average scottythered
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Tweeting about near-ancient pop culture. Opinions are mine alone. He/Him.
This isn't Twitter.
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http://teepublic.com/user/scottythered
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The Paley Brothers - Come Out And Play
YouTube video by DooWop Darrell
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my name is Scotty and I've spent 20 years in love with the Power Pop genre. I'm going to post a #dailyFavoritePowerPopSong just to see how long i can go without running out.
Day 1: seems appropriate to start with the Paley Bros, since we lost Andy Paley this week.
Day 1: seems appropriate to start with the Paley Bros, since we lost Andy Paley this week.
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Thanks to a local volunteer, our Domesday VHS capture setup is working again! This still-experimental hardware mod lets us read from VHS tapes at the highest possible quality, directly from the internals of the VCR
Currently digitizing this goofy Xbox Live infomercial...
Currently digitizing this goofy Xbox Live infomercial...
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Thanks to a local volunteer, our Domesday VHS capture setup is working again! This still-experimental hardware mod lets us read from VHS tapes at the highest possible quality, directly from the internals of the VCR
Currently digitizing this goofy Xbox Live infomercial...
Currently digitizing this goofy Xbox Live infomercial...
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
Behold, the first new Crumb comic in almost a quarter century has landed
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Behold, the first new Crumb comic in almost a quarter century has landed
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
look, man, if you'd taken modern american literature in college, you'd already know not to fuck with JCO
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
look, man, if you'd taken modern american literature in college, you'd already know not to fuck with JCO
I'll keep posting this until it isn't true
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'll keep posting this until it isn't true
"Once in a generation, an apple comes along that reinvents the category ..."
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Once in a generation, an apple comes along that reinvents the category ..."
PREDATOR: BADLANDS -- teeters close to the edge of becoming a kid-safe "The Predator & Grogu" but balances it just enough to produce an exquisite (and surprisingly funny) experience.
The price we pay for jt is a near-total CGI Predator design. I understand the constraints, but it doesn't look real.
The price we pay for jt is a near-total CGI Predator design. I understand the constraints, but it doesn't look real.
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
PREDATOR: BADLANDS -- teeters close to the edge of becoming a kid-safe "The Predator & Grogu" but balances it just enough to produce an exquisite (and surprisingly funny) experience.
The price we pay for jt is a near-total CGI Predator design. I understand the constraints, but it doesn't look real.
The price we pay for jt is a near-total CGI Predator design. I understand the constraints, but it doesn't look real.
"Could you not sit at a big table? Big tables are for families that might come in"
Current count of people in the restaurant: me
Current count of people in the restaurant: me
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"Could you not sit at a big table? Big tables are for families that might come in"
Current count of people in the restaurant: me
Current count of people in the restaurant: me
Here's my review of DIG! XX, a documentary I remember loving in 2006, now in an expanded and updated version that I also absolutely love, albeit for entirely different reasons. 1/n
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Here's my review of DIG! XX, a documentary I remember loving in 2006, now in an expanded and updated version that I also absolutely love, albeit for entirely different reasons. 1/n
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If you’re stuck at an airport right now, it’s because Trump fucked you: defector.com/if-youre-stu...
If You’re Stuck At An Airport Right Now, It’s Because Trump Fucked You | Defector
You picked a bad weekend to fly. Over 1,500 flights in the US were cancelled yesterday, and over 1,200 over them have already been cancelled this morning. One of those may have been yours. You’re stuc...
defector.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you’re stuck at an airport right now, it’s because Trump fucked you: defector.com/if-youre-stu...
The infamous "flower pot" recording used in GET BACK was actually between Paul, John, Ringo, Yoko, and Linda. John and Paul are almost completely incoherent, even with 75 percent of it transcribed, but it really sounds to me like John wanted the Beatles to become something akin to the Wu Tang Clan.
The most revealing Beatles conversation | The Lunchroom Recording (with Subtitles)
YouTube video by Making of The Beatles
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November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The infamous "flower pot" recording used in GET BACK was actually between Paul, John, Ringo, Yoko, and Linda. John and Paul are almost completely incoherent, even with 75 percent of it transcribed, but it really sounds to me like John wanted the Beatles to become something akin to the Wu Tang Clan.
Sad to say but needs to be said: I graduated with a BS in journalism and immediately bailed on a career in it 20 years ago because of precisely this paragraph.
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Sad to say but needs to be said: I graduated with a BS in journalism and immediately bailed on a career in it 20 years ago because of precisely this paragraph.
