Another glorious BBC archive doc, this one on Mrs Fisher, or "mother Thames", who ran a fleet of tugs & barges, raised a fortune for charity, and largely seemed to have presented as a man. Incredible footage of the London docks and Thamesside power stations in 1972 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf1F...

New Gossip Wolf: Lynyn on his new @sooperrecords.bsky.social album! @troubleinmind.bsky.social says farewell! @5mag.bsky.social celebrates 20 years! @chrisdeville.bsky.social in conversation with @jackriedy.com! A Kickstarter for a Lounge Ax doc!

Wild stuff — nuking a portion of your website because MAGA got mad at you for it. jewishinsider.com/2025/09/adl-...

If you’re looking for something nice to read this evening may I recommend…

This is three weeks away and it’s gonna fuckin rip

I had no idea Harold Matthews Jr. died in August. Peripheral Vision is a stellar deep house album

Having just finished watching it, I agree with everything that @carynrose.bsky.social says in this great piece about the new Lilith Fair doc (and the tour more generally). PSA: the doc is awesome and if you’re in Canada you can watch it on the CBC Gem app. www.salon.com/2025/09/23/l...

In the old days when we were open until 1AM, Myopic constantly got calls asking if we had a glory hole. I'd always regretfully say no, then properly crank the shit out the Dicks' "Saturday Night at the Bookstore" in their honor www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z48...

Tuesday morning. Hegseth. In front of scores of generals in some Virginia auditorium as China invades Taiwan.

Terrible news about one of the era's greatest indie labels. Go get 'em, folks

In 2022, Live Nation paid ceo Michael Rapino $139 million for the year

Excellent.

Mailing out a round of these tomorrow, get in touch if you're interested!

I didn't attend any year of Lilith Fair bc I thought at the time that it wasn't for me. The new documentary has made me rethink that position: www.salon.com/2025/09/23/l...

I, for one, would listen to the heck out of a @pappademas.bsky.social podcast

Trump: don’t take acepitoemponoene RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth* A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel” Person watching on tv: well if they say so

Watching the Lilith Fair doc (which is wonderful) + marveling at the juxtaposition between the amazing positive musical footage + the sexist, insulting actions from culture at large. I was so in love with the music then I didn't notice the negativity; I'm glad we are having these conversations now.

Twin Peaks: Agent Cooper outlining the plight of the Tibetan people.

Extremely proud to present MYOPIC SAINTS VOLUME 2, 4 more posters celebrating the favorite authors of your favorite used bookstore.

Dig yourself outta the shit!

"America’s entire power structure has been taken over by the very same sort of dumbasses who have been yelling at all of us on the internet for years." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/getting-ye...

ICE shot a man dead outside Chicago and then lied that he drove his car at agents. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-sho...

What do you get when you boil a clown? Laughing stock

Ta-Nehisi Coates remains clear-eyed as ever on the subject of Ezra Klein and a punditry eager to wash whiteness. “…the hard question must be asked: If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

It needs to be said that by rebranding Charlie Kirk's views as moderate by both right wingers and liberal cowards resets the extremist views he held as normal and pushes the Overton window to the far right

“Anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage. Trans people are afraid to leave the country, let alone leave their houses. The right-wing ecosystem has gladly spent years creating these conditions, while Democrats have by turns avoided saying anything about them at all” 😞 👉🏻 archive.ph/ewBhT

Will you post one more take and risk getting canceled? Or take home the clout you've already won?

I talked to Kaicrewsade about throwing a festival to celebrate his new project. Plus, all the details you need about the upcoming Englewood Jazz Festival, and Busy Beaver’s 30th anniversary party (featuring Sharp Pins covering GBV)!

NEW BOOK CLUB 4 THE TRUE FREAKS come read THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS with us!! A gross girl classic for the ages, just in time for Halloween. Meet us at The Empty Bottle on October 19 at 2pm to discuss, and pick up your copy at Myopic ASAP—this one deserves a reread or two.

the BEST POSSIBLE WAY TO CELEBRATE THE MOST ERIE OF SEASONS IS COMING TO OUR CREEEEEPYYY CRAWLLLYYYY NASTY LITTLE BOOK CLUB 😈😈😈 buy your copy at a local MYOPIC USED BOOKS in wicker park. . . TODAY !

give this bitch a sucker and he look like Kojak

Happy 9/01/25! I am listening to some Yes

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright And darkened lands of the earth, Obsessing our private lives; The unmentionable odour of death Offends the September night.

Our new album Animal Hospital has been out for one day, thank you for everyone listening. Post/tag us with your favorite track, we'll have more news for you soon. linktr.ee/ganser

just the thrill of remembering, viscerally, that it can and will happen, and when it does I will be somewhere, and someone will tell me, or I'll read it, or I'll hear shouting outside. the day draws closer

personally i do not think human rights should be up for “debate” but what do i know, i’m emotional and biased because those are my rights they’re talking about

This crosses up the comedy video essay into some Adam Curtis-style territory and I'm severely here for it

Guy In Philosophy Class Needs To Shut The Fuck Up https://theonion.com/guy-in-philosophy-class-needs-to-shut-the-fuck-up-1819568055/

From my Gossip Wolf column hooked to a fundraiser for Lee earlier this year chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

RIP Chicago DJ Lee Collins, who Theo Parrish called one of the three best DJs in the world ra.co/news/83447

re: James Dobson

new Shaker just dropped

James Carville looks like a 19th century tonic salesman who drank from the wrong grail. bsky.app/profile/juli...

I feel very regular that the book I wrote and bound and published w my bestie is being sold at the front counter of my favorite used bookstore that I would go visit all the time as a teen. I feel normal

This is awesome: a "WKRP in Cincinnati" fan created a three-hour Johnny Fever radio block, by using clips from the TV show and dropping in the full songs on his intros and outros, plus commercials and Les Nessman news breaks.

Assault with a deli weapon?

My beautiful bouncing baby Book Club is turning ONE YEAR OLD! To celebrate we’re reading OREO, which is so goddamn funny and brilliant I can’t believe it. Come join us at the Empty Bottle on August 24 at 2PM (new time!) for discussion and celebration and perhaps even treats.

trying to explain why 'The Last of the Mohicans' is my least favorite Michael Mann movie and the best I could do was 'there is no cocaine in the woods'