Rick Quinn
@rickquinn.bsky.social
Writer (about music & such)/Frequently flummoxed by these questions pointing me in a crooked line/Pop culture junkie/Lapsed theologian/Aspiring cultural critic https://www.popmatters.com/author/rick-quinn
Still riding the vibe from yesterday's toke on the "Mamdani victory is bad news for the Democrats" pipe, Ross Douthat looks at his remaining chips, utters "screw it", and shoves them all towards the middle of the table.
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Still riding the vibe from yesterday's toke on the "Mamdani victory is bad news for the Democrats" pipe, Ross Douthat looks at his remaining chips, utters "screw it", and shoves them all towards the middle of the table.
Yes! I loved that show. The story arc with the late Fred Thompson as a media savvy huckster who energizes white supremacists into a violent movement was eerily prescient.
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yes! I loved that show. The story arc with the late Fred Thompson as a media savvy huckster who energizes white supremacists into a violent movement was eerily prescient.
Ross Douthat makes a very comfortable living from gaslighting and sane washing. Meanwhile, a significant influencer in his party just platformed Nick Fuentes. But do go on with the "nothing to see here", Ross.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ross Douthat makes a very comfortable living from gaslighting and sane washing. Meanwhile, a significant influencer in his party just platformed Nick Fuentes. But do go on with the "nothing to see here", Ross.
"Believe me when I say to you, I hope the Russians love their children too."
@daviddark.bsky.social channeling Flannery O'Connor has me thinking about Sting. As Dark says, "Art *plays* with limits and overcomes them." Everything that rises must converge. #EverydayApocalypse
@daviddark.bsky.social channeling Flannery O'Connor has me thinking about Sting. As Dark says, "Art *plays* with limits and overcomes them." Everything that rises must converge. #EverydayApocalypse
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Believe me when I say to you, I hope the Russians love their children too."
@daviddark.bsky.social channeling Flannery O'Connor has me thinking about Sting. As Dark says, "Art *plays* with limits and overcomes them." Everything that rises must converge. #EverydayApocalypse
@daviddark.bsky.social channeling Flannery O'Connor has me thinking about Sting. As Dark says, "Art *plays* with limits and overcomes them." Everything that rises must converge. #EverydayApocalypse
It's morning again in America.
@daviddark.bsky.social #webecomewhatwenormalize #richardrorty #whatcanwehopefor
@daviddark.bsky.social #webecomewhatwenormalize #richardrorty #whatcanwehopefor
September 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's morning again in America.
@daviddark.bsky.social #webecomewhatwenormalize #richardrorty #whatcanwehopefor
@daviddark.bsky.social #webecomewhatwenormalize #richardrorty #whatcanwehopefor
What perfect album came out when you were sixteen? I mean...
July 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What perfect album came out when you were sixteen? I mean...
I became familiar with the work of @nikostratis.com from her discussion on a podcast of Taylor Swift's Midnights. I've been following her work ever since and have eagerly awaited the release of this book. I'm four chapters/songs in and I can't get enough of its raw vulnerability, power, and beauty.
May 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I became familiar with the work of @nikostratis.com from her discussion on a podcast of Taylor Swift's Midnights. I've been following her work ever since and have eagerly awaited the release of this book. I'm four chapters/songs in and I can't get enough of its raw vulnerability, power, and beauty.
"And we are all so sick and tired of seeing things as they are." - Nick Cave from 'Bright Horses', one of twenty-two songs of intensity, passion, darkness, light, hope, & ecstasy he shared in Boston last night.
"We've all had too much sorrow, now is the time for joy" - 'Joy' from Wild God
"We've all had too much sorrow, now is the time for joy" - 'Joy' from Wild God
April 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"And we are all so sick and tired of seeing things as they are." - Nick Cave from 'Bright Horses', one of twenty-two songs of intensity, passion, darkness, light, hope, & ecstasy he shared in Boston last night.
"We've all had too much sorrow, now is the time for joy" - 'Joy' from Wild God
"We've all had too much sorrow, now is the time for joy" - 'Joy' from Wild God
"The only grounding liberal democracy needs is a shared commitment to reduce cruelty and suffering." From the Introduction by W.P. Malecki and Chris Voparil
February 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"The only grounding liberal democracy needs is a shared commitment to reduce cruelty and suffering." From the Introduction by W.P. Malecki and Chris Voparil
It is indeed. Have you seen this?
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It is indeed. Have you seen this?
"There comes a time to name a thing. It matters how we name a thing. Sometimes the name for the thing is antichrist." - @daviddark.bsky.social #webecomewhatwenormalize #baselinemoralseriousness
January 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"There comes a time to name a thing. It matters how we name a thing. Sometimes the name for the thing is antichrist." - @daviddark.bsky.social #webecomewhatwenormalize #baselinemoralseriousness
Developing a reading list for the coming days. Your recommendations are welcome.
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January 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Developing a reading list for the coming days. Your recommendations are welcome.
@daviddark.bsky.social
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
#booksky
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"...a reminder that what might seem normal, predictable, and inevitable can be resisted and resistance begins with a definition of what might be."
Timothy Snyder's ( @timothysnyder.bsky.social ) words are worth pondering on this particular celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Timothy Snyder's ( @timothysnyder.bsky.social ) words are worth pondering on this particular celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
January 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"...a reminder that what might seem normal, predictable, and inevitable can be resisted and resistance begins with a definition of what might be."
Timothy Snyder's ( @timothysnyder.bsky.social ) words are worth pondering on this particular celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Timothy Snyder's ( @timothysnyder.bsky.social ) words are worth pondering on this particular celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Happy birthday to an American treasure. #dollyparton
January 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Happy birthday to an American treasure. #dollyparton
Counting down my Top Ten albums of 2024
1. Wild God - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The album contains dropping notes and ecstatic swells, enacting a catharsis that never feels forced. Grounded in ambiguity, he is both “amazed of love” and “amazed of pain.” It is music for the moment.
1. Wild God - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The album contains dropping notes and ecstatic swells, enacting a catharsis that never feels forced. Grounded in ambiguity, he is both “amazed of love” and “amazed of pain.” It is music for the moment.
December 28, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Counting down my Top Ten albums of 2024
1. Wild God - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The album contains dropping notes and ecstatic swells, enacting a catharsis that never feels forced. Grounded in ambiguity, he is both “amazed of love” and “amazed of pain.” It is music for the moment.
1. Wild God - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The album contains dropping notes and ecstatic swells, enacting a catharsis that never feels forced. Grounded in ambiguity, he is both “amazed of love” and “amazed of pain.” It is music for the moment.
Do you believe in providence? I was made aware of Spectrum when I was mistakenly tagged instead of @riqkquinn.bsky.social . The comic Rick and @davechisholmcomics.com created intrigued me and converged 2 of my pop culture passions: music & comics.
December 27, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Do you believe in providence? I was made aware of Spectrum when I was mistakenly tagged instead of @riqkquinn.bsky.social . The comic Rick and @davechisholmcomics.com created intrigued me and converged 2 of my pop culture passions: music & comics.
Counting down my Top Ten albums of 2024
2. Cowboy Carter - Beyoncè
A lot of ink was spilled as to whether this was a true country album, whatever that means. Its brilliance lies in its being a Beyoncè album and a requiem for America, one we need now more than when this was released.
2. Cowboy Carter - Beyoncè
A lot of ink was spilled as to whether this was a true country album, whatever that means. Its brilliance lies in its being a Beyoncè album and a requiem for America, one we need now more than when this was released.
December 27, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Counting down my Top Ten albums of 2024
2. Cowboy Carter - Beyoncè
A lot of ink was spilled as to whether this was a true country album, whatever that means. Its brilliance lies in its being a Beyoncè album and a requiem for America, one we need now more than when this was released.
2. Cowboy Carter - Beyoncè
A lot of ink was spilled as to whether this was a true country album, whatever that means. Its brilliance lies in its being a Beyoncè album and a requiem for America, one we need now more than when this was released.
Counting down my Top Ten Albums of 2024
3. No Name - Jack White
This is a surprising, raucous garage blues ride with little splashes of classic rock riffs and funk vibes. Just crank up the volume and let the album blow you backward into your seat.
3. No Name - Jack White
This is a surprising, raucous garage blues ride with little splashes of classic rock riffs and funk vibes. Just crank up the volume and let the album blow you backward into your seat.
December 23, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Counting down my Top Ten Albums of 2024
3. No Name - Jack White
This is a surprising, raucous garage blues ride with little splashes of classic rock riffs and funk vibes. Just crank up the volume and let the album blow you backward into your seat.
3. No Name - Jack White
This is a surprising, raucous garage blues ride with little splashes of classic rock riffs and funk vibes. Just crank up the volume and let the album blow you backward into your seat.
