“He added, ‘I am confident the investigation will expose the facts, not politically motivated fiction.‘“ Innocent people are always saying shit like “I’m either exonerated or this is politically motivated fiction” before their trial

we put them in seashells and customers break them open on rocks like otters

there has to be something better than having every single item in every single store in a locked case

One of the VERY FIRST things done after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to have the text of the new Constitution translated into Dutch and German, which were at the time the two largest non-English language spoken in the United States. Here's the National Archives making this point:

a gentle Thursday morning WFH

I was trying to think of Con Air and the name that came into my head was Criminal Plane

I’m listening to this Brahms sonata and realizing how thoroughly Stravinsky based his own piano sonata (one of my favorite pieces of music of all time) on it, and feeling quite sad that the only place I have to put this realization is in a bluesky post.

A+ must-read type shit

next step: a label pressing up all the best Daytrotter sessions of yore, starting with the New Attitude-era Dirty Projectors (please & thank you)

whoa WHAT

I’ve been reading more lately and an unfortunate side effect is that I feel a Jazz Guy awakening within me

this man is allergic to doing shit

well well well, if it isn’t my old friend 5x5

HELL YEAH, TOM

we all have a good time with this bit but it’s a legitimately excellent hook and I just want to say it’s crazy to write something that good and also have Andre Iguodala arms

REMIIIIIIIIX

new Lemon Twigs tomorrow I’m gonna live forever/run through a wall/turn into a leather jacket/fly off into the sunset etc etc

well fuck that was weird

you know that thing where you’ve seen an artist’s name a bunch but never actually heard their music, yet you’re pretty sure you know exactly what they sound like? And then when you finally hear their music you’re like- ok yup I was right? Anyway I just heard Slayyyter for the first time

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hilarious move for someone who is also in the files

who exactly is “the economy” here, please show your work

Rudy Can Fail

Apple adding video to the Podcasts app is the thing that’s finally gonna make me switch to overcast, they got this app running on MS-DOS or some shit

Well. “Policing is the armed management of inequality” is now gonna rattle around in my head for the foreseeable future.

unbelievable a/b

*eyes stinging, lips quivering* It’s a FASTback!!! It’s called a FASTBACK okay!!??

standing in the corner of the yard clicking the tongs, mad as hell

get, and i cannot over emphasize this enough, FUCKED lmaoooo

everybody listen to the new Kehlani, all my homies love the new Kehlani

Related 15th anniversary

“White man making this series of faces” has been the official Republican Party platform for my entire life

you let *these* Knicks put EIGHTY THREE POINTS ON YOU AT THE HALF???? IN *YOUR* GYM???

Mark Ronson’s Night People: How to Be a DJ in 90s NYC was an absolute delight to read. I also just started Niko Stratis’ The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman and I’m loving it so far. Nonfiction isn’t just WWII history books! I also just picked up Molly Shannon’s autobiography! Lots to love!

when I was in high school my mom and I bonded over our shared hatred of Grapes of Wrath (and Steinbeck generally). Years later she read it for a book group and LIKED IT, and I have never been more betrayed

me like twice a season:

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this would be a huge loss if they paid taxes

can't believe i let elmo sing oliver's army at karaoke. "don't worry, elmo will change the word," he said. should have known the little fucker meant he was gonna change "white" to "red"

the team should actually wear these on the field, these are hard

legitimately GOATed

I still can’t believe we got this. Brat forever.

my toxic trait is that I constantly get Gracie Abrams and Ethel Cain mixed up

I love this motherfucker

the worst person you know is really excited to deliver her speech announcing her candidacy for high school class treasurer

that’s Mike Love in the middle pic, bottom row