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2026 we will forget Jelly Roll is even out there

Outlook for the new year ...

i need to be able to turn some people's reposts off for this site to be usable

"new order" v. "boring old farts" in Sounds, 6 Nov 1976.

when i log a beer on Untappd

"How illegally sold scrap CDs influenced China's underground + Chinese cold wave" jakenewby.substack.com/p/how-illega... #TabsClosed2026

Tomlin should coach this team for 40 more years imo

*y. bhekhirst voice*

[doing backing vocals for Sam Cooke] Science Book

this OT has been extravagantly entertaining

"but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?" I mean yeah that's the easy one

i think my MIL is in the same social circle as one of King Crimson's drummers

FB giving me pure suffering this xmas eve

on the subject of holiday fan club singles! i've been trying to write about the Beatles xmas singles for years. finally: www.salon.com/2025/12/23/m...

uhh they linked a tweet from someone with "White Independent Journalist" in their bio & a pinned tweet that links the Cinnabon racist's GFM ??

conservatively, it feels like the Cowboys lost 12 home games this season

the ESPN jinx

they should give OSU another bye

"williams sonoma" was one of my oldest twitter mute phrases

I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off. prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...

a first: all three kids (and wife) sick on the same day

Finally have a minute to share this one, which took everything out of me. (In the best way.) For @poynterinstitute.bsky.social, I profiled Peter Vecsey, the original NBA insider. With thoughts from Adam Silver, Phil Jackson, Howard Beck, Mike Breen, and others. www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

Here's a fun thing I just learned: If you're a magazine or catalog or other bulk mailer who is willing to add AI-generated content to your mailing, USPS will reward you with a 5% discount—potentially many thousands of dollars! How on earth does this benefit USPS? www.usps.com/business/pro...

Carl Carlton, the singer-songwriter best known for hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama," has died, his son announced

the NBA Cup... it's coming home

"Those shows felt warmer, more alive, ineffably closer to the heat of the discourse"

when my wife is the DD

ABC doesn't come in great upstairs, so I'm watching the Monsters Inc NFL stream lmao

Mendoza doing an impression of Conner O’Malley as a megachurch pastor

INDIANA OVER EVERYBODY

jesus christ is this happening

Funny bit to write a whole intro about less predictable year end lists and then number one is Geese

We have a new look! Check it out and read through our posts on all the biggest singles of 2025: thesinglesjukebox.com

Netflix.......bring the Venture Bros back

3700+ words on "alternative" vs. "underground," indie & hip-hop rockism, battles of sexes, rock's retro rut, a global glut, Guyville's peak year, doom metal surviving grunge, rap pivots, Doggy Dogg days, violent musicians, do-gooders, bonus tracks, being short, and my 150 favorite albums of 1993.

Pat Spencer pounding his chest and yelling "I'M THAT MOTHERFUCKER" at the Sixers crowd has me dying

i love this graf, it reads like a demented children's book

hate sounding like this, but why did no one tell me, specifically, that Hanif Abdurraqib wrote a whole essay on the Groove Theory album

Hopefully anyone who follows me knows by now, but in case you still don't — if you're a person who cares a good deal about music writing (or just, y'know, music), DTRI absolutely needs to be in your life.

they deleted the gate from my boarding pass. i'm sure it's fine

my hotel texted me some horror-movie shit

watching a Mavs home broadcast on NBATV, learning more about Jeff "Skin" Wade's game, of which i wasn't aware. also his voice reminds me of Mr. Boss from Smiling Friends