Talked to Glenn Howerton about one of the greatest bands of all time…. WEEN! We also talked about bringing back the lost art of hanging out with your friends. Video clips on my Instagram, and full conversation on my Substack. Happy holidays y’all! substack.com/@brandonwene... youtu.be/6xUm2oQjcSo

Wrote about an extremely cool record store day find on my Substack. 👇 thewenerdweekly.substack.com/p/promotiona...

I was bored so I wrote about Phish’s Mike Gordon telling Rick Rubin about Mike Says No. brobible.com/culture/arti...

Talked to Chris Benchetler, the art-world’s favorite pro skier and the ski-world’s favorite Deadhead, about his latest Dead collab, Mountains of the Moon. For the film, Mickey Hart came to Mammoth, and they built "his huge ice sculpture stage for him to play drums on." brobible.com/culture/arti...

here’s a big dumb thing I wrote on my mess of a Substack about turning 40, apropos of absolutely nothing. ok! bye! thewenerdweekly.substack.com/p/my-40th-bi...

Pretty sure this scene in E2 of HBO's The Chair Company may have been the hardest I've laughed at a TV show all year.

Here's the full scoop: www.foiaball.com/p/holiday-bo...

there’s a whole younger generation of Philly sports fans experiencing the ole Philly sports doom cycle right now. Just gotta laugh through the tears.

Talked to Derek Trucks the other week about rare bourbon, football, and drinking with Buddy Guy before shows. brobible.com/culture/arti...

Went on a major deep dive into the music catalog of Chuck Prophet this weekend. Wasn’t really all that familiar with his work and caliber of songwriting, but am now fully convinced he’s the California Mark Knopfler.

going through some really old emails for a project, and I found this glorious photo of Bob Weir from the time The Dead played at Penn State in October 2008.

how’s it going over here, y’all good?

I can’t fully explain why, but football season is undoubtedly the best time of year to listen to studio widespread panic albums.

The idea that Donnie isn’t real has been floating around the Internet for a while. The gist is that the ill-fated Donnie is just a figment of Walter Sobchak’s imagination... Jeff Bridges spoke on this at a special #BigLebowski screening. via @brandonwenerd.bsky.social -- brobible.com/culture/arti...

i wrote about the cocaine hippo problem in colombia and what wildlife biologists are trying to do to trying to fix it. brobible.com/culture/arti...

Kraftwek going Type 2 at Coachella is some real cool shit.

heading to Aspen next week for a little skiing. but have two podcast about to drop, with Frankie Muniz and Adam Richman. Also, I made some new YouTube avi art. 2025 is my content slop engagement hack era. Also, I have no clue what platform to post on anymore! youtube.com/@mostlyoccas...

a neighbor is giving away some books.

when you meet the captain at formal night on the cruise

the brutalist director out here giving us longwinded dudes that lack brevity a lot of hope

beautiful evening in the city of angels

Talking about the very-Aughts origins of icing with @brandonwenerd.bsky.social:

My 2024 year in review, live music edition: www.brandonwenerd.com/every-concer...

The widespread normalization of going out in public in pajamas is weird and must be stopped.

my mom got a terrarium for Christmas. it rocks.

who’s coming over for muskrat in 2025?

Christmas reflections, 2024. www.brandonwenerd.com/the-people-y...

Kennedy center tribute to the Grateful Dead rocked. I feel like we’re going to see some really cool cultural tributes to the dead with some of the talent on that stage in 2025 for however they’re celebrating Dead 60.

watching hozier on snl in a hotel room by liberty airport and thinking about becoming a guy who plays the tin whistle in socially awkward situations, as a bit.

flying in 2024: need five extra minutes before pushing off after everyone is boarded so people with dogs can swap seats because their dogs don’t get along. 🙄

contemplating sending it to PHX to see Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl.

did the much-buzzed about Matū cheesesteak in Beverly Hills for lunch today. The Pennsylvanian in me is impressed! The sesame roll rocks and the spicy long hot be hitting. Fly back east for the holidays tomorrow. Go birds. 🦅

this has been a big year of personal discovery for me. for example, I personally discovered Trader Joe’s Caesar salad dip and I’m sorta obsessed with it. It’s in in the TJ snacks all of fame.

lived in LA for seven years before finally having the world famous McCarthy Salad. iykyk.

My spidey senses can feel culture veering towards a big collective Mad Men rewatch this winter & I’m already preparing myself to be annoyed by all the surface-level takes and nuances that are going to be missed by a generation that glossed over it as appointment television when it originally aired.

itching to get the back on skis in January. Have a vacation planned to Aspen / Snowmass with my brother and old ski / music buddies from growing up first week of Feb. But also wanna get a few more trips in before that for my legs. Have an Ikon pass. Thinking Utah, Palisades, or Mammoth, mid-week.

Really enjoyed talking to Pete Wentz about his mission to make tennis a little more rock ‘ roll and inclusive. brobible.com/sports/artic...

[email protected] rocking it out in Philly yesterday with some choice cuts, including @karinarykman.bsky.social! Here's a little recap of our conversation about playing good tunes during Fox Sports NFL games on @brobible.bsky.social brobible.com/sports/artic...

Tennis talk with Pete Wentz at his second PW Tennis event in Encino.

it never ceases to amaze me how many cars are parked in the top golf el segundo parking lot at 1:30 in the afternoon.

My podcast with the great @jjolly74.bsky.social is now live! Had a blast yapping with Jake the other week about how he got into the Grateful Dead and Phish back in the day, and how those music worlds have spilled into Fox Sports broadcasts. Watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb1o...

the fact they don't sell long underwear tops and bottoms together as a set anymore is all you need to know about the enshittification of America.

Mahogany Smoked Meats Bishop, California

“deep jam band vibe”

First day out on my new made in America Romp skis. 🇺🇸⛷️🎿

saw a dude unironically wearing a pukka shell necklace today. we are so back.

this is a very niche music question, but is there a (cool as hell) name for the disco funk guitar style where someone rips a subtle syncopated one or two note lick? IE: starts at 2:52 in this disco groove by an LA band. you hear it in so much funk and disco. open.spotify.com/track/0RamqJ...