It was a real honor to join the I'd Buy That For A Dollar buddies to discuss the Linda Ronstadt album, Simple Dreams. Have long had a fascination with Ronstadt, so it was fun to discuss this with the pals. www.idbuythatpodcast.com/e/linda-rons...

Joan of Narc

What a truly shocking development.

At the gym today listening to Afghan Whigs and thinking about how it’s been 30 years since Infinite Jest was published and yeah I’m basically a walking red flag, I’m so sorry…

Pretty cool weekend here in Kzoo. Collaborating tonight with some artists I’ve loved for a long time at a living room show, and tomorrow Katy from Katy Needs a Life has organized a really fun, exciting event. I’ll be one of the judges and I have my wig and gavel ready.

Even more clear than ever: some of y’all tolerate a lot of bootlickers in your various social media feeds, and by extension, lives. Wild.

We donated another $125 to MIRAC this week. We will continue to do so as long as we can here. newstandardsmen.bandcamp.com/album/new-wa...

From the “I’m a real tough guy” file: My wife is watching the dumbest show I’ve ever seen, Hijack, and the hijackers keep getting away with it. “Why don’t they attack LOW!!?? Go for the legs, take the back! Damn!!” Later, I go to the gym, kick the heavy bag once, and completely split my toenail.

New Standards Men donated $940 to Minnesota Immigration Rights Action Committee today. If we could snap our fingers and Thanos ICE out of existence, we’d do that, too. But this is what we got. We’ll continue to donate as the album sells on Bandcamp.

Only the very best, I see

A band I drum in, New Standards Men, is releasing an album today in support of MIRAC, the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee. We hate ICE with our whole hearts. Every penny will go to the MIRAC. No war but class war. newstandardsmen.bandcamp.com/album/new-wa...

Full live show from this very very good band. Never got to see em live; very much hope they tour again. youtu.be/9LJH5in-3vI?...

The world will provide some incredible ironies if you’re there to receive em. For instance, “There Is A Light That Will Never Go Out” blasting in the Asian grocery store just now. I told the clerk, “Don’t google the singer for this band and just enjoy the ride.”

Wild. I’m marginally stoked to see a movie about a guy who plays ping pong. Closing out 2025 in a way I couldn’t have predicted.

Nice to see David Foster Wallace conducting the halftime “orchestra”.

I wish Lydia Tár was real so she could appear on one of the new CBS debate shows

As is the custom with my people, when final grades are submitted, HEAT gets turned on for the next three hours. #wayngro #ponytail #deadmanontheotherendofthisphone

Had a day that was so Uncut Gems stressful this week I woke up with grey hairs. As in, went to bed with normal colored hairs, woke up with grey strands. Like what happened to Don King, but not as severe and I didn’t kill a dude or work for the mob. Wild nonetheless!

Jesus, today needs to CHILL. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

The Michigan football coach scandal has provided a solid lesson in paradox: you can be appalled by the misogyny, dynamics at play when powerful men use their positions to take advantage people, and a super disturbing, possibly violent turn in the denouement, and also love it because U of M SUCKS.

Do not have children if this is even in your solar system of “how to view the world and raise a human being to adulthood.” Begging you, don’t have kids. This is one of the bleakest things I’ve seen lately (not directly related to actual genocide in Gaza or ICE kidnapping people on the streets).

My first band, H is for Harlot. Nancy and Melissa set the watch for me in a few significant ways! Will always be thankful. 1996, back when we played shows in sugar beet storage facilities in the middle of winter.

Pretty great footage of Bedhead from 1998 on an Italian TV show. Kinda nuts. This band was so goddamn GREAT. youtu.be/yPOHa_T8LLM?...

They fuck you up, your mum and dad, they may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had, and add some extras just for you.

DC mentions that Cejudo comes from “an immigrant family” and rose to greatness in combat sports. This is IMMEDIATELY followed by an ICE ad. What a joke of an organization to its core. #ufc

A pro-tip if you’ve cut the cable cord for like a decade like we did: Tubi has the Lions/Packers game for free. Improved my day immensely. Now my only test will be not ruining dinner by either snacking or drop-kicking our tv when the packers win.

Bugonia. Nice to see a pro-cycling film.

Ditch Trilogy tonight to beckon the coming storm.

“The Hessians are fuckin’ em up, hon!” A glimpse of my marriage the last couple days.

My working theory, fully acknowledging I’m nowhere near a political scientist: Trump has two public loves he can’t hide (he’s got other gross ones he’s desperately trying to hide): men with charisma and NYC. He never got over NYC breaking up with him when he made the turn into fascism. Culmination!

Clay Higgins of Louisiana was the lone wolf to vote against the release of the Epstein files, and my brothers in Christ, check that dude’s search history STAT.

Pluribus makes me feel really bad. It’s masterful, really, and Rhea Seehorn might be the best actor in TV right now. But goddamn. Deeeeeeep bummer vibes at a time when I don’t need bummer vibes.

The other morning, as my 12 year old was leaving the house in a T-shirt while it was 30° out, I thought, “I’ve never hated anything in my life as much as middle schoolers hate coats, including republicans and pervert presidents.”

Happy birthday to the North Star. 80 years old today.

GET LOOOOOOSE.

OH!

Stoked to be a part of the Island House roster. This has been a label I’ve loved for a while (Tim has put out some of my favorite albums), so this is a “Can’t believe this is happening” moment for me. The New Standards Men crew is so appreciative our next album will be sailing under their flag.

My IG feed is basically people making food. I’ve made few recipes this fall and each one has been fantastic. Made one this week that was a two day process: tons of greens, chicken, homemade chicken stock. I threw roasted poblano in. Was very proud of it. My kid told me it’s called SWAMP SOUP.

Not a betting dude myself (toooooooo much addiction stuff in my brain to go down that dark road), so speaking as a neophyte here, but why anyone would ever place a bet on a UFC fight again after this weekend is hard to fathom. #ufc #degenerates #mma #sportofkings

As I watched my last shred of dignity fly out the window, I decided to watch the DIRTY BOXING promotion tonight. Two observations: one of the cut men looks a LOT like Tom Scharpling with a wig, and I just described this to my wife as “The Sour Science”.

Okay FINE, people I live with, value, and cherish above all others, I WILL TURN THE FURNACE ON, JESUS.

Holy shit

Kalamazoo showed out today. Didn’t take no pics (felt weird to do so), but powerhouse show of force. Many, many older folks, which I loved to see. Best shirt I saw all day: ICE CAN GARGLE MY BALLS. Dude seemed pretty serious about it, too.

This Tim Barnes album is really superb. Kind of a tragic story behind this (and his other recent release), but a lovely document of a true searcher. timbarnes.bandcamp.com/album/inside...

This is bonkers great. RIP to the realest dude.

“No, let’s take this pitcher who’s on an insane heater out for our shaky at best bullpen.”

Unsubscribing to Canadaland after today’s dogshit, bad faith, Zionist-coded whataboutism from @jessebrown.bsky.social in discussion with @lisang.bsky.social. Dickering over the efficacy of a starving child’s photo kinda tells me everything I need to know about Brown and his humanity. It’s been real.

Count me in if they play PRESTO front to back.

Saw a couple watermelons out in the hot, hot sun today while riding my bike, just at the side of the road, and honestly I’m just glad people are reading books again. #suttree

Wild, it looks like neither the PFL nor ESPN+ want anyone to watch an objectively great card today. Cool! #pfl #espn #paulhughes #notsmart