John Schumacher
@shoehoo.bsky.social
Just another wiseass. Connoisseur of the ridiculous. My life's labor is words. Music is my jam. Find my music writing at The Amp https://turnuptheamp.com/?author=641916379ff8112841963d84
At the dentist/oral surgeon office, and I cringed when a middle aged guy walked out and announced "no cavities!" But 3 receptionists and an assistant cheered and clapped for him and it was so heartwarming and now I'm a little emotional. Maybe we need more clapping and cheering for little victories
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
At the dentist/oral surgeon office, and I cringed when a middle aged guy walked out and announced "no cavities!" But 3 receptionists and an assistant cheered and clapped for him and it was so heartwarming and now I'm a little emotional. Maybe we need more clapping and cheering for little victories
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This helped me today. Small Kindnesses, by Danusha Laméris
August 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This helped me today. Small Kindnesses, by Danusha Laméris
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usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
I-kons, You-kons, Mekons!
July 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I-kons, You-kons, Mekons!
The sun sets behind Warren Haynes on the final night of the Blue Ox festival
June 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The sun sets behind Warren Haynes on the final night of the Blue Ox festival
Check out this fab new album, the debut full-length from Rah Rah Rabbit, and my review for The Amp. "Sassy, irreverent, head-nodding and butt-wiggling good fun, filled with hard-won truths and glimpses of life not far from either side of the poverty line." turnuptheamp.com/home/2025/6/...
June 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Check out this fab new album, the debut full-length from Rah Rah Rabbit, and my review for The Amp. "Sassy, irreverent, head-nodding and butt-wiggling good fun, filled with hard-won truths and glimpses of life not far from either side of the poverty line." turnuptheamp.com/home/2025/6/...
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It doesn't get reiterated enough that "human on a bicycle" is not only the most efficient way that a person can move, it's the most efficient form of motion ***ever observed in land animals***.
May 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It doesn't get reiterated enough that "human on a bicycle" is not only the most efficient way that a person can move, it's the most efficient form of motion ***ever observed in land animals***.
This is amazing
TIL: When the Original Star Wars Trilogy finally aired on Chilean TV in 2003, the network spliced custom beer commercials into the films themselves to avoid cutting to commercial breaks.
these additional scenes turn Obi-Wan & Luke into raging space alcoholics who are constantly shotgunning booze.
these additional scenes turn Obi-Wan & Luke into raging space alcoholics who are constantly shotgunning booze.
May 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is amazing
Some say he's still rounding the bases to this day...
OTD in 2016, Bartolo Colon made the impossible happen.
(MLB x @NewYorkLife)
(MLB x @NewYorkLife)
May 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Some say he's still rounding the bases to this day...
Precisely this
Once again, the main goal of Trump's tariffs is soliciting bribery.
That is why all who go looking for a coherent (if misguided) economic strategy that aims to benefit the country come away confused. Make manufacturing boom? Stop fentanyl? Generate revenue to replace income tax?
Nope. Corruption.
That is why all who go looking for a coherent (if misguided) economic strategy that aims to benefit the country come away confused. Make manufacturing boom? Stop fentanyl? Generate revenue to replace income tax?
Nope. Corruption.
May 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Precisely this
This is waaaay outside my comfort zone, but the crisis facing our country right now is easily the worst in my lifetime (and Watergate was BAD). We all have to do something #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is waaaay outside my comfort zone, but the crisis facing our country right now is easily the worst in my lifetime (and Watergate was BAD). We all have to do something #handsoff
At this year's 30A Songwriters Festival, a great new-to-me discovery was Cat Ridgeway, who's got a terrific new album coming out tomorrow. "Sprinter" is an alt and indie rock delight, inventive and endlessly entertaining. Check out my review for The Amp turnuptheamp.com/home/2025/3/...
Review- Cat Ridgeway: Sprinter — The Amp
The heart and soul of Cat Ridgeway’s new album is tattooed on her right forearm . It’s an image of a check engine light, the dashboard indicator that there’s something wrong, maybe seriously wrong,...
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March 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
At this year's 30A Songwriters Festival, a great new-to-me discovery was Cat Ridgeway, who's got a terrific new album coming out tomorrow. "Sprinter" is an alt and indie rock delight, inventive and endlessly entertaining. Check out my review for The Amp turnuptheamp.com/home/2025/3/...
oh good god www.cbsnews.com/news/babysit...
Babysitter checking for monsters finds man hiding under child's bed
The babysitter came face-to-face with a man hiding underneath the child's bed, Kansas' Barton County Sheriff's office said.
www.cbsnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
oh good god www.cbsnews.com/news/babysit...
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Did you call Target? Wanna call them again?
Did you not call before because you thought it wouldn't make a difference? Wanna call them now?
☎️ Target Employee Relations and Integrity Hotline: 1-800-541-6838
Did you not call before because you thought it wouldn't make a difference? Wanna call them now?
