paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner)
@danlehner.bsky.social
Opened at gunpoint in a Lady Footlocker. Trombonist, composer, bandleader (The Great Long Meadow Fire, True East, Store Hours). Brooklyn, NY. he/him.
https://linktr.ee/Danlehner
https://linktr.ee/Danlehner
just fyi none of you are allowed to yell at me because I have that thing the Plurbs have where I start to convulse and it’s really upsetting
December 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
just fyi none of you are allowed to yell at me because I have that thing the Plurbs have where I start to convulse and it’s really upsetting
a lot of people talking about Stephen Lang this week with the release of the new Avatar so just wanted to mention that he and my very non-famous dad went to high school together and he still writes nice things on his Facebook
December 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
a lot of people talking about Stephen Lang this week with the release of the new Avatar so just wanted to mention that he and my very non-famous dad went to high school together and he still writes nice things on his Facebook
broke: “the Joined’s global knowledge and inane friendliness makes Pluribus a metaphor for AI”
woke: “the Joined’s insistence that the living in a conformity prison is great because it feels warm and sunny makes Pluribus a metaphor for Los Angeles”
woke: “the Joined’s insistence that the living in a conformity prison is great because it feels warm and sunny makes Pluribus a metaphor for Los Angeles”
December 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
broke: “the Joined’s global knowledge and inane friendliness makes Pluribus a metaphor for AI”
woke: “the Joined’s insistence that the living in a conformity prison is great because it feels warm and sunny makes Pluribus a metaphor for Los Angeles”
woke: “the Joined’s insistence that the living in a conformity prison is great because it feels warm and sunny makes Pluribus a metaphor for Los Angeles”
I think maybe the only definitive example of working dirtbag leftism is “Frank Sinatra used the power of organized crime to desegregate Las Vegas”
Yup.
I'm telling y'all, these dudes don't know anything.🤡
Frank Sinatra was a vocal anti-racist. He fought racism with his actions, his words, and his money.
Actions:
Refused to stay at segregated hotels. Made sure Black artists got paid fairly.
Words:
Literally wrote an article in Ebony Magazine
I'm telling y'all, these dudes don't know anything.🤡
Frank Sinatra was a vocal anti-racist. He fought racism with his actions, his words, and his money.
Actions:
Refused to stay at segregated hotels. Made sure Black artists got paid fairly.
Words:
Literally wrote an article in Ebony Magazine
December 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I think maybe the only definitive example of working dirtbag leftism is “Frank Sinatra used the power of organized crime to desegregate Las Vegas”
we love a swarthed-up, vaguely-ethnic king, don’t we folks
December 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
we love a swarthed-up, vaguely-ethnic king, don’t we folks
one upshot of having started running around October or so is that it’s still a new thing to work on in the new year but I don’t have to, like, start from scratch in January
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
one upshot of having started running around October or so is that it’s still a new thing to work on in the new year but I don’t have to, like, start from scratch in January
it’s funny that the two people I’ve seen try to make this point (“historical antisemitism in the US is overstated because Judah P. Benjamin was an important Confederate”) are Steve Sailer and jazz musician Nicholas Payton
December 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
it’s funny that the two people I’ve seen try to make this point (“historical antisemitism in the US is overstated because Judah P. Benjamin was an important Confederate”) are Steve Sailer and jazz musician Nicholas Payton
it’s funny that when the Coen Brothers split, one started to do horny lesbian crime comedies and the other did Macbeth, so you could kinda tell who was contributing what to the partnership, but when the Safdie Brothers split, they both did a sports drama
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
it’s funny that when the Coen Brothers split, one started to do horny lesbian crime comedies and the other did Macbeth, so you could kinda tell who was contributing what to the partnership, but when the Safdie Brothers split, they both did a sports drama
happy eighth anniversary to this photo I took on the subway
December 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
happy eighth anniversary to this photo I took on the subway
family helping me enter fatherdom
December 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
family helping me enter fatherdom
Reposted by paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner)
while we’re doing “X is a Y thing” discourse, I have always, for some reason, regarded Daft Punk’s “One More Time” as a New Year’s Eve song
December 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
while we’re doing “X is a Y thing” discourse, I have always, for some reason, regarded Daft Punk’s “One More Time” as a New Year’s Eve song
Reposted by paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner)
my favorite thing about the Folgers Incest Ad is that the internet colloquially refers to them as Brother and Sister like they’re characters in a Lars von Trier film
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
my favorite thing about the Folgers Incest Ad is that the internet colloquially refers to them as Brother and Sister like they’re characters in a Lars von Trier film
a good example of how you can’t judge your own music unless you A/B test is that I like what I’m listening to in my AirPods in bed right now but not when I listened in my car system during 45 minutes of standstill traffic on Flatbush, when I had decided it was the worst thing anyone’s ever made
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
a good example of how you can’t judge your own music unless you A/B test is that I like what I’m listening to in my AirPods in bed right now but not when I listened in my car system during 45 minutes of standstill traffic on Flatbush, when I had decided it was the worst thing anyone’s ever made
getting tired of the historical accuracy debate about Nolan’s Odyssey. someone should just take it way out of time and place altogether, like maybe a magical realist Depression-era Mississippi. perhaps with some music for good measure.
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
getting tired of the historical accuracy debate about Nolan’s Odyssey. someone should just take it way out of time and place altogether, like maybe a magical realist Depression-era Mississippi. perhaps with some music for good measure.
not only is there not a contradiction here, this is describes *most* people with a bad worldview and visions of power. true evil geniuses are pretty rare, it’s mostly idiots with a useful talent or two and a dash of luck!
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
not only is there not a contradiction here, this is describes *most* people with a bad worldview and visions of power. true evil geniuses are pretty rare, it’s mostly idiots with a useful talent or two and a dash of luck!
Reposted by paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner)
Inside of you there are two wolves
November 25, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Inside of you there are two wolves
Reposted by paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner)
the concept of a Heritage *American* — settled, supplanting the natives, when England was already several centuries old — is hilarious. it’s like that joke from “Inside Llewyn Davis” where a professor asks him if his old piano teacher plays “early music” and he goes “Harry James, on the radio”.
December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
the concept of a Heritage *American* — settled, supplanting the natives, when England was already several centuries old — is hilarious. it’s like that joke from “Inside Llewyn Davis” where a professor asks him if his old piano teacher plays “early music” and he goes “Harry James, on the radio”.
make way for the McCoco period
December 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
make way for the McCoco period
at the risk of being corny, I was thinking a lot about this line from A Christmas Carol: “Darkness was cheap and Scrooge liked it”. it’s a clever merging of his solitude and his spendthriftiness, but it’s also applicable metaphorically: it’s easy to be grim, takes work to create light.
December 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
at the risk of being corny, I was thinking a lot about this line from A Christmas Carol: “Darkness was cheap and Scrooge liked it”. it’s a clever merging of his solitude and his spendthriftiness, but it’s also applicable metaphorically: it’s easy to be grim, takes work to create light.