Stop Calling Me Frank
@stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social
Working up a fever in a one-horse town.
Somerville garage-punk-pub-rock band on Rum Bar Records.
The music stuff is the band’s; the politics, bad posts, & academic crap-takes are mine.
https://stopcallingmefrank.bandcamp.com/track/santa-buy-me-a-beer
Somerville garage-punk-pub-rock band on Rum Bar Records.
The music stuff is the band’s; the politics, bad posts, & academic crap-takes are mine.
https://stopcallingmefrank.bandcamp.com/track/santa-buy-me-a-beer
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MB Anthem (The Market Basket Song), by Stop Calling Me Frank
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New single: “M.B. Anthem (The Market Basket Song)”: a pious hymn to our favorite grocery store.
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I checked Minneapolis papers—it’s true!
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 AM
I checked Minneapolis papers—it’s true!
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It wasn’t considered serious enough for real reporters so they gave it to the society desk which was always women. there are so many of these and they just get dismissed for being in the non news section
January 1, 2026 at 2:21 AM
It wasn’t considered serious enough for real reporters so they gave it to the society desk which was always women. there are so many of these and they just get dismissed for being in the non news section
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The fact that the very first VU review ever in print is from a column called “Teen Talk” and the headline is “Blobs and Blurbs” is providing me with the delighted, peaceful feeling I require to walk into 2026 with.
December 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The fact that the very first VU review ever in print is from a column called “Teen Talk” and the headline is “Blobs and Blurbs” is providing me with the delighted, peaceful feeling I require to walk into 2026 with.
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I lived in the then-grimy East Village when this came out and I felt that this took place in my world. I love the mix of whimsy and property damage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=167K...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=167K...
Art of Noise - Close (To The Edit) version 1 (AI upscale)
YouTube video by Scotto Moore
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December 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I lived in the then-grimy East Village when this came out and I felt that this took place in my world. I love the mix of whimsy and property damage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=167K...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=167K...
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Who will stop the Piano Man's reign of terror?!
December 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Who will stop the Piano Man's reign of terror?!
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I wil never take ozempic, because what if the time finally comes to eat the rich and I have no appetite?
December 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I wil never take ozempic, because what if the time finally comes to eat the rich and I have no appetite?
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Honestly I think if Trump faced an opponent who made stuff up about him the way he makes shit up about his opponents it would be effective; after a 3 minute debate rant full of lies the other person just shrugged and said "what can you expect from this guy? he shits in the sink" and moved along.
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Honestly I think if Trump faced an opponent who made stuff up about him the way he makes shit up about his opponents it would be effective; after a 3 minute debate rant full of lies the other person just shrugged and said "what can you expect from this guy? he shits in the sink" and moved along.
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it would be great if The Wire actors could chill out on the dying for a little while, it feels like a lot lately
December 31, 2025 at 5:57 AM
it would be great if The Wire actors could chill out on the dying for a little while, it feels like a lot lately
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As fine an actor as he was, Isiah was an even better spirit and the greatest gentleman.
‘The Wire’ actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. dies at 71
"The Wire" actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. died on Tuesday at age 71.
www.thebanner.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
As fine an actor as he was, Isiah was an even better spirit and the greatest gentleman.
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Oh what a fuckin shock
December 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Oh what a fuckin shock
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The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
December 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
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We've been talking about how if a bar lets in one Nazi it becomes a Nazi bar. If Nazis take over the running of the bar, it's definitely a Nazi bar. There's not even a debate to be had about that.
December 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We've been talking about how if a bar lets in one Nazi it becomes a Nazi bar. If Nazis take over the running of the bar, it's definitely a Nazi bar. There's not even a debate to be had about that.
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This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
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Honestly didn't expect to close out 2025 by teaching *checks stats* approximately 1.6K people that Norman Rockwell made some pretty intense political art, but hey, what a way to end the year?
December 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Honestly didn't expect to close out 2025 by teaching *checks stats* approximately 1.6K people that Norman Rockwell made some pretty intense political art, but hey, what a way to end the year?
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You could put on a punk basement show in here
Y’all ever walk into a public restroom and immediately whisper “Jesus Christ”
December 30, 2025 at 5:29 AM
You could put on a punk basement show in here
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All the money and power in the world can’t give conservatives what they want the most: to be liked by normal people
December 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
All the money and power in the world can’t give conservatives what they want the most: to be liked by normal people
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Yeah actually shocker. This is fucking yikes man YIKES. While in Congress. Holy Jesus. This isn't pre Congress dad's failson times in Florida this is on the taxpayers dime pedophilia. What the fuck man
December 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Yeah actually shocker. This is fucking yikes man YIKES. While in Congress. Holy Jesus. This isn't pre Congress dad's failson times in Florida this is on the taxpayers dime pedophilia. What the fuck man
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If I had a dollar for every time a border drawn and enforced by a colonial entity resulted in peace and stability or any kind of objective benefit for the inhabitants of the region, I wouldn't have a single dollar. Which isn't surprising but it's weird that we keep respecting the colonist's attempts
December 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If I had a dollar for every time a border drawn and enforced by a colonial entity resulted in peace and stability or any kind of objective benefit for the inhabitants of the region, I wouldn't have a single dollar. Which isn't surprising but it's weird that we keep respecting the colonist's attempts
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Hey,worked in creative & production 4 broadcast media & film 35 years; even produced handful of commercials during a dry spell.
Commercials are ‘premium retail’ of filmmaking. Budgets & schedules are inflated & crew/craft day rates the highest anywhere.
But $220M is exponentially over the top.
Commercials are ‘premium retail’ of filmmaking. Budgets & schedules are inflated & crew/craft day rates the highest anywhere.
But $220M is exponentially over the top.
Seems like fraud, waste, and abuse to us
December 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Hey,worked in creative & production 4 broadcast media & film 35 years; even produced handful of commercials during a dry spell.
Commercials are ‘premium retail’ of filmmaking. Budgets & schedules are inflated & crew/craft day rates the highest anywhere.
But $220M is exponentially over the top.
Commercials are ‘premium retail’ of filmmaking. Budgets & schedules are inflated & crew/craft day rates the highest anywhere.
But $220M is exponentially over the top.
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Ruin two bands by combining them:
Nirvon Bondies
Nirvon Bondies
ruin two bands by combining them:
GWAReo Speedwagon
GWAReo Speedwagon
ruin two bands by combining them:
Fugazi Osbourne
Fugazi Osbourne
December 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Nirvon Bondies
Nirvon Bondies
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I know culture existed before MTV/VH1 and I get why they aren't really a thing in this cultural landscape anymore... but as someone who came of age in the heyday of Behind the Music and I love the 70s etc... IDK man I'm realizing how it was a golden age of cultural transfer
December 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I know culture existed before MTV/VH1 and I get why they aren't really a thing in this cultural landscape anymore... but as someone who came of age in the heyday of Behind the Music and I love the 70s etc... IDK man I'm realizing how it was a golden age of cultural transfer
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I have a lot of respect for the Knives Out movies just as an exercise in people making solid B+ level entertainment where everyone seems to be enjoying the experience without it needing it to win Oscar’s or make 3 billion dollars. It’s like going to a good steakhouse.
December 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I have a lot of respect for the Knives Out movies just as an exercise in people making solid B+ level entertainment where everyone seems to be enjoying the experience without it needing it to win Oscar’s or make 3 billion dollars. It’s like going to a good steakhouse.