8a. Nothin' less than ill when we dress to kill ["Greatest Pop Stars" podcast] A podcast I appeared on with my good pal @augetoffmygold.bsky.social, I thought this exchange was so funny I made a promo video for it

Wrote about VJ making me love him by immediately getting good at the thing I was sure he'd initially stink at. (Could also probably lose the last three words of the headline.) www.rightstorickysanchez.com/p/i-cant-bel...

These are great Joel finds but they're also excellent Barlow finishes. He's so smart and patient at the rim.

Terrible, always a total magnet. His story about getting cast in Goodfellas, basically his first movie, is so charming www.avclub.com/isiah-whitlo...

Find someone who looks at you the way Josh Safdie looks at an overconfident white adult male making a string of increasingly questionable decisions

Happy 10 years of 'Christmas & Chill' from me and the great Kyle Denis! -Naughty vs. Nice versions of 'Santa Tell Me' -Ukulele Ariana: surprisingly forgivable? -AG: Queen of Christmas heiress apparent? -STOP CALLING INDIVIDUAL WORKS BODIES OF WORK www.billboard.com/music/pop/ar...

Great writeup of a secretly kinda perfect pop-rock song. (Tom wishes there was a bridge — which I normally am extremely sympathetic to — but in this case I like the abruptness of the ending + think a third chorus could've risked grating.)

Well at least they play OKC tomorrow

Sixers losses have already ruined my 2026

I've seen all sorts of 2025 explanations as to why 'Stranger Things' is Bad now, and maybe there's truth to some of them. To me the main reason is a much more timeless one: It got too popular to stop so it lasted a couple seasons longer than it should have.

I've long wondered why Deerhunter never really made the jump to revered legacy band status. Chris' excellent essay here makes the undoubtedly correct point that this was feature-not-bug stuff in the band's pointed lack of self-mythologizing or interest in becoming part of the larger pop firmament.

The entire Lakers season hangs in the balance of how good an impression JJ can do of a constipated '80s Big East coach in tonight's post-game presser

JJ Redick about to get his greatest Christmas wish: the chance to reach never-before-seen levels of performative pissiness following a nationally spotlighted no-show

man how is this Rockets team only 17-10

"please welcome the voices of huntrix" no they're just huntrix now. they're huntrix and they fight demons

hrmph

honestly losing three straight times to the Spurs is the first interesting thing the Thunder have done in the last 15 months

"but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?" I mean yeah that's the easy one

[Marv Albert voice] "Ohh, Brunson again, from the Marty Supreme.... YESSS!!!!"

After 236 seasons, Donner has announced that last night was his final flight as a member of Santa’s Reindeer. He retires with one of the most impressive careers in Christmas history and a surefire ticket to the Hall of Fame.

"Feliz Navidad": Proof if you write a song with two absolutely irresistible choruses you can pretty much call it a day at that

The real Christmas miracle was me recording a podcast that runs under 40 minutes

Happy 10 years of 'Christmas & Chill' from me and the great Kyle Denis! -Naughty vs. Nice versions of 'Santa Tell Me' -Ukulele Ariana: surprisingly forgivable? -AG: Queen of Christmas heiress apparent? -STOP CALLING INDIVIDUAL WORKS BODIES OF WORK www.billboard.com/music/pop/ar...

Oh man he’s even OLDER now

Thanks to everyone who read my writing, bought/read/listened to my book, or otherwise supported my work this year! Merry Christmas!

If I was a snowman and some motherfucker brought me to life just to pretend I was a parson and ask me to marry them and their sweetheart next time I was in town (??) I would be so goddamn pissed

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Christmas carols <<< the RP Boo Christmas Footwork track on.soundcloud.com/GpDaFjbiwcyr...

The part that I liked best (which still does apply) — there's no That One Fucking Guy Who Does That One Fucking Thing on this Sixers team

Glad we got this MOC article out yesterday before the Nets game! www.rightstorickysanchez.com/p/i-love-thi...

Probably a necessary reminder that there is still no such thing as an unloseable game for this Sixers team

In the past two possessions, Jared McCain, Eric Gordon and Tyrese Maxey have all passed up clean looks at threes. Sixers appear to be a little shook right now.

This game will be front and center on Dominick Barlow's MVP resumé

The Nets really might be the team that hates Joel the most.

My annual playlist of my 50 favorite songs of the year by artists who have been around for at least 30 years open.spotify.com/playlist/3eK...

There aren't a lot of people who can put me to shame when it comes to committing to personal projects related to music history - maybe just Natalie and @bradshoup.bsky.social - but she absolutely dusted me with this one

This shit is so annoying. It's very obvious by now there's only three ways the NBA can actually handle this issue: 1. Make the regular season more important 2. Cut all relationship between the regular season and the draft 3. Just deal with it They clearly won't do 1 or 2 so fucking do 3 already!!

Weird watching 'Big' in your thirties and realizing it's really about Elizabeth Perkins having to choose between dating the emotionally stunted and the already dead inside. Sabrina Carpenter should remake it for her next video.

Matt is an extremely funny writer/comedian/Philly sports guy/occasional WXPN countdown commentator. He deserves many many followers (and we deserve him here full-time)!

It is kinda remarkable that the NBA finally gets to posit it itself as the ALTERNATIVE to the slate of Christmas games featuring a bunch of teams that are over-hyped, injury-ridden and/or already shutting dudes down for the year

Well, here you go: 8K words about my 50 favorite albums of 2025. My long annual nightmare is over. (jk I love this of course.)

I think of "BAD ADVICE!!! YOU MOTHERFUCKERS GAVE ME BAD ADVICE!!!!" often www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBI4...

Wrote about the Sixers' leader in three-point shooting. www.rightstorickysanchez.com/p/andre-drum...

In my head Dominick Barlow is having one of the greatest per-minute seasons in Sixers PF history but neither the regular or advanced stats really bear it out. Can't tell if his impact just isn't showing up in the numbers yet or if I've just been too starved too long for a Sixer who does this stuff.

Rookie of the Year voters, you have officially Seen Enough

Every Sixers center this year will hit at least 13.5 threes

Got so very excited after No. 2 I had somehow incepted Todd into sharing my No. 1 (ended up being an honorable mention, his No. 1 also a very fair pick)

Kids these days don't even remember how the darkness doubled smh

very few of these derangements are harmful, many are innocent and cute, but some places for reasons unknown to science accumulate volumetrically more of these small derangements than others. i speak of course about the city of philadelphia

Wrote about the Sixers' leader in three-point shooting. www.rightstorickysanchez.com/p/andre-drum...