Picked up two former AOTYs at Buch Spieler in Montpelier, VT today. Been looking for these for a loooong time.
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Picked up two former AOTYs at Buch Spieler in Montpelier, VT today. Been looking for these for a loooong time.
The most Canadian-looking player in baseball breaking the country’s heart.
November 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The most Canadian-looking player in baseball breaking the country’s heart.
Too many “exceptional” people refuse to reckon with the meaning of that word.
October 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Too many “exceptional” people refuse to reckon with the meaning of that word.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
I hope Six By Seven is seeing a bump from this.
October 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I hope Six By Seven is seeing a bump from this.
Pre-arb salaries are a much bigger deal than free agent salaries. Fix that first.
October 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Pre-arb salaries are a much bigger deal than free agent salaries. Fix that first.
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Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance. “One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert.” [kottke.org]
Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance
One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert. Open Culture’s Colin Marshall writes:
Brian Eno once said of the Velvet Un
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October 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance. “One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert.” [kottke.org]
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It's ADHD Awareness Month! Do you know where your phone is?
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's ADHD Awareness Month! Do you know where your phone is?
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Pulp have been nominated for the Mercury Prize four times.
The second time, when they won for Different Class, Norma Waterson was also nominated.
The third time, Norma's daughter Eliza Carthy was nominated.
The fourth time, Eliza's dad, Norma's husband, Martin Carthy was nominated.
The second time, when they won for Different Class, Norma Waterson was also nominated.
The third time, Norma's daughter Eliza Carthy was nominated.
The fourth time, Eliza's dad, Norma's husband, Martin Carthy was nominated.
October 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Pulp have been nominated for the Mercury Prize four times.
The second time, when they won for Different Class, Norma Waterson was also nominated.
The third time, Norma's daughter Eliza Carthy was nominated.
The fourth time, Eliza's dad, Norma's husband, Martin Carthy was nominated.
The second time, when they won for Different Class, Norma Waterson was also nominated.
The third time, Norma's daughter Eliza Carthy was nominated.
The fourth time, Eliza's dad, Norma's husband, Martin Carthy was nominated.
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A guitar titan is gone. Farewell to the Spaceman; here's my NPR obituary for KISS legend Ace Frehley.
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Ace Frehley, lead guitarist in Kiss, dies at 74
The co-founding member of the band was known as the Spaceman and had a hit single of his own in "New York Groove."
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October 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A guitar titan is gone. Farewell to the Spaceman; here's my NPR obituary for KISS legend Ace Frehley.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
Zero players with an .800 OPS. 1 pitcher who threw more than 132 innings. 97 wins.
Amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t make bonehead mistakes.
Amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t make bonehead mistakes.
And the Brewers have home field in the NLCS against the Dodgers.
Guess Sal Frelick made a good choice to focus on baseball at BC.
Guess Sal Frelick made a good choice to focus on baseball at BC.
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Zero players with an .800 OPS. 1 pitcher who threw more than 132 innings. 97 wins.
Amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t make bonehead mistakes.
Amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t make bonehead mistakes.
Leaders treating layoffs at their own companies like some sort of retribution is really, really gross.
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Leaders treating layoffs at their own companies like some sort of retribution is really, really gross.
Celia Gregory from @wnxpnashville.bsky.social is such a joy whenever she visits our New Music Friday podcast. You can hear why she's becoming a morning institution in Nashville. lnk.to/sw0BHZ
All Songs Considered
Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big questio...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Celia Gregory from @wnxpnashville.bsky.social is such a joy whenever she visits our New Music Friday podcast. You can hear why she's becoming a morning institution in Nashville. lnk.to/sw0BHZ
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Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.
The U.S., Russia and Saudi Arabia. 3 peas in a pod.
October 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S., Russia and Saudi Arabia. 3 peas in a pod.
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Happy Yankees Elimination Day 2025. Sixteen years, 0 championships, despite Brian Cashman annually averaging the second-highest payroll and spending $3.9 billion.
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Happy Yankees Elimination Day 2025. Sixteen years, 0 championships, despite Brian Cashman annually averaging the second-highest payroll and spending $3.9 billion.
The 31 Minutos El Tiny performance has more than 5 Million YouTube views in less than 72 hours. Only a handful of Tiny Desks can make that claim. Pretty insane.
31 Minutos: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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October 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The 31 Minutos El Tiny performance has more than 5 Million YouTube views in less than 72 hours. Only a handful of Tiny Desks can make that claim. Pretty insane.
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It turns out the 'Wish You Were Here' title isn't actually a reference to Syd Barrett. Listen now on this wk's All Songs Considered from @npr.org
A conversation with David Gilmour : All Songs Considered
The Pink Floyd guitarist and singer talks about the 50th anniversary of Wish You Were Here, a new live album and concert film for his latest solo release Luck And Strange, and more.Weekly Reset: Rowin...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It turns out the 'Wish You Were Here' title isn't actually a reference to Syd Barrett. Listen now on this wk's All Songs Considered from @npr.org
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It had to be done. Perhaps the biggest undertaking in my nearly six years of publishing the internet's best hip-hop newsletter, CABBAGES. Check it out, weigh in, and share like hell.
www.cabbageshiphop.com/100-best-rap...
www.cabbageshiphop.com/100-best-rap...
The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time
Ranking the most essential and influential albums of this quintessentially American art form.
www.cabbageshiphop.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It had to be done. Perhaps the biggest undertaking in my nearly six years of publishing the internet's best hip-hop newsletter, CABBAGES. Check it out, weigh in, and share like hell.
www.cabbageshiphop.com/100-best-rap...
www.cabbageshiphop.com/100-best-rap...
More like arbiter-in-chief
October 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
More like arbiter-in-chief
I misread this as “confounded the free press”
Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.
Who is Bari Weiss? CBS News' new editor-in-chief is a vocal critic of legacy media
Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.
n.pr
October 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I misread this as “confounded the free press”
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