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Ben Apatoff
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Author of Body Count (33⅓) and Metallica: The $24.95 Book. Working on a biography of Local H for J-Card Press, scheduled for 2027.
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The first-ever book about Body Count, the most incendiary band in the world, featuring exclusive interviews with some of the greatest punk, metal and hip-hop artists who ever lived, for @3313books.bsky.social: www.bloomsbury.com/us/body-coun...
Body Count's Body Count
On Ice-T's 1991 classic O.G. Original Gangster, he introduced his all-Black hardcore band Body Count with lead guitarist Ernie C, bringing them on the first-eve…
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I just think Trump understands Mamdani is not someone he wants to tangle with. Too smart, too charismatic, too New York, too straightforward, too young. Easier targets elsewhere, like everyone who works for him and most of Congress. (1/2)
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Thanks so much to GQ for publishing my liner notes for the new Replacements 'Let It Be' boxset, out on Friday. Extra special thanks to Jessica Hopper, Patterson Hood and Brian Paulson for their extraordinary insights. What an absolute joy this project has been to work on. www.gq.com/story/when-t...
When The Replacements' Courage Was at its Peak
On their 1984 album ‘Let It Be,’ the Minneapolis indie-rock wastrels spewed a message of working-class passion and outsider solidarity into the world's answering machine.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Come on along with the Black Ryder
Tom forever 👕
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Get Up to 75% OFF During Decibel’s FLASH FRIDAY Sale! TODAY ONLY!
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November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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There's a holiday #sale running over on the Bloomsbury website until Sunday December 7th, which means up to 30% off 33 1/3 books! 🎄

Shop 33 1/3: https://bit.ly/4pkGgpO
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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One of the best baselines ever. So simple but huge. RIP Mani.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
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November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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If I could recommend one movie for everyone to watch, this is it. Not only is the subject matter urgent and important, but Graham Greene's performance is so raw and terrifying and heartbreaking and haunted in equal measure. Truly one of the greatest you'll ever see.
Just two more days until CLEARCUT for #FolkHorrorFriday. Two words: Graham Motherfucking Greene. That's three words, you say? Whatever, join us at 9pm ET on Tubi.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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oh yeah the new york city subway is so fucking scary, you never know what kind of weirdo you'll have to share a train with
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Never delved further into Todd Snider than "Beer Run" until this week (I know, it was college), but y'all were right.
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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“do you motherfuckers like blast beats or what?”

not nearly as much as i love being pandered to
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Idiocracy was too subtle tbh
Real tweets from the White House are indistinguishable from anti-Trump AI slop.

Or, in this case, 1990s Adbusters parodies.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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In honor of his 83rd birthday, my 5 favorite Scorsese shots
1. Casino - Car cutting across desert, reflected in Ace's glasses
2. Raging Bull -- Sugar Ray winds up to pulverize Jake
3. Goodfellas -- Copacabana
4. Age of Innocence -- lighthouse/dock
5. Last Temptation -- final shot--image burns up
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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This is not hyperbole. This is not undue hype. @sirosenbaum.bsky.social is creating the the most emotionally affecting graphic novel I've read this year, and everyone should subscribe to @flaminghydra.com to read it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Outlasted Columbia House by almost 20 years
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Oooooh 33 1/3 sale!!!!
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
30% off @3313books.bsky.social at Bloomsbury, starting today! www.bloomsbury.com/us/body-coun...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Happy Birthday to the maestro.
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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we're hiring a senior politics writer at @wired.com -- come work with me!
Senior Writer, Politics
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Today's the last day. Best sale of the year!
Sitewide sale this weekend. Buy 2 books and save 20%, 3 for 30%, or 4 or more and get 40% off. $75 for free shipping within the US.

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November 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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For the purposes of this comment indie people is anybody who would turn off Queensryche after ten seconds
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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RIP Todd Snider. One of the greats, an unheralded songwriters' songwriter and a genuine character. Loved and proselytized for almost as long as I've been a music critic. A guy not only influenced by Prine/Kristofferson/Jerry Jeff but he seemed to come out of the same world.
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The mighty Alice Wong has left us. A writer, editor, teacher, organizer, mentor, activist, creator, curator, podcaster, and oracle, her commitment to justice for disabled people and to centering disability in justice for all people is a call and challenge those who remain here. Praise and gratitude.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM