Picked up two former AOTYs at Buch Spieler in Montpelier, VT today. Been looking for these for a loooong time.

The most Canadian-looking player in baseball breaking the country’s heart.

Too many “exceptional” people refuse to reckon with the meaning of that word.

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

I hope Six By Seven is seeing a bump from this.

Pre-arb salaries are a much bigger deal than free agent salaries. Fix that first.

Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance. “One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert.” [kottke.org]

It's ADHD Awareness Month! Do you know where your phone is?

Pulp have been nominated for the Mercury Prize four times. The second time, when they won for Different Class, Norma Waterson was also nominated. The third time, Norma's daughter Eliza Carthy was nominated. The fourth time, Eliza's dad, Norma's husband, Martin Carthy was nominated.

A guitar titan is gone. Farewell to the Spaceman; here's my NPR obituary for KISS legend Ace Frehley. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...

Zero players with an .800 OPS. 1 pitcher who threw more than 132 innings. 97 wins. Amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t make bonehead mistakes.

Leaders treating layoffs at their own companies like some sort of retribution is really, really gross.

Celia Gregory from @wnxpnashville.bsky.social is such a joy whenever she visits our New Music Friday podcast. You can hear why she's becoming a morning institution in Nashville. lnk.to/sw0BHZ

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

The U.S., Russia and Saudi Arabia. 3 peas in a pod.

Happy Yankees Elimination Day 2025. Sixteen years, 0 championships, despite Brian Cashman annually averaging the second-highest payroll and spending $3.9 billion.

The 31 Minutos El Tiny performance has more than 5 Million YouTube views in less than 72 hours. Only a handful of Tiny Desks can make that claim. Pretty insane.

It turns out the 'Wish You Were Here' title isn't actually a reference to Syd Barrett. Listen now on this wk's All Songs Considered from @npr.org

It had to be done. Perhaps the biggest undertaking in my nearly six years of publishing the internet's best hip-hop newsletter, CABBAGES. Check it out, weigh in, and share like hell. www.cabbageshiphop.com/100-best-rap...

More like arbiter-in-chief

I misread this as “confounded the free press”

You may have heard my arguments against the Electoral College before. Here’s a new one the Founders never anticipated: If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.

Don’t buy a house, car or boat that would require you to accept blood money in exchange for your services. It’s really that simple.

This is an astounding leap in just three years, and it's great news for American society in general that these guys are starting to see just how destructive the proliferation of sports betting is. Convincing every sports league and TV network of the same thing is going to be much more difficult.

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

Such a shame

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

If you listen to @npr.org today, our hosts will tell you: it's the first day in more than fifty years that public media is operating without federal funding. We're still here, going strong and keeping you informed. Proud to be a part of this team.

This is why you pay the man $70 Mill— I mean, $2 Million a year.

“Happy and hungover / on the first day of October” “Trying to remember / the last night of September”

I’m mad. Please put it in the newspaper (@gqmagazine.bsky.social) that I’m mad. Go Sox! www.gq.com/story/yankee...

For reasons we cannot fathom but by which we are utterly delighted, our son was voted Homecoming King. Here is the t-shirt he wore to the pep rally. rawpaw.ink/products/inf...

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

Hey, it’s @totalvibration.bsky.social hosting @npr.org’s New Music Friday episode. www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...

Working on something for over half a year and then seeing it go live is always a treat. The piece I'm most proud of writing this year, and major thanks as always to @thequietus.com for accepting this joint @davidbowiereal.bsky.social and #ScottWalker swing-for-the-rafters. Hope you enjoy.

Excited to announce the first London screening of We Are Making a Film About Mark Fisher, a film I have been helping with this past year. I'm in conversation with Andy Beckett (who features in the fim) afterwards. 30 October, Good Shepherd Studios, Leytonstone: www.tickettailor.com/events/weflo...

I believe so www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...

LOL

EXCLU: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will announce today he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show last week. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...

Five Mixes by Optimo (Espacio)/JD Twich--it's really ten, but who deserves it more? R.I.P. to one of the greatest selectors ever. michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc138-five...

Decided to go with solo swim lessons for my kids instead.

New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.

“Prior restraint is censorship imposed, usually by a government or institution, on expression, that prohibits particular instances of expression. In some countries (e.g., United States) prior restraint by the government is forbidden, subject to exceptions, by their respective constitutions.”

It’s OK to dislike New York City. It’s OK to like the New York Yankees. But if you fall into both categories, there is a boiling blood river waiting for you in the seventh circle of hell.

It grieves me beyond words to share the sad news that, after some months of suffering from glioblastoma, #JDTwitch of @optimo-espacio.bsky.social has passed. His #Optimo partner JD Wilkes has posted this message on their Instagram account.