Nate Patrin
@natepatrin.bsky.social
StP, MN | 48 y/o | he/him | beat weirdo/film galoot/art oaf
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Nate Patrin
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theshfl.com
now that I've found out you can pin posts here, here's a link to my favorite recent body of work: a whole bunch of reviews for The Shfl spanning all kinds of genres and eras and regions and levels of popular renown
you'll probably have some faves in here (for me they're all faves)
you'll probably have some faves in here (for me they're all faves)
huh? 1998? oh, yeah, sure, uh lemme get back to you on that
Man Next Door (Remastered 2019)
YouTube video by Massive Attack - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
huh? 1998? oh, yeah, sure, uh lemme get back to you on that
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Looks like we've replaced defiant chavismo with pliant chavismo. Good luck, Venezuela. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/r...
Replacing chavismo with chavismo
When millions of us in 2003 and 2004 opposed the Iraq War, as Bush apologists called us traitors and Islamists, we ascribed the basest of motives to the Bush II administration’s obsession wit…
humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Looks like we've replaced defiant chavismo with pliant chavismo. Good luck, Venezuela. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/r...
"Same Old Scene" is a jam (which I was reminded of thanks to the opening credits of 'Times Square') but also they gave us the second-best iconoclastic cover of "Eight Miles High" that decade
Controversial to maybe a couple of you maybe, but Roxy's Music's Flesh and Blood seems...just fine to me these days? Good even? A few "hits," like "My Only Love" and "Over You." "Same Old Scene." I mean, I don't think it's their best or anything, but you can wring some greatness out of it.
January 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
"Same Old Scene" is a jam (which I was reminded of thanks to the opening credits of 'Times Square') but also they gave us the second-best iconoclastic cover of "Eight Miles High" that decade
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Phil Lynott died 40 years ago today, and Phil also began recording the the first Thin Lizzy album 55 years ago today. from Graeme Thomson's Cowboy Song:
January 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Phil Lynott died 40 years ago today, and Phil also began recording the the first Thin Lizzy album 55 years ago today. from Graeme Thomson's Cowboy Song:
as a Gen Xer who's about to turn 50 (next year) I am asking people to recognize that Jim Jarmusch, Kelly Reichardt, and Spike Lee have more to say about our generation than John fucking Hughes
"You’ve lived through several waves of feminism, and they’ve culminated in two women who were among the most qualified candidates in US presidential history losing to the same misogynistic con artist."
#McSweeneysTop25of2025
#McSweeneysTop25of2025
Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty
Our 5th most-read article of 2025. - - -1. You own music in so many formats that your collection could be housed in an audio museum. 2. Back in yo...
buff.ly
January 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
as a Gen Xer who's about to turn 50 (next year) I am asking people to recognize that Jim Jarmusch, Kelly Reichardt, and Spike Lee have more to say about our generation than John fucking Hughes
Dry Ground Burning After Reading
great coen brother’s movie idea: dictatorial president — we can come up with his name later — keeps pressuring oil companies to spend billions of their own dollars on projects they don’t want to pay for, until they finally decide it’s cheaper to get rid of him themselves — hilarity ensues
January 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Dry Ground Burning After Reading
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starting to question the efficacy of posting. just a hunch
January 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
starting to question the efficacy of posting. just a hunch
I believe that one truly possesses the civic spirit of St. Paul if they have strong opinions about this McDonald's
I had not realized the Goth McDonalds in Saint Paul is also Metal.
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
I believe that one truly possesses the civic spirit of St. Paul if they have strong opinions about this McDonald's
two hopes for 2026:
1) the funny thing happens
2) someone mods the road from the climactic 'One Battle After Another' chase sequence into Assetto Corsa
1) the funny thing happens
2) someone mods the road from the climactic 'One Battle After Another' chase sequence into Assetto Corsa
January 2, 2026 at 11:02 PM
two hopes for 2026:
1) the funny thing happens
2) someone mods the road from the climactic 'One Battle After Another' chase sequence into Assetto Corsa
1) the funny thing happens
2) someone mods the road from the climactic 'One Battle After Another' chase sequence into Assetto Corsa
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The Australian bootleg label that put this out has my all-time fave Discogs label bio:
January 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
The Australian bootleg label that put this out has my all-time fave Discogs label bio:
that thing people do sometimes where they yell at the protagonist of the movie to look behind them, only it's me going "Demi! Turn around! You gotta get that Idris Muhammad record"
15 yo Fairfax High School student Demetria Gene Guynes (Demi Moore), Los Angeles (1977)
Photo by Michael Montfort
Photo by Michael Montfort
January 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
that thing people do sometimes where they yell at the protagonist of the movie to look behind them, only it's me going "Demi! Turn around! You gotta get that Idris Muhammad record"
someone shouts "coffee ready for Almost Run Over By A SUV Running A Red" and I turn my head along with seven other people
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm sitting in the wrong passenger seat.
Hi, I'm sitting in the wrong passenger seat.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
At birth edition: Hi, I'm my umbilical cord
Rest of my life edition, up until Estrogen: Hi, im clinical depression, alcoholism, and dysphoria
At birth edition: Hi, I'm my umbilical cord
Rest of my life edition, up until Estrogen: Hi, im clinical depression, alcoholism, and dysphoria
January 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
someone shouts "coffee ready for Almost Run Over By A SUV Running A Red" and I turn my head along with seven other people
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I really do love how the Prince estate basically told Netflix "Yeah kill that Ezra Edelman documentary project, we don't actually want people thinking he might have been flawed and human or anything, but we'll be happy to partner up with your autohype plans, sure!"
