Anthony Dean-Harris
@anthonydeanharris.com
Writer; artist; radio host of A Smooth Ride (weekdays 2-4pm PST) & content coordinator at Portland's Jazz Radio @kmhd.org; archivist emeritus & co-conspirator at San Antonio's FL!GHT Gallery; he/him; hopefully witty, certainly verbose
Over Thanksgiving weekend, I played hide and seek with an 8-year-old and once it got to running for home base, I was wiped after two minutes, and it was a slow two minutes.
To be fair, he's not wrong LOL.
And before you say anything, take a look at most of the 40-year-old men you know. Could they run full speed for an hour everyday?
And before you say anything, take a look at most of the 40-year-old men you know. Could they run full speed for an hour everyday?
LeBron James two days before turning 41: “I’m in a battle with [Father Time] and I would like to say I’m kicking his ass on the back nine"
December 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Over Thanksgiving weekend, I played hide and seek with an 8-year-old and once it got to running for home base, I was wiped after two minutes, and it was a slow two minutes.
Queer BlueSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I came out at 32 and my brain finally started making sense after so long of "I guess forcing myself to like women isn't going to take, much to my Baptist family's chagrin". Now I'm 39 and am as gay as possible.
I came out at 32 and my brain finally started making sense after so long of "I guess forcing myself to like women isn't going to take, much to my Baptist family's chagrin". Now I'm 39 and am as gay as possible.
Queer BlueSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I was 14 the first time I came out :3 I am now 29! even tho I was raised very religious, I somehow managed to realize, single-handedly, in the backwoods of texas, that I loved being gay hehe
I was 14 the first time I came out :3 I am now 29! even tho I was raised very religious, I somehow managed to realize, single-handedly, in the backwoods of texas, that I loved being gay hehe
Queer BlueSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I was 17 and now 40. I remember not really wanting to be gay a lot, but I feel much better about it now.
I was 17 and now 40. I remember not really wanting to be gay a lot, but I feel much better about it now.
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Queer BlueSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I came out at 32 and my brain finally started making sense after so long of "I guess forcing myself to like women isn't going to take, much to my Baptist family's chagrin". Now I'm 39 and am as gay as possible.
I came out at 32 and my brain finally started making sense after so long of "I guess forcing myself to like women isn't going to take, much to my Baptist family's chagrin". Now I'm 39 and am as gay as possible.
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That’s the part everyone forgets.
You can feel your feelings. That’s valid.
They can not give a fuck. That’s also valid.
You can feel your feelings. That’s valid.
They can not give a fuck. That’s also valid.
December 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
That’s the part everyone forgets.
You can feel your feelings. That’s valid.
They can not give a fuck. That’s also valid.
You can feel your feelings. That’s valid.
They can not give a fuck. That’s also valid.
I know I'm part of the problem of circling back on folks *before* the end of the year instead of after the start of the next year, but this empty pocket of time has *so much potential*.
December 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I know I'm part of the problem of circling back on folks *before* the end of the year instead of after the start of the next year, but this empty pocket of time has *so much potential*.
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Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
Okay, I went to a meeting for work over Zoom, I even spoke. I can safely say that I've worked from home today on the day after Christmas and don't need to take vacation time.
December 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Okay, I went to a meeting for work over Zoom, I even spoke. I can safely say that I've worked from home today on the day after Christmas and don't need to take vacation time.
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Where else can you see Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, young Anthony Hopkins, and barely out of high school Timothy Dalton in the same place?
December 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Where else can you see Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, young Anthony Hopkins, and barely out of high school Timothy Dalton in the same place?
In the middle of my annual watch of this now, and it's better every time
Here's a Christmas Day recommendation for a Christmas-set movie that has basically nothing to do with Christmas: The Lion in Winter, a deeply ahistorical but very funny movie about Henry II trying to choose his successor. A big influence on Succession, and you can tell in how biting the dialogue is.
December 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
In the middle of my annual watch of this now, and it's better every time
As impressive as the radio station's catalog of Christmas music is, and I've added some songs myself, I'm looking forward to the return to normal of my show on Boxing Day.
