it is kinda yacht rock bc the guy who wrote most of it loved Steely Dan)

Finally had the chance to watch Yacht Rock: a DOCkumentary. Folks, it’s an enjoyable 96 minutes with some great interviews. Well done, @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social and @stevenhyden.bsky.social.

anybody got an extra invite code to the next place?

For context that's a third the price the RIAA expected a single human to pay for just downloading 24 songs a decade ago (after cutting the ruling down from $1.5m, or $62,000 per song), and that's not adjusting for inflation:

get two smooth jazz videos on MTV's first broadcast day, call that the Lee Riten-hour

Since the demise of the LA Weekly, @lataco.bsky.social has been plugging some of the gaping holes in local journalism. I've been a paid subscriber since @eltragon.bsky.social alerted me (via tweet) where I could get my first covid vaxx

Special thanks to our special guest Chris "Mr. Charts" Molanphy for stepping in at the last minute! And remember to listen to Hit Parade on Slate! @cmolanphy.bsky.social

If you missed it the other week, here's my latest captained episode of Beyond Yacht Rock 2000, on the original versions of songs best known by Barry Manilow, in the very special subgenre of UNDERCOVERS I have dubbed...BURIED MANILOW open.spotify.com/episode/7FmR...

Fantastic compilation

former kids who read too many books and didnt know how to pronounce the words you learned gang say hey

Because they want to hear a minor-key rewrite of Billy Joel's "Piano Man"

I have, I'm afraid, waded into the latest round of "state of music criticism" discourse. (Please consider subscribing to the newsletter, it's free!) tinyurl.com/46bzzwte

Every formerly remote worker who was more productive at home feels this in their BONES

The highway *is* the danger zone, Mr. Loggins

Yacht Rock the genre and show remain the best

"Papa Snoop, what did you mean when you said you got bitches in the living room getting it on, and they ain't leaving till 6 in the morning?"

its called the 80s, and its gonna be around forever

There are plenty of interviews with MVP about wrestling. This one is solely about Steely Dan. SHARE & SUBSCRIBE

One of the cornerstones of left-wing policy is - and has been for generations - taxing the shit out of the wealthy

James Dobson dying is a staring into the middle distance type of event. You have likely directly suffered bc of him. Few have done more to harm humanity at large in the past few decades. A principal architect of our current nightmare. No redeeming aspect. He was a rat made entirely out of plague.

My best tweet ever was “Let’s put the cialis in socialism” and I’m still mad it didn’t go wildly viral

This bozo just died so why not listen to an entire podcast episode about why he should rest in piss

one of the most significant forces for evil of my lifetime

Found this gem at my mom's house! See if you can know them all without looking at the answers in the last image.

Ohio's governor sent their National Guard to participate in the fascist takeover of Washington DC. Governor Whitmer, you've played Risk, you know it's time to send our National Guard to take back Toledo.

A Japanes woman at Casio hand coded the Sleng Teng riddim that formed the basis for dance hall! It's an amazing story www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...

If you care more about Newsom doing snarky tweets than about him collaborating with people who want to kill every single trans person in this country, you don't care about politics, you care about aesthetics

It's so crazy-making that you keep hearing "the ideology isn't important, it's whether a candidate can win" from people who are talking about candidates that didn't win

Which in turn boils down to rich people not wanting to pay taxes

I, too, live in a rent-controlled apartment, which is how I can still afford to live in Los Angeles while possibly between careers. This is also a legitimate issue that has been raised, and the Mamdani campaign is going to have to address it as well

A factual write-up of our family vacation

Spent a week in Chicago as part of family vacation. Always wonderful to be back in the land of sturdy Midwestern women. I swear I would wife up at least a third of this city on sight, cross my fingers and hope for the best after

Possibly the most 2025 event of all time

Twin Peaks

song as old as rhyme

THE WICKER CHAIR #MildHorror

“Jeff [Porcaro] had this thing about being in the pocket” You’re goddamn right he did!

God dammit what the fuck man, this is too many at once for ol' Steve here sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking...

2 Chainz sampled Tom Lehrer's The Old Dope Peddler 60 years after it had been recorded. Lehrer's response to the license request: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?" RIP TOM

The marketing text on the back of this Tom Lehrer record is impeccable. Everywhere you look, a banger.

RIP Tom Lehrer www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

Tom Lehrer made all of his music 100% public domain so if seeing people sad about his death makes you want to check them out… it’s free. he wanted you to share them. tomlehrersongs.com

RIP Tom Lehrer, the funniest songwriter who ever lived. Also a math professor at UC-Santa Cruz, and POSSIBLY the inventor of the Jello shot variety.com/2025/music/o...

Really enjoyed the thoughtfulness of the College Rock Chronicles pt 2 on BYR 2k, @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social -- a few gems for sure. As an almost-47-year-old, the '90s should be my foundational music, but I want to burn most of it to the ground. 😅🔥