☎️ Target Employee Relations and Integrity Hotline: 1-800-541-6838
LOL streets are saying Target is getting pressured to rollback to rollback. Co-founders daughters are publicly speaking out.
www.businessinsider.com/target-dei-r...
www.businessinsider.com/target-dei-r...
February 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Did you call Target? Wanna call them again?
Did you not call before because you thought it wouldn't make a difference? Wanna call them now?
☎️ Target Employee Relations and Integrity Hotline: 1-800-541-6838
Did you not call before because you thought it wouldn't make a difference? Wanna call them now?
☎️ Target Employee Relations and Integrity Hotline: 1-800-541-6838
spot on
years ago an emmy-winning comedy writer posted this in a DM group and I’ve thought about it literally every day since (anonymized and shared with permission)
February 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
spot on
John Prine would have been proud of the talent at the 30A Songwriters Festival. Here's my take, including words about and pix of @kellywillis.bsky.social (below), @stevepoltz.bsky.social, @brandyclark.bsky.social, @chuckprophet.bsky.social and others turnuptheamp.com/home/2025/1/...
January 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
John Prine would have been proud of the talent at the 30A Songwriters Festival. Here's my take, including words about and pix of @kellywillis.bsky.social (below), @stevepoltz.bsky.social, @brandyclark.bsky.social, @chuckprophet.bsky.social and others turnuptheamp.com/home/2025/1/...
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Basically, the country’s been taken over by a bunch of internet trolls and podcasters who thought running the government would be as easy as complaining about it.
January 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Basically, the country’s been taken over by a bunch of internet trolls and podcasters who thought running the government would be as easy as complaining about it.
This list from @countryuniverse.bsky.social includes some great songs by some great young artists, including Katie Pruitt, @indiaramey.bsky.social and Amythyst Kiah www.countryuniverse.net/2025/01/24/t...
The Best Singles of 2024
Our list of the forty best country singles of 2024, led by Katie Pruitt.
www.countryuniverse.net
January 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This list from @countryuniverse.bsky.social includes some great songs by some great young artists, including Katie Pruitt, @indiaramey.bsky.social and Amythyst Kiah www.countryuniverse.net/2025/01/24/t...
Poor rest stop choice. My options were Arby's and McDonalds, which is pretty much the only way I end up at a McDonalds. The tastiest part of the chicken "deluxe" sandwich was the mayo
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Poor rest stop choice. My options were Arby's and McDonalds, which is pretty much the only way I end up at a McDonalds. The tastiest part of the chicken "deluxe" sandwich was the mayo
Heading back to Florida's Gulf Coast to check out the 30A Songwriters Festival, which is usually a good one. Here's my look at last year's fest turnuptheamp.com/home/2024/1/...
Festival Review: 30A Songwriters Festival — The Amp
I think they might have let me into the artists’ party by mistake at the 30A Songwriters Festival. I wandered to the back bar of AJ’s Grayton Beach on opening night to check if anyone was perfo...
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January 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Heading back to Florida's Gulf Coast to check out the 30A Songwriters Festival, which is usually a good one. Here's my look at last year's fest turnuptheamp.com/home/2024/1/...
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The ancient technique of dry farming, an Indigenous Hopi tradition, allows squash, melons, and corn crops to grow without irrigation. https://buff.ly/41XsCAF
Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required
The ancient technique of dry farming, an Indigenous Hopi tradition, allows squash, melons, and corn to grow without irrigation.
buff.ly
January 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The ancient technique of dry farming, an Indigenous Hopi tradition, allows squash, melons, and corn crops to grow without irrigation. https://buff.ly/41XsCAF
This is why I try to buy albums, buy merch, buy concert tickets, to give artists money in some way... because streaming doesn't pay jack. And it's why I use Tidal when I stream - at least it pays slightly better. I want (need?) musicians to keep making music, so I try to pay them when they do
January 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is why I try to buy albums, buy merch, buy concert tickets, to give artists money in some way... because streaming doesn't pay jack. And it's why I use Tidal when I stream - at least it pays slightly better. I want (need?) musicians to keep making music, so I try to pay them when they do
A handy guide to the easy-to-follow, anyone-can-do-it-with-a-little-gumption immigration process, under which you're unlikely to get approval anytime soon even if you do successfully navigate it
"just immigrate legally bro"
January 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A handy guide to the easy-to-follow, anyone-can-do-it-with-a-little-gumption immigration process, under which you're unlikely to get approval anytime soon even if you do successfully navigate it
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It is remarkable that there are still people who believe that the reason hundreds of thousands of people have nowhere to live is that we haven’t made having nowhere to live unpleasant enough.
December 27, 2024 at 4:58 PM
It is remarkable that there are still people who believe that the reason hundreds of thousands of people have nowhere to live is that we haven’t made having nowhere to live unpleasant enough.
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For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten NCAA QB the win
December 18, 2024 at 2:23 PM
For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten NCAA QB the win