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Would you all like to read a short horror comedy? I knew you would.
Not strictly a Thanksgiving memory but a super memorable week-after-T-Day back-to-office day that still haunts me and also makes me laugh 1/
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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RIP Rodney Rogers, an absolute star at Wake Forest and the owner of the greatest 8 seconds in NBA history.

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Incredible 9pts in 8secs by Rodney Rogers... Bonus Awesome put back !
YouTube video by Goatness
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November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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"Teenage Wasteland" is maybe the best two-word phrase in rock history and frickin Pete Townshend had to name the song "Baba O'Riley"
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Guess I should note that we have a new album out today. Check it out wherever you like to listen to music. eriechoir.bandcamp.com/album/golden...
Golden Reviser, by Erie Choir
9 track album
eriechoir.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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i am sympathetic to this, but purchasing and owning physical media solves at least 20% of these problems
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
October 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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For the past 17 years Kym Register has owned The Pinhook, one of Durham's most esteemed clubs. WUNC music reporter @brianburns.bsky.social recently sat down with Register to talk about the history of the club and what came before it.

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Kym Register and the legacy of The Pinhook
For the past 17 years Kym Register has owned The Pinhook, one of Durham's most esteemed clubs.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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pitchfork sunday review gives a much deserved 9.1 to op ivy's energy and that's awesome but you have to read this to the end pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Operation Ivy: Energy
Read Alex Scordelis’ review of the album.
pitchfork.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Ken Dryden, a five-time Vezina Trophy winner for the Montreal Canadiens and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, has passed away after a courageous battle with cancer at 78 years old.
September 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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“Nation Time was recorded in concert in 1970 at the height of the American rights movement and was inspired [by] and a tribute to Amiri Baraka. Today I think of it more from a human rights perspective, encompassing more than race.”

Nation Time - The Strange World Of #JoeMcPhee

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August 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Cash-Strapped Subway Threatens To Reveal Identities Of Customers Who Eat Subway If They Don’t Pay
August 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The Breeders
I wonder if anyone ever formed a band around _not_ liking the Pixies
August 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Man that took AWHILE
August 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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So happy to see this resurrection of one of my fave weirdo bands from youthful SF days, Thinking Felvers Union Local 282. Thanks @jenpkelly.bsky.social dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7919694...
Listening Post: Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Sister Hell Joyful and unique, Bay Area band Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 bubbled their way through the late 1980s and 1990s with an unheralded superpower: a...
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August 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Vanilla Ozz
August 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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As many of you have heard, our friend Dan McGee from Spider Bags suffered an aneurysm in April and has undergone multiple brain surgeries since.

On 8/23, proceeds from this event will go directly to Dan’s family to help with the costs of recovery. Tix on sale now at thepinkhook.com (link in bio)
August 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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great new piece by @clangorofdale.bsky.social about dan mcgee, america's best live rock and roll band, to wit, spider bags, and the benefit coming up at the pinhook in durham on 23 august for dan's ongoing aneurysm recovery open.substack.com/pub/clangori...
Do It For Dan
Helping the Spider Bag man
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August 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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There are too many spiders in Los Angeles. Every time I see a spider in my house it’s a completely different type of spider than I have ever seen before. What are we doing guys? There should be no more than 12 types of spiders MAX
August 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Damn. Hope it’s nothing too serious & they get well.
August 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
What’s next, throwing a frisbee into the wind at beach so it comes back to you? I would excel at both, btw.
Didn't entirely follow the scoring but throwing the football on a roof and catching it is a sport #ESPNTheOcho
August 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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I have some shows coming up starting Friday with Trevor Dunn and Danny Piechocki, aka AHLEUCHATISTAS. A southeastern US swing and a set at Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon, Portugal.
July 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I finally got around to uploading some of my Instax and Polaroid photography. Yes, there are prints for sale!

www.pjsykes.com/instantphoto...
PJ Sykes | creative for hire, photographer, video, musician
PJ Sykes is a creative professional specializing in live concert photography and visual storytelling. Based in Richmond, Virginia but frequently collaborates with artists all over the world.
www.pjsykes.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM