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JJ
@jjdotbiz.bsky.social
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i've got style, miles and miles | researcher for the show ‘blank check’ | writer for 'check book,' the ‘blank check’ newsletter | phd in movies from the university of wisconsin-madison
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7-9” of snow coming tomorrow Remy from ratatouille being like tfw
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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I also wrote about a bunch of video games I've been enjoying recently.
JJ Bersch, Researcher: “I am listening to like 7 hours of exclusively 2025 music a day to finish my year-end playlist (drops this Friday btw) but I have also still found time to play a bunch of great new video games, including 1) Lumines Arise — techno music will save this wretched Earth; 2) Q-UP — the funniest game I’ve played this year, and it’s good, too; 3) Sektori — techno music will save this wretched Earth; 4) Kirby Air Riders — genuinely brilliant; and 5) Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake — probably the prettiest any of Square Enix’s “HD-2D” games have gotten.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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::Bono voice:: it’s a beautiful day
It’s cult classic racing game Magical Athlete, baby, shout out to the homies at CMYK
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Jeff Tweedy IG story featuring picture of me enjoying a Jeff Tweedy concert
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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It ran into a badnik and it’s not recovering fast enough.
NY TIMES HEADLINE: Why the Rings of Saturn Seem as if They’re About to Disappear
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Real ass gaming.
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Some personal news: I passed my road test this morning.
My drivers license from the video game Kirby Air Riders
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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In the recommendations section, I returned the love to @tombreihan.bsky.social and asked our readers to support sites like @stereogum.com and @hearingthingsco.bsky.social and writers like @joshterry.bsky.social.
JJ Bersch, Researcher: “I have been reading Stereogum for two decades, but I only started paying for it a few days ago after their founder Scott Lapatine posted that the site’s advertising revenue had fallen precipitously with the rise of artificial intelligence search engines. The Internet is better with great music writing (and recommendations), especially in the Age of the Algorithm, so, if you have some spare cash, throwing it to Stereogum or Hearing Things or No Expectations or any other music blog you like seems like a pretty sound investment to me. And shout out to Stereogum writer/confirmed Blankie Tom Breihan.”
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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You can go from a song to the playlist it’s from. You just tap on the song.
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Medical advice: how do I erase this Variety headline from my memory
Headline from Variety: "Jackson team bones up on 'Lovely'"
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Oh yeah. For sure.
Email from "Stacy Spikes (MoviePass Founder)." Subject reads "MoviePass is on a tear."
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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ngl I cooked with this one
Dossier section sub-header reading, “No Country for Roofmen”
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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COMING SOON: The 101 Songs, 2025
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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lol
Post from r/blankies with the title "For reference; JJ on his way to the Blank Check live show." Picture is a hot ass photo of Lee Pace. Comment below reads "for the uninitiated this is what JJ looks like."
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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From the dossier: JOEL, on Mumford and Sons: “I can’t say I knew it really well, but we certainly knew it. I think he would freely admit that his band’s music is very much influenced by American folk music from that period, or even earlier American music.” (Vulture, November 28, 2013)
October 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Picture of me in a Hello Kitty filter with a caption reading “did some really important work in this week’s newsletter, worth the few minutes it will take you to read it, I promise”
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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It's so over.
Kindle error message: Copy error! Your copy limit for this book has been exceeded Copy error!
October 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Life is worth living as long as you are around 💜
Picture of my beloved Baba’s Olive Tapenade Hummus
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Me every time Pynchon mentions anything specific to Milwaukee.
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Zach Lowe Instagram comment on a clip of Griffin ranting about Sully: “Absolutely epic speech.”
October 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Coming soon to The 101 Songs, 2025.
October 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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One Battle time
September 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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bluefacts.app gave me a 9.3 Just like Forever Breathes the Lonely World by Felt Long Season by Fishmans And Mezzanine by Massive Attack
September 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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bluefacts.app gave me a 9.3 Just like Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5, SSX 3 Metal Gear Solid V, Skies of Arcadia, The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword Rock Band 3, NBA 2K1, Viewtiful Joe, and Hades
September 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM