CHOTINER: We've met before, haven't we? MADISON: I don't think so. Where was it you think we met? CHOTINER: At your house. Don't you remember? MADISON: No. No, I don't. Are you sure? CHOTINER: Of course. As a matter of fact, I'm there right now.

The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #89 #3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING vs. #67 Queen Latifah, ALL HAIL THE QUEEN forms.gle/aD6CF2fZBCSB...

BIZARRO defeats INDIGO GIRLS, 91-89.

Looking back at Bowie's Outside and Walker's Tilt, both released 30 years ago, Ned Raggett says the pair might not have met but the energy of respect and influence travelled between them in strange ways Many Happy Returns to #DavidBowie's Outside, which turns 30 today! buff.ly/U85ffvs

1 hour 45 minutes left to vote!

Was under the impression, clearly wrong, that ALIEN: EARTH was one & done. Disappointing, especially since I’m not 100% sure I’m interested in returning.

Hearing this skeet in the voiceover from the start of the A-Team.

My son has an assignment to analyze song lyrics, and the example given is “Karma Police.” Imagine my horror when I realized that if I was given this assignment as a sophomore, the example would be a song from 1960.

It's time to do that thing you've been wanting to do

is it annoying to be an android crewmate in the alien universe having to pretend to go into hypersleep with the rest of the human crew when you don’t actually have to sleep

watched a documentary about the making of megalopolis last night and I really think we should encourage more rich people to spend more time pursuing extremely iconoclastic artistic visions and less time fucking up every workable aspect of society

The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #88 #23 Indigo Girls, INDIGO GIRLS vs. #42 The Wedding Present, BIZARRO forms.gle/MJAdturqABbi...

COSMIC THING defeats THIS IS THE DAY… THIS IS THE HOUR… THIS IS THIS!, 125-51-2.

Gonna be putting this to the test in a few days.

The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #87 #10 The B-52's, COSMIC THING vs. #55 Pop Will Eat Itself, THIS IS THE DAY... THIS IS THE HOUR... THIS IS THIS! forms.gle/VVspnVK5UtVX...

It's back! Film Freak Central's Halloween Horror-Review Index has returned until November 1st. One-stop shop for all of our horror reviews. filmfreakcentral.net/halloween-ho...

Wire's 'Chairs Missing' album and UK Tour advert in Sounds 23rd, September 1978. @wirehq.bsky.social

the most important thing to remember when you see eugenicists who don’t believe that autistic people should exist rambling about “the autism epidemic” is not that they’re wrong about the “cause” (although they are absolutely wrong about it); it’s that they are eugenicists

I love reading this as if I don't know that "baby steps" is a video game

this one picture could generate a thousand indie ttrpgs before lunch

Before reviving my New Cult Canon column for The Reveal, I ended it fittingly at The A.V. Club with THE RAPTURE. (That my career/column/life continued anyway suggests that perhaps we'll be fine today.) www.avclub.com/new-cult-can...

Regret to inform that all the money in the world has been sucked up Peter Thiel’s ass, and that he is somehow now trapped in his own ass standing on his pile of money and that the interior of his ass is also biblical hell.

DONE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE defeats WORKBOOK, 82-63-2.

REMINDER: this ends early, 8:43am CST, so you have about 35 minutes left to vote!

One secret to my partnership with @sbmakesstuff.bsky.social is we both admire the hell out of each other's work, independent of being madly in love with each other. So I wanna take a moment to tell you what I love about her work & why it's worth supporting.🧵 www.youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #86 #26 Bob Mould, WORKBOOK vs. #39 Jungle Brothers, DONE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE forms.gle/YzQTXyXS3jzG...

ALIEN: EARTH could join s1 of CASTLE ROCK in shows that I watch 90% of then give up on at the last minute.

PREPOTENT FUCK YES

it was supposed to come out like fifteen years ago, but better late than never I suppose a brand-new version of my horse-breeding, -betting, and -racing game Prepotent will be coming in 2026

“I’m sorry I caused all that autism.”

The thing is, being autistic doesn't need to be "stopped" or "cured" or further demonized. The entire conversation is wrong.

ME: Hey Hamlyn Publishing, is this DRIVER book going to be a film? HAMLYN: Sit down for this.

I feel like dirt today so @boxofficegross.bsky.social ep30 takes me to a much better time: a lovely chat with lovely friend @danielgorman20.bsky.social, back to discuss a lovely movie, the family superhero comedy SKY HIGH! This was SUCH a fun convo, check it out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

It's Latine Heritage Month so I'm really excited to announce a little side project I've been working on. Quickstart guide is available here: latinerd.itch.io/beasts *In war there are no gods, no devils. There are only beasts.* Art by @lucasnwd.bsky.social, logo by @lamalamuerte.bsky.social

Hey folks! Tomorrow, I will be in line at the DMV probably when the match needs to be posted. What will likely happen is that I will post the Google Form link to the match, and do the proper thread when I get home. That should be at 9am CST as usual… but it could be later. Or could be earlier! 🤷‍♂️

Would you consider the BLIND DEAD movies to be “zombie” movies? Asking for someone doing Hooptober 12.

New newsletter! A look back at the week that was in the Best Album of 1989 tournament, plus The Prediction Bracket Top 20! buttondown.com/kentmbeeson/...

I know Pauley Perrette when I see her

shitposting but at a funeral

My tiny local bookstore got new owners and they were having a grand reopening, so I thought I’d support the home team and pick up a little somethin’ somethin’. (It’s featured on their home page as well!)

In honor of farm aid being up the street from my office, I’m bringing the bus driver post back from Gehenna:

This is entirely true on so many levels I don't think I could possibly detail it exhaustively, but you really can't oppose trans people's human rights and still have freedom of expression and bodily autonomy, the idea that people are entitled to self determination goes right out the window....

NEXT WEEK’S MATCHES MON Bob Mould vs Jungle Brothers TUE The B-52’s vs Pop Will Eat Itself WED Indigo Girls vs The Wedding Present THUR De La Soul vs Queen Latifah FRI Camper Van Beethoven vs Michael Penn

Hey folks, just a head’s up — the weekend newsletter probably won’t go out til tomorrow sometime, and there won’t be another 2001 preview either. We’ll try for that (again) next weekend!

My kids won’t remember this because they were too little at the time, but I did make them listen to DAVID COMES TO LIFE a couple times.

By the bye, if you're looking for streaming alternatives, I'm happy to endorse @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social's rent-by-mail program. I've been using it for a few months now and it's great. Prompt shipping, friendly staff if you need to extend a return date and, most importantly, an incredible library.

Looking for @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social recs for 2001 to listen to first. I'm having a tough time listening to anything (doing transcription will do that to you; my ears are FULL), so I wanna start with my favorite genres: dreampop, shoegaze, and women-fronted indie pop and rock. Anyone?