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Joshua Rogers
@jr73.bsky.social
Chicagoan, drums for Routine Faces, Kerosene Stars, more. Software tester and garden variety nerd.
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AMA about trying to play synthwave in the Chicago bar scene!
youtu.be/KZkK379saOs
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Can four nerds shoot a music video in 6 hours for $700? Yep.Directed, filmed, and edited by Routine Faces with an iPhone, stock footage, and beer.Special th...
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December 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My #lastfourwatched for #letterboxdfriday, RIP Rob Reiner edition
December 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Around here we call her String Bean.
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Damn, the State & Lake Red Line station is closing for more than 3 years!
December 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My foodie friends need to read this! 😂
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human." -- Wm. Gibson, Count Zero (1986)
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
So say we all.
what the fuck?
BREAKING Film director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found stabbed to death at home, sources say - TMZ
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I do love it when the hot side of a sandwich is hot and the cold side is cold.
With this piece of bread on the ground in Ottawa, Canada and the one below in Perth, Australia, @drstip.bsky.social and I have successfully created an Earth sandwich.

The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.

If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.

HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
December 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Chicago doggos today. 🥶 🐶
December 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I watched six films released this year that I did not like. In descending order:

6. The Amateur
5. Holland
4. The Thursday Murder Club
3. Havoc
2. Captain America: Brave New World
1. The Electric State
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Top Ten artists for 2025, from Apple Replay:

1. Wet Leg
2. Stereolab
3. Underworld
4. Suede
5. The Shins
6. The Bug Club
7. Alt-J
8. King Princess
9. Soulwax
10. Beck
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The unmistakable sound of new Future Islands on the overheads while I’m out for lunch…
a man wearing a green hat with mack on it
Alt: GIF of Marry Matheson doing a bop
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Well, Q Brothers aren’t doing Christmas Carol any more, but we still have Andrew Bird at Fourth Presbyterian!
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A Chicagoan friend of mine did exactly this, and Reader—it worked out extremely well for her.
I know Americans overly romanticize Europe but I still think moving to a little house on a canal in the Netherlands could solve like 82% of my problems
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Filmed at The Vic and very funny—we were there! Can’t wait to see it again.
The old Cats vs Pills rivalry. Watch Night Thoughts December 19th on Hulu. #Hularious
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Just a world champion splooter, here.
December 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This whole thing should be a non-story because we all already knew that Tarantino simply talks too much and says stupid shit. Yeah, there are actors who don’t fit directors’ styles. I couldn’t see Dano, Wilson, or Lillard in a QT flick if I tried. Doesn’t make them bad and they shouldn’t feel bad.
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Day 6 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: The Shell of a Dying Star. About 1,500 light-years from Earth, a dying star at the heart of planetary nebula NGC 1514 is performing a spectacular final act, shedding huge amounts of gas and dust. . Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Get it! Jen gave this to me for my birthday last year and it is truly excellent view of the intersection of great albums and drinks that go with them. We keep St. Germain in the bar now just for the Bohemian Cocktail they pair with A Night at the Opera. Fun book.
Kudos to my lady @mzspress.bsky.social for adding Booze & Vinyl to the bookstore. It's been one of the highlights of the holiday gift buying season. We have 3 left on the shelves. Link: mzs.press/HO-HO-Holida...
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hooo-leeeeee smokes! This was the first project I ever supported on Kickstarter, way back in 2011, haha… Guess I’m finally gonna make it back to the D sometime soon. 🤞
The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in Eastern Market on Wednesday, nearly 15 years after someone proposed it in a viral social media post.
Detroit finally has a RoboCop statue - Detroit Metro Times
Nearly 15 years later, Detroit finally has its statue of RoboCop.  The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in East...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#LastFourWatched Thanksgiving Edition
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Finally.
A new history of rock makes the case for the long-overlooked drummer—and the great mystery of the instrument, James Parker writes.
Respect the Drummer
A new history of rock, told through its overlooked heroes
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.

Heart/Kansas
NIN/David Bowie
Oingo Boingo
Living Colour
The Hives
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.

Oak Ridge Boys at the Ionia Free Fair.
The Jacksons at the Pontiac Silverdome.
Frank Sinatra at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
Beastie Boys at Michigan State Auditorium.
P-Funk at Majestic Theater.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.

From this year:

Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts
Bob Dylan and band
Dead and Company
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Talib Kweli
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM