Long shot here, but: I read and took note of for my weekend streaming column the digital delivery of something—perhaps from the recent box set?—by the band The Go-Betweens. Is this ringing a bell to anyone? It was a repost in my feed, I’m almost positive.

Easily part of the reason why I found the Taylor rollout exhausting (and as someone who wrote something this week, guilty as charged). By contrast, I think @sterlewine.bsky.social wrote about the Billy Joel doc weeks after it came out and it was one of my favorite things on it

Actually yeah, is this the most forced franchise ever? I say that as someone who owns a Flynn’s Arcade shirt

More proof @alyankovic.bsky.social is a class act: at the close of his biggest tour yet, he posts the names of his hardworking crew for all to admire. All our faves have many folks behind the scenes, and it’s nice to see someone at the top of his game acknowledging them 💜

The WSJ posting dopey music takes is nothing new, as someone who remembers their onetime music critic claiming cover bands are worthless because they don’t make their own music. (I pushed back on it and he was like “have fun in your garage, nerd”; motherfucker I don’t even play!)

I happened to be in a doctor’s office as Comey pled not guilty, and even the morning network anchors and reporters were having a hard time dressing the details of the case up as serious. “Can’t wait” to see how this one shakes out

An especially silly example, but I see "[much-celebrated legend] is underrated/overlooked" WAY too much these days. IDK if you're young, or hang with the wrong people, or are just desperate for an angle, but this is a very boring (as well as inaccurate) way to discuss someone.

Just gotta poke at the lede a little: Kanin, as far as I know, had nothing to do with Friendship, which Tim of course stars in but Andrew DeYoung wrote and directed

I can’t be the first to read “Travis Kelce mistook someone else for Greta Gerwig” and think “Frances Huh?” But if I can, I deserve at least $100

Rolling Stone’s Record Guide apparently dinged Linda Ronstadt for having a “premature” greatest hits album, but it thus gives her a rare distinction of having two absolute banger compilations, so there’s that

I know, it's the Internet and we have to exaggerate, but I've seen this shared a few dozen times and I take offense at the use of "ruined." If JAWS or Beverly Hills Cop having "bad" sequels "ruins" the original for you, then you are unspeakably washed

hoooo hoooo hoooo - Copper Blue one of my top 5 albums of the decade. All in all in

The four singles from Copper Blue are getting collected into a 12" box for Record Store Day, and were just released as digital EPs last week (theseconddisc.com/2025/10/04/t...); their discography also moved from Merge to BMG (where Bob has a deal now). But if this is shows? See you fuckin' there

I subscribed to Spotify in 2011; my tastes weren't very indie then, so I doubt "nobody" was on there. I started working with Sony a year later, and they were absolutely a partner during my entire tenure. I don't know what 1989 and Reputation have to do with this discussion of two different albums.

I never want to talk about this again, but I do think 28 variants is a bit of a Barry Bonds situation here and I’m not changing my opinion

John Williams, best known for his role as Oma Tres in 2019’s ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

This was a little freak on TV. His jaw opened all the way up. I don’t respect him

When I logged off X, I thought I was calling time on being algorithmically fed strangers conspiracy posting about pop albums. Not so, says Facebook! There’s a hidden track under the LP label, I just know it! I hope it’s “Yvan eht Nioj”! I am going to call the authorities

Heavy reminder of things this morning: put on a raincoat to go to the doctor, and in the pocket was the badge we used to access the hospital when my youngest was in the NICU nearly 20 months ago. How far we’ve come, how far to go still

Hello (PM version). I wrote about the rollout of the new Taylor album, which I think benefits from my voice more than my thoughts on the album itself (which I have to explain a bit more to someone who sent a long, thoughtful comment to me privately). Also a recommendation to watch GREMLINS 2

hi, cis folks in california! this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out. he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841 want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

the MILLISECOND this comes to NYC

The one criticism I got of my TS piece (in a long Facebook DM) was that I didn’t indicate what I thought about the album. As always, I leave it to the experts!!

Never met him; would trade any single member of the current administration for him. I can only imagine what you who knew him think

How long have you four been swimming??? Your mothers are probably worried sick!!!

Cartoon block of cheese for a brain man. Stringing words together the Invader Zim writing room would be like “too random”

I don’t agree with @defector.com’s stance that “no good art comes from greed.” But I am sure that no good business comes from it, either. So, from an abundance of SKUs to ‘Gremlins 2’s, I have done another newsletter.

Robin Williams in 1993, backing up Zelda Williams' 2025 assertion that this is not what he'd want.

Josh and Ramon doing even four pages together is like all those weird AI articles that imagine the surviving Beatles and Stones doing One Last Big Projects together, only realer and obviously better

"No Good Art Comes from Greed"? Have you even SEEN Gremlins 2: The New Batch

"I preordered a vinyl album without hearing it, then, didn't listen to the vinyl because I'm disappointed, but I'm not returning it." TBH, all credit to Ms. Swift for discovering just how little work she needs to put in to maximize her ROI.

I hope the forces of creation are watching over your uncle, and when the proverbial roll is called up, I hope it's Pfc. Carlson's spirit that gets the last kick in before the burnt ends of Trump's soul take him express to hell

Reminder: if your “toxic roommates” do what they wanna do, say what they wanna say, live how they wanna live, play how they wanna play, dance how they wanna dance, kick and they slap a friend—you’re not living with toxic roommates; you’re with the damn Addams Family!!!

Irrespective of quality, this is a craven way of releasing material

Every time the vice president tells someone they should be more grateful online, his dick and balls shrink more into his body

Just saw a caricaturist in Times Square with TWO samples of Mr. Bean. Hot tip, pal: if you think you’re gonna entice my business with THAT creep…think again!!

Holy shiiiiiiiii

For a catalog title, these numbers are absolutely staggering. I’d wager this is more than it sold in 1973!

Beatles, stop fighting, here in India

That’s just Reptile from Mortal Kombat on Kasual Friday

Can I please have $100-$200

I’ve bought hundreds of things from Bandcamp artists and if you don’t mind, I’m going to list my favorites in the next post! Maybe you’ll like some of them too

if this literally happened, you'd have PTSD for the rest of your life just seeing a jean jacket

I can see how a Replacements biopic is a tempting idea but man you you gotta nail it or you're just begging a bunch of the most opinionated fifty-something guys on the planet to never give you a moment's peace lol

Wired: John in The Comeback Inspired: Tucci’s main lieutenant in Spielberg’s THE TERMINAL in The Comeback

Just saw a clip of Dwayne Johnson calling Donkey Kong a favorite arcade game and that “none of the other ones matter,” which deeply offends this 38-year-old ex-gamer thinking about how to easily replay all the Donkey Kong Country games

I haven’t seen social copy this confounding in a MINUTE, wow