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Here’s about 8-10 hours of music that I’ve written about for Start-Track over the past year. Updated somewhat regularly, too. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/playlist/7Jd...

"Sources last saw Bolsonaro waiting alone in the Fastpass line for Space Mountain."

I kid you all not that my phone reported that it had connected via Bluetooth to something called “4” and after this past week’s news I came very close to smashing all of my technology with a hammer.

No chance Obama wrote or improvised that Cheesecake Factory line but either way: Bars on bars

Once again, I maintain my opinion that AI agents can’t hurt your bank account if you forsake all technology and become a witch of the woods

Whenever I watch MST3K I wonder "Who's calling me right now and immediately hanging up?" every time there's a commercial break, but it's only because my ringtone is the instrumental version of the OG MST3K theme song. I'm not willing to change anything about this situation.

Realized there was a typo in my "Katie Zacharia lasted 5/11ths of a Scaramucci" joke and also realized that it was Grossly Unoriginal Slop, so it has been deleted.

Was out with a friend for drinks, and the 2012 Everything is Terrible remake of The Holy Mountain titled “Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!” came up in conversation, and my friend responded with such joy that it instilled faith in me that I had found companionship with the right people. 

Honestly this makes a Defector subscription worth it (plus all the other stuff of course) (not a sponsored post btw) (if anything *I'm* paying *them*)

Plenty of other free and open-source options out there that a) don't use AI, b) have big teams constantly updating them, and c) won't get sued into oblivion by Big Dobe. (I opened the Photoshop one and the cursor immediately started lagging and I went "Haha! Nope!")

I know this man did great damage to art and his legacy will have lasting terrible effects on the industry as a whole. However:

Would like to shout out @ihavethatonvinyl.com for mentioning Chat Pile earlier on this here Blue Sky, and inspiring me to listen to Chat Pile. Can confirm the new album is quite good.

SHOEGAZE BANDS: The great music blog Start-Track is putting together a compilation of new shoegaze tunes. Please DM either @filip.start-track.com or myself with your interest and we will send you the submission form. We look forward to absolutely getting our faces melted by your jams. Thank you.

Gonna yap more about this one for Start-Track but Lonesome Rhodes' new album is like if you had Noah Kahan behind the keys instead of the guitar. Big "The Great Divide" energy. Would recommend. open.spotify.com/album/6EsOnC...

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That’s how my city handles things, baby. (I have not lived in Ithaca, NY since graduating from Ithaca College in 2013.)

I remain a true believer in karma, and while I feel not enough of it is going around to those who could use it (bad or good), you can't force its whims. At least there's this. May those seven know less and less peace.

An update: I have made a dinner of shrimp in very lemony orzo with some home-grown tomatoes for garnish. It is very good. We all have the capacity to do good things. May we do them.

If you don’t take sides, sides will take you

many social media managers will encourage you to spread your posts throughout the day but why do that when you have 500 thoughts and you could just literally post them all at the same time

anyway to close out a day like today, have you all listened to the new album modernism from @perennialtheband.bsky.social yet, if not, here is something i wrote about their song emma peel: start-track.com/single-peren...

checked the pats/hawks score right before maye threw that int and in the middle of saying "man, third down field goal would be the move, maye shouldn't be the hero here", i heard a groan from next door that told me everything i needed to know. football season, baby!

there’s a new interpol record and justin long is doing commercials with john hodgman. it is 2006. the future cannot come to pass. rome must burn

you cannot fathom the amount of people preparing the dodgeball of nostradamus meme, in case It happens

Rest in peace to one of the best to ever do it.

a castle you say! a not-at-all sybaritic or ostentatious purchase from the feudal lords! it would be such a shame if someone were to, one might say, hide a lot of bees in the walls of their new domicile

would see "foamy bile" and "very weak" and respond to this message with "those are some wild names" and folks, this is why they don't let me out of the house!

YOU BETTA SUBMIT YOUR MUSIC TO START (DASH )TRACK (DOT) COM!

(sighs) once again the icelanders get all the fun

called a dealer's service center to make an appointment yesterday; today, received a voicemail from their AI bot asking if i was interested in trading in my vehicle. never cancelled an appointment faster in my life. never again with dealers; i'll go to my guy down the street who i know by name

future chowder: a bigger, better, more chowdery chowder. now with 200 percent more chowder.

been waiting for this one to post on the blog for a while everyone go listen @brosaleigh.bsky.social start-track.com/album-josale...

in a house on the cape and this artwork has the voice of trump taking one of his cognitive tests

It’s the mooost wonderful tiiiime of the yeeeear (aka @drewmagary.bsky.social starts putting out the Why Your Team Sucks articles)

I just spent a week watching 8-to-17-year-old girls and trans kids learn instruments, form bands, design logos, and write songs. It was messy and noisy and glorious. And there are people who would like to replace that entire process with AI. FUCK THEM. MAKE ZINES START A BAND NEVER SURRENDER

while watching the bottom of the 8th at fenway today i thought - but did not say - “gee whiz, i wonder what would happen if caleb durbin of all people hit a go-ahead home run” guess what happened the boston red sox may never lose again

i know everyone is dunking on my boy zach for his surname but when he gets his first of many perfect games you will all understand that underneath this “crotch felt” are Hard Brass Balls

me in 2026: echhhh i really hope argentina doesn’t repeat win. would just be boring and exactly what fifa wants probably me in 2030 maybe: VIVAAAAAAAA VIVA VIVA VIVA ESPAÑA OTRA VEZ BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

By this logic, Spain is not only going to win the World Cup, but when they do, they’re going to send the White House a large hunk of shit in the shape of a World Cup trophy.

currently in a place where there is a "flag drop off" that looks like a trash bin and, i mean, yeah. the symbolism is delicious, folks (no pictures/no snitching)

it was all downhill from here, folks. if they'd just kept the slime brand maybe we wouldn't be in this mess

at some point SOMEONE has to put their hand on the dude's shoulder and be like "don. DON. you can't just hijack national tv whenever you get diaper rash"

CAW CAW FOOLS HUNTERS GONNA HUNT

Frankly, heads of state should point and laugh at Trump for many reasons, but ESPECIALLY the World Cup, and Pedro Sanchez himself should say "It's called FUTBOL" before giving the double bird and kicking a football directly into Trump's balls

ayyyy it's the origin of my entire online "brand"

Well, that was certainly one of the World Cup games of all time. On to the quarterfinals then!

Hello @kenklippenstein.bsky.social yes this post is going over well with the Bluesky crowd. A question for the questioner: What's your end game here, bud? Continue to enjoy repeated humiliation as people who know better continue to dunk on you for not just taking the L on this one?