miranda
@mirandareinert.bsky.social
blogger and physical media enthusiast | co-host @endlessscroll.bsky.social | editor + design person @portablemodel.bsky.social | she/her
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@mirandareinert.bsky.social
· Nov 7
bluesky special @portablemodel.bsky.social issue 2 cover reveal 🌟
blogged a little about not working from home anymore and the ways my life is better for it. also about some songs i’ve liked lately. enjoy or don’t! www.aplan.fyi/on-feeling-b...
on feeling better from the office
some thoughts on not working from home anymore and how it has made my life better.
www.aplan.fyi
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
blogged a little about not working from home anymore and the ways my life is better for it. also about some songs i’ve liked lately. enjoy or don’t! www.aplan.fyi/on-feeling-b...
as always, thanks for listening thanks for understanding ! kisses 2 all
blogging about the way people talk about other people talking about music. and also geese. be normal or don’t! www.aplan.fyi/on-being-nor...
on being normal about it all
Does everybody need to start being normal about Cameron Winter? Are the kids afraid of sincerity? Am I the only good music fan?
www.aplan.fyi
October 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
as always, thanks for listening thanks for understanding ! kisses 2 all
blogging about the way people talk about other people talking about music. and also geese. be normal or don’t! www.aplan.fyi/on-being-nor...
on being normal about it all
Does everybody need to start being normal about Cameron Winter? Are the kids afraid of sincerity? Am I the only good music fan?
www.aplan.fyi
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
blogging about the way people talk about other people talking about music. and also geese. be normal or don’t! www.aplan.fyi/on-being-nor...
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wrote about my favorite movie of the year, sorry, baby. wrote about the core devastation of stories of sexual violence that feel real. wrote about being happy to be living anyway and enjoying the light in the office anyway. enjoy or don’t! www.aplan.fyi/sorry-baby/
sorry, baby
the best movie i saw this year. i sobbed the whole time.
www.aplan.fyi
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
wrote about my favorite movie of the year, sorry, baby. wrote about the core devastation of stories of sexual violence that feel real. wrote about being happy to be living anyway and enjoying the light in the office anyway. enjoy or don’t! www.aplan.fyi/sorry-baby/
wrote about my favorite movie of the year, sorry, baby. wrote about the core devastation of stories of sexual violence that feel real. wrote about being happy to be living anyway and enjoying the light in the office anyway. enjoy or don’t! www.aplan.fyi/sorry-baby/
sorry, baby
the best movie i saw this year. i sobbed the whole time.
www.aplan.fyi
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
wrote about my favorite movie of the year, sorry, baby. wrote about the core devastation of stories of sexual violence that feel real. wrote about being happy to be living anyway and enjoying the light in the office anyway. enjoy or don’t! www.aplan.fyi/sorry-baby/
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miranda absolutely nailed what bugs me about revisionist album cover-ism, as well as what is so special about good album art!! rated: ENJOY
wrote about why i'm so bothered by pop stars refusing to commit to a singular album cover, books i bought in pittsburgh and the value of aesthetic objects. enjoy or don't! www.aplan.fyi/on-permanenc...
on permanence: album art as aesthetic object
Lately I've been burdened by a tug of war in my brain about whether it's reasonable to be so bothered by artists like Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter and Lucy Dacus not being able to stick to one a...
www.aplan.fyi
September 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
miranda absolutely nailed what bugs me about revisionist album cover-ism, as well as what is so special about good album art!! rated: ENJOY
wrote about art objects and album covers icymi because i posted it at 10 pm central time on a monday
wrote about why i'm so bothered by pop stars refusing to commit to a singular album cover, books i bought in pittsburgh and the value of aesthetic objects. enjoy or don't! www.aplan.fyi/on-permanenc...
on permanence: album art as aesthetic object
Lately I've been burdened by a tug of war in my brain about whether it's reasonable to be so bothered by artists like Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter and Lucy Dacus not being able to stick to one a...
www.aplan.fyi
September 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
wrote about art objects and album covers icymi because i posted it at 10 pm central time on a monday
wrote about why i'm so bothered by pop stars refusing to commit to a singular album cover, books i bought in pittsburgh and the value of aesthetic objects. enjoy or don't! www.aplan.fyi/on-permanenc...
on permanence: album art as aesthetic object
Lately I've been burdened by a tug of war in my brain about whether it's reasonable to be so bothered by artists like Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter and Lucy Dacus not being able to stick to one a...
www.aplan.fyi
September 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
wrote about why i'm so bothered by pop stars refusing to commit to a singular album cover, books i bought in pittsburgh and the value of aesthetic objects. enjoy or don't! www.aplan.fyi/on-permanenc...
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Ezra Klein?
