The New York Times thinks James Talarico's in Congress. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

A lovely thread on a truly great band.

Damn, it's been quite day

Friday, Feb. 27th ➡️ Comet: The Paranoid Style ➕ Dot Dash tix: calendar.rediscoverfirebooking.com/shows/the-paranoid-style-dot-dash-27-feb @paranoiacs.bsky.social @dotdashdc.bsky.social @rediscoverfire.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @countrymile.bsky.social @barnonerecords.bsky.social

Was very glad I skipped past it in the mag until last night.

A definitive new biography about Chris Knox is set to be published in North America next month via Auckland University Press. I am stepping up to help with press and promotion in North America. So, if you are a writer, reviewer, podcaster, record/book buyer, whatever, get in touch.

That’s Dan❤️‍🩹🦅

Michelle Haas did not seek to bring her case to the Texas Supreme Court. That's the end of the road. We won.

“That kind of sounds like Bert and Ernie!” Elmo quipped.

I greatly dislike that both Nikki and Dave are no longer with us www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfeF...

Jeremy Swayman just allowed a goal from a whole other planet. 2-1 Denmark. #Olympics

A good update on a bad situation: Casey Wasserman is selling his agency.

Originally recorded by Bob Dylan + band on Valentine's Day in 1966 at CBS Nashville, here's a live version of "Visions of Johanna" recorded by me + my band in Nashville some 60 years later. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWUk... Happy Valentine's Day ❤️

As David Lee Roth once said, the reason why editorial boards like Briscoe Cain is because they all look like Briscoe Cain.

Wrestling has relied on political storylines for as long as there’s been wrestling. But the “Fuck ICE” chants have turned it into something else entirely, and it’s a stark difference between AEW and WWE. W/ @tomscocca.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/02/14/b...

they can never make me hate nick castellanos defector.com/the-phillies...

“These albums […] demonstrated that it was possible to be intelligent without being cold, sophisticated without being soulless, literate without being inaccessible.” I wrote about Prefab Sprout’s Steve McQueen and Jordan: The Comeback for @aquariumdrunkard.com. aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/13/t...

Taylor Heise feeds Hannah Bilka for a 6-0 lead, things break down with some punches thrown after the goal, coaches had a shouting match on the benches

And neither of them are this!

This guy is something

Nice bit of music journalism memoiring from @stuberman.bsky.social, who also first told me to listen to Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever open.substack.com/pub/stuberma...

So much going on here, wish I could adequately convey to people outside of south jersey how perfect Adelphia is as the venue for the Piven Experience

Solidarity forever with the workers at DC's cat cafe who were put out of work by their union-busting owner after they announced they intended to unionize. www.popville.com/2026/02/crum...

Nancy Dowd couldn't have made this up www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...

Update from @delucadan.bsky.social. Doesn't mean it's the end but will/can they pay their taxes? Lease dispute with Penn still separate. Of course it's no longer necessary to boycott the venue as there hasn't been anything to go to (Free At Noon aside). Gift link: share.inquirer.com/tuh8tN

this is excellent, and Matt lets you decide whether you think the Phillies handled any of this correctly

This reflects as badly on the Phillies as Nick only inasmuch as they should have released him then. (And also presumably everyone in baseball knew about this stuff, and hence, no trade value then or now).

In a letter posted on Instagram, Nick Castellanos admits that he was benched on June 16 in Miami for bringing a beer into the dugout after Rob Thomson took him out of the game for defense in the ninth inning. www.instagram.com/p/DUq1rwokWG...

We'll always have this @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social blog. And the home runs. defector.com/is-the-phill...

Is the Castellanos merch on sale yet?

Shout out to Montco Commissioner Neil K. Makhija for this badass move while speaking at the Sheetz opening today.

Heated Rivalry but it’s guys who work at the Sheetz and Wawa across the street from each other

This is AWFUL. Univ of Texas is consolidating 4 depts into 1: African and African Diaspora Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, and Mexican American and Latino Studies will become "a Social and Cultural Analysis department." www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...

The Banner announces coverage of Washington sports

🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...

What's the matter with Tottenham? www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...

I bet the Pentagon also didn't know they were on Mountain Time newrepublic.com/post/206483/...

okay so I actually just got off the phone with some UTEP and travel industry people if anybody is interested in a quick thread about "what an athletic department does when they wake up and see the FAA has closed their airport"

“Country music would not accept me if I was a stripper. And then I went and did the country music thing and realized they weren’t going to accept me anyway because I’m a woman with an opinion.”

First "Seven Year Ache" and now this

"He declined to comment for this story (or even to wake up for an interview)" www.wweek.com/culture/2026...

Apologies to America's 23nd-largest city, we meant 10 minutes, not 10 days. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Whereas the junior hockey El Paso Rhinos' weekend opponent, the Oklahoma City Warriors, were probably taking an 11-hour bus trip regardless.

What the

“Our desire was to bargain in good faith with the Achilles Heel and the Marlow Collective management. Two days later, we were all terminated and the business was permanently closed, both effective immediately" greenpointers.com/2026/02/10/s...

NEW: In addition to corresponding with Jeffery Epstein during the interview process to become Baylor president, DOJ emails reveal that Ken Starr hosted Epstein and his girlfriend Karyna Shuliak in Waco, on Baylor's campus in 2012 during Starr's presidency. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

The through line from the Lewinsky investigation to Baylor football to the Epstein files is something to behold, man.

Hannah Bilka's got two goals against Canada today and it's only the third period (Team USA is up 4-0). www.dmagazine.com/publications...

Washington #Nationals president of baseball operations opened a video call with media bemoaning the loss of the Post sports department and ball writers Andrew Golden, Spencer Nusbaum, Chelsea Janes and Barry Svrluga, while noting the San Francisco Chronicle's role in shaping him as a youth.

Bad enough that Philadelphia's long-gone greats The A's lost their band name, now the hometown paper says they're repped by Wasserman! www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...