Richard Melo
@fun-times-ahead.bsky.social
Astoria, Oregon. Sometimes writer, always music enthusiast. Easily dragged into politics, media and sports
Food for thought: Maybe the Epstein files are the real distraction from everything else that’s going on
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Food for thought: Maybe the Epstein files are the real distraction from everything else that’s going on
The Dodgers are more like a big pile of cash money than a baseball team
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Dodgers are more like a big pile of cash money than a baseball team
I thought the Steelers had a chance tonight until I saw those uniforms
October 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I thought the Steelers had a chance tonight until I saw those uniforms
It’s not impossible. Doesn’t word of mouth count for anything?
Have to notice that coverage of books, especially book reviews, have been getting cut from local and national media for YEARS. Without some guidance it can be impossible to choose a book, especially if you're trying to back to reading.
Consulting firm Bain & Company argues that now is the time for the publishing industry to band together to find ways to win back consumers looking to break their obsession with screens.
October 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It’s not impossible. Doesn’t word of mouth count for anything?
Reposted by Richard Melo
Whole gag in Garry Trudeau's short-lived sitcom "Alpha House" of a Reagan impersonator performing at a GOP Senate retreat. They're all lathered up for red meat, and the impersonator only delivers quotes saying nice things about immigration, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo4l...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo4l...
Ronald Regan Impersonator from Alpha House
YouTube video by TheAlmightPat
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Whole gag in Garry Trudeau's short-lived sitcom "Alpha House" of a Reagan impersonator performing at a GOP Senate retreat. They're all lathered up for red meat, and the impersonator only delivers quotes saying nice things about immigration, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo4l...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo4l...
The Jets ran the worst two-minute drill I've ever seen
October 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Jets ran the worst two-minute drill I've ever seen
Buck up, MAGA. At least the Nobel didn't go to Bad Bunny.
October 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Buck up, MAGA. At least the Nobel didn't go to Bad Bunny.
The @criterion.bsky.social channel selections available right now are amazing. Rewatching another Robert Altman movie every night.
September 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The @criterion.bsky.social channel selections available right now are amazing. Rewatching another Robert Altman movie every night.
September 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Watching All the President’s Men to see Robert Redford and find myself actually mourning the @washingtonpost.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Watching All the President’s Men to see Robert Redford and find myself actually mourning the @washingtonpost.com
Reposted by Richard Melo
“People always ask, ‘Who’s your ideal reader?’ Mine is somebody who reads a few pages and then falls asleep and has a fantastic dream.”
From our Art of the Essay interview with Eliot Weinberger in our new Fall issue. buff.ly/PIJNDC7
From our Art of the Essay interview with Eliot Weinberger in our new Fall issue. buff.ly/PIJNDC7
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“People always ask, ‘Who’s your ideal reader?’ Mine is somebody who reads a few pages and then falls asleep and has a fantastic dream.”
From our Art of the Essay interview with Eliot Weinberger in our new Fall issue. buff.ly/PIJNDC7
From our Art of the Essay interview with Eliot Weinberger in our new Fall issue. buff.ly/PIJNDC7
Reposted by Richard Melo
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
Twin Peaks Main Theme
Requiem: 8:20 Latham - The 5th Dimension
It's uncanny how when you listen to this amazing 5th Dimension song from 1967, it starts off as its own song and then gets very Twin Peaksy
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
Twin Peaks Main Theme
Requiem: 8:20 Latham - The 5th Dimension
It's uncanny how when you listen to this amazing 5th Dimension song from 1967, it starts off as its own song and then gets very Twin Peaksy
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
Twin Peaks Main Theme
Requiem: 8:20 Latham - The 5th Dimension
It's uncanny how when you listen to this amazing 5th Dimension song from 1967, it starts off as its own song and then gets very Twin Peaksy
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
Twin Peaks Main Theme
Requiem: 8:20 Latham - The 5th Dimension
It's uncanny how when you listen to this amazing 5th Dimension song from 1967, it starts off as its own song and then gets very Twin Peaksy
Reposted by Richard Melo
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
(These are famous examples but the song in all its incarnations is definitely amazing)
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
Creep - Radiohead
Get Free - Lana Del Rey
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
(These are famous examples but the song in all its incarnations is definitely amazing)
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
Creep - Radiohead
Get Free - Lana Del Rey
September 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
(These are famous examples but the song in all its incarnations is definitely amazing)
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
Creep - Radiohead
Get Free - Lana Del Rey
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
(These are famous examples but the song in all its incarnations is definitely amazing)
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
Creep - Radiohead
Get Free - Lana Del Rey
Reposted by Richard Melo
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - The Rubinoos
(I Thought) You Wanted to Know - The dB’s
Gardening at Night - R.E.M.
