Hester Pangs
@hesterpangs.bsky.social
Clevelander.
Relapsed Catholic.
Into good music, good books, works of mercy.
Currently enjoying punk rock semi-retirement.
Relapsed Catholic.
Into good music, good books, works of mercy.
Currently enjoying punk rock semi-retirement.
Pinned
Hester Pangs
@hesterpangs.bsky.social
· Dec 3
I've been "exploring" random cities on Google Maps instead of doomscrolling and am finding all sorts of amazing things (ongoing thread)
Jaws Corner, Zanzibar:
www.google.com/maps/place/J...
Jaws Corner, Zanzibar:
www.google.com/maps/place/J...
I never knew I could have such affection for the local sewer district but I do pretty much all the time now.
worth noting: back in August, we hosted local artists celebrating sewers and treatment plants with a literary reading of their own work—*within* a tunnel of ours, thx to @literarycleveland.bsky.social.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I never knew I could have such affection for the local sewer district but I do pretty much all the time now.
my best friend from my Kent years and I always used to play this when he'd come up to the station with me.
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
my best friend from my Kent years and I always used to play this when he'd come up to the station with me.
I don't know what happened to the playlist I did in my college radio days for Neil Young's birthday but this version of "Down by the River" is so fantastic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IS_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IS_...
Dutch Rhythm And Steel Show Band - Down By The River (1974 Neil Young Cover Buddy Miles Inspired)
YouTube video by Marc Jacobs
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I don't know what happened to the playlist I did in my college radio days for Neil Young's birthday but this version of "Down by the River" is so fantastic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IS_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IS_...
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Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
this whole album but especially this song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgA...
Latin Playboys – "Latin Playboys" Full Album (1994)
YouTube video by MIKEL
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
this whole album but especially this song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgA...
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Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
a college friend of my mom's gave her this book sometime in the 1980s and I'm not sure if she ever read it but I came across it on the bookshelf and it continues to resonate for me over and over again, especially in these past few years. I've given copies away countless times.
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
a college friend of my mom's gave her this book sometime in the 1980s and I'm not sure if she ever read it but I came across it on the bookshelf and it continues to resonate for me over and over again, especially in these past few years. I've given copies away countless times.
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@leximcmenamin.com in @theintercept.com and with good news! we love to see it!
my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"
Human Rights Campaign Rejects Weapons Company Sponsorships After Pressure Around Israel Genocide
LGBTQ+ group Human Rights Campaign ended sponsorships from arms firms Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, who profit off of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@leximcmenamin.com in @theintercept.com and with good news! we love to see it!
PSA: YOU CAN GET KHACHAPURI AND OTHER GEORGIAN DELIGHTS IN OHIO NOW.
www.cleveland.com/entertainmen...
www.cleveland.com/entertainmen...
Georgian Bakery Tiflis opens in Parma Heights at region’s first Georgian restaurant
Owner Giorgi Chincharauli brings traditional dishes from his homeland to Parma, including the popular cheese-filled khachapuri bread and handmade dumplings that are all made fresh to order.
www.cleveland.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
PSA: YOU CAN GET KHACHAPURI AND OTHER GEORGIAN DELIGHTS IN OHIO NOW.
www.cleveland.com/entertainmen...
www.cleveland.com/entertainmen...
some of the quotes in this are wild. Especially the ones being dickish to college kids, like there aren't ethnic radio programmers who've been doing underrepresented stuff for decades.
thelandcle.org/stories/clev...
thelandcle.org/stories/clev...
Cleveland jazz fans polarized by WCSB switch to JazzNEO – The Land
Recently, The Land spoke with a broad mix of jazz fans, musicians and promoters, who expressed deeply mixed feelings about the switchover of WCSB (now known as XCSB) to JazzNEO.
thelandcle.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
some of the quotes in this are wild. Especially the ones being dickish to college kids, like there aren't ethnic radio programmers who've been doing underrepresented stuff for decades.
thelandcle.org/stories/clev...
thelandcle.org/stories/clev...
day off work turned into unexpectedly hanging out all afternoon drinking tea at the Ukrainian museum and I'll take it.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
day off work turned into unexpectedly hanging out all afternoon drinking tea at the Ukrainian museum and I'll take it.
