Aaron Vehling
@aaronvehling.com
Journalist in law, music, film, etc. Currently: Legal news pub. Also, Publisher/EIC/Words: Vehlinggo.com. Past: Stuff in City Pages (RIP), Bloody Disgusting, Dread Central, and several newspapers. Rosendale, NY, via NYC via Minneapolis.
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Aaron Vehling
@aaronvehling.com
· Nov 9
I wrote liner notes for the vinyl reissue of Sally Shapiro's classic debut, Disco Romance. Check it out! It was an honor to be chosen by a band I love so much.
sallyshapiro.bandcamp.com/album/disco-...
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Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
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The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”
February 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”
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Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann on the set of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1955.
February 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann on the set of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1955.
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I've been thinking a lot about the need for a good piece on female film composers, and lo and behold, here's Charlie with a really wonderful bit of writing from 2018 that is new to me.
February 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I've been thinking a lot about the need for a good piece on female film composers, and lo and behold, here's Charlie with a really wonderful bit of writing from 2018 that is new to me.
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They aren’t going anywhere.
Homan on Minnesota: "There will be a small force, a security force, that will respond when our agents are out and get surrounded by agitators. They will remain for a short period of time to make sure the coordination, the agreements we have with local and state law enforcement stay in place."
February 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
They aren’t going anywhere.
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how can they have conquered pop culture when nobody knows who tf these ppl are
America is in the middle of a second Mormon Moment. For our Cover Story, Bridget Read reports on how the women of Utah blogged and posted their way into our hearts and wallets. tinyurl.com/484awp7j
February 15, 2026 at 7:37 AM
how can they have conquered pop culture when nobody knows who tf these ppl are
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A Big Five editor I interviewed
“It’s impossible to get reviews. And the reviews you do get are not moving the needle. Literary fiction is review-driven. So if you're not getting reviews, or the reviews you’re getting are not getting eyes on them, it’s like, well, then what are you supposed to do?”
“It’s impossible to get reviews. And the reviews you do get are not moving the needle. Literary fiction is review-driven. So if you're not getting reviews, or the reviews you’re getting are not getting eyes on them, it’s like, well, then what are you supposed to do?”
February 15, 2026 at 12:07 PM
A Big Five editor I interviewed
“It’s impossible to get reviews. And the reviews you do get are not moving the needle. Literary fiction is review-driven. So if you're not getting reviews, or the reviews you’re getting are not getting eyes on them, it’s like, well, then what are you supposed to do?”
“It’s impossible to get reviews. And the reviews you do get are not moving the needle. Literary fiction is review-driven. So if you're not getting reviews, or the reviews you’re getting are not getting eyes on them, it’s like, well, then what are you supposed to do?”
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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I really and truly love this for them
February 15, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I really and truly love this for them
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there’s a display in front of the whittier park building entrance with community love notes to minneapolis ❤️💗💜
February 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
there’s a display in front of the whittier park building entrance with community love notes to minneapolis ❤️💗💜
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i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
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Build housing, not concentration camps
Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Build housing, not concentration camps
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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Hearing Things
Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
www.hearingthings.co
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
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Good stuff right here. Feat. music by Bayonne, Komok, Lunar Bird, Icelandia, and Traitrs. vehlinggo.com/2026/02/13/b...
The List: Bayonne, Komok, Lunar Bird, Icelandia, Traitrs
The List is loaded with a blast of sonic bliss today. You’re going to experience some psychedelia, a little dreaminess, a dash of the experimental, and a splash of darkness. Just another Friday. Bayon...
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February 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Good stuff right here. Feat. music by Bayonne, Komok, Lunar Bird, Icelandia, and Traitrs. vehlinggo.com/2026/02/13/b...
Hearing Things
Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
www.hearingthings.co
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Utter weak sauce
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Utter weak sauce
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There’s one of these YOU ARE BEING RECORDED things in the parking lot of the grocery store where deodorant is behind locked glass and an armed security guard checks every receipt on the way out. People normalize our gradual dystopian shift, but if someone teleported in from 1990 they’d be horrified.
There's a corner house on our street where when you walk down the sidewalk on either side and a loud stentorian voice says HELLO! YOU ARE BEING RECORDED! It's very creepy in a neighborhood where children constantly walk around on sidewalks
February 12, 2026 at 9:13 AM
There’s one of these YOU ARE BEING RECORDED things in the parking lot of the grocery store where deodorant is behind locked glass and an armed security guard checks every receipt on the way out. People normalize our gradual dystopian shift, but if someone teleported in from 1990 they’d be horrified.
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Minnesota still needs your attention
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Minnesota still needs your attention
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I'm running a Larry Fessenden series for my horror column this month, and first up is HABIT. I'm quite excited to dive into more of his movies. I liked this one a lot. It's available on Shudder
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February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I'm running a Larry Fessenden series for my horror column this month, and first up is HABIT. I'm quite excited to dive into more of his movies. I liked this one a lot. It's available on Shudder
www.patreon.com/posts/monste...
www.patreon.com/posts/monste...
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*duran duran girls on film voice* books on tape
February 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
*duran duran girls on film voice* books on tape
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years