Is there a universally agreed-upon song of the summer? To check the season’s pulse, we asked 10 notable cultural figures — including Questlove, Ezra Klein, and the candidates for New York City mayor — for their personal summer anthem of 2025. Their answers have range. nyti.ms/4n55dVh
10 Tastemakers Pick Their Song of Summer 2025
We asked 10 notable cultural figures — including Questlove, Ezra Klein, Kristin Cavallari and the candidates for New York City mayor — for their personal summer anthem of 2025. Their answers have range.
nyti.ms
August 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Ezra Klein?
icymi i debated half empty or half full. thanks for the nice words kisses to everybody xoxo
wrote about my first favorite band’s most complicated record which, of course, is really a proxy discussion on me turning 28
@deathcabforcutie.bsky.social's 'Plans' turns 20 this Saturday. A look back:
August 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
icymi i debated half empty or half full. thanks for the nice words kisses to everybody xoxo
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I have, I'm afraid, waded into the latest round of "state of music criticism" discourse. (Please consider subscribing to the newsletter, it's free!) tinyurl.com/46bzzwte
The Real Reason Music Critics Got Nicer
Hint: It's related to how music criticism also got better
tinyurl.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I have, I'm afraid, waded into the latest round of "state of music criticism" discourse. (Please consider subscribing to the newsletter, it's free!) tinyurl.com/46bzzwte
wrote about my first favorite band’s most complicated record which, of course, is really a proxy discussion on me turning 28
@deathcabforcutie.bsky.social's 'Plans' turns 20 this Saturday. A look back:
Death Cab For Cutie's 'Plans' Turns 20
Someone asked me if I was going to discuss Plans positively or negatively for this retrospective — the album, Death Cab For Cutie’s first for a major label, turns 20 this Saturday — but the discussion...
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August 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
wrote about my first favorite band’s most complicated record which, of course, is really a proxy discussion on me turning 28
if you want to write a mean review for my magazine, portable model, i can probably pay you as much as paste will
August 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
if you want to write a mean review for my magazine, portable model, i can probably pay you as much as paste will
anyway i’m no critic but i know how much my friends get paid for their reviews and boy does it leave a bad taste in your mouth when you find out
August 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
anyway i’m no critic but i know how much my friends get paid for their reviews and boy does it leave a bad taste in your mouth when you find out
probably the most important part of that new yorker article is fantano saying the mass attention for a negative review is, ultimately, profit that goes directly to him and then the writer spends no time talking about how that’s not true of most people who draw the ire of angry fans lol
August 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
probably the most important part of that new yorker article is fantano saying the mass attention for a negative review is, ultimately, profit that goes directly to him and then the writer spends no time talking about how that’s not true of most people who draw the ire of angry fans lol
serendipitous sports news for Me and maybe only Me
August 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
serendipitous sports news for Me and maybe only Me
it’s my birthday !!! if you were considering purchasing the beautiful music magazine i make there is No Time Like The Present www.twoflatpress.com/shop/p/porta...
Portable Model - Issue 2 — two flat press
Portable Model is a music magazine, mostly. Issue 2 features an overarching theme of interrogating the last 5 years. Inside you’ll find 88 pages of photos, essays, trend reports, cool lists and more! ...
www.twoflatpress.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
it’s my birthday !!! if you were considering purchasing the beautiful music magazine i make there is No Time Like The Present www.twoflatpress.com/shop/p/porta...
what’s ur favorite place to eat in milwaukee lmk
August 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
what’s ur favorite place to eat in milwaukee lmk
Reminder !!!
August 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reminder !!!
must have been sooo beautiful to be like 16 in the summer of 2001 listening to the tyranny of distance by ted leo and the pharmacists for the first time and hearing biomusicology ….
July 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
must have been sooo beautiful to be like 16 in the summer of 2001 listening to the tyranny of distance by ted leo and the pharmacists for the first time and hearing biomusicology ….
btw portable model issue 3 btw
July 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
btw portable model issue 3 btw
btw portable model issue 3 btw
July 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
btw portable model issue 3 btw
wrote about the five year anniversary of my beautiful blog. recommended some songs, thought about being 22, thought about my 5 favorite blog posts.
more like five years of no plan am i right???
www.aplan.fyi/five-years-o...
more like five years of no plan am i right???
www.aplan.fyi/five-years-o...
five years of a plan
On five years of the blog, taking pitches for the new issue of portable model, some song recommendations, etc.
www.aplan.fyi
July 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
wrote about the five year anniversary of my beautiful blog. recommended some songs, thought about being 22, thought about my 5 favorite blog posts.
more like five years of no plan am i right???
www.aplan.fyi/five-years-o...
more like five years of no plan am i right???
www.aplan.fyi/five-years-o...
wrote a little thing for flaunt magazine about stealing stuff from roommates and boyfriends and items as proof my life happened. on their site now link below <3
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
wrote a little thing for flaunt magazine about stealing stuff from roommates and boyfriends and items as proof my life happened. on their site now link below <3
unreal game i hate watching the florida panthers play hockey
June 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
unreal game i hate watching the florida panthers play hockey