Me and my friends in college buying punk records for $3-5 apiece when everyone dumped their vinyl collections as soon as they could rip them for their iPods. Now I'm back on CDs because I can buy like 15 of them for the price of one new LP.
the reason I bought LPs in the 1990s wasn't for that amazing analog sound, but because the amazing used prices: three or more LPs for the cost of one used CD.
Interesting convo with a friend who owns a hip NYC record shop about a sudden renewed interest in CDs, which were a negligible part of his business till recently.
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Me and my friends in college buying punk records for $3-5 apiece when everyone dumped their vinyl collections as soon as they could rip them for their iPods. Now I'm back on CDs because I can buy like 15 of them for the price of one new LP.
somehow I missed this Chotiner interview the first time around and holy cow.
archive.is/RgnmJ#select...
archive.is/RgnmJ#select...
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
somehow I missed this Chotiner interview the first time around and holy cow.
archive.is/RgnmJ#select...
archive.is/RgnmJ#select...
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I’ve been back on the CD tip since getting our car, and it’s a LOT like what buying vinyl was like in the ‘90s right now: steals to be had on rad old stuff (if you can find a place selling them), but cool new stuff is being pressed in tiny runs and needs to be snapped up ASAP.
Interesting convo with a friend who owns a hip NYC record shop about a sudden renewed interest in CDs, which were a negligible part of his business till recently.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’ve been back on the CD tip since getting our car, and it’s a LOT like what buying vinyl was like in the ‘90s right now: steals to be had on rad old stuff (if you can find a place selling them), but cool new stuff is being pressed in tiny runs and needs to be snapped up ASAP.
suddenly reminded of when Mussolini tried to get rid of pasta.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
suddenly reminded of when Mussolini tried to get rid of pasta.
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50 years of ZUMA. Just like everyday, it's a good day to listen to one of the best albums ever.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
50 years of ZUMA. Just like everyday, it's a good day to listen to one of the best albums ever.
I sent this to all my student workers and we've been cackling about "LAKE MINDSET" all afternoon.
A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
The Edmund Fitzgerald Is Inspiring Jim Harbaugh And Michigan Football To Achieve "Lake Mindset" | Defector
The popular culture of the 1970s is almost impossible to parse in retrospect. The people making the movies and music and television of the era were horny and ambitious and earnest, they were ingesting...
defector.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I sent this to all my student workers and we've been cackling about "LAKE MINDSET" all afternoon.
Thanks algorithm for giving me one of my favorite Tragically Hip songs immediately afterwards and I love how half the comments are "I love this song and I'm from Buffalo."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Fi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Fi...
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thanks algorithm for giving me one of my favorite Tragically Hip songs immediately afterwards and I love how half the comments are "I love this song and I'm from Buffalo."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Fi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Fi...
I've been listening to every other version of this song this morning and this is maybe the best one that isn't the original.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8LB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8LB...
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I've been listening to every other version of this song this morning and this is maybe the best one that isn't the original.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8LB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8LB...
Can't argue with most of these and I like Jack White but I could also see this all caps list being someone's facebook comment on a ClevelandDotCom news story.
In his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech, Jack White shouted out over 30 acts that inspired the White Stripes – none of whom have been inducted
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Can't argue with most of these and I like Jack White but I could also see this all caps list being someone's facebook comment on a ClevelandDotCom news story.
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This Clase gambling thing is bad/stupid but I can't stop laughing at Andy Pages screwing up a bet fixing scheme by being Andy Pages.
This is one of the pitches that was supposed to be a ball, but Andy Pages swung anyways.
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This Clase gambling thing is bad/stupid but I can't stop laughing at Andy Pages screwing up a bet fixing scheme by being Andy Pages.
My dad was a truck driver, my mom tutored kids, and they picked up a daily paper route early in the mornings for extra income. We did a lot with hand-me-downs and cutting corners but the thing where we differ is that there's increasingly less corners to cut now.
People wildly overestimate the economic security experienced by past generations. There's no period in American history where significant numbers of young people were just handed high paying jobs. Nostalgia for a time that never existed is a huge problem.
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical: His generation inherited insecurity.
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My dad was a truck driver, my mom tutored kids, and they picked up a daily paper route early in the mornings for extra income. We did a lot with hand-me-downs and cutting corners but the thing where we differ is that there's increasingly less corners to cut now.
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