Ryan White
@thatryanwhite.bsky.social
I wrote books about Jimmy Buffett and Bruce Springsteen. I write other things too. Free newsletter: Portfolio of Enthusiasms https://portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/
"Seek adventure and report back. Pick legit fights. Help others with theirs. 'Stay low and wear bright colors,' Todd used to say.
Wrote about Todd Snider, who was great and we're all going to miss his humanity a lot.
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
Wrote about Todd Snider, who was great and we're all going to miss his humanity a lot.
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
Hail, Hail Rock 'n Roll (Or: Todd Snider Rules)
I loved every Todd Snider show I saw, and I saw dozens of them. I loved every chance I ever had to talk with him, and therewere many. He died November 14 and a whole bunch of us are going to miss him ...
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Seek adventure and report back. Pick legit fights. Help others with theirs. 'Stay low and wear bright colors,' Todd used to say.
Wrote about Todd Snider, who was great and we're all going to miss his humanity a lot.
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
Wrote about Todd Snider, who was great and we're all going to miss his humanity a lot.
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
Didn’t read this yesterday because I was writing, but suspicions confirmed. It’s really beautifully written.
Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
Something good comes along, then it’s gone: Farewell, Todd Snider.
When I moved to East Nashville in 2012, legend had it that if you wanted to find Todd Snider, all you had to do was go to Drifter’s BBQ in Five Points, and he’d be there at the bar. Nashville always h...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Didn’t read this yesterday because I was writing, but suspicions confirmed. It’s really beautifully written.
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Wrote about Todd Snider, an artist I loved a lot and I knew a little.
"Seek adventure and report back. Pick legit fights. Help others with theirs. 'Stay low and wear bright colors,' Todd used to say."
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
"Seek adventure and report back. Pick legit fights. Help others with theirs. 'Stay low and wear bright colors,' Todd used to say."
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
Hail, Hail Rock 'n Roll (Or: Todd Snider Rules)
I loved every Todd Snider show I saw, and I saw dozens of them. I loved every chance I ever had to talk with him, and therewere many. He died November 14 and a whole bunch of us are going to miss him ...
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Wrote about Todd Snider, an artist I loved a lot and I knew a little.
"Seek adventure and report back. Pick legit fights. Help others with theirs. 'Stay low and wear bright colors,' Todd used to say."
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
"Seek adventure and report back. Pick legit fights. Help others with theirs. 'Stay low and wear bright colors,' Todd used to say."
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
Wrote about Todd Snider, an artist I loved a lot and I knew a little.
"Seek adventure and report back. Pick legit fights. Help others with theirs. 'Stay low and wear bright colors,' Todd used to say."
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
"Seek adventure and report back. Pick legit fights. Help others with theirs. 'Stay low and wear bright colors,' Todd used to say."
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
Hail, Hail Rock 'n Roll (Or: Todd Snider Rules)
I loved every Todd Snider show I saw, and I saw dozens of them. I loved every chance I ever had to talk with him, and therewere many. He died November 14 and a whole bunch of us are going to miss him ...
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Wrote about Todd Snider, an artist I loved a lot and I knew a little.
"Seek adventure and report back. Pick legit fights. Help others with theirs. 'Stay low and wear bright colors,' Todd used to say."
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
"Seek adventure and report back. Pick legit fights. Help others with theirs. 'Stay low and wear bright colors,' Todd used to say."
portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/p/hail-hail-...
My cider is also a Decemberists song
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My cider is also a Decemberists song
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last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
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'Tis the season never to write "'Tis the season" in any headline, ad copy, whatever.
Burn it like a Yule log.
Burn it like a Yule log.
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
'Tis the season never to write "'Tis the season" in any headline, ad copy, whatever.
Burn it like a Yule log.
Burn it like a Yule log.
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Fave moment from Q&A following NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE screening:
Woman in balcony says, "I'm a music educator and I would be remiss if I didn't try to get us all to do a sing along!"
Matt Johnson: "Absolutely not. That is not happening."
Woman in balcony says, "I'm a music educator and I would be remiss if I didn't try to get us all to do a sing along!"
Matt Johnson: "Absolutely not. That is not happening."
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Fave moment from Q&A following NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE screening:
Woman in balcony says, "I'm a music educator and I would be remiss if I didn't try to get us all to do a sing along!"
Matt Johnson: "Absolutely not. That is not happening."
Woman in balcony says, "I'm a music educator and I would be remiss if I didn't try to get us all to do a sing along!"
Matt Johnson: "Absolutely not. That is not happening."
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Tarik Skubal is a back-to-back AL Cy Young winner. He's the first repeat winner in AL since Pedro Martinez in 1999 and 2000.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Tarik Skubal is a back-to-back AL Cy Young winner. He's the first repeat winner in AL since Pedro Martinez in 1999 and 2000.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
So this would be 20ish miles from the the massive Open AI data center that was just announced and no data centers in the county would be a lot more awesome than two.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
So this would be 20ish miles from the the massive Open AI data center that was just announced and no data centers in the county would be a lot more awesome than two.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
can we get Grandpa McRamblypants gone now please
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
can we get Grandpa McRamblypants gone now please
Love to love sports but not either of these teams.
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Love to love sports but not either of these teams.
Opened the Halloween candy and grabbed a random bag to check for razor blades or fentanyl. Will need to do this a few more times throughout the day.
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Opened the Halloween candy and grabbed a random bag to check for razor blades or fentanyl. Will need to do this a few more times throughout the day.
oh good one moving into the county; the coming rate increase is easy to find in this story at least
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
oh good one moving into the county; the coming rate increase is easy to find in this story at least
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Genuinely surprised this morning to discover the mob hadn't just moved into hedge funds.
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Genuinely surprised this morning to discover the mob hadn't just moved into hedge funds.
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🎵ain't that America🎵
How do I square a crooked FBI arresting a crooked coach who works in a crooked league associated with a crooked sportsbook
October 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🎵ain't that America🎵
Not the point of this @pablo.show episode, but @foxworthshow.bsky.social is all of us encountering our old writing.
youtu.be/C5N397aXSmM
youtu.be/C5N397aXSmM
How We Forgot About CTE | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Not the point of this @pablo.show episode, but @foxworthshow.bsky.social is all of us encountering our old writing.
youtu.be/C5N397aXSmM
youtu.be/C5N397aXSmM
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You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.
I liked the Platner ads too but I think there's a difference between "guy who had some bad reddit posts a decade ago" and "ex-Blackwater merc who still has a Nazi tattoo." Sucks bigtime that he's the only one taking positions and talking policy I like, but them's the breaks!
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.
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That TV commercial that shows the lady asking an AI assistant on her phone for help buying flowers is especially annoying because it appears that she is *standing in front of a flower shop*. She could, y'know, *ask the florist*.
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
That TV commercial that shows the lady asking an AI assistant on her phone for help buying flowers is especially annoying because it appears that she is *standing in front of a flower shop*. She could, y'know, *ask the florist*.