Me between songs at a live show: “PLAY WHAT’S ALREADY ON THE SET LIST, I’M SURE YOU’VE THOUGHT THIS THROUGH CAREFULLY!”

We should burn down every Southern plantation house that isn't being used as a museum to the atrocities of slavery.

It’s so funny when rich people are like ‘if you do this minor socialism we will move away!’ buddy we are telling you we would live in a utopia if you simply died

Today's album (technically yesterday's) is Sex Pistols "Never Mind the Bollocks..." First, Damon Albarn owes them royalties. Second, I think this is one of the funniest things ever.

Scotty Moore, studio and touring guitarist for Elvis Presley until 1968, was born on Dec. 27, 1931 (d. 2016). #ScottyMoore Scotty Moore supporting Elvis Presley - "That's All Right" (1968 Comeback Special) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZe_...

Billionaire yesterday: “You can’t just take all our money, it still isn’t enough to pay for your policies.” Billionaire today: “You try to raise our taxes and we will take them away from you completely. You won’t be able to pay for none of your shit without us.”

June 14, 1978

Current* conditions near Muskegon, MI:

Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:

"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—" You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.

The city of Chicago is collecting submissions for its fourth annual “You Name a Snowplow” contest. Six winning plow names will be attached to plows in each of the city’s six snow districts.

This is funny, but it's also extremely accurate. I've spoken with players who went up against Wemby in Europe, and they all say the same thing. The court shrinks. It's preposterously difficult to get any offensive momentum going when he's out there.

At Y! Sports: Some quick thoughts on Rockets-Lakers, a game that laid bare the difference between kinda-sorta looking like a contender and actually playing like one: yhoo.it/3LiA03y

IHTOV pitches are open for the new year. let me hear your ideas for essays about vinyl and vinyl culture. our pitch page has changed, so please take a look at that before you pitch me. thanks! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

listen, if we want to keep providing this thing that no one likes or wants, we have to be willing to suck at it.

December 26, 1984: Arvydas Sabonis (age 20) shatters the backboard and seals a 94-78 win for the Soviet Union over Real Madrid during the Christmas Tournament in Madrid. Backboard replacement was not an option, so the championship game promptly ended—with just over 2:00 to go.

you know man its amazing what blogging can be if you spend money on it sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ba...

Ant signing autographs after being ejected

"Medium talent!"

the original reminded me of Jeff Buckley the first time I heard it : youtu.be/j6ZV0u57-bg?...

don't wait for the next holiday, buy the kid a birthday guitar in 2026. It won't take 12 months to research, most entry-level cheapos sound great and are easy to play, same with the amplifiers.

Would you believe me if I told you Mark Cuban didn’t want a peer reviewed answer to his question from the top medical journal

“The Curse of Chalion” by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Who. Christmas. Isle of Wright Festival. 1970.

IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE

Stumbled across Randy California and Spirit doing "I Got a Line on You" from 1984. There's Skunk. Dude got around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eOH...

And Skunk

Lovely but it needs Snooky, Jerome.

Also, the original rules. Philly Soul, baby. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgX3...

Graham Parker is pretty underrated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kQX...

"stop complaining, we'll have Christmas on Christmas Eve" -- Sports

had fun defending the Hall of Fame merits of Brad Daugherty (on the basis of "hey why not")

NBA folks -- a personal URL and site hosting fee is worth it. You will make more money. I was able to cover my first Finals in 15 years off the difference, driving to all seven games.

I’m going to need everyone to buy my album in the spirit of the holidays. You can pretend I’m alarmingly thin and holding up a single crutch if it helps you feel sorry enough for me veryimportant.lawyer

when the NFL played on Christmas in 1971, people burned their tickets in public and a newspaper published the commissioner's address so people could write him letters things have changed! here's the story of how TV ratings, Congress, & the CBA led to the NFL stealing Christmas from the NBA

Christmas trees in the city by Hiroshi Nagai

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...

more of the good stuff from @kdonhoops.com

For the holidays, Truthdig asked me to talk about the weird sensation of watching Hallmark gradually go woke(r) over the last five years just as one party is trying to turn the real world into it at gunpoint.

But again many of them were cool when every Black and Brown person got walked out of the building?

Davy looking and beaming at Mickey as he nails it, then looking at Peter as he does the same, then Nez sourpussing as the cherry on top

A fun flashback to last year, when The Hollywood Reporter commissioned me to visit the "Christmas Story" house in Cleveland and write about it. A holiday tradition! www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...

🆕 BIG NUMBER: 19 years, 4 days 🎄🎅🏳️ @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social and I talk about things we're excited about on the NBA's Christmas slate, including the holiday debut of Cooper Flagg! (Also, Tom solves tanking. You're welcome.) 🍎: tinyurl.com/33vbakdn ✳️: tinyurl.com/y68ehrrw 📺: youtu.be/HqpXT6aNCKQ

I regret to report that I got Mad Online again. Thanks to the NBA's league office for your service. www.si.com/nba/76ers/on...

Women’s clothes in general should have pockets!

death, taxes, and pundit solidarity

Another one from 85th birthday boy Jorma Kaukonen. Here playing “Hesitation Blues” with longtime friend and Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna bandmate Jack Casady. These guys are still out there performing to this day. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mq3a...