Anthony Cougar Miccio
@anthonymiccio.bsky.social
Primarily writing about streamable things. Sometimes real life.
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I Actually Liked Opus! A Lot!
A rare movie about music journalism and fictional superstars that does the absurdity of both justice.
anthony-is-writing.ghost.io
My blog posts are like children to me, I can’t play favorites. Did I say children? I meant chickens - equally stupid & only so varied in flavor. But here’s a few examples of the breeds I cooked up in 2025, in case St Peter asks you. We had…movie reviews! anthony-is-writing.ghost.io/i-actually-l...
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"When one fed attempted to blow off the crowd by visibly watching basketball highlights on his phone, a protester shouted “You’re watching ads, you broke bitch! Kill yourself!” The federal agent returned to his room shortly thereafter."
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The Noise Demonstrations Keeping ICE Agents Awake at Their Hotels
Participants in the noise demonstrations targeting hotels that house federal agents in the Twin Cities recount their experiences and explain how this tactic might be employed elsewhere.
crimethinc.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"When one fed attempted to blow off the crowd by visibly watching basketball highlights on his phone, a protester shouted “You’re watching ads, you broke bitch! Kill yourself!” The federal agent returned to his room shortly thereafter."
crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/t...
crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/t...
Amy Rigby’s Diary Of A Mod Housewife turns 30 this year! If you weren’t there, or were there and forgot, I’ve written a playlist post in tribute to her work over the decades, which only grows more resonant as I accrue my own bullshit to deal with. anthony-is-writing.ghost.io/how-i-like-a...
How I Like Amy Rigby: The Playlist
Paying tribute to 30 years of cynically romantic post-punk country-rock solo singer-songwriterdom from a one-time mod housewife.
anthony-is-writing.ghost.io
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Amy Rigby’s Diary Of A Mod Housewife turns 30 this year! If you weren’t there, or were there and forgot, I’ve written a playlist post in tribute to her work over the decades, which only grows more resonant as I accrue my own bullshit to deal with. anthony-is-writing.ghost.io/how-i-like-a...
I don’t plan on seeing Heated Rivalry, but as an ally of LGBTQ+ and horny straight women of a certain age, I’ll be sure to share pics of the Heated Rivalry donuts coming to the artisanal themed donuts store in town. Right now it’s animal crossing, high school musical before that.
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I don’t plan on seeing Heated Rivalry, but as an ally of LGBTQ+ and horny straight women of a certain age, I’ll be sure to share pics of the Heated Rivalry donuts coming to the artisanal themed donuts store in town. Right now it’s animal crossing, high school musical before that.
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49 years ago today, the Buzzcocks released the Spiral Scratch EP on an unsuspecting public.
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Buzzcocks - Breakdown (Official Video)
YouTube video by Domino Recording Co.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:07 PM
49 years ago today, the Buzzcocks released the Spiral Scratch EP on an unsuspecting public.
youtu.be/hzUJIA4u9hs?...
youtu.be/hzUJIA4u9hs?...
I either missed or forgot that BDP tsked trusting a big butt and a smile on “Jimmy” before BBD did on “poison.” Don’t you make that mistake!
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I either missed or forgot that BDP tsked trusting a big butt and a smile on “Jimmy” before BBD did on “poison.” Don’t you make that mistake!
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at last, the keyboardist can roam free
Ad for the Moog Liberation, Songwriter magazine, August 1980
January 27, 2026 at 5:38 PM
at last, the keyboardist can roam free
Someone take these dreams away
That point me to another day
A duel of personalities
That stretch all true realities
The WB
The WB
The WB
The WB
That point me to another day
A duel of personalities
That stretch all true realities
The WB
The WB
The WB
The WB
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Someone take these dreams away
That point me to another day
A duel of personalities
That stretch all true realities
The WB
The WB
The WB
The WB
That point me to another day
A duel of personalities
That stretch all true realities
The WB
The WB
The WB
The WB
I was today years old when I learned about the Legends Of The Superheroes TV Specials and you’d think I’d watch them tonight but no no jfc I need like a week to get ready
January 27, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I was today years old when I learned about the Legends Of The Superheroes TV Specials and you’d think I’d watch them tonight but no no jfc I need like a week to get ready
I’d love social media terminology that suggests a sentiment without requiring multi-tweet explication. responding to good news with “onward!” would make clear that it’s not time to party with Ewoks as the credits roll, but saves lectures for when people actually act like the war is over.
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I’d love social media terminology that suggests a sentiment without requiring multi-tweet explication. responding to good news with “onward!” would make clear that it’s not time to party with Ewoks as the credits roll, but saves lectures for when people actually act like the war is over.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
Part of the absurdity of social media is that, beforehand, it would be perfectly understandable to kick back, laugh and enjoy a drink tonight, going without saying that the work continues in the morning. But on this endless trough, a minute of good cheer can be mistaken for complacency.
