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-...
sallyshapiro.bandcamp.com/album/disco-...
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Happy celestial birthday to unrepentant karaoke snitch @scottwampler.bsky.social
I miss you every day.
I miss you every day.
December 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Happy celestial birthday to unrepentant karaoke snitch @scottwampler.bsky.social
I miss you every day.
I miss you every day.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
It's been great to watch Nation of Language become a popular band over the years. I was trying to find the 1st time I featured them on Vehlinggo. Looks like it was 2018 on the episode Le Matos & I did to talk abt Summer of 84. Ancient! Anyway, NoL are an extraordinary band & I am so happy for them.
December 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's been great to watch Nation of Language become a popular band over the years. I was trying to find the 1st time I featured them on Vehlinggo. Looks like it was 2018 on the episode Le Matos & I did to talk abt Summer of 84. Ancient! Anyway, NoL are an extraordinary band & I am so happy for them.
I support Gen Z loving the 2010s, especially the first half. There was good music, film and TV, anyway.
December 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I support Gen Z loving the 2010s, especially the first half. There was good music, film and TV, anyway.
Also, go see “No Other Choice” asap
December 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Also, go see “No Other Choice” asap
I haven’t seen Marty Supreme yet, but wow does Lopatin’s score hit hard.
December 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I haven’t seen Marty Supreme yet, but wow does Lopatin’s score hit hard.
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
It takes a certain kind of madness to email me with umbrage about not replying to premiere pitches this week to premiere something *this week.*
December 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It takes a certain kind of madness to email me with umbrage about not replying to premiere pitches this week to premiere something *this week.*
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In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons…
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
December 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons…
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
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I feel this. It's no coincidence that gardening was something I enjoyed this year. Fewer devices, less tracking, more care. Paper books, friends IRL, walking, tea, perfume, cinema, gigs...
Just be mindful that the attention economy is *not*your friend and not everything is accomplished by shopping.
Just be mindful that the attention economy is *not*your friend and not everything is accomplished by shopping.
Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
December 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I feel this. It's no coincidence that gardening was something I enjoyed this year. Fewer devices, less tracking, more care. Paper books, friends IRL, walking, tea, perfume, cinema, gigs...
Just be mindful that the attention economy is *not*your friend and not everything is accomplished by shopping.
Just be mindful that the attention economy is *not*your friend and not everything is accomplished by shopping.
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Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Working on good stuff. But it’s taking so much longer than it used to.
December 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Working on good stuff. But it’s taking so much longer than it used to.
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I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
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PS we have a song about the Yule Cat that all the children learn in school and everyone sings throughout the advent.
Here it is sung by a very young Björk.
Here it is sung by a very young Björk.
December 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
PS we have a song about the Yule Cat that all the children learn in school and everyone sings throughout the advent.
Here it is sung by a very young Björk.
Here it is sung by a very young Björk.
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You do not have to wait at the counter anymore. Memberships & gift cards went mail order 📼✨
Our Video Club memberships or store gift cards are now available to order online!
Be kind. Rewind your childhood.
Order now at SleepoverTrading.com
#VHSLife #VideoStoreForever #PhysicalMedia #RetroCollecting
Our Video Club memberships or store gift cards are now available to order online!
Be kind. Rewind your childhood.
Order now at SleepoverTrading.com
#VHSLife #VideoStoreForever #PhysicalMedia #RetroCollecting
December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
You do not have to wait at the counter anymore. Memberships & gift cards went mail order 📼✨
Our Video Club memberships or store gift cards are now available to order online!
Be kind. Rewind your childhood.
Order now at SleepoverTrading.com
#VHSLife #VideoStoreForever #PhysicalMedia #RetroCollecting
Our Video Club memberships or store gift cards are now available to order online!
Be kind. Rewind your childhood.
Order now at SleepoverTrading.com
#VHSLife #VideoStoreForever #PhysicalMedia #RetroCollecting
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I wonder if the tech companies care that it’s my youngest friends who are the most vehemently anti-AI, anti-Spotify, anti-Netflix, anti-Amazon
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I wonder if the tech companies care that it’s my youngest friends who are the most vehemently anti-AI, anti-Spotify, anti-Netflix, anti-Amazon
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watching my favorite christmas movie and what is possibly the great american comedy about class and race
December 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
watching my favorite christmas movie and what is possibly the great american comedy about class and race
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one of my deep seated convictions is that NEW JACK CITY deserves a full restoration, criterion release and like, 5000 word essay
Was enjoying some NEW JACK CITY with him as the literal conscience of the movie. Fee would be able to handle that.
December 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
one of my deep seated convictions is that NEW JACK CITY deserves a full restoration, criterion release and like, 5000 word essay
I absolutely cried at the end of Scrooged this year.
December 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I absolutely cried at the end of Scrooged this year.
The Housemaid is better than I expected. My long-term Seyfried fandom remains unabated.
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Housemaid is better than I expected. My long-term Seyfried fandom remains unabated.
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New @lematosband.bsky.social? Yes please. vehlinggo.com/2025/12/23/l...
Le Matos Drops New Song 'No Damn Good' Ahead of Album Release
Our favorite club-ready wistfulwavers Le Matos are back with their fantastic first single, the title cut off the forthcoming album, No Damn Good. This will be the Montreal-based duo’s first studio alb...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
New @lematosband.bsky.social? Yes please. vehlinggo.com/2025/12/23/l...
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Some good stuff here
The Midnight share their favorite songs of 2025. The releases might not be what you're expecting... vehlinggo.com/2025/12/22/m...
The Midnight's Favorite Songs of 2025
Vehlinggo has a special year-end list, courtesy of two musicians who released one of this site’s favorite albums of the year: Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle of The Midnight share their favorite songs from ...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Some good stuff here
Some good stuff here
The Midnight share their favorite songs of 2025. The releases might not be what you're expecting... vehlinggo.com/2025/12/22/m...
The Midnight's Favorite Songs of 2025
Vehlinggo has a special year-end list, courtesy of two musicians who released one of this site’s favorite albums of the year: Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle of The Midnight share their favorite songs from ...
vehlinggo.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Some good stuff here
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The Midnight share their favorite songs of 2025. The releases might not be what you're expecting... vehlinggo.com/2025/12/22/m...
The Midnight's Favorite Songs of 2025
Vehlinggo has a special year-end list, courtesy of two musicians who released one of this site’s favorite albums of the year: Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle of The Midnight share their favorite songs from ...
vehlinggo.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Midnight share their favorite songs of 2025. The releases might not be what you're expecting... vehlinggo.com/2025/12/22/m...
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what it's like being in a band with me and you forgot to block my number
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
what it's like being in a band with me and you forgot to block my number