Robert Spuhler
@rmspuhler.bsky.social
Writer (Purported.)
imadeyouamixtape.beehiiv.com and RMSpuhler.substack.com.
imadeyouamixtape.beehiiv.com and RMSpuhler.substack.com.
Remember: You buying a copy of your favorite artist's record -- a physical copy, or even a digital one -- puts more money in their pocket than sharing the marketing slop about your year in listening, and it likely pays them more than all those streams added up. #BuyYourTop5
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Remember: You buying a copy of your favorite artist's record -- a physical copy, or even a digital one -- puts more money in their pocket than sharing the marketing slop about your year in listening, and it likely pays them more than all those streams added up. #BuyYourTop5
"Digital witnesses, what's the point of even sleeping if I can't show it, you can't see me? What's the point of doing anything?"
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December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"Digital witnesses, what's the point of even sleeping if I can't show it, you can't see me? What's the point of doing anything?"
Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League.
Jellybean Johnson...sigh. RIP to one of the leading lights of the Minneapolis sound.
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Jellybean Johnson...sigh. RIP to one of the leading lights of the Minneapolis sound.
!!!!!!!! God, I love this part of WCQ the MOST.
HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
!!!!!!!! God, I love this part of WCQ the MOST.
If Kimmel had done this riff with Charlie Kirk, he'd still be off the air.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If Kimmel had done this riff with Charlie Kirk, he'd still be off the air.
"My heart's full of love and all kinds of peace. But I think even I could punch a Nazi in the face." www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n03...
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"My heart's full of love and all kinds of peace. But I think even I could punch a Nazi in the face." www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n03...
Reposted by Robert Spuhler
IOW, the US government has stopped making cents.
The US Mint has ended production of the penny after 230 years.
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
IOW, the US government has stopped making cents.
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Starting his speech with a Debs quote? He's actually trying to make a Fox anchor's head explode now.
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Starting his speech with a Debs quote? He's actually trying to make a Fox anchor's head explode now.
Reposted by Robert Spuhler
1. You lie and actively make the world a worse place with every word you utter, and the six-figure substack will be gravy on your staff position at a legacy outlet
2. You try to do good journalism and spend your life wondering what it's like to have health insurance
hmm, maybe needs a 3rd choice
2. You try to do good journalism and spend your life wondering what it's like to have health insurance
hmm, maybe needs a 3rd choice
November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
1. You lie and actively make the world a worse place with every word you utter, and the six-figure substack will be gravy on your staff position at a legacy outlet
2. You try to do good journalism and spend your life wondering what it's like to have health insurance
hmm, maybe needs a 3rd choice
2. You try to do good journalism and spend your life wondering what it's like to have health insurance
hmm, maybe needs a 3rd choice
Working From a British Pub Before a Concert Playlist Update: "Babies," Pulp.
a group of men are dancing in front of a sign that says pulp
Alt: a group of men are dancing in front of a sign that says pulp
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Working From a British Pub Before a Concert Playlist Update: "Babies," Pulp.
Reposted by Robert Spuhler
Local news brings us closer to each other, even as the powerful work to tear us apart. This beautiful piece about Gael the sidewalk astronomer, who is losing his TPS (but would prefer us to focus on the stars) by
@samdelgado.bsky.social @51st.news really exemplifies that. 51st.news/mount-pleasa...
@samdelgado.bsky.social @51st.news really exemplifies that. 51st.news/mount-pleasa...
Astronomer Gael Gomez impacted by Trump revoking TPS
But Gael Gomez wants people to keep looking up — at the sky and in life.
51st.news
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Local news brings us closer to each other, even as the powerful work to tear us apart. This beautiful piece about Gael the sidewalk astronomer, who is losing his TPS (but would prefer us to focus on the stars) by
@samdelgado.bsky.social @51st.news really exemplifies that. 51st.news/mount-pleasa...
@samdelgado.bsky.social @51st.news really exemplifies that. 51st.news/mount-pleasa...
Coffee Shop Playlist Update: "Miracles," Insane Clown Posse. The baristas are dressed up as juggalos. I love Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Coffee Shop Playlist Update: "Miracles," Insane Clown Posse. The baristas are dressed up as juggalos. I love Halloween.
Happy "Tom's Crossing" Day to all who observe! bookshop.org/p/books/tom-...
Tom's Crossing: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Happy "Tom's Crossing" Day to all who observe! bookshop.org/p/books/tom-...
It's always amusing to me that he did so badly in Atlantic City. His entire m.o. is the same as a casino owner: optimize all space for maximum revenue. The only difference now is he has nothing to sell, but he sees open space as "how can we use this?" rather than "this could be an oasis."
October 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's always amusing to me that he did so badly in Atlantic City. His entire m.o. is the same as a casino owner: optimize all space for maximum revenue. The only difference now is he has nothing to sell, but he sees open space as "how can we use this?" rather than "this could be an oasis."
My first (and, to date, only) staff writer job was covering high school sports in 2001-03 -- long before Zoom, etc. -- in the DC suburbs. It was a remote job. My office was wherever my iBook clamshell sat. This makes no damn sense whatsoever.
2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My first (and, to date, only) staff writer job was covering high school sports in 2001-03 -- long before Zoom, etc. -- in the DC suburbs. It was a remote job. My office was wherever my iBook clamshell sat. This makes no damn sense whatsoever.
Reposted by Robert Spuhler
If the taxes I pay on my writing are used to bail out an industry founded on stealing and then replacing my writing, I swear to god, I am going to do so much angry writing
OpenAI has pledged to spend $1 trillion in the next five years.
October 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If the taxes I pay on my writing are used to bail out an industry founded on stealing and then replacing my writing, I swear to god, I am going to do so much angry writing
Reposted by Robert Spuhler
RIP D'Angelo, the greatest singer since Marvin departed. Who took the grit & attitude of hip-hop & alchemized it into angelic voodoo. He condensed the human condition - sex, suffering, addiction, love, oppression - into pure transcendence. A comet emitting blinding light & soul.
October 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
RIP D'Angelo, the greatest singer since Marvin departed. Who took the grit & attitude of hip-hop & alchemized it into angelic voodoo. He condensed the human condition - sex, suffering, addiction, love, oppression - into pure transcendence. A comet emitting blinding light & soul.
nononononononono....D'Angelo's gone. :(
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
nononononononono....D'Angelo's gone. :(
One of the best to ever do it.
Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...
people.com/diane-keaton...
Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)
Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'
people.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One of the best to ever do it.
Reposted by Robert Spuhler
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
A wonderful eulogy about a wonderful writer. The despair is heavy right now.
Put together some thoughts here.
In an earlier time he would have been the kind of writer being paid $5 a word by magazines to go write about whatever he pleased. And no one would be pissed off or jealous about it either.
www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...
In an earlier time he would have been the kind of writer being paid $5 a word by magazines to go write about whatever he pleased. And no one would be pissed off or jealous about it either.
www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...
September 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A wonderful eulogy about a wonderful writer. The despair is heavy right now.
Can Tylenol sue? I feel like Tylenol can sue. (Anything else I would say about that press conference would get my internet rights revoked.)
September 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Can Tylenol sue? I feel like Tylenol can sue. (Anything else I would say about that press conference would get my internet rights revoked.)