MJ Wycha
@mjwycha.bsky.social
Underemployed historian, skeptical ne'er-do-well, raconteur for hire.
Music, Film, Books, History
Music, Film, Books, History
nothing matters anymore it's all just vibes man
October 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
nothing matters anymore it's all just vibes man
nina simone's 20 minute cover of My Sweet Lord/Today is a Killer moves me to tears every time.
relatedly, Philly's WXPN is doing cover songs for their annual 885 greatest songs countdown
xpn.org/885-countdown/
relatedly, Philly's WXPN is doing cover songs for their annual 885 greatest songs countdown
xpn.org/885-countdown/
885 Greatest Cover Songs Countdown - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
What makes agreat cover song? The ones that flip the script, turn a classic inside out, or breathe new life into a tune you thought you knew best. This fall, listeners help build the list of the 885 G...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
nina simone's 20 minute cover of My Sweet Lord/Today is a Killer moves me to tears every time.
relatedly, Philly's WXPN is doing cover songs for their annual 885 greatest songs countdown
xpn.org/885-countdown/
relatedly, Philly's WXPN is doing cover songs for their annual 885 greatest songs countdown
xpn.org/885-countdown/
KILL WHITEY!
a man singing into a microphone with his hands in the air
ALT: a man singing into a microphone with his hands in the air
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September 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
KILL WHITEY!
ANYONE WITH A TRUCK AND A FLAG IS BAD I AM VERY DEEP lol
September 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
ANYONE WITH A TRUCK AND A FLAG IS BAD I AM VERY DEEP lol
keep on keepin on, but i'm out with the AI slop. good luck to ya
September 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
keep on keepin on, but i'm out with the AI slop. good luck to ya
sam hughes disagrees
September 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
sam hughes disagrees
likewise no one readily admits to supporting the Iraq war anymore either, even though tens of millions did and often considered opponents of the war as traitors/terrorist sympathizers
September 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
likewise no one readily admits to supporting the Iraq war anymore either, even though tens of millions did and often considered opponents of the war as traitors/terrorist sympathizers
i was actually introduced to Taj Mahal through one of your short stories like 30 years ago. If the River was Whiskey, maybe?
cheers!
cheers!
September 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i was actually introduced to Taj Mahal through one of your short stories like 30 years ago. If the River was Whiskey, maybe?
cheers!
cheers!
yeah that's the dystopian part of the narrative
September 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
yeah that's the dystopian part of the narrative
lol man if i had a nickel for every dude (it's always a dude) in my film history classes who completely misunderstand the point of Fight Club... yeah, media literacy is a problem.
but ya know art is messy. i mean how many blues/ country/pop/rock songs are about drinking drugs violence and murder?
but ya know art is messy. i mean how many blues/ country/pop/rock songs are about drinking drugs violence and murder?
September 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
lol man if i had a nickel for every dude (it's always a dude) in my film history classes who completely misunderstand the point of Fight Club... yeah, media literacy is a problem.
but ya know art is messy. i mean how many blues/ country/pop/rock songs are about drinking drugs violence and murder?
but ya know art is messy. i mean how many blues/ country/pop/rock songs are about drinking drugs violence and murder?
for sure there was def a type of dude who romanticized him, lot of overlap w/ Burroughs whole junky trip. i found the incredibly bleak way Burroughs & Bukowski wrote about drugs & alcohol was not romantic at all. and the sexism, even in the 90s when i read this stuff, was ultimately a big turn off
September 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
for sure there was def a type of dude who romanticized him, lot of overlap w/ Burroughs whole junky trip. i found the incredibly bleak way Burroughs & Bukowski wrote about drugs & alcohol was not romantic at all. and the sexism, even in the 90s when i read this stuff, was ultimately a big turn off
lol i don't know if too many folks hold him up as a "model artist" anymore--your "take" has certainly been the norm for at least 20 years.
that being said i think Ham on Rye and some of his poetry still hold up. And Schroeder's Barfly is imo an underrated 80s cult classic.
that being said i think Ham on Rye and some of his poetry still hold up. And Schroeder's Barfly is imo an underrated 80s cult classic.
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
lol i don't know if too many folks hold him up as a "model artist" anymore--your "take" has certainly been the norm for at least 20 years.
that being said i think Ham on Rye and some of his poetry still hold up. And Schroeder's Barfly is imo an underrated 80s cult classic.
that being said i think Ham on Rye and some of his poetry still hold up. And Schroeder's Barfly is imo an underrated 80s cult classic.
no doy, that was the dude's whole trip
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
no doy, that was the dude's whole trip