I totally get the impulse to yell at people to keep the pressure on, and it's right, but if Bovino really has been sent home, that's a significant victory for the protest movement. Let's not understate it.
I'm not saying anyone should be complacent. Just notch the win and grimly move on.
I'm not saying anyone should be complacent. Just notch the win and grimly move on.
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Part of the absurdity of social media is that, beforehand, it would be perfectly understandable to kick back, laugh and enjoy a drink tonight, going without saying that the work continues in the morning. But on this endless trough, a minute of good cheer can be mistaken for complacency.
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People don't want to wrestle with the fact that prejudice isn't some bad habit, it's the structure of the world, and people who are struggling to think rationally end up falling back on prejudice because resisting it requires a cognitive immune system www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/at-what...
At What Point Is Racism a Presentation of Psychosis? A Case Study | Psychiatric Times
How can you differentiate between non-idiosyncratic prejudice and psychosis when a patient presents exhibiting discriminatory behavior? Learn more here.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
People don't want to wrestle with the fact that prejudice isn't some bad habit, it's the structure of the world, and people who are struggling to think rationally end up falling back on prejudice because resisting it requires a cognitive immune system www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/at-what...
I just Shazammed a year old shoegaze track at Ralph’s, WTF. Followed by “London calling,” which is more like it. Gen X hipster flattery im used to in supermarkets, but something vaguely indie 90s that’s actually modern no that’s not the vibe.
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I just Shazammed a year old shoegaze track at Ralph’s, WTF. Followed by “London calling,” which is more like it. Gen X hipster flattery im used to in supermarkets, but something vaguely indie 90s that’s actually modern no that’s not the vibe.
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Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
There’s a new amphitheater being built in town, with concerts being promised by June. The first one I’ve found announced?
January 25, 2026 at 9:19 PM
There’s a new amphitheater being built in town, with concerts being promised by June. The first one I’ve found announced?
Geese is a psyop meant to get aging hipsters fighting about whether it’s important that Rock Lives, don’t fall for it!! Solidarity!!
January 25, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Geese is a psyop meant to get aging hipsters fighting about whether it’s important that Rock Lives, don’t fall for it!! Solidarity!!
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America vs the Plot to Enslave America
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 4:37 AM
America vs the Plot to Enslave America
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I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
On the lighter side, I just realized how much The Guess Who and Limp Bizkit remind me of each other. Passionate vocalist mixing sexual frustration, proud class identification and career/celeb meta with campy commitment, fronting pitied guitarist and good musicians. “American Woman” = “Nookie.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:49 AM
On the lighter side, I just realized how much The Guess Who and Limp Bizkit remind me of each other. Passionate vocalist mixing sexual frustration, proud class identification and career/celeb meta with campy commitment, fronting pitied guitarist and good musicians. “American Woman” = “Nookie.”
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Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.
tfw people are debating which region of America is best equipped to deal with racist totalitarian aggression, while you were raised in midwestern college towns by parents from the plains & ny, and you’ve lived a decade on the west coast after a decade on the east.
January 25, 2026 at 1:45 AM
tfw people are debating which region of America is best equipped to deal with racist totalitarian aggression, while you were raised in midwestern college towns by parents from the plains & ny, and you’ve lived a decade on the west coast after a decade on the east.
Some day she may make the right movie with the right subject and the right star, where she sugared the art pill with enough Hollywood to make Hollywood more money. Then she’ll get Employee of the Year.
Kelly Reichardt has put out a masterpiece every 2-3 years since 2006 and as far as I can tell not one of them has gotten a single Oscar nomination. I mean, you have to laugh
January 24, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Some day she may make the right movie with the right subject and the right star, where she sugared the art pill with enough Hollywood to make Hollywood more money. Then she’ll get Employee of the Year.
For a decade, Trump has shown that no one with power really wants to rock the boat by challenging capitalism’s freedom to dehumanize. and as long as you don’t concede or resign in shame, you won’t be punished. The adminstration’s lies are, at best, psychotic dares to prove them wrong.
The lies are so extreme they must be intended only for the other liars
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
For a decade, Trump has shown that no one with power really wants to rock the boat by challenging capitalism’s freedom to dehumanize. and as long as you don’t concede or resign in shame, you won’t be punished. The adminstration’s lies are, at best, psychotic dares to prove them wrong.
Rubio “made noise” against Trump in ‘16 by seeming cannier and being willing to debate dong size. Now he’s Trump’s Secretary Of State. A politician daring to meet ugly with ugly might seem necessary to get attention, but it’s just a hollow clickbait slapfight without real values.
January 24, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Rubio “made noise” against Trump in ‘16 by seeming cannier and being willing to debate dong size. Now he’s Trump’s Secretary Of State. A politician daring to meet ugly with ugly might seem necessary to get attention, but it’s just a hollow clickbait slapfight without real values.