Strong AOTY contender on Jan 1. (This is from 1978 and sounds like they asked the Velvet Sundown or whatever to make an album about skateboarding but it’s real)

Wake me up when Jeremy Allen White is playing Brian Fallon in the movie about making “Get Hurt”

2025 thread? Alright, let’s do it.

2025 thread? Alright, let’s do it.

Salting my walk not for ice but for witches/spirits

They're arguing about this on Reddit and saying other skaters left out of the conversation, strengthening my case.

The culture’s biggest popularity contest showed that skateboarding is more of a fractured, multi-party system than ever—and vert skaters might be the emerging party. @brendanmenapace.bsky.social dives into the thorny voting process of Thrasher's Skater of the Year.

For @mgrmagazine.bsky.social : I wrote about skateboarding’s multiparty system during its annual sham election, and its new opposition party leader. merrygoroundmagazine.com/thrashers-sk...

As a man with taste, I was tasked by Esquire to come up with a list of the top podcasts of 2025. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

As it’s December, I’m reposting the scene I wrote where in “The Santa Clause,” the North Pole staff has to inform the previous Santa’s wife (that he is contractually obligated to have) that he is dead and they have to move out. www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/i-wrote-th...

It’s amazing that you can transform yourself so quickly when you want to. I went from a “I’ve never actually seen the Lord of the Rings movies the whole way through” guy to someone who has seen them all in just four days or so.

Kind of a bummer this seeing many memes with Nick Reiner as if he was just a kooky character who did something wacky and ultimately harmless.

Now that he’s done wrestling John Cena can focus on what’s important

With the news that Rob and Ryan sold a minority stake in Wrexham, here’s something I wrote last year about how the charming Wrexham experience will become much less charming in time for a variety of reasons. www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/pitch-emai...

As it’s December, I’m reposting the scene I wrote where in “The Santa Clause,” the North Pole staff has to inform the previous Santa’s wife (that he is contractually obligated to have) that he is dead and they have to move out. www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/i-wrote-th...

I chose Tottenham as my team because it felt back then like a Philly team. Now the team is lacking identity after losing generational stars (despite a recent title), the fans are ruthlessly booing at home and the players clearly hate playing at home under those circumstances. I was so right.

It’s December I guess I’ll repost what I wrote during COVID about how “Wonderful Christmastime” is one of the greatest Christmas songs of all time. And also how “Temporary Secretary” is one of my favorite songs in the greater Beatles universe www.snakesandsparklers.com/p/wonderful-...

Was there ever a bigger whiff with a magazine betting on who/what is the next big thing?

I think we should assign all of these new HBO legacy crime dramas set in the unglamorous Philly suburbs a new genre tag: Art Delco

Sure Liverpool are struggling right now, but wait until Glasner takes over.

Happy first “Happy holidays, Rita” of the season to all of my Pennsylvanians out there.

Richarlison, I love you, but you’re bringing me down* *Making me lose fantasy points by getting a yellow for taking your shirt off. Worth it

Is Vice stunt journalism back??

ICYMI: I interviewed John Gourley from Portugal. The Man about their new album "Shish," which is out today. Gourley says that he brought the spirit of Alaskan self-reliance he grew up with to the recording process, and some lessons from fatherhood (both his and himself) www.spin.com/2025/11/john...

John Gourley says every Portugal. The Man album has Alaska DNA in it. But "Shish" might be the most overtly Alaskan. I spoke with Gourley about what being an Alaskan means, what he inherited from his "road system" cabin childhood & being a steward of his homeland www.spin.com/2025/11/john...

I'd imagine a musician working with Gorillaz feels a lot like how I've always wanted to work with the Muppets (as in, you are not working with the creators of Gorillaz/the Muppets, you are working with the cartoons/muppet entities themselves, and I don't want that facade to be broken).

John Gourley says every Portugal. The Man album has Alaska DNA in it. But "Shish" might be the most overtly Alaskan. I spoke with Gourley about what being an Alaskan means, what he inherited from his "road system" cabin childhood & being a steward of his homeland www.spin.com/2025/11/john...

I love Richy, but man. You already gotta give Dane the garbage time PK that he earned. But now with 20/20 hindsight you REALLY have to…

Turns out Micky Van de Ven was the Son replacement the whole time…

Lol

Popped over from the Spurs game to see how the others were doing. Real "Main Character Syndrome" game from Luis Diaz

There’s an idea in Philly that the best cheesesteak is the one that’s closest. In that same spirit, the best Menzingers song is the one that’s on.

Invoking the spirit that I need today

Favorite costume tonight was the dude who looked like my mailman dressed like a usps guy.

In the early 2000s, if you wanted to be in a serious rock band, you had to have a music video where you play in a strange room and eventually become covered in gunk

Inside you there are two wolves

I wish Joey Ramone were still here to write lyrics based on modern horror movies. "Paimon possessed my baby. Oh yeah. Oh no." "I don't wanna go under the bed / The Babadook's gonna get in my head. Hey!"

The “thing” they’re singing about in the song “That Thing You Do!” is a Borat impression

Finally had an Uber ride long enough to hear some of the new Taylor Swift album. Including That Song

It’s funny that they’re playing “Even Flow” as the Mariners lead at the break, a song sung by noted Chicago Cubs fan Eddie Vedder.

This ALCS is so fun. You’re seriously gonna make one of these teams play the Dodgers and not hit the ball?

Damn. Blue Jays are just straight up having fun out there. Hard to stop that. I remember when the Phillies would have fun.

Being a catcher, I wonder if Cal Raleigh feels the same when he’s batting as I do working from home, having trouble separating the two in my head.

Stomp Clap is coming back. Noah Kahan stardom and subsequent copycats are the harbinger of Nü Clap.

They weren’t lying

It's release day for Militarie Gun with what is a serious AOTY contender with GOD SAVE THE GUN. ICYMI, here's my conversation I had with frontman Ian Shelton about what might be his magnum opus. What a ripper. www.spin.com/2025/10/the-...

What’s cool in Orlando if your only free time will be weeknights between about 5 and 9 pm?