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Sometimes I think about how there's a real video game called "Garfield: The Lost Levels". A title with a grim power to it
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Sometimes I think about how there's a real video game called "Garfield: The Lost Levels". A title with a grim power to it
Excited to dig into the new version of DIG!
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Excited to dig into the new version of DIG!
and get a hobby that's not a side hustle
do it because you fucking love it
do it because you fucking love it
Specifically, get a hobby in which you MAKE something, and then find places for other people who share that hobby
Making things is good for you on, like, a spiritual level, so you're already improving your outlook, and you have a healthy foundation on which to build new relationships
Making things is good for you on, like, a spiritual level, so you're already improving your outlook, and you have a healthy foundation on which to build new relationships
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
and get a hobby that's not a side hustle
do it because you fucking love it
do it because you fucking love it
in the pre-internet days, if you wanted to complain b/c an episode of the Simpsons had Martin saying "deploy, damn you, deploy!", you'd have to send your two-page missive to the short-lived companion magazine SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED to be told by the editors "we'll pass your little suggestion along"
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
in the pre-internet days, if you wanted to complain b/c an episode of the Simpsons had Martin saying "deploy, damn you, deploy!", you'd have to send your two-page missive to the short-lived companion magazine SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED to be told by the editors "we'll pass your little suggestion along"
05 REM some theses
10 HOME : TEXT
10 HOME : TEXT
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
05 REM some theses
10 HOME : TEXT
10 HOME : TEXT
It's finally here
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's finally here
the story here is that an unnamed genius figured out that venues that offer Assisted Listening Devices at shows basically give direct access to the house soundboard mix via wifi, but it unfortunately depends on the venue's internet bandwidth. So a bunch of tapers recorded the same shows & muxed them
Surprise! The first Bob Dylan soundboards in 16 years. The Outlaw Tour has never sounded better.
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
the story here is that an unnamed genius figured out that venues that offer Assisted Listening Devices at shows basically give direct access to the house soundboard mix via wifi, but it unfortunately depends on the venue's internet bandwidth. So a bunch of tapers recorded the same shows & muxed them
sadly, the answer is: nothing. This is him, freed from a chrysalis that was always going to shatter at some point.
Years ago, he was quoted in a This American Life episode where he fantasized about murdering a french exchange student from his youth who was mean to him
Years ago, he was quoted in a This American Life episode where he fantasized about murdering a french exchange student from his youth who was mean to him
Coren has correctly clocked that the only viable response at this point to Graham Linehan, and to people like him, is “What the hell happened to you, man?”
Victoria's response to kamikazi transphobe Linehan reminds us that angry men are happy to harass women in the name of (checks notes) women's rights and that if a trans woman appearing on tv sends them ballistic then this is not about women's rights, it's about the eradication of the trans community
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
sadly, the answer is: nothing. This is him, freed from a chrysalis that was always going to shatter at some point.
Years ago, he was quoted in a This American Life episode where he fantasized about murdering a french exchange student from his youth who was mean to him
Years ago, he was quoted in a This American Life episode where he fantasized about murdering a french exchange student from his youth who was mean to him
it's a bit heartbreaking to see that it took me until my mid-30s to find something that I was not only good at but enjoyed doing (coding) and by my early 40s, all of that joy has been sucked out (by AI enshittification)
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
it's a bit heartbreaking to see that it took me until my mid-30s to find something that I was not only good at but enjoyed doing (coding) and by my early 40s, all of that joy has been sucked out (by AI enshittification)
the best Dick Cheney story is from Craig Ferguson, whose wife Megan questioned Lynne Cheney why they didn't exhibit the Picasso sketches they owned
![On meeting the Cheneys, Ferguson recounts that his wife discussed art with Mrs. Cheney, who proudly described the Picasso sketches she owned. When Megan [Ferguson's wife] asked Cheney where she hung the artwork, Cheney's response stunned them:
"Oh we don't," replied Mrs. C. They're nudes, and we have grandchildren. We don't want them to see them when they come over."
"But they're Picassos," protested Megan.
"But they're nudes," smiled Mrs. Cheney dangerously.
I put a hand on Megan's elbow. I didn't want trouble. You don't want to be on the Cheney shit list... Once they were gone, I told Megan that Dick Cheney had been ogling her breasts.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ch2t7mzvqi65cqh7lz2cogzu/bafkreig6oomub2dba3gaeerlaqjqcwsu6d3i54iv676adq2rm6i64lojeu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
the best Dick Cheney story is from Craig Ferguson, whose wife Megan questioned Lynne Cheney why they didn't exhibit the Picasso sketches they owned