Now they’re asking if you caught this “Easter egg,” which appears to be a badly framed shot of merchandise at the local Target? There are still 363.5 days left in the year.
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I really do love how the Prince estate basically told Netflix "Yeah kill that Ezra Edelman documentary project, we don't actually want people thinking he might have been flawed and human or anything, but we'll be happy to partner up with your autohype plans, sure!"
some folks got a real bad case of this guy
Stan Brain (1935)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Brain is a tennis player at Roosevelt high school.
Source: Hennepin County Library
Brain is a tennis player at Roosevelt high school.
January 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
some folks got a real bad case of this guy
being into music is complicated because sometimes a band you really can't stand features a guy you think you'd enjoy hanging out with and I bet Flea is that kind of guy
thank you for reminding me of my favorite thing any of the Red Hot Chili Peppers ever did
HEY MOE
YouTube video by CusCus_TheGamer
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
being into music is complicated because sometimes a band you really can't stand features a guy you think you'd enjoy hanging out with and I bet Flea is that kind of guy
this is the big wrench in the Machines Ain't Music gripe: artists use computers to make music so that human beings can move in ways only humans can do
also as someone who has listened to his fair share of footwork, sometimes the mechanical distortion of an "organic" band's sound actually heightens the feeling of humanity because it results in an extremely human form of expression in dance
DJ Manny - Good Feeling ( Teklife Records )
YouTube video by DJ Earl
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
this is the big wrench in the Machines Ain't Music gripe: artists use computers to make music so that human beings can move in ways only humans can do
one of the things I griped about a couple days ago was how much the mythos of punk hinged on the idea that rock needed to be saved in the mid '70s because surly teens presumably couldn't get drunk and start trouble while listening to Elton John or ELO
I wonder when the "rock is dead" discussion started? Townshend was writing about rock being dead in 1972.
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
one of the things I griped about a couple days ago was how much the mythos of punk hinged on the idea that rock needed to be saved in the mid '70s because surly teens presumably couldn't get drunk and start trouble while listening to Elton John or ELO
at this point you'd think people would start noticing the paradox of lamenting that the health of a musical movement they love to depict as being unruly/rebellious/dangerous/scaring your parents should not be contingent on whether these genre's practitioners go 6x platinum
"The limited expectations for 21st-century rock may just have turned out to be freeing. For songwriters, musicians and — with luck — enough fans to support them, rock is far from played out."
Who Says Rock Is Dead? (gift link):
Who Says Rock Is Dead? (gift link):
Who Says Rock Is Dead?
In 2025, rock was still hanging in. As artificial intelligence infiltrates music, the genre’s handmade imperfections are more crucial than ever.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
at this point you'd think people would start noticing the paradox of lamenting that the health of a musical movement they love to depict as being unruly/rebellious/dangerous/scaring your parents should not be contingent on whether these genre's practitioners go 6x platinum
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i want to play the boombass and bring it to dances and parties (where it's great)
January 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
i want to play the boombass and bring it to dances and parties (where it's great)
my 2025 was not what I wanted it to be (like most of us) but at least I experienced enough good music and film and culture that I can easily find appreciation for the work and the people who sustained me through a demoralizing year.
January 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM
my 2025 was not what I wanted it to be (like most of us) but at least I experienced enough good music and film and culture that I can easily find appreciation for the work and the people who sustained me through a demoralizing year.
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One of the rep cinemas I follow is screening BOOGIE NIGHTS today but at like 3pm and COME ON, cue that bad boy up at 10:45 or whenever you have to press play so that Little Bill blows his brains out at midnight, you’re not even TRYING
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
One of the rep cinemas I follow is screening BOOGIE NIGHTS today but at like 3pm and COME ON, cue that bad boy up at 10:45 or whenever you have to press play so that Little Bill blows his brains out at midnight, you’re not even TRYING
SPORTS CAR DOG NOOK
this prototype had a cutout behind the passenger’s seat for Peter’s dog to snuggle up - again, this isn’t real, it’s too perfect and fits all of my niche interests to a degree that isn’t possible in this material realm
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
SPORTS CAR DOG NOOK
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Gondry probably made all my favourite music videos, but this one is my favourite because it is also about what a music video represents
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQlA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQlA...
December 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Gondry probably made all my favourite music videos, but this one is my favourite because it is also about what a music video represents
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQlA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQlA...
this was sometime after peak MTV but the first that comes to mind is Michel Gondry's "train ride scenery as DAW display" concept for the Chemical Brothers' "Star Guitar"
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
this was sometime after peak MTV but the first that comes to mind is Michel Gondry's "train ride scenery as DAW display" concept for the Chemical Brothers' "Star Guitar"
thanx to @andyzax.bsky.social for clarifying this was a letter to the editor; maybe I'll have to find something else to hold up as an example when I want to make a hasty and exasperated snap judgment
everything I feel about the punk-besotted UK press of the mid-late '70s can be summed up in the fact that Ted Nugent is the "new order" and Stevie Wonder is a "boring old fart"
"new order" v. "boring old farts" in Sounds, 6 Nov 1976.
December 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
thanx to @andyzax.bsky.social for clarifying this was a letter to the editor; maybe I'll have to find something else to hold up as an example when I want to make a hasty and exasperated snap judgment