Michael Tedder

After weeks upon weeks of unrelenting winter, I walked around today on some Celine Dion shit, feeling the sunshine and being like "though it's been years/it's all coming back to me."

I know. Still mad at Thurston.

Life comes at you fast and eras end before you even know it.

This is violence.

Sure would have been nice if we transitioned to solar panels years ago.

It's funny, when R.E.M. were an active band, half of the discourse around them was people complaining about carrying on after Berry left, that they weren't as good as they were back in the IRS days or something else. But once R.E.M. retired on their own terms, and stuck with it, it's all goodwill.

Tired: Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil

Wired: Fontaines Friday

Between this and the Lanterns show, Nathan Fillion-heads haven't been fed like this since the '00s.

Fontaines D.C. covering Sinéad O'Connor is the most Irish thing to have happened this decade.

The L.A. Music Scene, After the Fires "The worst part is the realization of how long we will be living in the shadow of it."

I interviewed some musicians who lost their homes and instruments in the devastating Eaton Fire and wrote about how they're picking up the pieces. This piece originally ran in ANTICS magazine last year. Now I've made it available via my newsletter:

I have to say the Post chose a hell of a moment to lay off all their foreign correspondents

Third Way is always on the hunt for exciting new groups to throw under the bus.

Sean.

This remake of Wag the Dog sucks.

Counterpoint: Until we get a new TV On the Radio album, then the Augusts Revival hasn't gone far enough.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

Hypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtis YouTube video by Adam Curtis Documentaries

If you've never gotten around to watching Hypernormalisation by Adam Curtis, this is a good day to do so.

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seems obvs to me that mamdani gets far because of his charm. why do "male self improvement" types always focus on things like looksmaxxing instead of personalitymaxxing or charmmaxxing?

Last Week Tonight With Bari Weiss

Can't wait until all of media is owned by the Ellisons.

Like just let us enjoy the moment, random scold.

So did he glamour the President?

The objective answer (if such a thing exists) is probably Dr. Dre.

My personal answer is Prince Paul or RZA.

Honestly, Tom Morello, Trent Reznor, and Dave Grohl need to get it together and get goddamn Devo in the Hall already, and Billie Joe Armstrong needs to lobby harder for The Replacements.

Same but make it Cabin Boy (1994)

Again with this shit?

Legit mind-blowing information.

I'm fond of "you gotta eat the keys, my guy."

I've been writing about this, and I think the long answer for why these guys were interrogating masculinity is a reaction to the 80s and high-profile events like Tailhook, Anita Hill, etc.

And the short answer is that every worthwhile rock singer wanted to impress Michael Stipe and Ian MacKaye.