Spotify's "Alt Country Classics" playlist has had a random Uncle Tupelo *instrumental* at #1 for several years now.

NOT the Black Keys drummer.

Everyone running against a Republican Senator should be reminding people nonstop that everyone knew this would happen and every Republican still voted to put an antivaxxer with no health or science background in charge of health and science for the entire country

My main observation from the last few hours of monitoring US social media is that Democrats are universally denouncing political violence and calling for calm while MAGA are escalating language and openly lusting for retribution against broad categories of people they identity as their enemies.

Amazing how many articles there were about “Kamala Harris, what does she do? What policy debates does she participate in? How is she “messing up the border?” And the current VP is just a full on shitposter and the political press goes, “ah well, nevertheless”

Sorry, but nothing beats the Superstar Car Wash era.

Celebrating my 25th year of Ron Sexsmith adoration with his best album in ages. Melodies for days and super-crisp production from Martin Terefe.

Full stop, that was garbage. Absolutely ridiculous for the VAR check to even occur at 110’ much less it be called a penalty on Joyner and @stlcitysc.com. This is an embarrassment for MLS.

Inside the New Ray Charles Reissues On Tangerine Records: ‘It’s Ray Truly Expressing Himself’

YOU COULDN’T DO ANYTHING IN THE MUSIC BIZ WITHOUT BEING ON CRACKER BARREL RECORDS, AND NOW IT DON’T. MEAN. SHIT.

After I discovered a state website was exposing the Social Security numbers of hundreds of thousands Missouri teachers, Andrew Bailey played a key role in Gov. Parson's decision to falsely accuse me of a crime, and demand that I be prosecuted. www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

This is not a massive decision or any kind of change. Costco has never carried mifepristone in its pharmacies. An anti-abortion group is taking credit for something that didn't happen, possibly to generate disingenuous left-wing ire against one of the few corporations that hasn't gone MAGA.

Midsize Matters: Why Live Nation & AEG Are Building More 2,000 to 7,000-Capacity Venues in the U.S.

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

Hang on, Augie!

When you strip away humanity

Ozzy Osbourne Dead at 76, Just Weeks After Black Sabbath’s Final Concert

I like how Matthew Broderick is so on-brand boring that they just went ahead and turned off the comments.

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

Punk Finds a Pulse: What’s Behind the Genre’s Latest Comeback?

That the Dixie Dregs jumped out of a fucking plane - without ‘chutes! - and almost all of them survived will never not amaze me.

it's remarkably bleak that Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women, including an allegation that was adjudicated and in which he was found liable for sexual assault, and yet the American public needs still MORE evidence of his depraved character and unfitness.

Baritone guitar* and one-chord choruses are not typically deployed in pop songs. *or maybe just a dorky six-string bass?

Will Missouri voters ever punish the party that keeps reversing popular ballot initiatives? (No, of course not.)

It’s been five days since floods in Texas killed at least 111 people and FEMA’s Acting Administrator David Richardson still hasn’t made a single public or internal statement.

Must. Resist. Bawdy. Response

Did not anticipate being this stoked about my first CD player in what feels like 20 years. Technics circa ‘88 so jives with the me-decade setup. No luck on a silverface though. First spin: Idaho

Watching side stage views of the Ozzy concert. You can see Hetfield smoking a cigar and air drumming during Slayer, thinking "oh right, they're the best thrash band ever" to himself. Anselmo's also back there. And Blink 182 guy and his Kardashian wife, blowing out their toddler's ears.

"I said he used to be a piece of shit. I'm not anymore. Glass House. White Ferrari. Live for New Year's Eve. Sloppy steaks at Truffoni's. Big rare cut of meat with water dumped all over it, water splashing around the table, makes the night SO MUCH more fun."

Jeff "Slim" Tweedy looks and sounds fucking great.

St. Louis showing up. #NoKings

Brian had Mike sing Meant for You on Friends because he saw something most people didn’t. Now I’m learning a BW recorded it 30 years ago and it’s also perfect?

HI RICK AND DAVE. HI POP. GOOD MORNING MOM

The coda that Brian Wilson crafted for the "Surf's Up" classic "'Til I Die" is perfect in every way. (Starts at 1:35)

I heard the word, wonderful thing, a children’s song

“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.” Doechii at the #BETAwards

Sony Music Publishing Acquires Hipgnosis Songs Group, Including Songs by Sabrina Carpenter, One Direction & More

90s Lite Alt-Rock needs a Yacht Rock-like nickname for branding and future documentary purposes.

She deserved a Tony for Co-Op

Trump officials' showings at hearings today were disasters, but it doesn't make headlines bc the media's default assumption is that Rs are clownish rascals. But if Dems didn't know what was happening at their agencies or what habeas corpus is, it'd be front page news. This is a key media asymmetry.

An IT worker for the nat'l parks drove to a bridge & called a friend to talk him down. A Medicaid researcher killed herself after repeating "I’m not enough" to her family. A Social Security worker, whose data was under siege by DOGE, died at her cubicle. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Happy 80th birthday to acclaimed solo artist Pete Townshend. Been streaming this shit-kicker for years and only just noticed the typo.

They built a perfect bridge

RFK Jr starts having a tantrum as Chris Murphy details how he lied during his confirmation hearing about his anti-vax views

So the brother in Illinois seems lovely but the one in Florida's a piece of shit, got it, checks out. nypost.com/2025/05/11/u...

Pope Leo XIV was 22 years old and living in St. Louis in 1977 which strongly suggests he was aware of, and may have even tried, crackery thin pizza with provel “cheese” on it. (No doubt being from Chicago, his response was “this is trash.”)

Found a sealed Suzanne Vega tape at a bookstore and now watching recent live performances and my word... whatever her vocal regimen is, she needs to bottle and sell it.