Jeff Schroeck
@jeffschroeck.bsky.social
Guitar (The Ergs!, Civic Mimic, Black Wine); Poetry; Boppin' baseballs with the Kensington Kayfabe; Maggs's Dad; Lynn's Husband
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
All these choices concern making a salable piece of work & have little to do with being an artist. A wealthy person can make a "bad" drawing as readily as a poor person, and the outcomes of b, c, & d mean that in that instance, you would not be considered the artist
February 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
All these choices concern making a salable piece of work & have little to do with being an artist. A wealthy person can make a "bad" drawing as readily as a poor person, and the outcomes of b, c, & d mean that in that instance, you would not be considered the artist
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With the WP book section closing and other publishing news, I think literary people really need to adopt a punk rock mindset. It's DIY or die these days.
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
With the WP book section closing and other publishing news, I think literary people really need to adopt a punk rock mindset. It's DIY or die these days.
A.I. slop has ruined trust in images to the point that it would now be impossible to convince most people that this unhinged album cover from 1984 is a piece of human art
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
A.I. slop has ruined trust in images to the point that it would now be impossible to convince most people that this unhinged album cover from 1984 is a piece of human art
"December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" followed by the David Essex version of "Rock On"
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
February 4, 2026 at 2:17 AM
"December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" followed by the David Essex version of "Rock On"
Ergs giggin' with Rodeo Boys in late March. We haven't been down to VA/NC in a while (18 years???) so it should a fun time!
February 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Ergs giggin' with Rodeo Boys in late March. We haven't been down to VA/NC in a while (18 years???) so it should a fun time!
Excited to be doing my first reading in a while at the next Philly Writers Circle show!
We’re back with another installment of Philly Writers Circle! This round brings us readings from Julian Shendelman, Tom McAllister, Chris Demento, DW Arden, Holiday Noel Campanella, & @jeffschroeck.bsky.social! Come out & brave the cold for fantastic readings and literary community!
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Excited to be doing my first reading in a while at the next Philly Writers Circle show!
I'm reading a book about workers' movements that had momentum but ultimately failed & it's funny in a really sad way that in each of the two sections I've read so far (Paris 68 & Chile 72-73), the biggest obstacles to progress have been the center-left trying to maintain a look of electoral decorum
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I'm reading a book about workers' movements that had momentum but ultimately failed & it's funny in a really sad way that in each of the two sections I've read so far (Paris 68 & Chile 72-73), the biggest obstacles to progress have been the center-left trying to maintain a look of electoral decorum
The Robby Starbuck response is one of the silliest things I've ever read in my life. And I have to assume when he's talking about Conquistadors he's talking about the no-name dead loser described here:
youtu.be/T1uvzOeSkgc?...
youtu.be/T1uvzOeSkgc?...
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The Robby Starbuck response is one of the silliest things I've ever read in my life. And I have to assume when he's talking about Conquistadors he's talking about the no-name dead loser described here:
youtu.be/T1uvzOeSkgc?...
youtu.be/T1uvzOeSkgc?...
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Regardless of any evidence or how good a case the prosecution presents, a cop trial is always going to have the same problems a mob trial does. You're going to have to weigh the responsibility of putting in a guilty vote against the certainty that the defendant's cop pals will harass you afterwards
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Texas jury acquits Uvalde schools officer on charges he failed in duty to confront gunman in Robb Elementary attack.
January 22, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Regardless of any evidence or how good a case the prosecution presents, a cop trial is always going to have the same problems a mob trial does. You're going to have to weigh the responsibility of putting in a guilty vote against the certainty that the defendant's cop pals will harass you afterwards
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Well, it’s the 9th anniversary of this today. No special reason for mentioning it now, obviously
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Well, it’s the 9th anniversary of this today. No special reason for mentioning it now, obviously
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I will be joining the war on Greenland on the side of Greenland.
January 19, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I will be joining the war on Greenland on the side of Greenland.
When someone points out that an ICE victim is actually a citizen, they are not saying that being a non-citizen makes ICE's crimes ok; they are showing people who ARE ok with ICE's attacks on non-citizens that ICE is actually the violent, non-discerning terrorist thug gang we already knew them to be
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
When someone points out that an ICE victim is actually a citizen, they are not saying that being a non-citizen makes ICE's crimes ok; they are showing people who ARE ok with ICE's attacks on non-citizens that ICE is actually the violent, non-discerning terrorist thug gang we already knew them to be
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in case you didn't understand why transphobic rhetoric worried us so much about this guy, well it's because it's a signal that shit like this is coming next.
very cool!
