Jay Gabler
@jaygabler.com
Writer, editor, etc. Arts and entertainment reporter for the Duluth News Tribune, co-founder of The Tangential. Views expressed are mine alone.
RIP the White House screening room, demolished with the East Wing: where Ronald Reagan told Steven Spielberg the ending credits of E.T. were too long.
(source: “Movie Nights with the Reagans,” Mark Weinberg)
(source: “Movie Nights with the Reagans,” Mark Weinberg)
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
RIP the White House screening room, demolished with the East Wing: where Ronald Reagan told Steven Spielberg the ending credits of E.T. were too long.
(source: “Movie Nights with the Reagans,” Mark Weinberg)
(source: “Movie Nights with the Reagans,” Mark Weinberg)
Never have I seen a more explicit warning to avoid a book
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Never have I seen a more explicit warning to avoid a book
Me when an artist's bio describes them as "based in Minnesota"
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Me when an artist's bio describes them as "based in Minnesota"
The deadpan punctuation really drives this home
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The deadpan punctuation really drives this home
Hear me out: THE BRUTALIST but it's about the Sault Ste. Marie Tower of History
October 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hear me out: THE BRUTALIST but it's about the Sault Ste. Marie Tower of History
Come through! I’m at @glensheen.bsky.social until 2 p.m.
October 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Come through! I’m at @glensheen.bsky.social until 2 p.m.
Web editor @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com found this amazing @duluthnewstribune.com ad from 1975. www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/b...
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Web editor @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com found this amazing @duluthnewstribune.com ad from 1975. www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/b...
An amateur sleuth gets tapped to join the cast of a reality dating show after the leading man gets offed in this lighthearted, very fast read.
And to learn the author’s follow-up will be titled “Sex on Murder Island”? Absolutely perfect. No notes.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
And to learn the author’s follow-up will be titled “Sex on Murder Island”? Absolutely perfect. No notes.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
September 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An amateur sleuth gets tapped to join the cast of a reality dating show after the leading man gets offed in this lighthearted, very fast read.
And to learn the author’s follow-up will be titled “Sex on Murder Island”? Absolutely perfect. No notes.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
And to learn the author’s follow-up will be titled “Sex on Murder Island”? Absolutely perfect. No notes.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
One would perhaps not guess from the cover that this songbook includes Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
September 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One would perhaps not guess from the cover that this songbook includes Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
No one is going to have a more horrifying Halloween than the Duluth City Council. www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/d...
September 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
No one is going to have a more horrifying Halloween than the Duluth City Council. www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/d...
Anne McCaffrey’s storytelling took a leap (flight?) forward with the third Pern book, an absorbing narrative about a young man caught between two worlds and riding a dragon with unique powers. A bold story, but also unafraid to be cute and cozy.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
September 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Anne McCaffrey’s storytelling took a leap (flight?) forward with the third Pern book, an absorbing narrative about a young man caught between two worlds and riding a dragon with unique powers. A bold story, but also unafraid to be cute and cozy.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
Is it just me, or does this sibling relationship have some strange Folgers energy? #AlienEarth
September 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Is it just me, or does this sibling relationship have some strange Folgers energy? #AlienEarth
When I see a tag like this, I'm like...what, you mean more than I usually keep my toddler away from fire?
September 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
When I see a tag like this, I'm like...what, you mean more than I usually keep my toddler away from fire?
Jesse presents the rings and Neil Lane’s name isn’t even on the boxes?! The most radical #BachelorInParadise rebrand yet.
September 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Jesse presents the rings and Neil Lane’s name isn’t even on the boxes?! The most radical #BachelorInParadise rebrand yet.
The first sequel to Anne McCaffrey’s “Dragonflight” sees Pern getting real petty (interweyr drama! fire lizard envy!), but builds to a couple striking scenes that had me ready to jump into book three. This world is a remarkable creative achievement.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
September 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The first sequel to Anne McCaffrey’s “Dragonflight” sees Pern getting real petty (interweyr drama! fire lizard envy!), but builds to a couple striking scenes that had me ready to jump into book three. This world is a remarkable creative achievement.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
Thanks Random House for the free book.
