austie
@austinlouisray.bsky.social
writer/editor • How I'd Fix Atlanta, Mailchimp, Defector, Atlas Obscura, Rolling Stone, Welcome to Hell World, Creative Loafing, GQ, Oxford American, First We Feast, Paste • great things start in little rooms
http://austinlouisray.com
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austie
@austinlouisray.bsky.social
· Jun 29
they say you should never meet your heroes, but it was truly an honor to pay my respects
back on my bullshit
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
back on my bullshit
name a more iconic duo i’ll wait
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
name a more iconic duo i’ll wait
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Seen in the wild at Edgewood Kroger. @austinlouisray.bsky.social has been here.
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Seen in the wild at Edgewood Kroger. @austinlouisray.bsky.social has been here.
great news, everyone: @kristaldixon.bsky.social wrote the next How I'd Fix Atlanta essay, which is great, and which publishes on Thursday.
sign up here so you don't miss it:
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sign up here so you don't miss it:
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November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
great news, everyone: @kristaldixon.bsky.social wrote the next How I'd Fix Atlanta essay, which is great, and which publishes on Thursday.
sign up here so you don't miss it:
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io
sign up here so you don't miss it:
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io
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I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
sometimes i can’t help myself
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
sometimes i can’t help myself
just saw a nextdoor post where a guy was asking what to do about squatters in his neighborhood and the absolutely monstrous responses from people good lord it's almost like they don't realize that most folks in this country are an unlucky break or two away from not having a place to live
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
just saw a nextdoor post where a guy was asking what to do about squatters in his neighborhood and the absolutely monstrous responses from people good lord it's almost like they don't realize that most folks in this country are an unlucky break or two away from not having a place to live
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Michael Stipe on beer 9:
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Michael Stipe on beer 9:
the dog was lounging in the grass out front and i chucked a leftover pizza crust so it landed right next to her and now this mf thinks it’s raining snacks
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
the dog was lounging in the grass out front and i chucked a leftover pizza crust so it landed right next to her and now this mf thinks it’s raining snacks
i’d just like to thank whoever’s behind this for bringing big Tim & Eric energy to my neighborhood
stopclimbing.org
stopclimbing.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
i’d just like to thank whoever’s behind this for bringing big Tim & Eric energy to my neighborhood
stopclimbing.org
stopclimbing.org
somebody got paid actual money to come up with this name
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
somebody got paid actual money to come up with this name
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RIP Todd Snider. Sad for selfish reasons (hoped for decades more great music, shaken when anyone around my age dies) but also because his last days were so troubled.
There's a war goin' on that the poor can't win.
Sometimes you rise above it, sometimes you sink below.
There's a war goin' on that the poor can't win.
Sometimes you rise above it, sometimes you sink below.
The Devil You Know
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
RIP Todd Snider. Sad for selfish reasons (hoped for decades more great music, shaken when anyone around my age dies) but also because his last days were so troubled.
There's a war goin' on that the poor can't win.
Sometimes you rise above it, sometimes you sink below.
There's a war goin' on that the poor can't win.
Sometimes you rise above it, sometimes you sink below.
the first Snider song i ever heard. high school scholastic bowl bus coming back from a competition, maybe 1997?
a kid put this on the boombox and i remember thinking that, sure, it was funny, but mostly i had NO IDEA you could make music like this.
I was hooked.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZWu...
a kid put this on the boombox and i remember thinking that, sure, it was funny, but mostly i had NO IDEA you could make music like this.
I was hooked.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZWu...
Talkin' Seattle Blues
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
the first Snider song i ever heard. high school scholastic bowl bus coming back from a competition, maybe 1997?
a kid put this on the boombox and i remember thinking that, sure, it was funny, but mostly i had NO IDEA you could make music like this.
I was hooked.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZWu...
a kid put this on the boombox and i remember thinking that, sure, it was funny, but mostly i had NO IDEA you could make music like this.
