Jon Fairbanks
@thirdmango.bsky.social
Media and Cultural sociologist.
“Locally professional” comedian.
I play whatsamusic streams and write about media.
Twitch.tv/thirdmango
Letterboxd.com/thirdmango
“Locally professional” comedian.
I play whatsamusic streams and write about media.
Twitch.tv/thirdmango
Letterboxd.com/thirdmango
Three months ago I had a string of crazy news back to back which landed me in the hospital. Since then I’ve done a complete overhaul of my life and I’ve officially lost 48 lbs. I still have another 150 to go but this first 48 still feels really good.
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Three months ago I had a string of crazy news back to back which landed me in the hospital. Since then I’ve done a complete overhaul of my life and I’ve officially lost 48 lbs. I still have another 150 to go but this first 48 still feels really good.
www.twitch.tv/thirdmango THURSDAY WAM, CRASH ROUNDS WITH THE LETTER P, COME ON IN AND SAY HI IF YOU WANNA
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CRASH ROUNDS WAM, LAST STREAM FOR ABOUT A WEEK, COME IN AND SAY HELLO!
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September 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
www.twitch.tv/thirdmango THURSDAY WAM, CRASH ROUNDS WITH THE LETTER P, COME ON IN AND SAY HI IF YOU WANNA
Ever wanted to try music pub quiz from your own home? We're playing whatsamusic the best music quiz app around, come by at www.twitch.tv/thirdmango
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Thursday WAM: I've lost 30 pounds so far in 5 weeks!
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August 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ever wanted to try music pub quiz from your own home? We're playing whatsamusic the best music quiz app around, come by at www.twitch.tv/thirdmango
For all my Bsky friends who don’t watch wrestling the last time Hulk Hogan appeared in WWE he was there to promote his beer and he was booed so loudly he couldn’t be heard. He eventually just left.
July 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For all my Bsky friends who don’t watch wrestling the last time Hulk Hogan appeared in WWE he was there to promote his beer and he was booed so loudly he couldn’t be heard. He eventually just left.
Reposted by Jon Fairbanks
Ozzy's last public appearance - saying goodbye to 45,000 people and millions online while raising £140m for worthy charities. Hogan's last public appearance - getting booed out of the building at the racist wrestling company for being too overtly racist, shilling his shit racist beer.
July 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ozzy's last public appearance - saying goodbye to 45,000 people and millions online while raising £140m for worthy charities. Hogan's last public appearance - getting booed out of the building at the racist wrestling company for being too overtly racist, shilling his shit racist beer.
Woke up to a Charlie horse that was so bad my first thought coming out of sleep was “this feels like a coordinated attack! Someone wants me gone!”
July 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Woke up to a Charlie horse that was so bad my first thought coming out of sleep was “this feels like a coordinated attack! Someone wants me gone!”
The way Veo 3 is working already for one to two days it shows how AI is going to take over. The ability for spreading misinformation and lies is incredible. A year from now we are going to be cooked.
May 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The way Veo 3 is working already for one to two days it shows how AI is going to take over. The ability for spreading misinformation and lies is incredible. A year from now we are going to be cooked.
My new favorite pass time is reading conservatives argue with grok on x and keep failing to convince the AI that their conspiracy is reality.
May 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My new favorite pass time is reading conservatives argue with grok on x and keep failing to convince the AI that their conspiracy is reality.
The amount of times the dems just adopt conservative messaging without even thinking about it is wild. It blows my mind how often liberal media parrot conservative media talking points and this is the perfect answer to that.
No, the Democratic Party isn't losing because it's Too Woke:
April 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The amount of times the dems just adopt conservative messaging without even thinking about it is wild. It blows my mind how often liberal media parrot conservative media talking points and this is the perfect answer to that.
March 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
My favorite songs of 1969:
1. China Cat Sunflower - The Grateful Dead
2. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
3. Pinball Wizard - The Who
4. Evil Ways - Santana
5. Down on the Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Any songs I’m missing? What’s your favorite songs? #music #musiclists #topsongs1969
1. China Cat Sunflower - The Grateful Dead
2. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
3. Pinball Wizard - The Who
4. Evil Ways - Santana
5. Down on the Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Any songs I’m missing? What’s your favorite songs? #music #musiclists #topsongs1969
February 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
My favorite songs of 1969:
1. China Cat Sunflower - The Grateful Dead
2. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
3. Pinball Wizard - The Who
4. Evil Ways - Santana
5. Down on the Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Any songs I’m missing? What’s your favorite songs? #music #musiclists #topsongs1969
1. China Cat Sunflower - The Grateful Dead
2. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
3. Pinball Wizard - The Who
4. Evil Ways - Santana
5. Down on the Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Any songs I’m missing? What’s your favorite songs? #music #musiclists #topsongs1969
My favorite songs of 1968:
1. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
2. Cream - White Room
3. The Band - The Weight
4. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Am I missing any? What are your favorites? #musiclists #music
1. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
2. Cream - White Room
3. The Band - The Weight
4. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Am I missing any? What are your favorites? #musiclists #music
February 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My favorite songs of 1968:
1. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
2. Cream - White Room
3. The Band - The Weight
4. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Am I missing any? What are your favorites? #musiclists #music
1. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
2. Cream - White Room
3. The Band - The Weight
4. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Am I missing any? What are your favorites? #musiclists #music
Truly incredible that Marvel Snap was banned in the TikTok ban. Also the creators feigning they had no idea. What an incredible little story this is.
January 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Truly incredible that Marvel Snap was banned in the TikTok ban. Also the creators feigning they had no idea. What an incredible little story this is.
That feeling when you are trying to become someone who’s job is to understand the meta of each social media platform and you’ve yet to figure out that meta so you post on that social media to say you haven’t figured it out yet.
December 29, 2024 at 9:50 AM
That feeling when you are trying to become someone who’s job is to understand the meta of each social media platform and you’ve yet to figure out that meta so you post on that social media to say you haven’t figured it out yet.
On the last day of class my students all became bats and flew away and then I still had to drive home in traffic. Even my dreams keep me from being magical!
December 18, 2024 at 10:33 AM
On the last day of class my students all became bats and flew away and then I still had to drive home in traffic. Even my dreams keep me from being magical!
Gonna go see wicked tonight and then tomorrow is the day for the birthday music trivia stream! I’m going to have lots of media facts about all these years including movie and television history. If you’re a media buff it’ll be a fun time of music trivia!
December 6, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Gonna go see wicked tonight and then tomorrow is the day for the birthday music trivia stream! I’m going to have lots of media facts about all these years including movie and television history. If you’re a media buff it’ll be a fun time of music trivia!
I discovered whatsamusic in June of this year so it makes sense that it hasn’t completely reinvented my tastes yet. Every year I have different bands on my top 5 because I often like to deep dives. Electric Callboy’s We Got the Moves is definitely my favorite song I discovered this year.
December 4, 2024 at 8:09 PM
I discovered whatsamusic in June of this year so it makes sense that it hasn’t completely reinvented my tastes yet. Every year I have different bands on my top 5 because I often like to deep dives. Electric Callboy’s We Got the Moves is definitely my favorite song I discovered this year.
Incredible article on the state of music in this current age. So much of the arts industry has become on the artists to breach the new media economy as so much of the industry doesn’t understand the new trends taking over. The audience is also just not able to pay for music in its current form.
In the midst of so many artists struggling on and off the road, a new sense of community has emerged from the collective frustrations of this decade’s indie class
How the Indie Rock Boom Went Bust
Not so long ago, indie music was riding high, minting new stars and lasting careers with ease. But for a new generation of artists, financial stability is all but impossible.
www.hearingthings.co
November 29, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Incredible article on the state of music in this current age. So much of the arts industry has become on the artists to breach the new media economy as so much of the industry doesn’t understand the new trends taking over. The audience is also just not able to pay for music in its current form.
It’s a week and a half out but my partner made me this amazing flyer and I have to show it off!
November 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
It’s a week and a half out but my partner made me this amazing flyer and I have to show it off!
Hundreds of Beavers is the best representation of the silent film era and cartoon culture of the early 20th century put into a video game film and slapstick comedy. Truly incredible art and a movie which never feels long and is funny in every moment. Truly impressive.
November 27, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Hundreds of Beavers is the best representation of the silent film era and cartoon culture of the early 20th century put into a video game film and slapstick comedy. Truly incredible art and a movie which never feels long and is funny in every moment. Truly impressive.
Coming to the end of the day I walk to my office pull out my keys, grab my car key and push the unlock button and look at my door confused as to why it’s not open and then realize I’m a dumbass.
November 26, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Coming to the end of the day I walk to my office pull out my keys, grab my car key and push the unlock button and look at my door confused as to why it’s not open and then realize I’m a dumbass.
@hermioneclone.bsky.social could I potentially be added to one of the media cultural studies starter packs? I’m a PhD candidate at umass Boston in sociology specializing in media, social media and culture. My diss will be on twitch and improv and I teach about the Hollywood system in courses.
November 22, 2024 at 6:45 AM
@hermioneclone.bsky.social could I potentially be added to one of the media cultural studies starter packs? I’m a PhD candidate at umass Boston in sociology specializing in media, social media and culture. My diss will be on twitch and improv and I teach about the Hollywood system in courses.
Cultural #sociology is the name of the game today as I really get into Bluesky, update my feeds, connect to sociologists and use this app as a part of my repertoire. I am a cultural and digital sociologist PhD candidate specializing in social media, broadcast media and performance spaces. #socsky
November 21, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Cultural #sociology is the name of the game today as I really get into Bluesky, update my feeds, connect to sociologists and use this app as a part of my repertoire. I am a cultural and digital sociologist PhD candidate specializing in social media, broadcast media and performance spaces. #socsky
Tonight 6 pm est! Whatsamusic! For those that haven’t played it, it’s a community game where you guess music with me. I host and say a theme like 90s alt rock. You come up with a song from 90s alt rock and we all listen to a clip and guess artist and title. Try it with us on twitch at thirdmango!
November 14, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Tonight 6 pm est! Whatsamusic! For those that haven’t played it, it’s a community game where you guess music with me. I host and say a theme like 90s alt rock. You come up with a song from 90s alt rock and we all listen to a clip and guess artist and title. Try it with us on twitch at thirdmango!