MJ Wycha
@mjwycha.bsky.social
Underemployed historian, skeptical ne'er-do-well, raconteur for hire.
Music, Film, Books, History
Music, Film, Books, History
sam hughes disagrees
September 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
sam hughes disagrees
One of the best albums of the 90s. Just great song after great song.
July 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
One of the best albums of the 90s. Just great song after great song.
"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's gigachad heart. One must imagine Sisyphus swole."
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's gigachad heart. One must imagine Sisyphus swole."
What's the next book here?
Beyond the American Renaissance?
Above the American Renaissance?
Down the Street from the American Renaissance?
Seriously though, these books are great and have been tremendously influential for my understanding of early to mid 19th century lit and popular culture
Beyond the American Renaissance?
Above the American Renaissance?
Down the Street from the American Renaissance?
Seriously though, these books are great and have been tremendously influential for my understanding of early to mid 19th century lit and popular culture
July 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
What's the next book here?
Beyond the American Renaissance?
Above the American Renaissance?
Down the Street from the American Renaissance?
Seriously though, these books are great and have been tremendously influential for my understanding of early to mid 19th century lit and popular culture
Beyond the American Renaissance?
Above the American Renaissance?
Down the Street from the American Renaissance?
Seriously though, these books are great and have been tremendously influential for my understanding of early to mid 19th century lit and popular culture
It is good and right to be under the enchanting spell of Nina Simone.
June 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It is good and right to be under the enchanting spell of Nina Simone.
Greg Brown is the best folk singer you've probably never heard of
June 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Greg Brown is the best folk singer you've probably never heard of
Poe the Cat chillin on the bookshelf
June 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Poe the Cat chillin on the bookshelf
A few books that help explain how America has ended up on the brink of cancelling democracy and representative government
June 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A few books that help explain how America has ended up on the brink of cancelling democracy and representative government
Here's an oddball but super cool CD I picked up like 25 years ago: a Dylan covers album made up of bands from Dylan's (sorta) hometown of Duluth.
Cheers!
Cheers!
June 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Here's an oddball but super cool CD I picked up like 25 years ago: a Dylan covers album made up of bands from Dylan's (sorta) hometown of Duluth.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Here's come counter-programming to cool you down as the wicked heatwave continues:
Nico's gorgeously chilly and enigmatic Marble Index. Beautifully bleak and cold, the music and lyrics are like tripping on acid while reading William Blake in some frozen, existential and stark winter landscape.
Nico's gorgeously chilly and enigmatic Marble Index. Beautifully bleak and cold, the music and lyrics are like tripping on acid while reading William Blake in some frozen, existential and stark winter landscape.
June 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Here's come counter-programming to cool you down as the wicked heatwave continues:
Nico's gorgeously chilly and enigmatic Marble Index. Beautifully bleak and cold, the music and lyrics are like tripping on acid while reading William Blake in some frozen, existential and stark winter landscape.
Nico's gorgeously chilly and enigmatic Marble Index. Beautifully bleak and cold, the music and lyrics are like tripping on acid while reading William Blake in some frozen, existential and stark winter landscape.
It's bullshit that I can't include like 50 movies on my top ten
June 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It's bullshit that I can't include like 50 movies on my top ten
From the CD shelf: Grant Green Live at the Lighthouse rocks so goddam hard it should come with a warning
June 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
From the CD shelf: Grant Green Live at the Lighthouse rocks so goddam hard it should come with a warning
**Morgan Freeman voice**
"It was at this moment, after drinking the Coca-Cola provided to him by a Grateful Dead roadie, that Pete Townsend knew he had fucked up"
"It was at this moment, after drinking the Coca-Cola provided to him by a Grateful Dead roadie, that Pete Townsend knew he had fucked up"
June 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
**Morgan Freeman voice**
"It was at this moment, after drinking the Coca-Cola provided to him by a Grateful Dead roadie, that Pete Townsend knew he had fucked up"
"It was at this moment, after drinking the Coca-Cola provided to him by a Grateful Dead roadie, that Pete Townsend knew he had fucked up"
For over two generations most Americans have had little to no relationship to the military while also depending the military to advance foreign policy goals.
Bacevich & Brooks explore how the military has been misused in ways which leave it open to civil/military breakdown & political exploitation
Bacevich & Brooks explore how the military has been misused in ways which leave it open to civil/military breakdown & political exploitation
June 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
For over two generations most Americans have had little to no relationship to the military while also depending the military to advance foreign policy goals.
Bacevich & Brooks explore how the military has been misused in ways which leave it open to civil/military breakdown & political exploitation
Bacevich & Brooks explore how the military has been misused in ways which leave it open to civil/military breakdown & political exploitation
Big Brother and the Grateful Dead
Summer of Love
(photo by Irving Penn)
Summer of Love
(photo by Irving Penn)
June 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Big Brother and the Grateful Dead
Summer of Love
(photo by Irving Penn)
Summer of Love
(photo by Irving Penn)
As Trump attempts to foolishly sell off millions of acres of public land, it's worth thinking about the importance of wilderness and nature in the American consciousness--and the historical tension between the wilderness and industry
June 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
As Trump attempts to foolishly sell off millions of acres of public land, it's worth thinking about the importance of wilderness and nature in the American consciousness--and the historical tension between the wilderness and industry
From the music collection: Freddy Hubbard's Red Clay. Easily a top five jazz recording for me. Incredibly soulful hard bop meets fusion with a band that can't be beat. A stone cold classic.
June 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
From the music collection: Freddy Hubbard's Red Clay. Easily a top five jazz recording for me. Incredibly soulful hard bop meets fusion with a band that can't be beat. A stone cold classic.
The 22nd USCT regimental flag goes hard.
In June 1865 the 22nd USCT deployed to Texas to help secure the freedom of recently emancipated slaves under General Order No. 3.--the central event around Juneteenth.
In June 1865 the 22nd USCT deployed to Texas to help secure the freedom of recently emancipated slaves under General Order No. 3.--the central event around Juneteenth.
June 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The 22nd USCT regimental flag goes hard.
In June 1865 the 22nd USCT deployed to Texas to help secure the freedom of recently emancipated slaves under General Order No. 3.--the central event around Juneteenth.
In June 1865 the 22nd USCT deployed to Texas to help secure the freedom of recently emancipated slaves under General Order No. 3.--the central event around Juneteenth.
When your drummer is Neil Peart and you have to keep up somehow
June 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
When your drummer is Neil Peart and you have to keep up somehow
One of my fav Dylan recordings: Studs Terkel's radio program May 1963. Terkel's oral histories of the Depression (Hard Times), WWII (The Good War), & regular working folks (Working) are classics. Essential for anyone interested in 20th century Am history
Dylan is in full myth-making mode here lol
Dylan is in full myth-making mode here lol
June 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One of my fav Dylan recordings: Studs Terkel's radio program May 1963. Terkel's oral histories of the Depression (Hard Times), WWII (The Good War), & regular working folks (Working) are classics. Essential for anyone interested in 20th century Am history
Dylan is in full myth-making mode here lol
Dylan is in full myth-making mode here lol