Absolutely savage how when you search for Duluth's population, Google throws a line for Rochester in there just to troll us.
August 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Absolutely savage how when you search for Duluth's population, Google throws a line for Rochester in there just to troll us.
1. I say them both the same
2. Love the theater, but F. Scott Fitzgerald would absolutely hate having his name on anything in St. Paul, which he called a "hell-hole of life and time"
3. A guy running Grandma's half-marathon this year offered me $100 to buy this Fitz Theater merch off my back
2. Love the theater, but F. Scott Fitzgerald would absolutely hate having his name on anything in St. Paul, which he called a "hell-hole of life and time"
3. A guy running Grandma's half-marathon this year offered me $100 to buy this Fitz Theater merch off my back
August 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
1. I say them both the same
2. Love the theater, but F. Scott Fitzgerald would absolutely hate having his name on anything in St. Paul, which he called a "hell-hole of life and time"
3. A guy running Grandma's half-marathon this year offered me $100 to buy this Fitz Theater merch off my back
2. Love the theater, but F. Scott Fitzgerald would absolutely hate having his name on anything in St. Paul, which he called a "hell-hole of life and time"
3. A guy running Grandma's half-marathon this year offered me $100 to buy this Fitz Theater merch off my back
Nice to see the Pern novels out in attractive new editions (though I miss the classic Michael Whelan art). DRAGONFLIGHT made a great summer read, and I was struck by how kin this saga is to DUNE: same era, same SF-fantasy hybrid, same vibes. Thanks Random House for the free book.
July 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Nice to see the Pern novels out in attractive new editions (though I miss the classic Michael Whelan art). DRAGONFLIGHT made a great summer read, and I was struck by how kin this saga is to DUNE: same era, same SF-fantasy hybrid, same vibes. Thanks Random House for the free book.
No lies here, those are indeed some innovative baskets.
July 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
No lies here, those are indeed some innovative baskets.
Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel "Atmosphere" is a love story involving Space Shuttle astronauts, with appealing characters it's easy to root for and a big apotheosis at the end. It's a sweet summer listen, with two narrators. Thanks Penguin Random House Audio for the free audiobook.
June 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel "Atmosphere" is a love story involving Space Shuttle astronauts, with appealing characters it's easy to root for and a big apotheosis at the end. It's a sweet summer listen, with two narrators. Thanks Penguin Random House Audio for the free audiobook.
It was honor enough to interview Steve Solkela — in a Finnish one-room schoolhouse, no less. To win an award for it? Kyllä kiitos! Thanks @duluthnewstribune.com for the opportunity. www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/n...
June 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It was honor enough to interview Steve Solkela — in a Finnish one-room schoolhouse, no less. To win an award for it? Kyllä kiitos! Thanks @duluthnewstribune.com for the opportunity. www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/n...
Hello from Zenith Adventure! I’ll be here until 1 p.m., signing copies of “100 Things To Do In Duluth Before You Die.”
June 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hello from Zenith Adventure! I’ll be here until 1 p.m., signing copies of “100 Things To Do In Duluth Before You Die.”
Thanks Random House for the free book. The foundational novels of the Dragonlance world have just been republished in a gorgeous new edition. Not a page-turner, but a truly epic creation with detailed descriptions of fantastic worlds — kind of a cozy read, as high fantasy tomes go.
June 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Thanks Random House for the free book. The foundational novels of the Dragonlance world have just been republished in a gorgeous new edition. Not a page-turner, but a truly epic creation with detailed descriptions of fantastic worlds — kind of a cozy read, as high fantasy tomes go.
Duluth man has new experience www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/fr...
June 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Duluth man has new experience www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/fr...
Democracy dies in darkness! @mattwellens.bsky.social of @duluthnewstribune.com obtained video of the three New Champ (Pooh Champ?) costumes that UMD fans hated so much, they had to be returned to the manufacturer with no refund. www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/bulld...
June 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Democracy dies in darkness! @mattwellens.bsky.social of @duluthnewstribune.com obtained video of the three New Champ (Pooh Champ?) costumes that UMD fans hated so much, they had to be returned to the manufacturer with no refund. www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/bulld...