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One of THOSE people
Love stats and being mercurial
“Shit human” for my taste in REM albums
Snotty commentary at https://thebestthing.blog
One of THOSE people
Love stats and being mercurial
“Shit human” for my taste in REM albums
Snotty commentary at https://thebestthing.blog
Every year I always resolved to try to read 20-25 books and I’d read a couple in the first month or so then trail off and maybe only finish several.
This year started slow (a couple a month) but I finally got into a groove to hit double that always elusive goal of mine
This year started slow (a couple a month) but I finally got into a groove to hit double that always elusive goal of mine
December 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Every year I always resolved to try to read 20-25 books and I’d read a couple in the first month or so then trail off and maybe only finish several.
This year started slow (a couple a month) but I finally got into a groove to hit double that always elusive goal of mine
This year started slow (a couple a month) but I finally got into a groove to hit double that always elusive goal of mine
I will be sure to remind someone who will complain about this album every time they have to listen to it that this is what they wanted.
New Newsletter! Is YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT a 2001 or 2002 release? I made you vote, you voted, and now those votes have been collected into an answer, which you can learn by clicking below, or wait for someone in the chat to spoil it. Cheers!
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#398 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: 2001 or 2002? An answer.
Hey folks! Modest Mouse, THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST (1997) Well, I’m glad I did the poll, because it did confirm that the question of YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT’s...
buttondown.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I will be sure to remind someone who will complain about this album every time they have to listen to it that this is what they wanted.
Ran across this relevant to @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social 2001
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Ran across this relevant to @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social 2001
Haven’t done one in a while and it was an easy one to complete for the most part but proud of this score
December 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Haven’t done one in a while and it was an easy one to complete for the most part but proud of this score
Jim Tressel knowing about Terrelle Pryor exchanging his gold pants for tattoos doesn’t seem so bad now does it?
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Jim Tressel knowing about Terrelle Pryor exchanging his gold pants for tattoos doesn’t seem so bad now does it?
My grandfather was seemingly a fairly run of the mill conservative leaning midwestern guy.
Then I discovered this photo after my uncle passed where he appears to be some sort of Hunter S Thompson character (solid wallpaper game on my aunt and uncle’s part)
Then I discovered this photo after my uncle passed where he appears to be some sort of Hunter S Thompson character (solid wallpaper game on my aunt and uncle’s part)
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My grandfather was seemingly a fairly run of the mill conservative leaning midwestern guy.
Then I discovered this photo after my uncle passed where he appears to be some sort of Hunter S Thompson character (solid wallpaper game on my aunt and uncle’s part)
Then I discovered this photo after my uncle passed where he appears to be some sort of Hunter S Thompson character (solid wallpaper game on my aunt and uncle’s part)
NC has now joined Florida as the state with pro sports teams (multiple ones!!) that pale in interest to another state’s team. Including college here, couldn’t even muster a win for UNC, Duke, Florida, Florida St, Miami?
Here are the most viewed team pages across ALL of the Sports Reference sites in each state this year! ⚾🏀🏈🏒⚽
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
NC has now joined Florida as the state with pro sports teams (multiple ones!!) that pale in interest to another state’s team. Including college here, couldn’t even muster a win for UNC, Duke, Florida, Florida St, Miami?
Excellent content geared right at me
Mad Men has returned to streaming, and these books are ready to compliment your next rewatch.
Three books to read if you too are rewatching Mad Men.
This week, the internet got a fun little treat when Mad Men, a pinnacle of early prestige TV, landed on HBOMax after a long absence from streaming services. Unfortunately, the new, much-hyped 4K re…
buff.ly
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Excellent content geared right at me
I love this song but it came on while I was just sitting at an intersection where a teenage girl was killed in a wreck after school late last week. There is still glass on the ground and the corner is covered in flowers and this chorus was a lot there
m.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Ti...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Ti...
Ship of Fools
YouTube video by Erasure - Topic
m.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I love this song but it came on while I was just sitting at an intersection where a teenage girl was killed in a wreck after school late last week. There is still glass on the ground and the corner is covered in flowers and this chorus was a lot there
m.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Ti...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Ti...
Definitive proof that Florida doesn’t care about baseball. It’s the only state with a team (TWO TEAMS) whose team isn’t the most viewed in its state.
The most viewed Baseball Reference team page in each U.S. state this year!
Which team page had the most views in your state? 🤔
See all the full recap here: info.baseball-reference.com/25-br-mlb-se...
Which team page had the most views in your state? 🤔
See all the full recap here: info.baseball-reference.com/25-br-mlb-se...
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Definitive proof that Florida doesn’t care about baseball. It’s the only state with a team (TWO TEAMS) whose team isn’t the most viewed in its state.
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new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
A most excellent linocut print by Cut From the Land - @ramblingidiot.bsky.social and his wife Kristy - arrived yesterday from all the way in the north of Scotland (Banff if I recall?)…looking forward to getting this framed and up on the wall
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A most excellent linocut print by Cut From the Land - @ramblingidiot.bsky.social and his wife Kristy - arrived yesterday from all the way in the north of Scotland (Banff if I recall?)…looking forward to getting this framed and up on the wall
Yeah I’m listening to Paul Weller. Voluntarily.
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Yeah I’m listening to Paul Weller. Voluntarily.
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The countdown begins
We’re a totally independent publication so we would really appreciate you reposting or spreading the word however you can www.drownedinsound.org/drowned-in-s...
We’re a totally independent publication so we would really appreciate you reposting or spreading the word however you can www.drownedinsound.org/drowned-in-s...
Drowned in Sound's 25 Favourite Albums of 2025: 25-11
It's albums of the year o'clock! The best? Maybe. Our favourites? Definitely. Words by Sean Adams & Emma Wilkes.
www.drownedinsound.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The countdown begins
We’re a totally independent publication so we would really appreciate you reposting or spreading the word however you can www.drownedinsound.org/drowned-in-s...
We’re a totally independent publication so we would really appreciate you reposting or spreading the word however you can www.drownedinsound.org/drowned-in-s...
While there is a lot of discourse about this addressing an overall question I feel like this just addresses the question on this album
I think the overall question is only addressed by identifying an official source to refer to for these questions (and there won’t be one that makes everyone happy!)
I think the overall question is only addressed by identifying an official source to refer to for these questions (and there won’t be one that makes everyone happy!)
Here it is: the poll to determine the release date of YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. Please read the entire form, consider the arguments, laugh at the jokes. The poll runs until 12:01 AM Mon Dec 15. You can change your vote anytime before then. I have tried to turn off the results so that you vote blind.
YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT: 2001 or 2002? An inquiry.
Here are the facts as we know them:
In late 2000, Wilco entered the studio and began work on what would become YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. It was completed in early 2001, and was submitted to their label, ...
forms.gle
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
While there is a lot of discourse about this addressing an overall question I feel like this just addresses the question on this album
I think the overall question is only addressed by identifying an official source to refer to for these questions (and there won’t be one that makes everyone happy!)
I think the overall question is only addressed by identifying an official source to refer to for these questions (and there won’t be one that makes everyone happy!)
Snoozers. A slap in the face of Lou Whitaker
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Snoozers. A slap in the face of Lou Whitaker
For the Wilco 2001 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social crowd, what if they played the whole album all year live in 2001 but didn’t physically release it until 2002?
December 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
For the Wilco 2001 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social crowd, what if they played the whole album all year live in 2001 but didn’t physically release it until 2002?
There are three groups here:
Pro 2002 who got/listened to the album in 2002
Pro 2001 who also got/listened to the album in 2002 but want to be pedantic
People who don’t like Wilco treating this like wanting an invitation to a party they don’t even want to go to
Pro 2002 who got/listened to the album in 2002
Pro 2001 who also got/listened to the album in 2002 but want to be pedantic
People who don’t like Wilco treating this like wanting an invitation to a party they don’t even want to go to
Here it is: the poll to determine the release date of YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. Please read the entire form, consider the arguments, laugh at the jokes. The poll runs until 12:01 AM Mon Dec 15. You can change your vote anytime before then. I have tried to turn off the results so that you vote blind.
YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT: 2001 or 2002? An inquiry.
Here are the facts as we know them:
In late 2000, Wilco entered the studio and began work on what would become YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. It was completed in early 2001, and was submitted to their label, ...
forms.gle
December 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
There are three groups here:
Pro 2002 who got/listened to the album in 2002
Pro 2001 who also got/listened to the album in 2002 but want to be pedantic
People who don’t like Wilco treating this like wanting an invitation to a party they don’t even want to go to
Pro 2002 who got/listened to the album in 2002
Pro 2001 who also got/listened to the album in 2002 but want to be pedantic
People who don’t like Wilco treating this like wanting an invitation to a party they don’t even want to go to
Don’t even give a shit anymore
Here it is: the poll to determine the release date of YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. Please read the entire form, consider the arguments, laugh at the jokes. The poll runs until 12:01 AM Mon Dec 15. You can change your vote anytime before then. I have tried to turn off the results so that you vote blind.
YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT: 2001 or 2002? An inquiry.
Here are the facts as we know them:
In late 2000, Wilco entered the studio and began work on what would become YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. It was completed in early 2001, and was submitted to their label, ...
forms.gle
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Don’t even give a shit anymore
My lone choice would be Mattingly
In light of Parker last year, I sense a Murphy election and that’s it
In light of Parker last year, I sense a Murphy election and that’s it
Today is the Hall of Fame Contemporary Baseball Era Committee vote in Orlando, with results announced 6 pm ET. Here’s my introduction to this ballot, with links to the 8 candidate profiles to follow blogs.fangraphs.com/election-sea...
Election Season: Bonds and Clemens Lead the Contemporary Baseball Ballot
Once again, the Hall of Fame has put forth an Era Committee ballot as notable for its omissions as its inclusions.
blogs.fangraphs.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My lone choice would be Mattingly
In light of Parker last year, I sense a Murphy election and that’s it
In light of Parker last year, I sense a Murphy election and that’s it
We happen to know about YHF because of its backstory. With as broad as the master list desires to be, there could be a number of these types of situations.
I think a definitive reference should be picked to determine an album’s release year (Discogs, ___ streaming service, Wikipedia, whatever)
I think a definitive reference should be picked to determine an album’s release year (Discogs, ___ streaming service, Wikipedia, whatever)
I’m easy going, sure, but this is the first one where lots of people have strong opinions.
Aren't you typically very easy-going about things like this? If it's released in any way, then it's eligible, unless it's competed in another tournament?
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
We happen to know about YHF because of its backstory. With as broad as the master list desires to be, there could be a number of these types of situations.
I think a definitive reference should be picked to determine an album’s release year (Discogs, ___ streaming service, Wikipedia, whatever)
I think a definitive reference should be picked to determine an album’s release year (Discogs, ___ streaming service, Wikipedia, whatever)
And in short, I was afraid
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
And in short, I was afraid
Excellent article about the annual streaming wrap ups (applicable to not just the one primarily mentioned here!)
I’m a stats whore as anyone who follows me knows, but stats are only interesting if they’re meaningful, which typically always requires more than a machine simply spitting them out
I’m a stats whore as anyone who follows me knows, but stats are only interesting if they’re meaningful, which typically always requires more than a machine simply spitting them out
I wrote about listening, thinking, reflection, memory & not “offloading” it all to sp*tify!
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
Spotify Wrapped is taking over our feeds, but you don’t have outsource your relationship with music to AI | Liz Pelly
The streamer’s annual charts are just another version of the tech that’s alienating us from our inner lives. Hold on to your musical memories and reclaim ownership of your taste
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Excellent article about the annual streaming wrap ups (applicable to not just the one primarily mentioned here!)
I’m a stats whore as anyone who follows me knows, but stats are only interesting if they’re meaningful, which typically always requires more than a machine simply spitting them out
I’m a stats whore as anyone who follows me knows, but stats are only interesting if they’re meaningful, which typically always requires more than a machine simply spitting them out
All of the discourse this evening about which 2001 albums has only hardened my belief about the quality of the year
Technically you all *do* have mandated listening, it’s called albums from 2001!
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
All of the discourse this evening about which 2001 albums has only hardened my belief about the quality of the year