Why say “AI actress” when you could say “postproduction VFX plugin”

Mildly annoying that whatever routing software people are using has DC as a secondary market. I’m glad NIN, MCR, and Pulp are coming around here eventually but cmon.

Bandcamp Friday haul

It is Bandcamp Friday and I would love to put a few of my new releases out into the world!

if you can't make it to our show tomorrow night at Market Hotel in NYC we put a few of our new shirts up for Bandcamp Friday. These will go fast!: bushtetrasnyc.bandcamp.com/merch

Oh no Taylor thinks she can be Chappell

As I get older I become increasingly convinced that dehumanizing some other group is an unavoidable feature of human communication, even for people I largely agree with.

Asked Girl Twin if she likes Taylor Swift and she said “I don’t know, do I?” and so far that’s the best review I’ve read

now that’s a fuckin’ chorus

Made this a whole song (after some edits) apophra.bandcamp.com/album/the-ap...

I should’ve already known this but: Hailee Steinfeld’s uncle is Jake of Body By Jake fame??

An army marches on its s̶t̶o̶m̶a̶c̶h̶ dick

My workplace is switching to Google chat and the best joke so far has been “WHICH Google chat?”

I'm releasing a new EP today! This one is more pretty guitar sounds than feedback loops; some noise, but there are several guitar solos (one played through a Kay-Bee Toys amp I've been hauling around for years) and two actual songs. apophra.bandcamp.com/album/the-ap...

I am being stalked by ads encouraging me to move to Canada and, now, Finland. Is this a trap

The delicate cultural politics of recommending ivermectin to your fellow parents as a lice treatment while making clear that you’re not one of THOSE ivermectin people.

Anybody want to request a cover? Here’s my running list of candidates. I’ve been thinking a lot about “Kiss Off,” “State of Grace,” and “Anyerurism.” open.spotify.com/playlist/6OI...

New Dry Cleaning song made me realize they’re doing a real Black Box Recorder thing.

Trump’s “Based on the movies I’ve seen, the aesthetics of gunships are terrible” is the rare political statement that supports both Walter Benjamin and media effects theory.

Going to see Lightning Bolt

Maybe already discussed, but One Battle felt like a western to me—outlaws and hideouts, constant drinking and smoking, Mexican revolutionaries vs. federales, a showdown at a mission, a shootout in a canyon, the past coming back to haunt you, defending a vulnerable village against predation, etc.

As someone who didn’t vote Labour in 2024 (but is in the PMC) this is an interesting thread partly cos it clarifies the big difference between Blairism - obsessed with middle class votes - and the Labour right under Starmer - contemptuous if not actually hostile to them

[THE BOB NEWHART SHOW theme. Phone rings. Bob Newhart says "Hello?" Piano intro. Then-] Air Fryer Coo-o-king Ti-ime Air Fryer Cooking Ti-i-ime Air Fryer Coo-o-king Tiiiiime Air Fryer Coo-o-king Ti-ime Air Fryer Cook-ing Ti-i-ime Air Fryer Coo-o-king Tiiiiiiiime

My TL has been a series of post-hardcore song titles. Riyadh Comedy Festival. Military Haircut Conference. Oops Civilian Murder. Thank God, the Government Is Shutting Down.

I wouldn’t dream of telling the Pepperidge Farm marketing department their business, but, as a parent, you really have to stop and think before you say the phrase “flavor blasted” aloud

Oh my god he absolutely gave the order when he was drunk and had to come up with a reason after the fact www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

BLASTING MY CLONE

One of the theaters here in DC is running One Battle After Another in 4DX. That’s where the seats move and they spray water and air and smells at you, which is, I guess, kind of an unlikely setting for a PTA adaptation of Pynchon??

My new theory is that people are such assholes these days because they’re all constipated. Put fiber in the drinking water. Make America dump it out again.

I’ve been writing about Latin music in national publications for over 20 years and to think that, in that time, it’s gone from persuading editors to allow the tiniest inch of space for our music to Bad Bunny playing the Super Bowl halftime show is an insane cultural shift, this rules

YES. The next time I hit a club reminiscent of The Pigeon Toed Orange Peel, I'll be hittin' the black gold hard. Nothing else comes close. Fun fact: I think the lead actor is Bruce Robinson, the Withnail & I director.

It took me eight to twelve posts to understand that there was actual news about Eric Adams and that he was dropping out. I thought we were just clowning on him again.

Inspo for Geese “Trinidad” youtu.be/tq-yBB3DSGk?...

A series of oral histories called “It’s Only the End of the World” about how awful it actually was to be an adult in the early 80s (conservatism triumphant, AIDS, nuclear war, urban collapse, war, crack, etc.)—but also how it eventually comes to an end, how they came other side.

Every day brings us closer to J3ss3 S1gn@l doing a “trans rights is poptimist” take and the BS servers bursting into flames

Just a warning, this became a full song on the new EP

been really enjoying this record recently, especially this track. really gorgeous sonorities https://feedingtuberecords.bandcamp.com/track/light-peeking-through

Up at 7am for a bris, LFG

Doing punk rock activities in rock creek park

Revlogging for BRC of course but “what is Gumbelgate?” you ask? Well… archive.seattletimes.com/archive/1992...

Stream of updates from preschool is very comforting. They’re learning about Hispanic heritage month, celebrating being part of something larger than themselves, practicing being kind, celebrating kiddos with differnt abilities, having a cupcake party, etc.

“Skip Tracer” except when Lee says “New York City” it’s the cowboy from the salsa commercial

Tried to listen to Hobo Johnson and my god

“Gary Oldman” what kind of “a small child looked at you and guessed your name” sorta name is that

"I want to get an award for (scanning a ghost)" is too Kojima-brained.

Today’s thought experiment: what if RHPS was made competently? It’s got great songs and great performances (and…a book) but what if the movie was at least stylish in a well-shot, well-framed, well-edited way? (Tim Burton shows you can homage b-movies craftily!)

Looking at differnt airports codes, as one does, and now I’m imagining the Palm Springs air traffic controller with a cat in their lab, insisting on saying “begin your approach into pspspsp” no matter how many times their supervisors tell them not to.

This week’s Peacemaker was a great reveal and very satisfying but I guess maybe a weird time to imply that white people would all be doing much better under that particular system

I’m going to finally admit that since I learned about Dif Juz after I learned about Def Jux, I’ve never been able to shake the idea that one was intended as a reference to the other

No one wants your doomposting