Counting down my Top Ten Albums of 2024
4 The Cure Songs of A Lost World
Songs of A Lost World has converted me to the power of The Cure. It does many things that American culture avoids: facing grief head-on, being honest about our broken natures and relationships, and contemplating aging.
4 The Cure Songs of A Lost World
Songs of A Lost World has converted me to the power of The Cure. It does many things that American culture avoids: facing grief head-on, being honest about our broken natures and relationships, and contemplating aging.
December 22, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Counting down my Top Ten Albums of 2024
4 The Cure Songs of A Lost World
Songs of A Lost World has converted me to the power of The Cure. It does many things that American culture avoids: facing grief head-on, being honest about our broken natures and relationships, and contemplating aging.
4 The Cure Songs of A Lost World
Songs of A Lost World has converted me to the power of The Cure. It does many things that American culture avoids: facing grief head-on, being honest about our broken natures and relationships, and contemplating aging.
Counting down my Top Ten Albums of 2024
5. Passage du Desir - Johnny Blue Skies/Sturgill Simpson
"They don't ask you what your name is when you get up to heaven/And thank God, I couldn't tell her, if I had to, who I am." Maybe not, but I move into deeper self-awareness with each listen.
5. Passage du Desir - Johnny Blue Skies/Sturgill Simpson
"They don't ask you what your name is when you get up to heaven/And thank God, I couldn't tell her, if I had to, who I am." Maybe not, but I move into deeper self-awareness with each listen.
December 21, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Counting down my Top Ten Albums of 2024
5. Passage du Desir - Johnny Blue Skies/Sturgill Simpson
"They don't ask you what your name is when you get up to heaven/And thank God, I couldn't tell her, if I had to, who I am." Maybe not, but I move into deeper self-awareness with each listen.
5. Passage du Desir - Johnny Blue Skies/Sturgill Simpson
"They don't ask you what your name is when you get up to heaven/And thank God, I couldn't tell her, if I had to, who I am." Maybe not, but I move into deeper self-awareness with each listen.
The pages @annkpowers.bsky.social devotes to Joni Mitchell's "River" plumb its melancholic depths in stunning prose. Read this book. Get swept up in the current.
December 21, 2024 at 3:30 PM
The pages @annkpowers.bsky.social devotes to Joni Mitchell's "River" plumb its melancholic depths in stunning prose. Read this book. Get swept up in the current.
Counting down my Top Ten albums of 2024
6. Observations From A Crowded Room - Joy Oladokun
Deftly weaving folk-pop, gospel tinges, and hip-hop, Joy Oladokun explores with raw vulnerability the struggles of a black queer singer-songwriter in a city that feeds dreams and often consumes them.
6. Observations From A Crowded Room - Joy Oladokun
Deftly weaving folk-pop, gospel tinges, and hip-hop, Joy Oladokun explores with raw vulnerability the struggles of a black queer singer-songwriter in a city that feeds dreams and often consumes them.
December 20, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Counting down my Top Ten albums of 2024
6. Observations From A Crowded Room - Joy Oladokun
Deftly weaving folk-pop, gospel tinges, and hip-hop, Joy Oladokun explores with raw vulnerability the struggles of a black queer singer-songwriter in a city that feeds dreams and often consumes them.
6. Observations From A Crowded Room - Joy Oladokun
Deftly weaving folk-pop, gospel tinges, and hip-hop, Joy Oladokun explores with raw vulnerability the struggles of a black queer singer-songwriter in a city that feeds dreams and often consumes them.
Counting down my Top Ten Albums of 2024
7. Trail of Flowers - Sierra Ferrell
Listening to Sierra Ferrell causes chronological vertigo. It is simultaneously stepping into the past and glimpsing the future. This album solidifies her case as one of the more creative torchbearers for roots music.
7. Trail of Flowers - Sierra Ferrell
Listening to Sierra Ferrell causes chronological vertigo. It is simultaneously stepping into the past and glimpsing the future. This album solidifies her case as one of the more creative torchbearers for roots music.
December 19, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Counting down my Top Ten Albums of 2024
7. Trail of Flowers - Sierra Ferrell
Listening to Sierra Ferrell causes chronological vertigo. It is simultaneously stepping into the past and glimpsing the future. This album solidifies her case as one of the more creative torchbearers for roots music.
7. Trail of Flowers - Sierra Ferrell
Listening to Sierra Ferrell causes chronological vertigo. It is simultaneously stepping into the past and glimpsing the future. This album solidifies her case as one of the more creative torchbearers for roots music.