I was hooked.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZWu...
thanks for letting me crash out on the timeline today y’all Todd Snider just meant so much to me
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
thanks for letting me crash out on the timeline today y’all Todd Snider just meant so much to me
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I don’t think that Robert Christgau would mind my sharing that when he came out of anesthesia after his back surgery in Little Rock in 2020, the first thing he asked for was “more Todd Snider”
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I don’t think that Robert Christgau would mind my sharing that when he came out of anesthesia after his back surgery in Little Rock in 2020, the first thing he asked for was “more Todd Snider”
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RIP Todd Snider. Most effortlessly funny musician I ever saw, but he could also play a train song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8eR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8eR...
Play a Train Song
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
RIP Todd Snider. Most effortlessly funny musician I ever saw, but he could also play a train song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8eR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8eR...
59 years is not enough years
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
59 years is not enough years
“One thing I learned from John Prine is if you’re not embarrassing yourself, then I don’t know. You don’t want to just be that guy, trying to present themselves as the perfect product. I’m not a product.”
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Todd Snider, Rambling Troubadour Who Helped Shape Alt-Country and Americana, Dead at 59
Todd Snider, the rambling troubadour who helped shape the Americana music movement, has died at 59.
www.rollingstone.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“One thing I learned from John Prine is if you’re not embarrassing yourself, then I don’t know. You don’t want to just be that guy, trying to present themselves as the perfect product. I’m not a product.”
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
“Giving up a dream is just like making one come true.
It's easy to sit around talking about, it's harder to go out and do.
But for this one last question, I'll give up on this song.
Where will I go now that I'm gone?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CuE...
It's easy to sit around talking about, it's harder to go out and do.
But for this one last question, I'll give up on this song.
Where will I go now that I'm gone?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CuE...
Working on a Song
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Giving up a dream is just like making one come true.
It's easy to sit around talking about, it's harder to go out and do.
But for this one last question, I'll give up on this song.
Where will I go now that I'm gone?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CuE...
It's easy to sit around talking about, it's harder to go out and do.
But for this one last question, I'll give up on this song.
Where will I go now that I'm gone?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CuE...
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Gonna write something now but I interviewed for the last time in January. He had a lot of problems in his final years but he was determined to work and be creative to the end. I hope he is at peace now.
uproxx.com/country/todd...
uproxx.com/country/todd...
Todd Snider Is A Songwriter’s Songwriter
The Nashville veteran revisits his body of work on the ’Best Of All My Songs’ box set.
uproxx.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Gonna write something now but I interviewed for the last time in January. He had a lot of problems in his final years but he was determined to work and be creative to the end. I hope he is at peace now.
uproxx.com/country/todd...
uproxx.com/country/todd...
y’all this sucks so much
rest in power to one of the best who ever did it
a legendary songwriter and a ridiculous character and an absolute all-time wiseass
remember to enjoy yourself. it’s later than you think.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RWA...
rest in power to one of the best who ever did it
a legendary songwriter and a ridiculous character and an absolute all-time wiseass
remember to enjoy yourself. it’s later than you think.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RWA...
Enjoy Yourself
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
y’all this sucks so much
rest in power to one of the best who ever did it
a legendary songwriter and a ridiculous character and an absolute all-time wiseass
remember to enjoy yourself. it’s later than you think.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RWA...
rest in power to one of the best who ever did it
a legendary songwriter and a ridiculous character and an absolute all-time wiseass
remember to enjoy yourself. it’s later than you think.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RWA...
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Here is the website NIMBYs have set up to oppose a Permanent Support Housing project in Kirkwood. They would rather people sleep in the freezing temperatures outside than see this development be built on church property.
www.riseatl.org
www.riseatl.org
RISE Atlanta
www.riseatl.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Here is the website NIMBYs have set up to oppose a Permanent Support Housing project in Kirkwood. They would rather people sleep in the freezing temperatures outside than see this development be built on church property.
www.riseatl.org
www.riseatl.org
listen i don’t wanna upset anyone on a friday night or say something just for the sake of controversy or go out on a limb or get too political or out of pocket or whatever but arugula salad is the best salad
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
listen i don’t wanna upset anyone on a friday night or say something just for the sake of controversy or go out on a limb or get too political or out of pocket or whatever but arugula salad is the best salad