a guy emailed to ask if the white stripes episode was appropriate for his 13-year-old and i had to write back that there are six f-words, mostly related to baseball; totally humilating

i think i’d be really good at bunting

watching mickey mouse clubhouse for the first time in forever and i do not approve of Super Toodles

today is one of those days where i respond to various linkedin messages with the 💯 emoji

e39 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on madvillain's almighty "ALL CAPS," in which MF DOOM and MADLIB and their various glorious aliases do bong hits on the roof on the west coast open.spotify.com/episode/0xXe...

just looked up "jack shit" on thesaurus.com

JFC don't hang out backstage at this

had a great time at the wednesday show among friends; one of 'em wrote this matternews.org/culture/musi...

looking up synonyms for "rad" on thesaurus.com

e38 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on the white stripes' "SEVEN NATION ARMY," in which the two coolest weirdos in rock 'n' roll accidentally write the biggest jock jam of them all open.spotify.com/episode/5eZg...

since this is back in the news, i'd like to salute the comma after "No,"

please hire my favorite movie / TV / Dad Stuff blogger, whom i will miss terribly

i think it's smart that the Wikipedia page for Chips and Dip opens with a "Rationale" section. a lot of people are flabbergasted to find out about this concept and need some grounding before they get into the history

huh, a primarily sports site covering culture; TBQH i don't quite see the vision

e37 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on kelis' "MILKSHAKE," in which the Male Gaze is gleefully nuked from space open.spotify.com/episode/1utG...

FINALLY some good news

just saw a chipotle ad that uses e-40’s “choices (yup)” and i am both appalled and genuinely impressed

Diane Warren’s only option is to escalate. Gotta write a song for a documentary about the making of the documentary about her

little kids everywhere will be super psyched when the oscars finally do the kpop demon hunters song at 11:58 p.m.

e36 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on paramore's "MISERY BUSINESS," a song about (among other things) how being in a rock band is cool and fun and easy open.spotify.com/episode/7yed...

just did a word count halfway through the first sentence (6)

G I N O C E A N

touching grass is not enough i need to Confront Grass

e35 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on the darkness' "I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE," a somber, profound exploration of the human condition open.spotify.com/episode/2OfU...

"The CIA conspired to make me less cool than I was when I was 25" is the most succinct Gen X manifesto I've ever heard

I live in Minnesota and I want the federal government to stop trying to kill us. And hurt us. I want them to stop attacking us. It sucks. We’re just trying to live our lives and take care of each other and we don’t deserve all this. I kid around sometimes here but I’m not kidding now.

the vibe today www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPvm...

e34 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on d'angelo's "UNTITLED (HOW DOES IT FEEL)" and gets pretty emo and features the great HANIF ABDURRAQIB open.spotify.com/episode/2JXY...

my reward today is whenever i go to youtube for some work thing, i also rewatch the Roll Call scene from 'muppet treasure island' www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2DT...

e33 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on bruce springsteen's "THE RISING," a ridiculously heavy song / album that i still get ridiculously emo about open.spotify.com/episode/3VNc...

Threads like this are why the internet exists. Everything else is just noise. bsky.app/profile/cowt...

hey @albertburneko.bsky.social can i buy you an ice cream cone

e32 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on britney spears' "TOXIC," a world-historically great song from a pop star having a world-historically horrible time open.spotify.com/episode/16p9...

Aw man! Shitty day. RIP to a guy who played guitar in a band that did not sound like a single other band

chris richards is a fantastic + provocative + exceedingly thoughtful rock critic who should've had that job for life. he rules and this sucks.

e31 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on t-pain's "BUY U A DRANK (SHAWTY SNAPPIN')," in which we apologize to t-pain for ever thinking he wasn't human open.spotify.com/episode/5IHC...

James Harden in Cleveland Ohio

is james harden good

60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE ‘90S: THE 2000S has returned, and our mastery of social media has only increased www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8HdCUeq/

you have to admit this would've been faster

i really hope all eight Best New Artist nominees perform simultaneously

Thinking about another writer we lost too soon, one who had a young child at home too www.theringer.com/2022/03/03/h...

Just shared this one Facebook, because I had to get the words out. Sharing here in case its in any way useful to you.

the browns are gonna draft the hell out of that 35-year-old college QB, i'll tell you that much

well that was violent

the new a$ap rocky record is a very confusing soundtrack to this game

just yelled OH BOY, THAT'S NASTY so loud it alarmed my cats

replace rfk jr with this guy