wait. april???

Ethan Hawke, my open-door policy stands

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

one of my fave things when a music festival announces their lineup is to go track how many people do a "never heard of them" or "who?!" in the comments. oh sorry, the organizers didn't consult their list of Bands Brad Knows. take a chance on live music, my babies. stretch yourself.

bought this on vinyl Sunday night. it’s so goddamn good. few people on Sturgill’s level at this or any moment.

You heard it here first, people: 85-year-old Joe Biden 2028

god, this is good

Please unfollow me if you are a transphobe or TERF or “just asking questions.” All human beings deserve the same rights. Nobody should be afraid they are going to get beat up or ridiculed or fired based on their gender identity. Protect the dolls today and forever. Always stand up to bullies.

trans rights are human rights and that's all there is to it

overheard a guy at Hyvee tell his spouse “there’s no such thing as too much tuna.” thought about getting into the vagaries of the John Mulaney comedic universe (JMCU) with him but just kept minding my business.

“Don’t apologize for having good taste in music and just get some” my fiancee, thankfully not talking about me

“Like thicc Joan Didion” is a real phrase I just said to my fiancée at a trampoline park

Holly’s on a social media “break,” which means she’s posting from my accounts

(bc when he talks it sounds like he's reading) -hp

i'm not sure there's a three-guitar attack I enjoyed more than Drive-By Truckers in the Cooley-Hood-Isbell years. (This begins and perhaps concludes Aarik's Friday-Night Buzzed Thoughts on Music ™️)

aw shit. I didn’t want to like flea’s new jazz record, but I think I might.

everyone has that oddly sorted internal playlist of songs that, left to their own devices, will just randomly shuffle on in their head no matter the setting or moment. one of mine is this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lye2...

Tom Green was coming to the local comedy club many years after his zenith. We had a great phone interview about his love for David Letterman, his web series and more. Remarkably chill, thoughtful dude when he wasn't "on."

This week's Friday Five is live! Music by Yumi Zouma and Cut Worms Words by John Koenig, @deborahlandau.bsky.social and Erica Dawson aarikdanielsen.com/blog/march-2...

Damn, Nebraska

you've gotta be fucking kidding me

giants every day of the week but, when watching the AL, blue jays and mariners

"middle-aged pastors keeping safe distance behind the altar and the cross; told us in tones like cornerstones: The church is not a building, but the people. I know now they both were and were not full of holy shit." me, over @asitoughttobe.bsky.social asitoughttobemagazine.com/aarik-daniel...

me to guy at the writing center: when I was younger, I used to get comparisons to Jesus. then my beard went gray. i guess they thought i outlived him. guy at the writing center: Moses then!

I love @lexikentmonning.bsky.social's writing. Here's another reason why: www.havehashad.com/hadposts/30-...

I think my next big genre move will be major-minor essays 2500 words on Natalie Imbruglia’s hair toss in the “Torn” video 5000 words on the face Holly makes when I catch her in an unexpected act of sincerity 10,000 words on the descending guitar line on Sturgill’s cover of The Promise

bonding with yr partner about being forced to read all that manipulative dale carnegie shit as kids

PONYO

And the west has made a deal with the sun

leftover lasagna is still batting 1.000

"Because home is movable and you are the proof." New poetry by @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social on AIOTB! asitoughttobemagazine.com/aarik-daniel...

gonna try to convince holly to walk down the aisle to the most romantic song of all-time. by that of course i mean "hey jealousy" by gin blossoms.

Monkey wrenching is such an under appreciated form of protest

pete holmes is a national treasure

oh shit. this guy loves his plums. news to me!

rewatched The Family docuseries on Netflix this week b/c my partner hadn't seen it. between that, The Undertow and more, a reminder that @jeffsharlet.bsky.social is a real head doing the real work of journalism. grateful.

this book cover, like the poet, is quietly badass

i apologize for the things i say and do for the next 6-ish months after the giants start playing baseball tonight

Twin Peaks: Agent Cooper outlining the plight of the Tibetan people.

babe you doing ok? You’ve barely touched your

Me, emerging from the depths to report that the button over at the publisher for my book has flipped from "preorder" to "buy" It's Becoming Alien (second edition) publication day!

I heard god (Tyler Childers) in this red lobster

It’s Flannery’s birthday tomorrow.

yes, i'm currently giving graduate-level writing consultations from the African lodge of the Omaha Zoo. no, i don't care to expound any further.

guys in the dad chat volunteering to disrobe for my bachelor party so, yeah, you could say initial stages of wedding planning are going well

all the best people you know are struggling

poor by some metrics; rich in books and art

such a great book; read everything Lydia does

I’ve only lived in Nebraska for like a week but I fear the people here have the most unimaginative vanity plates I’ve ever seen. Real wasted opportunity shit.