McDonald’s Stranger Things Happy Meal and a Secret Menu Are Making 2026 Its Most Interesting Year in Decades zurl.co/4zktH

dunno if you fucking dweebs have been talking about geese on here too but i wrote about it musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/its-actual...

creators who use AI: steven soderbergh conner o'malley creators who don't use AI: woody allen louis ck idk guys, starting to think y'all on the wrong team 🤷‍♂️

hooray that Avi Lewis won and everything but i don’t love that his wife is one of the media’s most prominent anti-vaxxers

new music newsletter if you want musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/march-tracks

i listened to the full kill karl album substack.com/home/post/p-...

*peers over fence* any AI optimists on this app yet? no? still a bunch of primitive crybabies? *lowers head down and retreats*

did another round of Bandcamp roulette, where I just listen to Bandcamp artists at random. found some really scary stuff. musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/bandcamp-r...

Harrowing

"[Techbros'] grindset mindset is one of optimization and efficiency, down to the very food they eat (in Nikita’s case, chewing is optional). In many ways, the new 'taste' is that by the time the techies discover and implement something, they instantly make it bad." this cooks

Radio still matters. So does knowing which formats, programmers, and markets make sense for you. Get in touch [email protected]

i wrote about techbros and taste and rick rubin and steely dan and marty supreme musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/its-time-t...

i wrote about 10 artists i discovered via instagram ads musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/10-artists...

i'm way behind but i finally got to the YKS episode where @early90spants.com mentioned the Alf House. and i was repulsed by mike and jf's divaish green room demands.

yep

i wrote about the phrase "music is my life" as it pertains to early Facebook memes, Globe Hell Warning, my own bands, and the word "the" musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/music-is-m...

Music fandom is learning the release dates, the lyrics, the lore, and the inside jokes.

wrote a long post about The Notwist, a band i love 😇 musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/i-love-the...

i hate how ppl have been pitting OBAA and EDDINGTON against one another when they both have essentially the same message: vote. vote like never before.

need someone to yell at me on here

It is my mission to make streaming data usable and real. No inflated numbers—just honest growth by reaching actual people who want to hear your music. Let's start today: [email protected]

Every artist has a unique path. I assist with everything from finding brand opportunities to meeting award and grant deadlines. Let’s work together on your next chapter: [email protected]

i "vibe coded" (🤢) some "bookmarklets" (🤮) that allow me to listen to bandcamp on shuffle, then reviewed 12 tracks it served me. bandcamp roulette: musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/bandcamp-r...

we are celebrating OUR culture and OUR generation this month... it's GenZuary! first episode comes out this thursday.

does bluesky have grok image generation yet? no? see ya…

i wrote about 50 songs from 2025 musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/50-from-2025

You know in movies where they kinda wipe their hand gently over the face of a dead guy and it closes their eyes. It would be a good gag if they did that on a guy with glasses. Either his eyes close or the glasses turn into sunglasses.

calgary’s new slogan is “blue sky city” which is soooo true

here is our original millennial christmas song “Milly Ex-mas”

Milly Ex-mas!

there are multiple original songs in this episode

our musical Christmas special is out now, wherever you get your podcasts.

you fucking nerds should be listening to my podcast, and RTing it, and telling your fellow nerd ass friends about it

being a landlord is not unlike being a CEO: • i'm a leader with a founder's spirit • i'm on the clock 24/7 • my "employees" (tenants) create value • i'm constantly being f*cked by unfair regulations these skills should be transferable. but y'all hate the working class.

The Believer catching strays

i wrote thousands of words about sincerely loving mgk after experiencing some kind of taste ego death. also mentioned: Imagine Dragons, Fugazi, Sleep Token, Jelly Roll. musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/mgk-and-me

Yesterday, i had never heard or heard of Midnight City by M83. Last night, i started listening to the @millexcel.bsky.social episode about it, and thought it was a bad but harmless song. Today I pretty much want to KMS having that fucking riff playing over and over on a loop in my head

MOIST

Bluesky peeps... how we feeling about the word MOIST? check out the new ep about it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWb2... with @salesforcechild.bsky.social

pinned skeet

i wrote thousands of words about sincerely loving mgk after experiencing some kind of taste ego death. also mentioned: Imagine Dragons, Fugazi, Sleep Token, Jelly Roll. musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/mgk-and-me

we are pivoting to AI

A quick word about our AI strategy…

There is a whole reddit thread talking shit about @josiahhughes.bsky.social and defending having wet hair in public because of a joke tweet lol www.reddit.com/r/NonPolitic...

i also tell the story of being offered less than minimum wage for my first on-air job, about canadians getting mad at me for being in a philly tourism ad and some of the unwritten rules of being a radio host. LISTEN! IT'S FUN!