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - The Rubinoos
(I Thought) You Wanted to Know - The dB’s
Gardening at Night - R.E.M.
September 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - The Rubinoos
(I Thought) You Wanted to Know - The dB’s
Gardening at Night - R.E.M.
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - The Rubinoos
(I Thought) You Wanted to Know - The dB’s
Gardening at Night - R.E.M.
Reposted by Richard Melo
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
Killing Joke - Eighties
Life Goes On - The Damned
Come as You Are - Nirvana
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
Killing Joke - Eighties
Life Goes On - The Damned
Come as You Are - Nirvana
September 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
Killing Joke - Eighties
Life Goes On - The Damned
Come as You Are - Nirvana
#MusicSky
#SoundalikeSongs
Post 2-3 songs that share a riff and/or vibe:
Killing Joke - Eighties
Life Goes On - The Damned
Come as You Are - Nirvana
Reposted by Richard Melo
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 11- Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 11- Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
Sonny & Cher "I Got You Babe" on The Ed Sullivan Show
YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show
www.youtube.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 11- Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 11- Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
Reposted by Richard Melo
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
/#Day 10- Laura Nyro - Poverty Train
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
/#Day 10- Laura Nyro - Poverty Train
Laura Nyro Poverty Train Monterey Pop Festival
YouTube video by Gregory White
www.youtube.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
/#Day 10- Laura Nyro - Poverty Train
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
/#Day 10- Laura Nyro - Poverty Train
Reposted by Richard Melo
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 9 - Lorde - Royals
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 9 - Lorde - Royals
Lorde - Royals (US Version)
YouTube video by LordeVEVO
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 9 - Lorde - Royals
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 9 - Lorde - Royals
Reposted by Richard Melo
The Psychedelic Haunted Beach Party vibe is . . . wow . . . just wow. New on Sandbar Sounds
#musicsky
#nowplaying
#vinyl
#musicsky
#nowplaying
#vinyl
Psychedelic Haunted Beach Party - Sandbar Sounds
Psychedelic Haunted Beach Party mixes summer surfing sounds with something slightly more sinister -- heavy on creepside organ, twangy surf guitar and flam-bam, thank you ma’am Rockin' McDrumming.
sandbar-sounds.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Psychedelic Haunted Beach Party vibe is . . . wow . . . just wow. New on Sandbar Sounds
#musicsky
#nowplaying
#vinyl
#musicsky
#nowplaying
#vinyl
Reposted by Richard Melo
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 8 - Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 8 - Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Tracy Chapman
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 8 - Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 8 - Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Reposted by Richard Melo
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 7 - XTC - Love on a Farm Boy’s Wages
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 7 - XTC - Love on a Farm Boy’s Wages
XTC - Love on a Farmboy's Wages
YouTube video by Alfredo Jahn
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 7 - XTC - Love on a Farm Boy’s Wages
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 7 - XTC - Love on a Farm Boy’s Wages
Reposted by Richard Melo
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 6 - June Carter & June Carter - Jackson
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 6 - June Carter & June Carter - Jackson
Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash - Jackson (The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show)
YouTube video by JohnnyCashVEVO
www.youtube.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 6 - June Carter & June Carter - Jackson
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 6 - June Carter & June Carter - Jackson
Reposted by Richard Melo
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 5 - Diana Ross - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 5 - Diana Ross - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Diana Ross - Ain´t No Mountain High Enough (Live on Diana!, 1971)
YouTube video by Diana Ross Fan Club
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 5 - Diana Ross - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 5 - Diana Ross - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Reposted by Richard Melo
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 4 - Bruce Springsteen - The River
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 4 - Bruce Springsteen - The River
Bruce Springsteen - The River (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen HD Remasters
www.youtube.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#SongsAboutBeingBrokeAndRelationships
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 4 - Bruce Springsteen - The River
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Just post one song of your choice by day, about being poor and maybe in love or too poor to be in love.
Day 4 - Bruce Springsteen - The River
A possibility exists that Arch Manning didn't start his first two years was because he's not very good.
August 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A possibility exists that Arch Manning didn't start his first two years was because he's not very good.