[to the tune of Spoon’s “Sister Jack”] Simple Jack

[jared harris’s assistant handing him a script] yes sir, this is another one where your character kills himself, just like you asked

A House of Dynamite (2025) dir. Kathryn Bigelow

Very fun going through these. No musician means more to me, no list of “favorite” songs is harder to parse down. If I had to choose one today, my fav Neil song is “White Line,” home to one of the greatest riffs ever—don’t it feel like rollin down the highway? Long live the king

Worst feeling I ever had as a sports fan was losing game 7 of the 2017 World Series. I swear a part of me died that day. So I feel for the Blue Jays team and their fanbase, who largely seem cool. But George Springer? Enjoy karma, cheater. Enjoy hell

when you are still trying to figure out how that can be profitable for frito lay

doctor's office pre-physical questionnaire was a wild ride

a lot of misinformation out there about this guy. he was confused about what bets he had put down, and was asking his friend You, who was watching at home

Yama in the dugout when the Jonas brothers were playing

Game plan for game two: let Yamamoto throw 130 pitches and then bring Luka in from the bullpen

well it really started with the release of Light Up Gold

New tame impala in an american express commercial. Surely that will quiet the critics

absolutely unhinged tagline to use for The Thin Blue Line

[walter sobchak “eight year olds” voice] trash cans dude

Incredible picture choice for this

lol

James Downey? The Christmas Adventurer?

First time I saw Big Thief it was 2017 at the Highland Park Ebell (cap: 250), and by my recollection it wasn’t even a full room. Last night was the Hollywood Bowl. Nice to see a band get what they deserve once in a while

Talked about the ups and downs of life as a freelancer with Ethan, who was cool enough to cut the part where I talked a little too much shit. He's also the first person in history to ask me what the deal is with my Twitter (and now Bluesky) avatar is

For @latimes.com, hung out with Big Thief, now a Big Band about to headline a Very Big Venue. Notable takeaways: they've turned down major labels; they have another LP already finished; Buck has a slab of salmon in his bag that they're gonna cook up later www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

"Mountainhead star Jason Schwartzman" is nasty work

What is Sean baker cooking

Obviously the powerful people baselessly threatening media orgs are the main issue, but the publications/networks have fueled this. When they cave to horseshit on a smaller level it’s an invitation for others to keep doing it, until you get to where we’re at now www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/b...

Pretty amazing that this show happened—when Waxahatchee mgmt asked me for help getting in touch with Bill a few months ago I figured he would never play a show this big. If anyone has any recording or video of it pls send it my way. Bummed I couldn’t be there

RIP Robert Redford you would’ve hated the way they turned on the Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros guy

at the Neil show—boomers have their full brightness phones OUT

“Flagpole Sitta” and “Sex and Candy” coming out within a few months of each other in 1997 is like the There Will Be Blood/No Country of alt-rock one hit wonders

ya, i def thought for years that this was just a heater the car dealership came up with

As long as I can remember the neighborhood has been watching for this badass guy in a fedora and cape

youtube algo getting scary good

Noah Hawley at the pitch meeting for Alien: Earth going to the whiteboard and writing Alien x Stranger Things. Then replacing the S with a $. And then saying that money sign stands for how you need to pay me a lot to do this because my heart won’t be in it

My story about the fight for the rubber bridge guitar is on the front page of the paper today, pretty damn cool www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

A baby was delivered at burning man by Dr. Nick

Something I didn't get into in this is how it's pretty funny that the Brazilian I'm Still Here (2024) kinda nerfed the Joaquin I'm Still Here (2010). So I guess this is my case for keeping JP, the worst rapper and also the worst person in the world, alive: www.theringer.com/2025/08/28/m...

Yeah yeah, The Master is something else, but for the Ringer's Best Movie Performances of the Century week, I made the case for I'm Still Here—a two-YEAR long method experiment making fun of the pretensions of Hollywood and celebrity—being Peak Joaquin: www.theringer.com/2025/08/28/m...

Yeah yeah, The Master is something else, but for the Ringer's Best Movie Performances of the Century week, I made the case for I'm Still Here—a two-YEAR long method experiment making fun of the pretensions of Hollywood and celebrity—being Peak Joaquin: www.theringer.com/2025/08/28/m...

not a rubber bridge guitar but here’s a work in progress I’m calling “heat wave no ac while dealing with a cold”

We're an editors' pick today—please enjoy this longform story about a mini-feud in the guitar world, which involves everyone from Blake Mills to Billie Eilish. It took months to report, support journalism by subscribing to the LAT it costs $1 for 4 months www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Interesting piece about the inventor of a new type of muted guitar—one Blake Mills played on Rough and Rowdy Ways

Last year I was served an Instagram ad for Orangewood's rubber bridge guitar, and my first thought was: Either Reuben Cox is in on this or he's pissed. It was the latter. For the @latimes.com I tried to figure out: Does anyone _own_ the rubber bridge guitar? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Pitchfork: dijon revolutionizes our perception of sauces and condiments with his hit single “(freak it)” [9.0]

off by about 7 strings there chief