Rob Peoni
@robpeoni.bsky.social
Everybody knows this is nowhere. | Writer. Music evangelist. Nonprofit believer. #Indy | Longer thoughts: https://linktr.ee/rpeoni
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The best record every year-end list missed
Sonny Smith just quietly released the most interesting album of his career.
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I'll never stop discovering new music and sharing it with people I love: open.substack.com/pub/robpeoni...
Need an answer on this. Gimme the goods!
Has anyone laid down a better guitar riff since William Tyler dropped this bomb a couple years ago? youtu.be/V2RXB8cvoKU?...
William Tyler & The Impossible Truth - Area Code 601 (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Merge Records on YouTube
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January 7, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Need an answer on this. Gimme the goods!
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David Bowie’s Blackstar arrived a decade ago this week. Two days later, he was gone. Here is a prelapsarian oral history — as told by most of those who made the album, just before his shocking exit.
At the Centre of It All
Ten years later, an oral history of David Bowie's 'Blackstar'
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January 7, 2026 at 4:10 AM
David Bowie’s Blackstar arrived a decade ago this week. Two days later, he was gone. Here is a prelapsarian oral history — as told by most of those who made the album, just before his shocking exit.
Has anyone laid down a better guitar riff since William Tyler dropped this bomb a couple years ago? youtu.be/V2RXB8cvoKU?...
William Tyler & The Impossible Truth - Area Code 601 (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Merge Records on YouTube
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Has anyone laid down a better guitar riff since William Tyler dropped this bomb a couple years ago? youtu.be/V2RXB8cvoKU?...
The Onion headlines read differently after the collapse of western democracy.
January 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The Onion headlines read differently after the collapse of western democracy.
Did this work out well in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Update: President Trump said the U.S. will run Venezuela until a "proper transition can take place," as he defended Saturday's military strikes that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
Trump says 'we are going to run the country now' after removing Venezuela's president
President Trump says the United States conducted a strike in Venezuela and captured that country's president, Nicolás Maduro along with his wife, Cilia Flores.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Did this work out well in Iraq and Afghanistan?
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there aren't words to properly describe how fucked up this is
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 AM
there aren't words to properly describe how fucked up this is
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In two years with a 12-team CFP bracket, teams earning a bye went 1-7, losing on average by 14.
The one winner? Indiana. Over Alabama.
By 35.
What is HAPPENING here?
The one winner? Indiana. Over Alabama.
By 35.
What is HAPPENING here?
Everything about this IU football story feels hyperbolic, even though we know it’s true, including the latest stunner – 38-3 vs. Alabama in the Rose Bowl.
Says Curt Cignetti: “It’ll be a helluva movie!”
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Says Curt Cignetti: “It’ll be a helluva movie!”
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Doyel: Indiana crushes Alabama, moves 2 wins from most unlikely worst-to-first story
Everything about this IU football story feels hyperbolic, even though we know it’s true, including the latest stunner – 38-3 vs. Alabama in Rose Bowl.
www.indystar.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
In two years with a 12-team CFP bracket, teams earning a bye went 1-7, losing on average by 14.
The one winner? Indiana. Over Alabama.
By 35.
What is HAPPENING here?
The one winner? Indiana. Over Alabama.
By 35.
What is HAPPENING here?
I hope to hear less about Taylor Swift in 2026. This is my wish.
January 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I hope to hear less about Taylor Swift in 2026. This is my wish.
Fresh meditation on my long relationship with smoking.
January 1, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Fresh meditation on my long relationship with smoking.
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Nobody talks about the benefits of smoking anymore.
A meditation on cigarettes, Fran Lebowitz, and a song from Baltimore rapper Teddy Faley.
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December 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Wanna have a smoke? open.substack.com/pub/robpeoni...
Nobody talks about the benefits of smoking anymore.
A meditation on cigarettes, Fran Lebowitz, and a song from Baltimore rapper Teddy Faley.
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December 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Oh, and finally quit smoking cigarettes after 23 years. 😵💫
In 2026, I hope: to find a job where I’m not asked to lean into Microsoft CoPilot on a daily basis, the pace of green tech continues to transform our power grid in ways world leaders refuse to, find more music to share with people I love, show more kindness to myself and my family.
December 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Oh, and finally quit smoking cigarettes after 23 years. 😵💫
In 2026, I hope: to find a job where I’m not asked to lean into Microsoft CoPilot on a daily basis, the pace of green tech continues to transform our power grid in ways world leaders refuse to, find more music to share with people I love, show more kindness to myself and my family.
December 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
In 2026, I hope: to find a job where I’m not asked to lean into Microsoft CoPilot on a daily basis, the pace of green tech continues to transform our power grid in ways world leaders refuse to, find more music to share with people I love, show more kindness to myself and my family.
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Nothing better late on Christmas Eve
December 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Nothing better late on Christmas Eve
Good mail day c/o Sonny & The Sunsets and Rocks in Your Head Records: tr.ee/PFRFWYv5xG
December 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Good mail day c/o Sonny & The Sunsets and Rocks in Your Head Records: tr.ee/PFRFWYv5xG
If I start posting self-help advice on LinkedIn, please stage an intervention or just shoot me.
December 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If I start posting self-help advice on LinkedIn, please stage an intervention or just shoot me.
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hot topic of discussion in middle school: was the toadies song possum kingdom about a serial killer or was it about a VAMPIRE
December 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
hot topic of discussion in middle school: was the toadies song possum kingdom about a serial killer or was it about a VAMPIRE
Occasionally, for a mental health break, I respond “not interested” to all suggested content on LinkedIn.
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Occasionally, for a mental health break, I respond “not interested” to all suggested content on LinkedIn.
For Christmas, I bought myself $1,200 in credit card debt for a car repair.
December 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For Christmas, I bought myself $1,200 in credit card debt for a car repair.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at Trump's direction, she is ordering the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the program. n.pr/3N99KJp
Trump suspends U.S. green card lottery after Brown University and MIT shootings
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at Trump's direction, she is ordering the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the program.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at Trump's direction, she is ordering the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the program. n.pr/3N99KJp
I'm going to start an anti-AI podcast. I don't have anything to say, but Ty Segall's cover of The Dils "Class War" will be the theme song. music.apple.com/us/song/clas...
Class War by Ty Segall on Apple Music
Song · 2018 · Duration 2:56
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December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I'm going to start an anti-AI podcast. I don't have anything to say, but Ty Segall's cover of The Dils "Class War" will be the theme song. music.apple.com/us/song/clas...
Outraged about Trump desecrating the dead? Wait until you hear what he and his cronies do to people who are still alive.
December 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Outraged about Trump desecrating the dead? Wait until you hear what he and his cronies do to people who are still alive.
I'm finding myself incapable of plastering on a smile for the office holiday party at a role I am desperately trying to leave. Is this relatable?
December 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I'm finding myself incapable of plastering on a smile for the office holiday party at a role I am desperately trying to leave. Is this relatable?
Is 75% of every comms job circulating work for approvals or just mine?
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Is 75% of every comms job circulating work for approvals or just mine?