Brent S. Sirota
@brentsirota.bsky.social
Time-lag accumulator. Professor of History at NC State University. I write about church & state in the long eighteenth century Atlantic world.
It's happening.
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's happening.
Proclaiming it the start of latke season.
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Proclaiming it the start of latke season.
Porter was such a monster. They unearthed so much killer 70s deep jazz. Sounds of Liberation, Heikki Sarmanto, Byard Lancaster, Ted Daniel Quintet. There was a minute there when that label could not miss.
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Porter was such a monster. They unearthed so much killer 70s deep jazz. Sounds of Liberation, Heikki Sarmanto, Byard Lancaster, Ted Daniel Quintet. There was a minute there when that label could not miss.
SML made a better Tortoise album this year than Tortoise did.
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
SML made a better Tortoise album this year than Tortoise did.
I remember this clearly as the moment when Brat Summer gave way to Waterboarders' Autumn.
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I remember this clearly as the moment when Brat Summer gave way to Waterboarders' Autumn.
He doesn't know what tariffs are.
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
He doesn't know what tariffs are.
Happy Rudy Van Gelder Day to all who celebrate.
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Happy Rudy Van Gelder Day to all who celebrate.
NEW MURIEL
NEW MURIEL
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NEW MURIEL
November 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NEW MURIEL
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Love when people leave snap reviews in library books.
October 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Love when people leave snap reviews in library books.
We will not stand for this.
October 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We will not stand for this.
I have been working on a book about the separation of church and state for God knows how many years and I somehow never saw this quote from George H.W. Bush on being shot down over the South Pacific during World War II.
October 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I have been working on a book about the separation of church and state for God knows how many years and I somehow never saw this quote from George H.W. Bush on being shot down over the South Pacific during World War II.
Congratulations also to the dozen young grindcore bands who have finally found in Bone Glue a name all the members can agree on.
September 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Congratulations also to the dozen young grindcore bands who have finally found in Bone Glue a name all the members can agree on.
You know Pugin, the guy who did this.
September 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
You know Pugin, the guy who did this.
Wound up on the cover of Joanna Brouk's classic new age cassette Sounds of the Sea.
September 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Wound up on the cover of Joanna Brouk's classic new age cassette Sounds of the Sea.
third ghosted best ghosted?
September 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
third ghosted best ghosted?
The author of this critically reviled but wildly popular 1828 poem would be forever known as Omnipresence Montgomery, which is, if I'm being honest, a pretty baller nickname.
September 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The author of this critically reviled but wildly popular 1828 poem would be forever known as Omnipresence Montgomery, which is, if I'm being honest, a pretty baller nickname.
Gorgeous purple sky at Durham Bulls tonight.
August 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Gorgeous purple sky at Durham Bulls tonight.
how it started. how it's going
August 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
how it started. how it's going
Religion is the subsystem in any given social system which functions to make the contingent appear necessary.
August 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Religion is the subsystem in any given social system which functions to make the contingent appear necessary.