Andy Rivkin
@asrivkin.bsky.social
Planetary Astronomer on #TeamAsteroid; Gedankenband member/guitarist; “Surprisingly nonchalant” according to Wired. He/him הנני 🌻
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Play output: https://andyrivkin.bandcamp.com
Work Output: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aGVsk3IAAAAJ
Play output: https://andyrivkin.bandcamp.com
Here me out, Darth: Rob Manfred stars in a version of A Christmas Carol where Shoeless Joe (or Pete Rose?) is the Ghost of Gambling Past and Clase is the Ghost of Gambling Present.
That's as far as I've gotten so far, though.
That's as far as I've gotten so far, though.
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Here me out, Darth: Rob Manfred stars in a version of A Christmas Carol where Shoeless Joe (or Pete Rose?) is the Ghost of Gambling Past and Clase is the Ghost of Gambling Present.
That's as far as I've gotten so far, though.
That's as far as I've gotten so far, though.
Any in Swatch Internet Time yet?
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Any in Swatch Internet Time yet?
Thank you, Senator.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Thank you, Senator.
I look forward to donating to whomever your primary opponent is, and I guarantee you'll have one!
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I look forward to donating to whomever your primary opponent is, and I guarantee you'll have one!
I will bask in that praise for the rest of the weekend!
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I will bask in that praise for the rest of the weekend!
Oh! You know, that also totally makes sense and never occurred to me. Still very heavy, if it's real. :)
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oh! You know, that also totally makes sense and never occurred to me. Still very heavy, if it's real. :)
See, to go to the next level with the cat (and your toddler), you should have "Penelope" rhyme with "antelope".
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
See, to go to the next level with the cat (and your toddler), you should have "Penelope" rhyme with "antelope".
Yeah, I'm older. ;)
I remember watching the video for Can't Get There From Here on the off-brand UHF version of MTV that my cable-free household could get, and buying Life's Rich Pageant c. 1985 and feeling like such a poseur and bandwagon jumper for getting into REM so late compared to friends.
I remember watching the video for Can't Get There From Here on the off-brand UHF version of MTV that my cable-free household could get, and buying Life's Rich Pageant c. 1985 and feeling like such a poseur and bandwagon jumper for getting into REM so late compared to friends.
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Yeah, I'm older. ;)
I remember watching the video for Can't Get There From Here on the off-brand UHF version of MTV that my cable-free household could get, and buying Life's Rich Pageant c. 1985 and feeling like such a poseur and bandwagon jumper for getting into REM so late compared to friends.
I remember watching the video for Can't Get There From Here on the off-brand UHF version of MTV that my cable-free household could get, and buying Life's Rich Pageant c. 1985 and feeling like such a poseur and bandwagon jumper for getting into REM so late compared to friends.
REM were one of the few artists to meet with full approval from our band's rockist and hipster blocs, along with Hüsker Dü.
Relatedly, we also did Strange as a funny hybrid of the REM and Wire versions, as a rockist-hipster compromise.
Relatedly, we also did Strange as a funny hybrid of the REM and Wire versions, as a rockist-hipster compromise.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
REM were one of the few artists to meet with full approval from our band's rockist and hipster blocs, along with Hüsker Dü.
Relatedly, we also did Strange as a funny hybrid of the REM and Wire versions, as a rockist-hipster compromise.
Relatedly, we also did Strange as a funny hybrid of the REM and Wire versions, as a rockist-hipster compromise.