Filipino 80s cover band called Durian Durian - is this anything?

I didn’t ask for AI, I didn’t ask for war with Iran, and I didn’t ask for all podcasts to become TV shows for some reason.

Any team that plays board games together is a lock for the championship. Celtics in 6.

Friends, HLLLYH is playing next weekend at Bottom of the Hill with Bad Bad Hats and Margaux. Come see us and say hi!

This is the real life house from the game Blue Prince.

It’s true

I want him in chains. Naked, unwashed. No makeup. No hair products. Surrounded by bright lights. Disoriented and scared. I want everyone to see it. I want the photos to be public domain so Wikipedia can use them for his entry. I want them in the history books.

Immigration is a fake problem. Abolish ICE.

On my blog I'm starting a series where I translate sections of Calvino's masterpiece Invisible Cities, a random city at a time. Here's Zemrude. www.joelcalahan.com/translation-...

We’ll take it

Los Angeles, come celebrate the Smell’s 28th birthday with us this Friday! www.thesmell.org/eventtickets...

Thankless or not, we are stupidly committed to ensuring every HLLLYH b side is a transformative cover.

Coming down to LA for a soon to be announced Jan 2 show!

Following up on the previous post... I've learned that The Mae-Shi recently reformed and then evolved into @hlllyh.bsky.social and are continuing to make utterly delightful noise pop: youtu.be/ksv6mqUn8dk?...

Waiting for @dieworkwear.bsky.social to post that Ethan Hawk’s coat here is Good, Actually.

URUBURU is number 22 on Rosy Overdrive’s list of best albums of 2025! Thanks Rosy!

@spectrumculture.bsky.social nuts and gum week, see?

Elliott Smith’s two major label albums are his two best albums.

This is the easiest question. “Drift Away” by Dobie Gray

I still think about @themountaingoats.bsky.social’s review of the Strokes album “True Tales From the Un1verse” (at least that’s how I remember the name). I’m sad I never got to hear Julian C. rapping in German.

My controversial take is that Zohran got 100k votes on the strength of his absolutely on-fire campaign logo. Vaguely Zabar, vaguely Yankees, vaguely Knicks/Mets. An all-timer.

As a male in my 40s, I love being on podcasts more than anything. I got to talk about Billy Joel and get schooled on the Weakerthans in this episode.

RIP to one of the most magical sites on the internet. Truly the end of an era.

Task is a good show but the music placement is constantly taking me out of it. Maeve has a Be Your Own Pet poster; the biker bar is playing Richard and Linda Thompson. Come on. Be serious.

Made some new friends last night. If you can see Combat from Baltimore play, see Combat from Baltimore play. It’s a miracle this band exists, it’s like discovering a new molecule.

Let’s all get together and buy American democracy at the dip.

Here are the songs HLLLYH will play on Saturday, in San Jose, in order, in case you want to mentally prepare: Uru Buru Flex It, Tagger I Want to Hold Your Gun* Young Marks** Hard Magick* Guess Who’s Back From the Spirit World Black Rainbows Dead Clade *New songs ** Mae Shi cover

Buncha bands including HLLLYH playing this Saturday at Jade Cathay in San Jose. It’s a dim sum restaurant! It’s all ages! This is what rock shows should be. We go on second.

Gui Santos looks like a good guy to rob a bank with

The word “shibboleth” is a shibboleth for people who know what shibboleths are.

He’s going to bring back cigarette commercials before the end of his term, isn’t he?

I’ve enlisted.

Haven’t seen this video in 38 years but recognized it in the first half second

if you haven't listened to URUBURU by hlllyh yet by the way i just don't know what's the matter with you

Discovering The Mae Shi in 2004 and Bomb the Music Industry in 2006 were two equally seismic moments for me in my growth as a consumer and creator of music. The boring person I was before I heard Terrorbird and Goodbye Cool World didn't survive the exposure. Therefore I find this heartwarming.

Let’s do this. Who else is going?

CHOTINER: I don't know, I just feel like I've been tacitly operating in a moral framework that would fall apart with even the barest scrutiny. But maybe that collapse would bring new clarity DOCTOR: Listen, there is an interviewer I want you to talk to. The best in the business. CHOTINER: ...

We got paid nicely for this! And the director is a mensch.

Proudly anti-fascist (or for short, “antifa”)

I’m sad silksong didn’t come out back during a time when games all shipped with an “instruction manual”

20 hours in and my main complaint with Silksong is that it should have cost more

For some reason Mae Shi/HLLLYH’s fan base is heavily trans even though the bands are 100% cis dudes. Whatever the reason, it makes us feel very cool and loved. Thank you for being there!

We are the bad guys. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Fine with this if true. Call it what it is.

HLLLYH is playing this Friday in Oakland at Stay Gold Deli. All ages, early show. We’ll be playing a few new songs. New videos. And some merch we’ve never sold in the Bay before. Come and hang out!

Do other countries have statues of failed insurrectionists? Legitimately curious.

Probably the “bachelor party” show for John D. of @themountaingoats.bsky.social at Black Watch Pub in Upland in … 1998?