Oh shit, Matthew Smith of the mighty mighty Outrageous Cherry released the debut album of his new project today matthewsmithgroup.bandcamp.com/album/matthe...

Amanda Shires spent an afternoon introducing me to Lubbock and a small portion of those very fun hours is now chronicled in Texas Monthly ahead of her new album :) gift link: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

I saw Charlie Manuel at Ponzio’s, told him he’s my hero, and Charlie touched my left arm. Not washing it.

Sure am I excited for One Battle After Another? Yes. But if I’m honest, I don’t know what I’d do without Noovie.

Bet your ass I’m seeing Megadoc in Cherry Hill today. Will I be alone in the theater?

Wonder if Dan Campbell broke bread with Scott Constable this week.

Tell me this is the gritty reboot of the Bill of Rights

Normal night in South Jersey dming with Skinny Joey on TikTok.

My favorite part of the Apple iOS T&Cs: "You also agree that you will not use these products for…the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons."

Cannot stress enough that Hannah Einbinder is our new Grace Kelly, with apologies to Kylie Kelce.

Let’s not talk about the time I sat down with Meg and Chris at Meg’s house to talk about II and didn’t record the first half of the interview.

You know, they say travel sports is a racket — and they’re right — but how else would I ever have visited Staten Island?

@wtjuradio.bsky.social has a sweet new app if you’re the sort of person who enjoys that kind of thing.

You know, they say travel sports is a racket — and they’re right — but how else would I ever have visited Metuchen, NJ?

Now playing (03:20 PM PST): "Dig! XX" (2024) By Ondi Timoner Runtime: 146 min.

“You see, he simply evolved the character Stephen Colbert invented. Also, he believed everything he said.”

Ezra Klein is what happens when people who think they’re smart aren’t.

This morning’s whitewashing of Kirk’s legacy by civility-obsessed liberals isn’t just offensive to anyone targeted by Kirk (ask anyone on the ‘professor watchlist’) but dangerous. 1/2

One battle after another.

Hvor uhyggeligt!

My album, “The Resurrection Game” is out this Friday ☀️ Produced by Jordan Lehning Made with love, care, and cinematic strings 💙 Pre-save/ listen to the singles at the link 🎈 linktr.ee/emmaswiftsings

The child haver has logged on to gently suggest that changes in reading pedagogy played a part? Helps to have kids learn reading in two different states to demonstrate this. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

Gwenifer Raymond making me think of the late great Jack Rose with this new record.

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The Highest 2 Lowest enjoyer has logged on.

Who called it catastrophizing over the death of short form text media and not post apocalyptic

The thing that makes me saddest about Zack Wheeler being out for the isn’t is that this means he can’t be renamed Zoyd as part of my imaginary One Battle After Another marketing activation.

Is Sabrina Carpenter entering “Daddy’s Home” territory with this album rollout?

Jokermen mindset

Highly recommend reading Angel Down but especially if you had a 300-level theology called Religious Visions in Fiction and Film as an undergrad.

My enjoyment of Between the Lines on Criterion Channel leapt to another level the moment Graham Parker and the Rumour hit.

OK but what if Xi, Modi and Putin kissed

This is a great thread about the role of power in music criticism, with an elaboration on poptimism within it. What I’d add is that I felt poptimism was more a language of policing critical opinion by *other critics* to signal a certain kind of sophistication. bsky.app/profile/annk...

Few albums have created as clear a dividing line between “before this” and “after this.” Happy 60th.

Seeing Rilo Kiley for the first time at the Stone Pony. Guess that means I should listen to the band for the first time.

If you haven’t watched the Embarrassment documentary already, it’s so wonderful and is on Hoopla.

Ah yes private equity to the “rescue” once again

A24 produce Lauren Beukes’ Broken Monsters challenge. (I haven’t stopped thinking about this book since reading it 11 years ago just as we moved to metro Detroit.)

Moon River energy

If you squint hard enough, the Awl is still with us.

Special guest Lydia Tár.

OK I read it and, alas, appreciated the empirical analysis beyond the vibes changing. Heard on the "dudes rock" aspect of the piece. Admittedly, I miss pans of industry luminaries and so-called "plants" alike. Whatever happened to killing your idols? It's not like ad-supported media stood a chance!

If the Phillies lose tonight, I am going to quit my job, and hit the road for as long as it takes to find and kill Grimace

After listening to the last episode of All One Song, I’d like to request that Ethan Miller call in to the Best Show *as* Jon Wurster.

Feeling considerable #BerksCountyPride

Oh cool one of my lifelong neuroses has gone mainstream. Spoiler: you don’t survive.

They had us in the first half…

Yes but only if the songs are all about Phillip Roth novels.