January 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
in case you didn't understand why transphobic rhetoric worried us so much about this guy, well it's because it's a signal that shit like this is coming next.
Shoutout* to the dad today at the Surrealism exhibit who, within 5 minutes, yelled at his young daughter for dancing along to the images in a Man Ray film & then aggressively pulled her from a painting for pointing too close (but not touching) while saying what the images looked like
*(derogatory)
*(derogatory)
January 12, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Shoutout* to the dad today at the Surrealism exhibit who, within 5 minutes, yelled at his young daughter for dancing along to the images in a Man Ray film & then aggressively pulled her from a painting for pointing too close (but not touching) while saying what the images looked like
*(derogatory)
*(derogatory)
Thoughts & Prayers to every ICE agent, and by that I mean every THOUGHT I have regarding them is the same as the chorus to Shellac's "PRAYER To God"
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Thoughts & Prayers to every ICE agent, and by that I mean every THOUGHT I have regarding them is the same as the chorus to Shellac's "PRAYER To God"
Hopefully this ICE guy goes home, tells his family about what he did at work today, and then they beat him to death while he's sleeping
January 7, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Hopefully this ICE guy goes home, tells his family about what he did at work today, and then they beat him to death while he's sleeping
The A.I. community seems to be made up entirely of dweebs
As soon as ChatGPT came out, I knew this "you plagiarized my unique AI prompt!" thing would happen lol. Wrote a short story about it (section 3) even: countercraft.substack.com/p/algorithm-...
January 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The A.I. community seems to be made up entirely of dweebs
Allentown Giggin' in January!
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Allentown Giggin' in January!
Once the last person who was alive in the year 9 died it's been okay to consider decades this way
Same with centuries and the last Year 99 person to die and millenia with the last from Year 999
Same with centuries and the last Year 99 person to die and millenia with the last from Year 999
Pet peeve: People who think they're being smart clever genius brains by invoking "there's no 'year zero'" in the context of incorrectly claiming that referring to 1990-1999 as "the 1990s" is wrong.
December 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Once the last person who was alive in the year 9 died it's been okay to consider decades this way
Same with centuries and the last Year 99 person to die and millenia with the last from Year 999
Same with centuries and the last Year 99 person to die and millenia with the last from Year 999
I've been playing guitar for 33 years and I still don't know how to not scrape the index fingernail on my strumming hand
December 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I've been playing guitar for 33 years and I still don't know how to not scrape the index fingernail on my strumming hand
It would be cool to see Dark come back as a regular show. I love the episodic storytelling of the mainline shows but I also loved getting to see 45-60 minutes straight of just wrestling
It's beside the point that most of them were enhancement matches; it was great to get to see everybody's stuff
It's beside the point that most of them were enhancement matches; it was great to get to see everybody's stuff
This Tuesday, 12/16!
It's a Christmas miracle! For one night only, #AEWDark RETURNS with a Stocking Stuffer!
Tune in at 7/6c to the AEW Youtube Channel!
It's a Christmas miracle! For one night only, #AEWDark RETURNS with a Stocking Stuffer!
Tune in at 7/6c to the AEW Youtube Channel!
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It would be cool to see Dark come back as a regular show. I love the episodic storytelling of the mainline shows but I also loved getting to see 45-60 minutes straight of just wrestling
It's beside the point that most of them were enhancement matches; it was great to get to see everybody's stuff
It's beside the point that most of them were enhancement matches; it was great to get to see everybody's stuff
Online music peaked with the Myspace band page format 04-06. Just a few songs to sample before you decided whether or not to see a band or buy their record
With Wrapped season in full swing, there's never been a better time to take yourself off streaming.
Dropping Apple Music saved me from becoming a lean-back listener
Dropping Apple Music saved me from becoming a lean-back listener
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December 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Online music peaked with the Myspace band page format 04-06. Just a few songs to sample before you decided whether or not to see a band or buy their record
There are 10 kinds of people in the world:
Those who understand binary numbers...and 9 others, like me, who don't
Those who understand binary numbers...and 9 others, like me, who don't
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There are 10 kinds of people in the world:
Those who understand binary numbers...and 9 others, like me, who don't
Those who understand binary numbers...and 9 others, like me, who don't