this rules so much. but my kingdom for a basic cable garbage tier where you can watch like the last 70 minutes of 'the core'

nyc baby

please tell me someone got TMac talking about that foul ball going over a 'leaning Martini' and Kruk saying 'ever had one of those?' it was the only good thing to happen last night.

fire up that dell desktop and dial up modem, and put on that 96kbps 'phish cover' of 'gin and juice' — we're talking napster, leakers, clueless execs, and (yes) AI with the folks behind 'How Music Got Free' Alex Stapleton Stephen Witt

rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

why not get one more waxahatchee interview down ya? in this one she talks about elder millennial representation (my term) and the time she got a couple philadelphia eagles to be her roadies (go birds)

flattered that Jonathan Bernstein broke book leave to slack me about this

great pre-opening day philology blog defector.com/sockdolager-is…

it's so reassuring that our cultural history is in the hands of conglomerates comprised of people who've never made a thing except profits for shareholders

New piece on Zone of Interest: the speech, the lies, most of all, Glazer's harrowing warning about how genocide can become 'ambient.'

This is what feels most contemporary, most of this terrible moment, about Glazer’s staggering film.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

best part is later when Spielberg hugs him and shouts 'Oh, mazel tov!'

my first kiss was in a borders. i also bought 'maladroit' there.

spent my entire honeymoon listening to KNEECAP so i could write this

even Xgau did in fact have to hand it to toby keith for 'Courtesy of the Red White and Blue.'
robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php…

god bless the local news angle

richmond.com/life-entertain…

few things as beautiful as 'ginger' soundtracking the dudes rock section of enjoi's 'bag of suck' youtu.be/BB0yz1KnhyY?si…

Rolling Stone kindly asked me to write a first-person essay in appreciation of Pitchfork. I know way too much about the subject, and I don't usually write about myself. Plus, I'm pretty disheveled right now, mentally and physically. With immense gratitude: rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…

I’ve discovered and learned about so much incredible music through p4k, and the depth of writing/reporting/critical talent on display there has always been astounding. to call this a “shame” feels insufficient. dark dark days

delivers that 'Oh!' like he's harvey keitel's Judas 👑