Al Shipley
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Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music out August 19, 2025 on Repeater Books / shipley.al@gmail.com
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narrowcast: Monthly Report: October 2025 Singles
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Monthly Report: October Singles - Olivia Dean, Metro Boomin, Parker McCollum, Riley Green, Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Limp Bizkit, Wunderhorse, etc.
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typo of the day: "challgene"
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
typo of the day: "challgene"
my son texted his friend a selfie with both his hands in the air with the caption "absalute cinemea." i did not teach him about the martin scorsese meme, apparently that's something 10 year olds just know about now.
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
my son texted his friend a selfie with both his hands in the air with the caption "absalute cinemea." i did not teach him about the martin scorsese meme, apparently that's something 10 year olds just know about now.
this is the geese cover people should be making fun of (the other one sucks too)
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Geese — This Must Be The Place (Talking Heads Cover) [SiriusXMU Sessions] | Audio Only | SiriusXM
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November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
this is the geese cover people should be making fun of (the other one sucks too)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8nk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8nk...
david letterman, jim carrey, donald glover, and jack black all did nice rock hall induction speeches. but this isn't a roast, they don't need a 'funnyman,' people should be getting inducted by the most respected musician who's willing to speak.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
david letterman, jim carrey, donald glover, and jack black all did nice rock hall induction speeches. but this isn't a roast, they don't need a 'funnyman,' people should be getting inducted by the most respected musician who's willing to speak.
the Oasis live album title 'Familiar To Millions' is so funny. you can genuinely say you're beloved or adored by millions but let's keep it neutral here, people know who you are, that's all you can really say for sure.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
the Oasis live album title 'Familiar To Millions' is so funny. you can genuinely say you're beloved or adored by millions but let's keep it neutral here, people know who you are, that's all you can really say for sure.
I interviewed Tim from Rise Against for Spin:
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Rise Against’s Musical Dystopia
“And” is the first word Rise Against frontman Tim McIlrath sings on “Nod,” the opening track from Ricochet, released in August. It’s also the first wo
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November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I interviewed Tim from Rise Against for Spin:
www.spin.com/2025/11/rise...
www.spin.com/2025/11/rise...
at 13 i was filling notebook pages with lists of my favorite words and keeping a scrapbook of magazine and newspaper articles on topics that in interested me. odd that i didn't even really consider a writing career until like 10 years after that.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
at 13 i was filling notebook pages with lists of my favorite words and keeping a scrapbook of magazine and newspaper articles on topics that in interested me. odd that i didn't even really consider a writing career until like 10 years after that.
i'm sure there's nothing wrong with elderberry but it feels like a red flag to me, i've never heard anyone mention elderberry unless they're implying it can cure cancer or do some other miraculous shit that it definitely cannot do
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
i'm sure there's nothing wrong with elderberry but it feels like a red flag to me, i've never heard anyone mention elderberry unless they're implying it can cure cancer or do some other miraculous shit that it definitely cannot do
"keep talkin' that mess, that's fine, but could you walk and talk at the same time?" - aaron sorkin in 1999
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"keep talkin' that mess, that's fine, but could you walk and talk at the same time?" - aaron sorkin in 1999
"let's talk about actresses that deserve sydney sweeney's accolades" literally what accolades? 'best fight' at the mtv tv & movie awards?
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"let's talk about actresses that deserve sydney sweeney's accolades" literally what accolades? 'best fight' at the mtv tv & movie awards?
typo of the day: "cathering" instead of "catherine"
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
typo of the day: "cathering" instead of "catherine"
idk what intellectual or political level sydney sweeney is operating on, but i gotta admit i really don't care if she understood what people found objectionable in the ad copy she recited in a jeans commercial, or if she takes 'accountability' for it. like, this is so boring.
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
idk what intellectual or political level sydney sweeney is operating on, but i gotta admit i really don't care if she understood what people found objectionable in the ad copy she recited in a jeans commercial, or if she takes 'accountability' for it. like, this is so boring.
just realized that every digit in my street address is a 6 or a 7, our house should go viral
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
just realized that every digit in my street address is a 6 or a 7, our house should go viral
Axis: Bold As Love is cool because in between the hit-filled debut and the groundbreaking double LP, Jimi Hendrix's label threw him in the studio and made him rush out a second album...that is also totally fucking amazing
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Axis: Bold As Love is cool because in between the hit-filled debut and the groundbreaking double LP, Jimi Hendrix's label threw him in the studio and made him rush out a second album...that is also totally fucking amazing
i thought i hated ai BEFORE people started using it to put charlie kirk's face on everything
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i thought i hated ai BEFORE people started using it to put charlie kirk's face on everything
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I ranked and wrote about every Van Halen album for Spin:
www.spin.com/2025/10/ever...
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Every Van Halen Album, Ranked
“If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records,” was famously David Lee Roth’s sales pitch
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October 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I ranked and wrote about every Van Halen album for Spin:
www.spin.com/2025/10/ever...
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elton's vocals haven't sounded this good live (or in the studio) in ages, glad he pulled it together for the brian wilson tribute
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
elton's vocals haven't sounded this good live (or in the studio) in ages, glad he pulled it together for the brian wilson tribute
oh man, i didn't know jed the fish died this year
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
oh man, i didn't know jed the fish died this year
kim thayil thanking his "bonkers dog" at the rock and roll hall of fame ♥️
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
kim thayil thanking his "bonkers dog" at the rock and roll hall of fame ♥️
if you go through all the seattle grunge bands and asked me who had the best album, the best single, the best singer, the best drummer...all soundgarden imo
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
if you go through all the seattle grunge bands and asked me who had the best album, the best single, the best singer, the best drummer...all soundgarden imo
twenty one pilots have to find extra ways to be annoying when there's not an opportunity to rap on the song they're playing
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
twenty one pilots have to find extra ways to be annoying when there's not an opportunity to rap on the song they're playing
love 2 lib out with the penzeys spices folks
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
love 2 lib out with the penzeys spices folks
fuck, "lawyers, guns and money" is such a banger
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
fuck, "lawyers, guns and money" is such a banger
typo of the day: "decsisions"
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
typo of the day: "decsisions"
"i can tell by your butt you the thickest" yes that's how that usually works, good job
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Dee Billz & Zeddy Will - Bottles N B*tches (BNB 2) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Dee Billz
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November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"i can tell by your butt you the thickest" yes that's how that usually works, good job
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMsE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMsE...