A message for you all to carry through the year

Happy new year

update

If you need something later to send this year packing, and in light of the various MTV music-only channels worldwide shutting down, why not when the B-52s put paid to the 1980s as a whole? (This was recorded November 1989 for later broadcast, but hey, you do what you can.)

Today is the last day that you can repost this image

Tell the people in your life that you love them. You truly never know when your last day with them will be.

And what

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT hit her, he did not, oh hi Mark

the Pluribus season finale is out! I caught up with Rhea Seehorn to discuss everything Carol, plus what's potentially next in season 2... Spoilers ahead: theplaylist.net/rhea-seehorn...

My debut novel just went live on audible and is on sale! @dingoroo.net you told me to let you know. #booksky #fantasy #folklore #Audiobook

Y'all, I got to sit down with SawdEye and Punk as they probed me about how I became a furry - their latest entry in _I'm definitely not a popufur_, a podcast that can be found wherever podcasts can be found. Or also, at YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HDD...

Oh that 2025 DJ Earworm mix is ... fucking garbage holy shit.

Me: What if Allan Sherman were in Daft Punk. He'd be all like, "hello muddah, hello faddah, fasta stronga, betta hahda 🎶" My date who I will NOT be seeing again: you don't have to do the voices 🙄

Popmatters: The 15 Best K-Pop Songs of 2025 (ft Chuu - Back in Town) www.popmatters.com/best-k-pop-s...

Congrats to Markus Guentner as his album “Black Dahlia” on AFFIN @affinltd.bsky.social appears on the Best Ambient albums in 2025 by Pop Matters @popmatters.com 🙏🏻 🖤 www.popmatters.com/the-15-best-...

The 15 Best Ambient Albums of 2025 In a year of daring experimentation in #ambient music, sometimes the most classic-minded records are the ones that gave people what they wanted. – @sawdeye.bsky.social READ: tinyurl.com/Ambient25

What an absolute blast (as always) to write a few blurbs in @popmatters.com always-definitive album of the year rankings. This time I got four entries. Can you spot them all? (Hint: one is in the Top 5...) www.popmatters.com/best-albums-...

The 15 Best K-Pop Songs of 2025 A group of animated demon slayers supercharged interest in what has already been a banner year for the #kpop genre. READ: tinyurl.com/BestKpop25

I should probably mention that AV1 and AV2 are on sale different places: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... store.playstation.com/en-us/produc... store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... store.steampowered.com/app/332200/A... store.steampowered.com/app/946030/A...

we have to go back. to warn them.

Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...

Rod Stewart. Weird haircut raspy little elf man. But he's horny as all get out and it kind of works. Like if you walked in on him jacking off while flicking his tongue you wouldn't be surprised you'd just be like yeah thats about right. Not sure what this post was going to be about originally

Blondie has reissued their 1999 album, No Exit, including a first-time vinyl issue. It will come as a surprise to no one who knows me that I reviewed the reissued No Exit for @popmatters.com . @blondieband.bsky.social

Unreal Tournament (1999) - Morpheus

Rosalía's 'Lux' may seem, at first, hard to read as pop, but it’s as pop as religion, one of its inspirations. The very act of calling it pop is an act of faith in the power of music. 'Lux' is a #PMPick [9/10] REVIEW: tinyurl.com/RosaliaLP

It's out! It's finally out. After literal months of waiting, Paws Button's first two EPs are live! A musical love letter to the fandom that has already given so much to me, two varietals (one upbeat, one more chill) are now available for your consumption. Thank you 4 listening! linktr.ee/pawsbutton

[Screaming]

Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!

Travis Laplante teamed up with JACK Quartet for a recording of two of his string quartets, which use the method of just intonation. This stunning new album is now out and I reviewed it for PopMatters.

Music theorist Steven Rings helps readers understand Bob Dylan the performer, not the lyricist or songwriter, in a welcome and indispensable addition to Dylan scholarship. READ: tinyurl.com/DylanRings

If you’re still online, stay online. Don’t stop scrolling!!

Today’s vibe:

The band Caravan Palace are one of the best electro-swing groups to ever do it, and asked me to white the oral history of their 10-year-old masterpiece, ROBOT FACE. I agreed, and this month-in-the-making work is now up on PopMatters. Enjoy! www.popmatters.com/caravan-pala...

The Complete Oral History of Caravan Palace’s <|°_°|> Ten years ago, electro swingers @CaravanPalace released a masterpiece that defied even their own fans. <|°_°|> (Robot Face) is what their legacy hangs on. – @sawdeye.bsky.social READ: tinyurl.com/CPalace10

My interview with #DanielAsh for the superlative @popmatters.com : www.popmatters.com/daniel-ash-a...

INTERVIEW: Emerging from stints with iconic bands like Love and Rockets and Bauhaus, Daniel Ash carries his influence into a new act, Ashes and Diamonds.

Hausu Mountain has been on fire this year. They recently released the excellent new Pulse Emitter album, a glorious collection of melodic soundscapes. I reviewed “Tide Pools” for PopMatters.

The new album from Darian Donovan Thomas is a beautiful work of experimental soundscapes. I reviewed “A Room With Many Doors: Day” for PopMatters.

When he says “hit it, Joe”, I don’t think first time viewers are going to be prepared for just how hard Joe hits it.

Keep it💯on the land…thе sea…the sky—2wks into Taylor’s latest Era my @slate.com series #WhyIsThisSongNo1? considers“The Fate of Ophelia.” We were promised ‘Showgirl’ bangers but the song adapts Swift’s broody ’20s mode for the return of Max. Plus…the album’s chart feats+an asterisk on besting Adele.

I’m really loving the beautiful new album from Greg Jamie, which I reviewed for PopMatters.

Indie pop legends Saint Etienne discuss their career and philosophy amidst the release of their final album, ‘International’. They move your body as much as your mind. INTERVIEW: tinyurl.com/StEtienneInt

office persona

It's the first design challenge of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 7, and the queens have to design outfits from the leftovers of previous seasons. How many queens can the judges gaslight in one ep? The Worldwide Tea podcast is concerned! Watch or listen: #DragRaceUK www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L2M...