December 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
As impressive as the radio station's catalog of Christmas music is, and I've added some songs myself, I'm looking forward to the return to normal of my show on Boxing Day.
As I'm nearing the end of the year, I'm looking back at my write-up for this last year's Winter Jazzfest which may be one of the best things I've written in years.
A 2025 Winter Jazzfest Odyssey
Host Anthony Dean-Harris details his smooth, chilly ride through the New York City streets for the annual festival.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
As I'm nearing the end of the year, I'm looking back at my write-up for this last year's Winter Jazzfest which may be one of the best things I've written in years.
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Happy holidays to you all!
No matter what you celebrate or don't celebrate, I think we can all agree on standing in solidarity for good contracts in 2026!
Our "what our audience doesn't know" series will continue in the new year.
Take care of yourselves. 💙✊🏼
No matter what you celebrate or don't celebrate, I think we can all agree on standing in solidarity for good contracts in 2026!
Our "what our audience doesn't know" series will continue in the new year.
Take care of yourselves. 💙✊🏼
December 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Happy holidays to you all!
No matter what you celebrate or don't celebrate, I think we can all agree on standing in solidarity for good contracts in 2026!
Our "what our audience doesn't know" series will continue in the new year.
Take care of yourselves. 💙✊🏼
No matter what you celebrate or don't celebrate, I think we can all agree on standing in solidarity for good contracts in 2026!
Our "what our audience doesn't know" series will continue in the new year.
Take care of yourselves. 💙✊🏼
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Today I made a candy glass sugar cookie based on Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin' chapel (2018) on the Blanton Museum grounds.
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today I made a candy glass sugar cookie based on Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin' chapel (2018) on the Blanton Museum grounds.
Every day after this gets longer
December 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Every day after this gets longer
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"My most daring idea is to refuse."
YES.
YES.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"My most daring idea is to refuse."
YES.
YES.
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I would be... FURIOUS if people did this to me or someone I know.
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I would be... FURIOUS if people did this to me or someone I know.
I really like my workplace and many of my coworkers but whenever someone rears their head with some misbegotten optimism, I want to spray their face with a water bottle like a cat I'm shooing off a kitchen counter. Knock all that "giving them the benefit of the doubt" off!
December 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I really like my workplace and many of my coworkers but whenever someone rears their head with some misbegotten optimism, I want to spray their face with a water bottle like a cat I'm shooing off a kitchen counter. Knock all that "giving them the benefit of the doubt" off!
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Disappointed to learn that Delaware Punch was only ever sold in Texas and the deep south, eventually becoming hyperlocal to San Antonio
December 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Disappointed to learn that Delaware Punch was only ever sold in Texas and the deep south, eventually becoming hyperlocal to San Antonio
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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."
-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."
-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
December 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."
-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."
-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
I'm rather bummed HBO has probably fixed all the Mad Men episodes they've uploaded. We all should have kept quiet for a while to see how they made it look like a guy lost his foot with a John Deere riding lawnmower.
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm rather bummed HBO has probably fixed all the Mad Men episodes they've uploaded. We all should have kept quiet for a while to see how they made it look like a guy lost his foot with a John Deere riding lawnmower.
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
My great aunt calling me suddenly while I'm out at a brewery is a stark reminder of why I implemented appointment calling for my mother some twenty years ago.
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
My great aunt calling me suddenly while I'm out at a brewery is a stark reminder of why I implemented appointment calling for my mother some twenty years ago.
Amongst the numerous crazy things about the Tarantino/Dano/Anderson-by-extension beef is that P.T. Anderson has now made ten films, shows no signs of slowing & keeps getting better, whereas Tarantino put an arbitrary cap on his output, is close to a self-imposed deadline & feels almost out of steam.
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Amongst the numerous crazy things about the Tarantino/Dano/Anderson-by-extension beef is that P.T. Anderson has now made ten films, shows no signs of slowing & keeps getting better, whereas Tarantino put an arbitrary cap on his output, is close to a self-imposed deadline & feels almost out of steam.
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This might be the cinematic equivalent of seeing a production of the entire Ring cycle, but I am ready for the challenge.
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This might be the cinematic equivalent of seeing a production of the entire Ring cycle, but I am ready for the challenge.