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Meant to say Glen Hansard but instead said Glen Hamster, and now my brain is picturing a hamster fronting Danzig and it rules.

Catching up on Best Picture nominees and I think Train Dreams and The Secret Agent now join Sinners as my faves of the batch.

No musician gives me catharsis like Jeff Rosenstock. Fantastic 2 hour + “practice” show at The Lodge Room, the kind of show where a man dressed as a wizard ruled the pit and the crowd cheered for trans rights. Jefff and his band, the expertly named Death Rosenstock, continue to fuel me.

Man, Kristi Noem must be pissed. If I was Markwayne Mullin’s dog, I’d be terrified right now.

How can Sen. Markwayne Mullin be in charge of homeland security? The man can’t even stop a second name from invading his first name!

I previously respected more than loved Sturgill’s music, but damn if this didn’t grab me. Check it out.

It took 19 years, but damn is Voxtrot’s second album great.

“The words make no sense but I love the melodies.”

One of our kids’ initial reaction to R.E.M.

I can work with this.

Paramount hires potential HR liability, Max Landis, to write G.I. Joe reboot Paramount hires potential HR liability, Max Landis, to write G.I. Joe reboot

Lest you think Paramount taking over WB won’t be that bad, here’s their latest business decision.

Makes me wonder if the Ellisons are trying to The Producers the entire studio.

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Mitski Makes Something out of ‘Nothing’  - SPIN Typically, when a publicist sends you an advance copy of an album, it’s accompanied by anecdotes from the musician as context for your first listen. For The reluctant indie star explores isolation on ...

My latest review for @spinmag: Mitski’s new album, exploring isolation, expectstions, and cats. www.spin.com/2026/02/mits...

The following large outlets are now state media (like Fox) snatched up by far right billionaires:

- CBS
- The Washington Post
- Twitter

Soon:
- CNN
- HBO

The information landscape was worst-ever in 2024 and is getting worse.

Fuck the Kansas state legislature. I want to personally steal every one of their drivers licenses until they restore their trans citizens’ basic rights.

How bad must you be to make Netflix look like the good guy?

The only IP mash-up I want is Paramount and WB’s most famous characters freeing their studios from the Ellisons and Zaslav.

If we can put a man on the moon, we can trap a man on the moon.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is the cathartic, fuck A.I. Twilight Zone-ish anthology-ish movie I needed right now.

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Handsome at Any Cost

The darkest, most dystopian fiction cannot match the sadness for humanity I felt from reading this profile.
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Just putting this out into the universe: I w t to write sequel comics to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Whoever has the rights - @idwpublishing.com? @darkhorse.com? - please let me pitch you some stories.

Miss fuzzy 90s/early 00s female-fronted alt rock? Check out Pony. Their new album scratches that Josie & the Pussycats itch.

Checking You Out Check out Checking You Out - <p><b><i>XO, Kitty </i>meets<i> Dash & Lily </i>in this rom com about two teens falling in love via letters left in their favorite library books - even if in real life the...

Want more romance for Valentine’s Day? Go read books by my favorite romance writer @jchenwriter.bsky.social (who, yes, also happens to be my beautiful and talented wife). Her latest swoony delight comes out in June and you can pre-order it now. bookshop.org/p/books/chec...

He might be the only person who I wish would go back to snorting cocaine off of toilet seats.

Star Wars make me want to fight for a better future. All of its flavors - original trilogy, prequels, The Last Jedi, and especially Rebels and Andor - they all spiritually fueled me for where we are now.

If you thought that Bad Bunny halftime show was inappropriate, what’s it like living in the town from Footloose?

Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Green Day, Brandi Carlisle, SistaStrings, and Coco Jones. This Super Bowl was a damn good concert.

I lost respect for all celebrities in AI ads but gained respect for all celebrities in that Pokemon ad.

Vance in his sporty Olympics wear really is giving off peak “I stole Pee Wee’s bike” energy.

Now that we got Momoa as Lobo, a question for VFX folks: about 15 years ago, somebody showed me test footage of a CGI Lobo in a scene with actress Tania Raymonde. Does anyone know what project that was for, or how close it came to happening? The CGI looked good, so I’ve always been curious.

100%. Their last album, The Window, is really good too. Enjoy!

Need a pick me up from this world? Check out the good new albums from Ratboys, LAPêCHE, and J. Cole!

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