Chris H
@chrishornb.bsky.social
music dork, movie nerd, tv junkie, gaming goofus...opinions mine, unfortunately. For work I spend lots of time surveying public opinion on all kinds of stuff. Also: St. Louis Cardinals, Blues, Mizzou, and Tottenham Hotspur. #COYS
Noel, Liam and the lads in Buenos Aires last night.
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Noel, Liam and the lads in Buenos Aires last night.
And this one. It's very good. And then the song "Baby You're Just You" comes at the end and it goes trascendent. I swear to goodness, the solo at the end of that song is the most searing encapsulation of 20something angst and frustration ever recorded.
October 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
And this one. It's very good. And then the song "Baby You're Just You" comes at the end and it goes trascendent. I swear to goodness, the solo at the end of that song is the most searing encapsulation of 20something angst and frustration ever recorded.
My most-played record from that year and still a monster. Mark Lanegan as a deeper-voice grunge version of Burton Cummings (the Guess Who), and it completely and absolutely works:
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My most-played record from that year and still a monster. Mark Lanegan as a deeper-voice grunge version of Burton Cummings (the Guess Who), and it completely and absolutely works:
Ack, that last one should've had "Album cover for Wedding Present's "Bizarro" album"
Here's another great record from that year, more UK indie pop at the tail end of C-86...
Here's another great record from that year, more UK indie pop at the tail end of C-86...
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ack, that last one should've had "Album cover for Wedding Present's "Bizarro" album"
Here's another great record from that year, more UK indie pop at the tail end of C-86...
Here's another great record from that year, more UK indie pop at the tail end of C-86...
Have already seen a bunch of my faves here -- De La, Pixies, J&MC, Galaxie 500 -- but a few others that hit me hard that year. (It me, college radio music director, 1989):
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Have already seen a bunch of my faves here -- De La, Pixies, J&MC, Galaxie 500 -- but a few others that hit me hard that year. (It me, college radio music director, 1989):
And also the fantastic 1989 "answer" album to PB, with one of the greatest diss tracks of all time -- aimed at the Beasties for "selling out" of the East Coast scene for LA: "Sons of 3rd Bass". Bonus points for the guest appearances of Zev Love X -- a/k/a a young MF Doom:
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And also the fantastic 1989 "answer" album to PB, with one of the greatest diss tracks of all time -- aimed at the Beasties for "selling out" of the East Coast scene for LA: "Sons of 3rd Bass". Bonus points for the guest appearances of Zev Love X -- a/k/a a young MF Doom:
Was heading out for the evening constitutional and passed by the local bottle shop across the street and...what's that I spy in the window? Yes. Yesssss.
First case of 2025 enboughtened. The most magical time of the year is upon us!
First case of 2025 enboughtened. The most magical time of the year is upon us!
October 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Was heading out for the evening constitutional and passed by the local bottle shop across the street and...what's that I spy in the window? Yes. Yesssss.
First case of 2025 enboughtened. The most magical time of the year is upon us!
First case of 2025 enboughtened. The most magical time of the year is upon us!
About the only local pop-culture facing thing about Eliot being a St. Louisan by birth is his star on the U-City Loop / St. Louis Walk of Fame
October 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
About the only local pop-culture facing thing about Eliot being a St. Louisan by birth is his star on the U-City Loop / St. Louis Walk of Fame
Some food for munching, if you like. :)
September 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Some food for munching, if you like. :)
Tottenham Hotspur truly are Michael Scott FC, and I mean that in the most loving and amazing way possible.
Xavi Simons. My goodness. Now I just need to keep practicing saying his last name properly.
Xavi Simons. My goodness. Now I just need to keep practicing saying his last name properly.
August 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tottenham Hotspur truly are Michael Scott FC, and I mean that in the most loving and amazing way possible.
Xavi Simons. My goodness. Now I just need to keep practicing saying his last name properly.
Xavi Simons. My goodness. Now I just need to keep practicing saying his last name properly.
RIP to Ron Turcotte -- the man privileged to have ridden the real-life incarnation of Pegasus.
August 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
RIP to Ron Turcotte -- the man privileged to have ridden the real-life incarnation of Pegasus.
Welcome to the USA, Heung-Min Son (almost).
July 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Welcome to the USA, Heung-Min Son (almost).
What perfect album came out when you were sixteen?
July 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
What perfect album came out when you were sixteen?
This is like the first time I saw Aaron Judge standing next to other baseball players...
July 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is like the first time I saw Aaron Judge standing next to other baseball players...
Had to manually add Lake Mungo. The heck is up with that?
June 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Had to manually add Lake Mungo. The heck is up with that?
If you're developing a game, please take some free, unsolicited advice: fonts and typography *matter*.
Look at the mess above (nothing captures the tone and feel of the dark medieval period quite like Helvetica) vs how even a comparatively small amount of effort pays off below.
Look at the mess above (nothing captures the tone and feel of the dark medieval period quite like Helvetica) vs how even a comparatively small amount of effort pays off below.
May 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If you're developing a game, please take some free, unsolicited advice: fonts and typography *matter*.
Look at the mess above (nothing captures the tone and feel of the dark medieval period quite like Helvetica) vs how even a comparatively small amount of effort pays off below.
Look at the mess above (nothing captures the tone and feel of the dark medieval period quite like Helvetica) vs how even a comparatively small amount of effort pays off below.
One of the weirdest, most unfathomable decisions I've ever seen a pro sports athlete make was this one -- refusing even as the club was headed to a UCL final -- to consider extending his contract.
May 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
One of the weirdest, most unfathomable decisions I've ever seen a pro sports athlete make was this one -- refusing even as the club was headed to a UCL final -- to consider extending his contract.
Cuti Romero the Man of the Match in the Europa League Final.
May 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Cuti Romero the Man of the Match in the Europa League Final.
What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
(Take all the horror and possession elements out of The Exorcist; I would watch a movie with Patrick Miller as Father Karras questioning his faith, dealing with family, struggling to live his life.)
(Take all the horror and possession elements out of The Exorcist; I would watch a movie with Patrick Miller as Father Karras questioning his faith, dealing with family, struggling to live his life.)
May 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
(Take all the horror and possession elements out of The Exorcist; I would watch a movie with Patrick Miller as Father Karras questioning his faith, dealing with family, struggling to live his life.)
(Take all the horror and possession elements out of The Exorcist; I would watch a movie with Patrick Miller as Father Karras questioning his faith, dealing with family, struggling to live his life.)
If there's a heaven, I'd like to think that right now Kim Shattuck is up there sneering through a version of "Lucky Guy" for George Wendt right now.
May 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If there's a heaven, I'd like to think that right now Kim Shattuck is up there sneering through a version of "Lucky Guy" for George Wendt right now.
Checks out
(Homer Simpson receding into the bushes dot gif)
(Homer Simpson receding into the bushes dot gif)
May 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Checks out
(Homer Simpson receding into the bushes dot gif)
(Homer Simpson receding into the bushes dot gif)
Since replies are asking how this market resolves, let me flip on a light switch instead of idly speculating in the dark:
April 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Since replies are asking how this market resolves, let me flip on a light switch instead of idly speculating in the dark:
This looks like some election day totals.
I've seen enough.
I've seen enough.
April 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This looks like some election day totals.
I've seen enough.
I've seen enough.